Hulk Sad

Hulk sad. Hulk need coffee.

Plastic Canvas Earring Holder

A few months ago my youngest daughter got her ears pierced. Since she is now able to change out her earrings...and got a bunch of really cute ones for Christmas, she needed a place to keep them when not in use.

We dug into the craft supplies, and came up with some circular plastic canvas . Square or rectangle would work, too, if all you have are sheets. Just cut to the size you want :)  We located a tapestry needle that would fit through the holes on the plastic canvas, and R picked out a yarn that she liked.

I started her off, leaving a tail about 8 inches long at the beginning (leave a matching length once you work all the way around, tie a knot as close to the canvas as you can with both lengths, then one at the 'top' of the ends, to form a loop for hanging)

...and she whip stitched all the way around the edge...with a little help and a few corrections from mama when she got herself twisted around, LOL. It took her a little while, but she was so intent on it, and kept plugging away...

...and was VERY proud of her work!

The 365 Project 2012, Week 1

Week one of the 365 Photo Project
                   of 2012!!






Day #1- Abstract, The feathers and crystal on my dreamcatcher...
Day #2- Action, Time never stops...
Day #3- Up in the Air, Silk parasol covering the ceiling light fixture outside A's room.
Day #4- Alive...my reasons for being.
Day #5- Amazing...because he amazes me every day. (I didn't eat sissy's gingerbread train...honest!)
Day #6- Animal, Man's best friend.
Day #7- Aqua...ribbons of blue tangled through my house.

Hobby Horse, an impromptu craft

The other night A saw a cartoon where the kid on it had a hobby horse, and he was enchanted by the idea.








Crafty mama and her trusty glue gun to the rescue!

Melting Rainbows

This morning I decided we were going to try the project I found on Julie-K's blog. It was time to cull out the busted crayons anyway! (We only found about 10 in the entire bin that weren't already broken!)

Now I had done crazy crayons before, but only in muffin tins in the oven, and they were cute, but not too practical. This way looked much easier!

Paleo-crafting!

Last week I came across an awesome idea on the Kids Craft Weekly blog. We were going to make FOSSILS! We had some air dry clay on hand that would be just perfect, and TONS of shells, too!

So I gathered the supplies, and the kidlets, and we got our hands dirty!

Reduce, Recycle, Entertain!

I am always reluctant to throw things out. I'm always conscious of the things that come into our home, and the things that go out of it...to compost, to recycle, to the trash...My goal is to make that last as little as possible!
Our youngest is now past the baby food stage...and for the last year, I had been saving all of those little tubs. To what end you might ask...ah...mama had plans! LOL