Sewing, Crafting, & General Creative Fun
Matthew and I were up making valentines for Taylor’s first grade class until 11:30 last night. Before he began helping me, I was about ready to curl up in bed and cry and sleep. I was exhausted, and my original plan of using the Silhouette Cameo to cut out 25 cute little heart boxes had… [Continue Reading]
Jacob and I have been hard at work today making Valentines for his class party next week. It seemed like a perfect occasion to use the new Silhouette Cameo. Gotta get my money’s worth! I downloaded this file, which is on sale for 75 cents for their Valentine’s Day sale. I shrunk them down a… [Continue Reading]
For some reason, today Taylor is supposed to wear red, white and blue to school. I guess they’re having a patriotic event of some kind, but I don’t know. Last night, we looked in her closet and realized she didn’t have anything to wear in that color combination. I’d been wanting to make a special… [Continue Reading]
I just couldn’t stop with the shrinky dink jewelry making yesterday. First, I made a necklace for myself, which you can see here. My original goal had been to make something for Taylor’s kindergarten class, though, before I got sidetracked making something for myself. So I turned my attention back to something kid-friendly that I… [Continue Reading]
This fun little Valentine’s necklace started its life at a local restaurant, carrying french fries home inside. Those #6 plastic containers make perfect DIY shrinky dink materials! To make your own heart charm necklace, pick up the largest container you can find like the one above. The plastic should have a “6″ inside the recycle… [Continue Reading]
Click here to download high resolution, printable version. Tonight, I started messing around on my laptop with ideas for Valentine’s Day cards to send with the kids to school. I like this one, so I thought I’d share it with you guys. My first thought was how cute sewing hearts onto card stock would be. Then,… [Continue Reading]
