tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60810115517942453302024-03-15T19:09:34.444-06:00It's Always Craft Time~Krista~http://www.blogger.com/profile/08284122005306634600noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081011551794245330.post-53349101401650684362014-02-10T08:00:00.000-07:002014-02-10T16:01:26.524-07:00Crawl, Walk, Bike <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey Guys! I had great intentions of having a full tutorial for this next post but life got in the way, my poor kids have been sick :( But I still have a super cute project to show you today! My best friend just recently had a baby boy and her husband is huge into motorcycles and racing! One night I was browsing the internet and came across this adorable onesie and I knew that I had to make it for them! </div>
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Using my Silhouette and some Heat Transfer Vinyl and Freezer paper I was able to make this pretty quickly. I would have loved to use HTV for the motorcycle as well but I didn't have any orange and I wanted to get it done. The motorcycle was done using freezer paper, if there is any interest I can do a tutorial on how to use it. </div>
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I just know that they are going to love it and I can't wait to see it on him! </div>
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My Silhouette Challenge buddies and I are all sharing projects on our blogs today, so peruse the projects below for a wealth of Silhouette inspiration!<br />
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<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://tossedsaladlife.com/2014/02/no-sew-valentines-day-pillows/">No-Sew Valentine's Day Pillows</a> by A Tossed Salad Life</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.unoriginalmom.com/no-sew-interchangeable-fabric-bunting">No-Sew Interchangeable Fabric Bunting</a> by unOriginal Mom</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3FGHs-15e">Monogrammed Burlap Garden Flag</a> by The Turquoise Home</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://itsalwayscrafttime.blogspot.com/2014/02/crawl-walk-bike.html">Crawl, Walk, Bike </a> by It's Always Craft Time</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://weekendcraft.com/journal/2014/2/5/february-silhouette-fabric-challenge-freezer-paper-stenciled-tote-bags">Freezer Paper Stenciled Tote Bags</a> by Weekend Craft</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://practicallyfunctional.com/diy-bleach-spray-shirt">DIY Bleach Spray Shirt</a> by Practically Functional</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3QQ9v-sO">Stenciling Sherlock</a> by Please Excuse My Craftermath...</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cutesycrafts.com/2014/02/felt-star-wands.html">Felt Star Wands</a> by Cutesy Crafts</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.architectureofamom.com/2014/02/yoda-kids-t-shirt.html">Yoda Kid's T-Shirt</a> by Architecture of a Mom</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blackandwhiteobsession.com/2014/02/Mark-Your-Territory-Dog-Flags.html">Mark Your Territory- Dog Flags</a> by Black and White Obsession</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.lilmrstori.com/?p=2458">Nautical Pillows</a> by Lil' Mrs. Tori</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3A8AK-zt">Big Sister Gift & Silhouette Cut File</a> by Creative Ramblings</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.essentiallyeclectic.com/2014/02/nerdy-baby-onesies-free-cut-file.html%20%E2%80%8E">Nerdy Baby Onesies + Free Cut File </a> by Essentially Eclectic</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://adventuresinallthingsfood.blogspot.com/2014/02/easy-easter-bunny-onesie-silhouette.html">Easy Easter Bunny Onesie - Silhouette Cameo Craft</a> by Adventures in All Things Food & Family</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3E4e8-Zh">Fabric Envelopes for LEARNING LETTERS! (& cut file)</a> by From Wine to Whine</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p2daiD-1y8">"Good Morning, Sunshine!" Memo Board</a> by Tried & True</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3XXEY-fo">Hearts-A-Lot Burlap Pillow Cover</a> by My Paper Craze</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://dragonflyandlilypads.blogspot.com/2014/02/sweet-baby-love-quilt.html">Baby Quilt</a> by Dragonfly & Lily Pads</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://whatsnextma.blogspot.com/2014/02/surprise-burlap-banner-silhouette.html">Surprise Holiday Banner</a> by Whats Next Ma</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3gOqC-2ls">"Team Betty" Tote Bag</a> by The Thinking Closet</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.createitgo.com/2014/02/diy-sock-minion_10.html">DIY Sock Minion</a> by Create it. Go!</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.getsilvered.com/?p=1522">Pretty Up Some Organza Bags</a> by Getsilvered</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://createandbabble.com/?p=4186">Easy Heart Appliqued Onsies</a> by Create & Babble</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3JtYY-dA">Bleach Pen Gel & Freezer Paper Stencils Made with the Silhouette Machine</a> by Bringing Creativity 2 Life</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3Mabf-ko">Valentines Baby Onesie & Boy's Shirt + Free Cut Files</a> by The Frill of Life</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p2UXKM-27c">Valentine's OWL Always Love You T-shirt </a> by My Favorite Finds</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://chickenscratchny.com/2014/02/diy-screen-printed-window-valance.html">DIY Screen Printed Curtains</a> by Chicken Scratch NY</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://terrijohnsoncreates.com/?p=641">Fabric Painted Quilted Wall Hanging</a> by Terri Johnson Creates</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p1CeZQ-Hm">Glitter Iron-On Top</a> by Simply Kelly Designs</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.pitterandglink.com/2014/02/diy-monogrammed-t-shirts-with.html">DIY Monogrammed T-shirts with Silhouette Heat Transfer Material</a> by Pitter and Glink</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p4eV2l-4C">Birthday Challenge</a> by Fadville</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://thesensoryemporium.blogspot.com/2014/02/machine-applique-with-silhouettee-cameo.html">Machine Applique with SIlhouette Cameo</a> by The Sensory Emporium</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/paare-3NY">Fabric Applique Valentine's Day T-Shirt</a> by DailyDwelling</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://craftscakesandcats.blogspot.com/2014/02/valentines-day-shirt.html">"Cute as Cupid" shirt</a> by crafts, cakes, and cats</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.lifeafterlaundry.com/sew-cute-applique/">Sew Cute Applique </a> by Life After Laundry </li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3vwJb-1dd">Rhino Onesie</a> by It Happens in a Blink</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/p3Z8EP-8J">Upcycled Birchbox Cameo Accesory Organizer </a> by Cupcakes&Crowbars</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://fetosoap.com/blog/?p=1360">Customizing textiles with Heat Transfer Vinyl (working title)</a> by feto soap</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mccallmanor.com/?p=1189">Easy Fabric Art</a> by McCall Manor</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2014/02/ladybug-tote-bag-with-silhouette.html">Lady Bug Tote Bag with Silhouette Rhinestones</a> by Ginger Snap Crafts </li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.titicrafty.com/2014/02/mommy-and-ems-coordinated-aprons.html">Mommy and Em's Coordinated Aprons</a> by TitiCrafty</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wp.me/pqbWM-E6">Canvas sketch project and a share</a> by Clever Someday</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mabeyshemadeit.com/?p=2490">Foxy Lady Pajamas</a> by Mabey She Made It</li>
<li style="list-style: inherit;"><a href="http://wheelertribe.com/wip/the-silhouette-cuts-fabric">Teddy Bear</a> by Work in Progress</li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband is within a month of finishing his Bachelors Degree (YAY!!!!) and I can't tell you how excited we both are! It has been a great experience but we are so ready to be done. For those of you who are still in school or may know someone in school I have a great company to tell you about today! <a href="http://campusbookrentals.com/">Campus Book Rentals</a> is a web based company that rents out textbooks, which we all know can be very expensive! Here are a few of the perks that go along with renting books....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">As if all of this is not enough Campus Book Rentals is a company that firmly believes in giving back. With each textbook that is rented they donate a portion to <a href="http://www.operationsmile.org/">Operation Smile</a>. Operation Smile offers life changing surgery to children who are born with cleft lip or cleft palate. I can not imagine not being able to provide for my child and what a great blessing to those families that there are people out there who are willing and able to help them! Every child deserves a lifetime of smiles! </span><br />
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My son responds to rewards.....of any type! He started Kindergarten this year and is loving it and doing so well (part of which is because he has an AMAZING teacher!). At his school they try to send home books for the kids to pass off but it takes a few days to get new books and he loves to read and is doing so well with it that I figured it was time to get something going on at home. Along with that his teacher has a goal for him to be able to write full sentences before the year is over. This project took all of 15 minutes and he has all ready got so much use out of it! </div>
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Enter our reusable handwriting pages and our reading chart! </div>
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For the handwriting pages I just googled "handwriting pages" and found one that I liked, saved it and printed off a couple sheets. I then ran them through my laminator and punched a hole in the corner. I am going to put them on a ring so they are easy to keep together. I plan on keeping a set in the car, my purse and one in the house. They work perfect with dry erase markers! As you can see he is all ready loving them and wanted to write a message to everyone.....</div>
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The next part of this I just designed really quick on the computer and printed it out. It also took a trip through the laminator (man I love that thing!) Our star has 10 boxes so I cut out enough stars to fill each box. The idea is he can earn 1 star for every book that he passes off, which he does by reading it to an Adult and not making any mistakes. We have a huge collection of books that are his reading level right now but when we get through those I will just go get some from the Library. When he fills the big star up he will get to pick a treat off the bottom row at the grocery store. That is where they keep the big push pops.....his favorite! </div>
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He has all ready earned some stars and is having a ball trying to write different sentences...that boy just makes me so proud! </div>
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I am a messy cook! And I like to have my recipes right there by me on the counter. And they usually get ruined...case in point...see that pink piece of paper? Yeah I have to call my mom every time I want to make it because I can't read half of the recipe! </div>
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Since it's a New Year and everyone has organization on the brain, and I just barely got myself a Silhouette and a Laminator I thought I would combine the two for my next project! </div>
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I wanted something that would be easy to take in and out and that was simple, it also had to be able to withstand whatever liquid I might happen to spill on it. I love all of the fancy recipe cards that are all over the place but I get bored with things so I wanted to keep my cards really simple. Then in a few years I don't have to worry about not being able to find the same cards, I don't think lined index cards are goin out anytime soon! </div>
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I started by rounding up my favorite recipe's and got to copying them over to my index cards. It took awhile but I did it while watching TV so it wasn't too bad. </div>
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After I had them all copied I sent them through my laminator. I used 9x11 thermal sheets, only because I have a ton of them left over from another project. It would have been much easier to use the smaller ones! </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I picked up this handy little binder in the school supply section at Wal-Mart for only a few dollars. It is on the smaller side but seems sturdy. I used my Silhouette to cut out the vinyl for the front of my binder. And yes, the statement is true! I also cut out the words for my dividers but I somehow missed getting a picture of those! I did the following- Appetizers, Main Dishes, Salads, Breads, Desserts & Misc. </span><br />
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After I cut out all my recipe's I hole punched them and stuck them in my binder! No more will I have half burned pieces of paper, and that makes my little heart oh so very happy! </div>
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I just want to take a minute and say Thank You to all of my readers! You guys are awesome and it's so fun for me to have this little corner of the world to share all of my projects with you guys! </div>
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I am going to be taking the next week or so to unplug and spend some quality time with my family! I will be back after the first of the year with some fun new projects! Until then I wish all of you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!</div>
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Whew....we made it! I must admit there were a couple nights that I was laying in bed and almost asleep when I remembered that I needed to move our Elf but he got moved every night! This was such a great experience for our family and I will cherish the time that I spent talking with the kids about our little Elf! </div>
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Playing Candyland</div>
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Sitting on the Shelf in my Son's room, he especially loved this one!</div>
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He brought us the supplies to make Christmas trees. </div>
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I don't want to know what he was up to when he was caught by the ever faithful Army guys....</div>
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And finally here he is with his goodbye letter, I got the idea from <a href="http://leslie-miller.blogspot.com/2013/11/our-elf-on-shelf.html">Leslie Miller</a></div>
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We can't wait for Snowball to come back again next year! </div>
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I never heard back from our first winner so let's try this again! </div>
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And when you combine them all and spend many many many hours and late nights cutting it all up you end up with one FABULOUS Quiet Book! I am not kidding guys I out so many hours into this book and I absolutely love how it turned out! I have been wanting to make a book for a long time now and a couple months ago when the kids starting fighting over our other one I knew it was time! This book is for my daughter who is almost 17 months old, some of the pages are a little advanced for her but seeing as I was going to be putting so much time into this project I wanted it to be something that would last her a long time! </div>
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For all of my pages I used non-fusible pellon and I love it! I cut them all to be 8" x 10" and used a 3 hole punch to get my holes. The book is held together by large metal rings. I sewed the majority of my pieces on so that they hopefully will last longer. For the cover I used the same material as what I used for my pages and then cut my owl material to 9" x 11" and sewed right sides together and then turned it, put my pellon inside and then top stitched around the whole thing. There are 3 button holes along the side that I put my metal rings through. A simple ribbon tie holds the whole thing shut. This book is THICK! I had originally planned to do about 6 more pages but between running out of time and the size of this one I decided to wait awhile before I add the others. </div>
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He tried to sneak a few of Mom's favorite candy and got himself stuck!</div>
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He tried to sneak a few pieces of the kid's Christmas Countdown's and hid in the stocking when he heard us wake up!</div>
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He even toilet papered our tree!!</div>
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This has been such a fun tradition to add to our family. Every morning my son comes running in my room (before my alarm even goes off) so excited to tell me what fun adventures Snowball had while we were all asleep. The other day I overheard him and his cute little friends, who also have Elves, chatting about all the crazy things these little guys do. His excitement makes it totally worth it! </div>
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Wow! I can't believe that this is my 100th post! I love having this little corner of the WWW to share all of my crafty things with people who get me. My husband always says that crafters are there own species....he may be right. I love creating, it is so relaxing and calming to me to sit down and work on a project after a busy day of chasing the kids around! In honor of my 100th post here I thought that it would be really fun to have a giveaway!</div>
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Here is a quick recap of what our Elf Snowball has been up to for the past week! </div>
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I knew that this day was coming, Snowball finally decided that it might be a good idea to take a day off and rest! </div>
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Here is what our Elf, Snowball, has been up to the past couple of days. </div>
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We woke up Friday morning to find that he had been playing video games while we were sleeping. </div>
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Saturday morning we found that he had discovered our dry erase markers and had some fun doodling on our pictures. </div>
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Sunday morning we were surprised to walk into the kitchen and see our cupboards covered in bows! </div>
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Here's to hoping that Snowball won't cause too much trouble tonight ;) </div>
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After a few days of some crazy stunts I think Snowball deserves a nice long hot bubble bath (and mom does too!) </div>
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Once again Snowball got into a little mischief last night! I just love the stories that my son comes up with imagining what happened while he was asleep....totally makes it worth it!</div>
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Oh that sneaky Snowball! Our little guy was completely fascinated by the fact that Snowball was able to sneak into his room and get his toys out of that noisy drawer without him waking up! He was laughing so hard that Buzz is winning and the fact that Rex was tipped over cause his legs are so short! I love listening to him imagine what was happening last night!</div>
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This year I wanted my tree to be all neutral colors and rustic. Mission accomplished!!! I absolutely love how it turned out. I had a lot of these things just around the house and made a few things to add to it. </div>
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A couple months ago I scored a bunch of old Cedar wood fence panels and I knew they would be the perfect addition to my tree. I removed some panels and then cut them into different sizes. The stencil I picked up from Hobby Lobby and just used different color paints that I had. </div>
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Each one is totally different and unique and I love them all. To hand them I used a mixture of Jute and vintage lace that i picked up at a yard sale this past summer. </div>
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Well Snowball made his first official trip back to the North Pole to report to the big man. The word on the street is he had some good things to report!</div>
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Our 5 year old was a little skeptical about this whole Elf thing but when he woke up and saw that he had indeed returned and was in a different spot he had no questions!!! </div>
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Our very own Elf, Snowball. This is our first year with an Elf and my kids were pretty excited about it!! We made sure to quickly place him in the tree after we all read the book together, we did not want him to lose his magic! </div>
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This is how Snowball arrived to us, all wrapped up in his cozy little bed. After all it was quite the trip from the North Pole.</div>
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We let each of them hold Snowball for only a second just to satisfy their need to welcome him to the family. I am pretty sure that Santa will be ok with it! </div>
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We can't wait to see what kinds of crazy things our Elf will do this year! I will be posting all his mishaps here so please come back and join us! </div>
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Way back in June I was asked to decorate a Community Pride Booth at our County Fair. How they got my name & number I have NO idea.....but they did and I said yes, because I have a problem saying no. Anyway after I hung up the phone I did what any person would do, I called my best friend and told her that she was going to help, luckily she said yes! </div>
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Our idea for our booth was rustic farm, you see we live in farming town. Everywhere you look there are corn fields.... I love it! We had two main things that we wanted to incorporate, one was the GIANT Thatcher sign and the other was the Community Quilt that we made. The Thatcher sign is all hand stitched and then colored. Along the bottom there is a tractor with a farmer and his wife and then a bunch of animals, on the other end is a swing set with kids playing on it. All of the drawings on the bottom came from<a href="http://twinstitchers.com/"> Twin Stitchers </a>, I love all of their designs. That sign was definitely a work of art, many hours were spend working on that. </div>
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Our other huge project was this Community Quilt that we made. In the end I think we ended up with 115 handmade quilt blocks from the people in our community!!! It was so fun to see them all come in, each with their own unique design and style! Many hours were spent carefully piecing this top together but in the end it made a huge impact and our little town now has this wonderful quilt to look at. </div>
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Our 3rd wall was a simple gallery wall. We wanted to incorporate some old pictures of our town and I just love how it came together. Down there on the floor inside the big picture frame is a poster that we typed up with the history of when our town was settled. Also on the floor are some work boots and a cowboy hat, a farmers essentials! </div>
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Today I have the perfect gift to share with you for someone who loves to cook. My Mother In Law loves to be in the kitchen so when it came time to pick a birthday present I knew just what to do. I don't know about you but I can always use more measuring cups & spoons! They are like socks....they just disappear! </div>
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To create the personalized towel I asked my son who is 5 to draw me a picture for grandma. This is what he came up with, it is of him playing at Grandma's and something to do with portals....I didn't ask! After I had the picture I simply taped it to the window, taped the towel over it and traced the picture with a Sharpie. </div>
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The apron was just as easy. I traced both of my kids hands onto freezer paper and then cut them out. After ironing them on I simply painted them on with some fabric paint making sure to heat set them after they were dry. I also think that this would be adorable to put their actual hand prints on the apron but both of my kids are weird about their hands getting dirty....so I took the easy way out! For the words I used the same method as the towel. Grandma loves having that adorable 5 year old handwriting!!! </div>
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Wow! Where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday this little girl was born and now she is 1!!! I have a slight obsession with owls so I knew that we needed to incorporate that into my little girl's first birthday party. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out, everything was perfect! </div>
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It all started with this adorable invite which I found on Pinterest. I think that the invite sets the tone for the whole party so I needed it to be perfect- time to call in the pros! My amazing cousin whipped this up off of a crappy screenshot that I had taken. She is super fast and has great prices, you can find her at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shandi-Kimille-Photography/248937014744">Shandi Kimille Photography</a></div>
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The big letter K is made with tissue paper, I love how it turned out but let me tell you it took forever! I found the circles at a local scrapbook store for .25 a piece-score!!! They were the perfect colors and I simply added the letters. A few tissue paper flowers and a circle garland complete the table. </div>
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Our cake table-minus the cake. It was SO hot outside that I had to wait until the last minute to bring the cake/cupcakes out. Even then they still melted a little, but tasted delicious all the same. I found the tall table at the DI and it was a nasty brown color I repainted the legs and added some scrapbook paper-perfection! The other stands are just white plates glued to some candlesticks that were kicking around the house. And my little owl....I love him! He is from the dollar spot @ Target, with a fresh coat of spray paint he fits right in. </div>
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The Birthday Girl's cake with an adorable owl courtesy of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libby.christensen.3?fref=ts">L Cakes</a>, these little guys also topped our cupcakes and were a perfect addition. </div>
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A simple pennant banner to dress up the highchair. I cut the owls out on my Cricut in our party colors. </div>
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I haven't taken her official birthday pictures yet but this one shows off her outfit pretty well. All I have to say is thank goodness I have talented friends!! I just told them what I wanted and they made it happen which was perfect for this busy momma! The bow is from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/3crazybowmakers">3 Crazy Bow Makers</a> and the onesie is from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shirts-Signs-and-Designs/107783774452">Shirts, Signs & Designs</a>. </div>
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I am so grateful for this little girl, she brings so much joy into our home. She has the best personality and is so easy going. Her brother absolutely loves her and they are so cute when they play together. I am so lucky to be her mom!!! Love you Princess, and Happy Birthday!!! </div>
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