Heart Suncatcher

One of Dylan's neighborhood friends spent a couple of hours with us on Friday morning. I decided to try a craft project with the boys using the same method I did last year for a shamrock and pumpkin. I cut heart shapes from a piece of red scrapbook paper and placed it on a sheet of clear contact paper. Gave them a pile of white, pink & red tissue paper pieces to stick to their heart. Then sealed it up with another sheet of contact paper and trimmed...

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Canvas Wall Hung Organizer

One of my friends asked me to make a canvas wall hung organizer for her toddler son's room. She liked one from The Land of Nod, but wanted it without the applique. I sketched up a design based on that image and then met her a few days later at the fabric store to buy supplies. Here's the result: The organizer. Close-up of one of the pockets. Grommets at the top for hanging. It's 14" wide by 40" long. Each pocket is 12" tall and 2" deep at...

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Friday Freebie: Destination

Living close to the airport and directly in the flight path, Dylan has had a fascination with planes since his early days. The photos on this page were from our first visit to the General Aviation Terminal for lunch and airplane viewing with friends: Supplies: Audrey Neal's Flight Path kit ("destination" banner recolored); Karla Dudley's Digi Essentials 2; Myriad Pro & Verdana fonts. I ended up creating a template while working on this page...

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Infant Car Seat Cover

Another winter baby expected in our playgroup, meant another car seat cover. This time I went with a fun polka dot fabric: I used the same soft yellow flannel for the inside: As with the infant car seat cover I made last fall, I again referred to a couple of online tutorials - Sutton Grace: Infant Seat Canopy Cover and Make it Do: Baby Car Seat Cover Tutorial. Supplies: 1-1/3 yard of each fabric; thread; velc...

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New Fort

Two years ago, we bought a Step2 Kangaroo Climber for Dylan from Craigslist. We've frequently referred to it as his "fort." He's loved it, but also outgrown it. Too tall for the doorway (occasionally forgetting to duck!) and had mastered climbing up & over both sides - it was time for something bigger. First time down the slide. March 2010 Last week searching Craigslist again, I found a Woodland Climber for a good price. I wasn't certain...

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Movie Day

For a playgroup gathering last summer, we let the kids watch Cars: Moments after this photo was taken (and the movie barely on) most of them had moved on to the toys.  :) Supplies: Design House Digital's Digital Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop 2011 collaboration kit; Miss Mint's Movie Night kit; Robyn Meierotto's Kraft FunDay elements; Sara Schmutz's Nursery Rhymes elements; Just the Way You Are font; photo - Totally Rad's Bitchin' B&W and...

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Tea Wallet

One of my good friends went out of her way to help me yesterday and I wanted to do something to say thanks. Knowing her love of tea and how much she travels for work, I thought a tea wallet could be handy to stash her favorite tea in her purse or briefcase. Closed Interior with pockets to hold several tea packets Exterior I followed this tutorial at Is It Naptime Yet? blog. The only change I made was to use a hair elastic instead of a fabric...

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Candy

On a cool February day last year, Dylan & I met up with Allison & C at Crabtree Valley Mall. The highlight was visiting the candy store to see the "world's largest gummi bears." Supplies: Erica Coombs's Jan Swatch Challenge Freebie patterned papers; Spencer Nugent's Sketchy Elements vol. 1; Michelle Underwood's Posie Add On (tape recolored); Jen Allyson's Real Simple: Polaroid Frames; Rhonna Farrer's Celebration kit; Stamp Act Jumbled...

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Valentine Envelope Chair Backers

Inspired by cute Valentine's envelope chair backers at Pottery Barn Kids, I pulled together a few supplies to make a pair for Dylan's Ikea LÄTT table & chairs set. I changed the design of mine slightly for a more "masculine" look by leaving off the scallops and replacing the large heart with a button. Supplies white felt (I used a packaged 36" x 36" sheet; smaller sheets would also work) white & red thread velcro red embroidery floss 2...

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Dec 4th: The Tree

The day of the tree ... Supplies: Simply Tiffany Studios Holiday Edition Template Album; Robyn Meierotto's Cupcake patterned papers & Dated stamps; Sara Schmutz's Jolly kit; Tweet, Tweet collaboration kit from Oscraps; Deena Rutter's Jolly Holiday elements; Just the Way You Are fo...

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Little Fairies Stroller Blanket

One of my projects for this week was sewing a stroller blanket to list in my Etsy shop. I've accumulated quite the stash of fabrics in the last year and need to work through some! This pink flannel called "Little Fairies" was one of those fabrics. Such a cute print. I paired it with a very soft white minky dot fabric. The overall blanket size is 28" x 30" - thus the "stroller blanket" name as it's just the right size for use in the stroller,...

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Reading

Dylan & my mom reading one of his favorite books - I Spy Little Wheels. Supplies: Jen Papadimitriou's January Blueprint Challenge template; Sara Schmutz's Strawberry Patch labels, Bicycle Ride freebie & Recollect patterned papers; Karen Funk's Claire patterned papers; Karla Dudley's Sunkissed patterned papers; Shannon Hegarty's Lighthearted patterned papers; Ellie Lash's Detour patterned papers; Robyn Meierotto's Fashionable Fall patterned...

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Woody

Dylan has become quite the fan of Buzz and Woody since our Toy Story Halloween. I wanted to give him a Woody toy that was a gift from me to Trent when we were dating. Somewhere along the way it disappeared. We truly had no idea what had become of it. Luckily, when I was up in the attic putting away Christmas decorations last week, I opened another box purely by chance and found Woody inside. Dylan was so excited when we gave it to him. Woody's had...

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5k Training

With my cute little workout buddy strapped in the jogger, I hit the pavement last week starting my training for a 5k in April. Supplies: Sara Schmutz's Star Spangled paper pack 1; Audrey Neal's Pinned; Robyn Meierotto's Kraft FunDay alphas; Jen Allyson's Nostalgia 2 Labels; Janda Everyday Casual and Another Typewriter fo...

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December Daily - 7th

Slowly getting back into creating pages for our December Daily album (albeit out of order). The highlight of December 7th was getting together with our playgroup - we decorated gingerbread men and played.Supplies: Simply Tiffany Studios Holiday Edition Template Album; Robyn Meierotto's Fun & Festive papers; Sara Schmutz's Jolly kit; Teletype and Just the Way You Are fon...

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International Space Station

Thanks to a tweets from Katie at Discovering the Southern Part of Heaven (@southrnptheaven) and the Morehead Planetarium (@moreheadplanet) yesterday, I learned that the International Space Station would be passing overhead and visible just before 6pm last night. Dylan and I bundled up and headed out in the cold with our cameras to watch the event. Here are my sooc shots (minus a little cropping on each - lots of sky!). The tiny white dot is the...

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Shoot and Edit: Best of 2011 sooc

Looking back over my SOOC shots for the Shoot and Edit challenge last year, I picked 16 of my favorites:Several of them were from the last few months - I definitely feel more confident using my DSLR and think the photos show the improvement. My personal favorite SOOC shot of the year - the sun setting over Lake Crabtree:ISO 100, ss 1/1000, f5.6Thanks to Jill Samter and Ashley Sisk for hosting the challenge! I enjoyed playing along and learning both...

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Mr. Potato Head Parts Bag

One of Dylan's gifts from Santa this year was a Mr. Potato Head. Given he only has the basic kit so all the pieces fit inside the potato, but the "trunk" never seems to want to stay closed. When I saw an idea on Pinterest to make a burlap bag to store Mr. Potato Head and his parts, I knew I needed to make one.Lucky for me, I had burlap on hand bought for another project before Christmas that never came to. It then took on life as a tree skirt (we...

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December Daily 2011

I really love the December Daily album I created last year. It ran from the start of our Christmas festivities on Nov 30th (visiting Santa) to Jan 1st (final celebration with family). The entire album was digital and I had it printed as a Shutterfly book. This year, my goal was to do the same.Here are the first three pages from my 2011 album starting again on Nov 30th with our visit to Santa ...With other things (making Christmas gifts, working on...

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