MousePad Do-Over

I first saw this tutorial over at AGAAGG. Check it out - but make sure you have LOADS of time on your hands cause this girl is crazy creative!!!

So I had this mousepad:


It was falling apart at the seams and it didn't bother me too much cause I did buy it at the dollar store and it lasted me a couple years.

So I tore that top part off and was left with this:


Then I went about measuring the mousepad to know which size to cut my paper.


I had an off night and could NOT get the paper cut to the right dimensions and finally settled on just using the two pieces of paper and making them work together:



I then took my Mod Podge and painted it all over the mousepad and then adhered the paper to it. When that was done, I was left with some edges that were bigger than the mousepad:


I simply trimmed the excess off.

I decided I didn't like how the two papers matched up


So I simply took a coordinating piece of paper and slapped it on where the other two pieces met. I was much happier with this look:


Now I have a cutesy mousepad and it's IN SEASON!!! YAY!

SUPPLY LIST

Mousepad - bought at the dollar store
Papers - DCWV: The Fall Stack
Mod Podge
Paint Brush
Paper Trimmer
Scissors

Last Christmas...

I've been neglecting this blog for awhile...I've done quite a bit of digital scrapbooking lately for different projects, but I forget to post about them. I'll try to work on it.

As for tonight I am realizing I never posted about the Christmas gifts we gave to our siblings this past year....

My little sister hasn't mastered the art that is digital scrapbooking/crafting/whatever yet, so she asked me to make this for her friends Christmas gift. I obliged cause I'm that AWESOME of a sister and then I got to thinking. (A dangerous pasttime, I know) I decided I could do something a little different.

I decided we would find a song that closely represented our feelings for the certain sibling or something we wanted them to know. This was a challenge, but my dear hubby even helped me out with some of the song choices. What can I say? He loves me.

So, I got to work making the overlay outline. Then I had to type each song and get it to fit. Sometimes that was a challenge. Then we printed it off and I had repainted 'cheap' picture frames (Hey, we were talking like 10 frames here - I come from a large family) to match a color in the picture.

I didn't take step by step pics, but I will share the completed pictures and then a picture of them all in the frames. This gift was much better received than I ever imagined!!!

To see the pictures bigger, you can just click on them and they will open up bigger! ;)

FOR MY BIG SISTER:

FOR MY BIG BROTHER:

FOR MY SISTER IN LAW (Married to my older brother):

FOR MY LITTLE BROTHER:

FOR MY OTHER LITTLE BROTHER:

FOR MY LITTLE SISTER:

FOR MY BROTHER IN LAW (Married to the little sis):

FOR MY BABY BROTHER:

FOR MY HUBBY'S OLDER BROTHER:

FOR MY HUBBY'S OTHER OLDER BROTHER:

THE COMPLETED PROJECT:

SUPPLY LIST

Frames - Walmart
Paint - Whatever I had in my 'stash'
Fonts - Too many to name and I forget what I used (It was almost a year ago)
Word Art - Bethany Harty except for the ones on the hubby's brothers pics which I did myself
Songs -
Lost by Michael Buble
I'll Stand By You by Glee Cast
My Wish by Rascal Flatts
Super Trouper by Abba
Piano Man by Billy Joel
My Sister by Reba McEntire
There Goes My Life by Kenny Chesney
All Star by Smashmouth
Code Monkey by Jonathon Coulton
Home by Daughtry

Chore 'Chart'

We were in desperate need of a chore list in this household. I kept putting it off because I never took the time to sit down and think about what chores I could handle the kids doing. Well, I finally figured it out and came up with my own idea, but incorporating this as well. I also used magnets to keep the boxes on so that they can be taken down and put back away as needed.

Here's our new family chore list:

SUPPLY LIST:

BOARD - Found at Robert's Crafts
PAINT - Folk Art Enamels: Fresh Foliage
Folk Art - Wicker White
VINYL - Provo Craft: Raven
FONTS - Hunkspunk
LD Coffee House
Miserably Lose
PAPER MACHE BOXES - Darice
CRAFT STICKS - I wanna say Darice, but I could be wrong. They were found at Robert's Crafts. PATTERNED PAPERS - Various from my 'stash'
MOD PODGE - Plaid
MAGNETS - Unsure

Family Home Evening Board Do-Over

So we've had this Family Home Evening board for awhile and it's been with us so long that all of the 'name hangers' and pegs are missing. Plus, the colors don't really match the look I'm going for now, so it was time for a Do-Over.

Here's the old board:

And here's the new board:


You may think the color combo is odd, but it matches the colors in our couch AND it's the colors I wanted as my wedding colors before my hubby shot me down. Anyway, you can find the supply list below.

SUPPLY LIST:

BOARD - Already had, but you can find them at any craft store
PEGS - Not sure, but I found them at Roberts Craft
PAINT - Folk Art Enamels: Fresh Foliage
Folk Art: Wicker White
Folk Art: Bright Baby Pink
Apple Barrel: Burgundy
WOOD SHAPES - Darice
RIBBON - Stampin' Up: Celery
FONT - Pea Noodle's Girlfriends

Ty's Puzzle Cube

My cute little nephew just turned 4, though he acts more like a teenager. And I wanted him to have something other than a toy, so I made him a puzzle cube. I included a pic of him with his family, him with his cute baby sister and then a pic of my nephew with each one of my kids. (Minus my little baby)

So yeah, I know...Not really that creative of a gift since I just did one for my MIL. However, this time I kept track of the supplies used and I also decided to share each pic before it got cut up, so here we go!

SUPPLY LIST
BLOCKS: Darice
PAINT: Deco-Art (Antique White)


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FONT: Blackjack
HAPPY TAG: Shabby Princess - Happy Go Lucky Kit


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FONT: CK Easy Goin'
STITCHES: Shabby Princess - Autumn Medley Kit
TOGETHER BEADS: Shabby Princess - Autumn Medley Kit


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STITCHING: Shabby Princess - Two Soon Kit
TAG: Shabby Princess - Two Soon Kit
FONTS: CK Footnote (Tag)
Huxtable (White Letters)


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SAYING: RPenn - Express Yourself Kit



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FUN TILE: Lynn Grieveson
FONT: 2ps Fragile



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WORDS: Shabby Princess - Sweet Serenity Kit

Grandkids Picture Puzzles

My sweet Mother-in-Law had a birthday this past week and I needed a gift for her.

She's not really an easy person to buy for as she isn't a really 'wantful' person. She also doesn't really like knick-knacky things, but I figured if it had pics of her grandkids she would make an exception.

So this idea is always super simple and I wanted to kick it up just a notch, so I added 2-3 word phrases on each pic that represented that child's personality.

Here is what the finished product looked like along with each of the pics I used:








The fun part of this gift was watching my mother in law put it together. I purposely didn't tell her that once you got one side done, it was just a matter of flipping blocks to get the other pictures right.

And again no supply list as I did this the same night as the Family...An Early Heaven blocks.

Family...An Early Heaven Blocks

So, I procrastinated and needed a cute little gift for my wonderful grandma. (She turned 91!)

She doesn't need much in regards to material things, so I tend to do cutesy, crafty things for her. I liked the way the Sweet Little Princess blocks turned out so I decided to do a similar thing for my grandma.

This is the result:


And I don't have a 'supply list' as I was doing this project way late at night, while suffering from heat stroke as well.