Legoland

For one last fun event before Lana started school I took the legoland discovery center at grapevine mills mall.



























Ms. Cheesy face








Lana had a good time. However I was surprised at how small the place was compared to the entry fee which I thought was not worth it.


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Tag Swap!

So I have entered my 1st EVER tag swap on youtube. This particular tag swap is being hosted by iowa2308. If you scrapbook and haven't looked at any tutorials online I suggest her videos, they are AWESOME and have inspired me to create many projects.

The theme of this swap was vintage dress forms. We were to create a vintage style tag using any type of dress form. While vintage is normally what I don't do I thought this fun project would kick me out my comfort zone and force me to create something I normally wouldn't do. I must say I was surprised at how much I loved creating this "vintage" look.

If your interested in how I created this tag and the products I used  keep reading for a tutorial.

I created a couple sketches at work as I was thinking up ideas and ended up with these  2 sketches that I based my tag around.

 
We were to use size 8 tags, and I looked in several stores and couldnt find the size so I ended up cutting mine with my cricut at 3 1/4" x 6 1/4" using my bags, tags, and more cricut cartridge.








Then, I selected my paper. I ended up by a few different style of paper and ended up using the one below. I picked up this paper at michaels.






I then embossed the edges of the tag with embossing powder in "copper tinsel"















Next, I used some sandy like material I bought at the scrapbook convention a couple years ago. I really wanted to use this and thought they turned out nicely on the tags.

 

This sandy like stuff comes in all sorts of different colors.It is by a company called mudd puddles. Click the link to go to their home page.








While at hobby lobby I went down the sewing aisle to see what else I could find for my tags. I found in the embroidery aisle these cute floss bobbins that was part of the inspiration and starting off point for my tag.






I wrapped brown floss around the bobbins and then used one of these cute little pins by Tim Holtz. The top is actually a clip that can hold a small note or picture.









Next, I had to find a dress form since this was a "must" to be included on the tag. I found this cute little dress form stamp at hobby lobby. I used my 40% off coupon and was able to pick it up for  $3.







I stamped the images and then used my glimmer mist to color the white paper in colors that would match the rest of my tag. I also sprayed them with pearl glimmer mist (not pictured).

















When the glimmer mist dried I used stickles in "cinnamon" to add details to the dress form.






When hobby lobby had their ribbon spools on sale for 1/2 off I loaded up with lots of ribbon, mostly for my sisters baby shower album/guest book mini album I am going to make soon (she is having triplets! so I can't wait to get started on this project, stay tuned for the TRIPLET mini album) Oh, back to what I was saying about the ribbon. HAHA. I had these two style of lacy type ribbon that was perfect for my vintage tag.

















Also included on my tag were these cute little flowers. I too picked these up at the scrapbook convention a couple years ago and had not used them until this challenge! YAY! and of course now I am in love with these flowers and had only 1 package but luckily the package has a website. Mayaroad.com.









The bottlecaps I used I also picked up at hobby lobby when they were 1/2 off. They are by spare-parts.







I had to complete 7 tags, 1 to keep myself and 6 to mail off for the swap. I think they turned out super cute and I actually suprised myself with what I accomplished.























Oh, I almost forgot. We had to put a pocket on the back of the tags with our info on it. And this is what the back of mine looks like. I used distress ink in "frayed burlap" to color the back of the tag and then added a fun little paper bag pocket I again got at hobby lobby for 1/2 off and added some decorative lace ribbon.






Then, I created some tags with my info on it to go in the pockets. I love the little tags thought they came out perfect while advertising my blog at the same time. (hopefully i will get more followers soon, when i get to 25 I will be doing a giveaway!)








Here are my little tags all in individual baggies so they won't catch on each other ready to mail. This swap  I have to have mailed by Sept. 14, 2011 so stay tuned a couple weeks after to see what all tags I get back in the swap. (I can't wait!!!)






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Lana's 1st day of Kindergarten!

So today was the BIG day! Lana went to kindergarten for the very first time. The picture below is of her all dressed and ready to go. But don't worry I took a bunch of photos from when she woke up so stay tuned for how her morning went.









This picture Lana was still half asleep.  I told her she had to eat a good breakfast so she could learn lots of stuff. For breakfast she had chocolate milk (her favorite) cinnamon toast and strawberries and cream oatmeal. Look at her HAIR! this is what it normally looks like when she gets up. Since it is so curly it often looks like a giant FRIZZ ball!.
Below are pictures of her 1st school lunch I packed.  Of course I had to include a cute little note to surprise her on her 1st day. Her lunch included fruit punch powerade, a ham, cheese and mustard sandwhich, grapes, string cheese, and a chocolate chip cookie.









Lana picked out her lunch box. She wanted little mermaid but we couldn't find a little mermaid one so her next choice was this princess lunch box.




She also picked out her backback. Purple, blue and pink with little flowers on it.

Here she is again ready to go to school.

Here Lana is in front of her school about to head in and begin her 1st day.

Here is Lana waiting in the cafeteria waiting for her teacher to come and get her to take them to the classroom. Each teacher has a table with their name on it so the kids know which class is theirs.





By this time Lana was getting a little annoyed with me taking pictures. Here she is sitting at her desk. When we picked her up this afternoon she was a little quiet but by the time we got home she was beginning to tell us about her day. She said they sang some songs and painted an elephant to hang in the classroom. She said she painted hers PINK. I asked her who she sat with at lunch and she said a bunch of boys. She said there were too many boys in her class. LOL

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Crayon Crafts

My brothers little girl spent the weekend with us. As normal when she spends the night unwanted to have some fun activities planned. Thanks to my friend Misty and Pinterest app i found the perfect project! CRAYON CANVAS ART. This project came at the perfect time too because all supplies were on sale for back to school. Crayons were $.39 per 24 count box and 2 pack canvas was only $3.99 so Lana and Sophia had a fun project for less than $3 each. AWESOME!

Here is what you need:
Canvas any size
Crayons
Blow dryer or heat tool
Hot glue



First: hot glue crayons onto top of canvas(we took out brown,black and white)



Lana was not in a good mood at this point in the process(look at her cute little mad face )



Sophia glued her crayons first. Then it was Lana's turn(note her happy face)



Next: melt crayons put heat source SUPER close to the crayons.



Note: if using a hair dryer it sprays almost everywhere so put lots of newspaper down.

The finished products:






Lanas was made with the hair dryer




Sophias was made with the heat tool. The heat tool made the crayons drip straight down while the hair dryer blows the colors around.

Craft number 2
MELTED CRAYON DISKS
Lana and Sophia wanted to make another project. (i think only because they wanted to use the heat tool to melt stuff.

We took the wrappers of all the remaining crayons and chopped them up.







Then they mixed colors together and put them in mini muffin tins.





Then the heat tool melting began.













We then put in the freezer for about 30 min. They popped out super easy.







Happy crayon crafting!
Marie

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