My Crafty Side

Menu Board

2010-10-29T22:52:00.000-07:00

I hate cooking! When I saw this cute little menu kit I thought maybe it would inspire me to cook more dinners...nope...it didn't help. But it certainly is cute hanging on my kitchen wall.

More summer goodness

2010-07-10T14:23:00.000-07:00

Water bottles the kids and I made for teachers and coaches.
A jar full of activities the kids can do during the summer when they get bored.

July Crafts

2010-07-10T14:17:00.000-07:00

Itsy Bitsy Spider bean bag will be a lot of fun for the preschoolers.

A little early for Halloween, but oh well. These were made with wooden blocks, scrapbook paper and a lot of modge podge.

Artwork displays

2008-06-24T11:28:00.000-07:00

Ellie's Artwork Display
Carson's Creations...I have these both in our hallway now where the kids can reach them and put their own favorite pictures up. Ellie's get changed around the most, since she likes to color and draw more than Carson.

Organization Frenzy!

2008-05-19T13:38:00.000-07:00

This is our sad excuse for food storage. I bought most of the cereal 2 weeks ago for about $.25 a box. yeah! The Salsa was $1.00 a jar and we got free movie tickets. I have a ton of deodorant that I got for free or $.25 a stick, toothbrushes and paste for $.25 each. Kleenexes for free from my dad. I really need a case lot sale to come around. I also need to start experimenting recipes with wheat.

I have also been working on my craft room. I bought these fabulous clear containers at Walmart and then I had a lady make me some vinyl to label them all, because like Allen says, "you would never know what was inside the clear containers unless you labeled them." He is such a smart a@#! You can't really see the labels on these, but I love them. I love getting organized! The shelf below the containers is the kids "store." When they finish so many of their chores they get to go and pick something out of the store. The treats are mostly dollar store things or some cheap things I found on Amazon.com
Our hallway has been pretty bare since we moved in, but I couldn't decide what to do with it. This is still a work in progress. I am putting up artwork that the kids have made. I am also making a masterpiece board that the kids can hang their own work up on. I still need to put a ton more things up, but this can be sort of a before picture of it.

Once our house is completely finished this little area underneath our stairs will be the only storage we have inside...pretty sad. What can you really do with this area? I am open to any ideas.

Love these!

2008-04-17T12:23:00.000-07:00

Ellie was a little sad that she couldn't play t-ball with Carson this year, so I told her she could be the cheerleader instead (more her style anyways). Allen didn't think she was coordinated enough to swing a bat, drop the bat, and run to first base anyways. This is her special baseball bow I made her.

Another corker bow

Corker Bows

2008-04-17T12:17:00.001-07:00

This is my ribbon box that I made. I love it! Its got holes on the other side too. I might need to buy another one, my ribbon obsession is getting out of control.

My best friend in Lehi taught me how to make these last week. I haven't quite prefected them yet.

Birthday Book

2008-03-23T19:22:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, my memory is horrible. I didn't send my brother in law a card for about 3 months after his birthday. Pretty sad. So, I made these pages up and plan to put all our birthdays on them to keep me in the loop. Ellie helped me put the stickers on with all the names and the dates on them.

January
April and May
June and July
October and November
and my favorite December. Let me know when your birthdays are so I can add it to my list, or you will get a blank stare from me on your birthday.

March

2008-03-18T09:41:00.001-07:00

I made this project thinking i would be putting it up somewhere in the house, but I can't bring myself to hang it. I think it will end up in Ellie's room. I plan on putting some vinyl on the top.
Did Easter just sneak up on everyone this year or was it just me? I bought some vinyl that says Hoppy Easter. I was planning on painting some wood and applying the vinyl and then hang these cute chicks and eggs from it. Maybe next year.
Ellie and I have been on a hair bow frenzy lately. We ran to the dollar store and bought some flowers and then walked down to Sally's Beauty supplies and bought our clips. Ellie was in charge of picking out what color of flower to put on the barrettes and I was in charge of the hot glue. We put together about 30 last week and gave some away to our friend's new baby Ashlee, our friend Ashlynn and we kept a few for Ellie and then will be sending some to my niece Maya and Brynnlee. There not all this big! We are planning on making more this week to give away to our Ackerson nieces when they come to our Easter party. So, if you want some plan on coming to the party. Grandma Christy has the details on her blog.

Under Construction

2008-03-16T09:20:00.001-07:00

This blog is currently under construction until our home computer is back from the shop.