a few gifts

My Christmas card, last minute. I would know that Macy's
face was all bright if I could see through my dang camera!
I made this for my brother and his family for Christmas.

I didn't make this, but I just love what it says and I had all the

grandkids hop on my moms lap over the summer so I could put

it in there.

calendars

I always make a calendar for my mom and Joe's mom for

Christmas. I made these all the way back in March because

I was worried once I had a baby I wouldn't have time so I

had to print off my own calendars from my computer.

I showed my friend and she wanted me to make her some for her

mom, mother-in-law and sister. They turned out really cute. I

love these calendars I found.

The tabs around the calendars are all the grandkids birthdays

of each month.

This last shot is blurry, but I just love the picture of her niece

so I had to show it anyway!

I'm excited to finally be able to post some of the things I've
made this last year. Almost all of it is Christmas presents
so only a couple more weeks!!

A few projects

Ever since we got our card group started I've just been in the
mood to do some crafts. Plus I like to get my Christmas/birthday
and other holiday stuff done early especially since I'm having a
baby soon.
Some of these are gifts so if you get it, I hope you like it!

I found this board for $1 and it had some ugly duck on it so I

just covered that up with some cute paper and added some

ribbon. Now it's a barrette holder for a baby shower or

something. The flowers I found at Michaels and I just added

a barrette to them. The little knob sitting at the top is to put

on the wall and then you can hang the board somewhere.

Same idea here, but just a frame. The flowers again are

barrettes.

This is a book that spells out FAMILY. I just decorated it and

then the person who gets it just adds pictures to the inside.

These are some cute and I found them on clearance for $3 at

Fred Meyer. The only bad thing about them is they take

F-O-R-E-V-E-R! I think about 5-6 hours to do.

Just some more blocked letters.This is just a photo box I had that I had old photos in and I never

got them out. I removed the insides and made it my card holder.

I just scrap booked some tabs and added all my homemade cards

in here.

I have about 5 or 6 things more to post, but I'll do it another time. They are Christmas presents so I'm a little leery about somebody seeing them!

crafty birthday present

This was a great birthday present I received from my
cousin/sister-in-law.
A cute frame with a fun picture.

A decorated box.

Then she attached all these cute tags onto things that she loved

about me or things that reminded her of me. i.e. you're athletic

and she had it taped to a ball. It was so fun to look through! Thanks

again Rachelle. I thought it would be fun to share this one.

Calendar

This is a calendar I've made for a Christmas present. Sorry
to the person who may see it, and then get it! I've made all
the calendar sheets removable so when the year is over it can
still be a photo book. I've already selected and put photos behind
them, but I won't show them so the person won't know right
away!

You get the idea. I got the boards with pre-cut holes and the

calendars at the scrapbook store Girlfriends downtown. The big

rings at office max and then I already had all the other supplies.

A fun project. I made two of these. The first one took about 8-10

hours and then my second one, maybe 4. It takes a bit to get the

hang of it, but I was trying to be way too creative with the rings,

using a different material. Once I bought the rings it was much

easier.

Crafts cause messes

This is what my craft table looks like when I get into
a project. I need to come up with a better system.

Another mirror. I originally made this for a gift, but may
keep it. It goes well with my room now. It looked clean until I took this picture!

This one isn't done either. I still need to sand the edges and
do some touch ups. Close enough though! It's paint and then
scrapbook paper. The brown strips on the sides are leather paper
with brads inserted.

Now I have to make one more for the gift. It's actually for a
prize for my bunco group in Dec. I can't decide which colors to
do that anybody could use in there house. What do you think?

Something new, finally

I've been so busy working on Christmas presents, but
I finally made time for this. It's not quite finished, I
think I might sand the edges still, but I figured I'd
post it anyway. It's like the mirror I made for my
whizzy, but bigger. This will be my new colors for
my next bedroom. I got a really beautiful bedspread
on clearance in black and cream so I figured I'd make
something to go in there.

What's nice is since I get free wood this cost under $10.

It only took 6 hours to construct, but whatever!

Any suggestions?

Any suggestions? I got this window at a yard sale
for $8 last summer and here it still sits! I did sand
it all down and I added this backing and a closure on
the side.

My original idea was to make it a jewelry display case so

I bought some hooks, then I was going to put it in Brady's

room and scrapbook some photos and antique it. I don't

know, I'm up for suggestion though, whatchya got?Then........................ my next project. I got a sewing

machine last Christmas and all I've made is a headband

and hemmed some pants. I signed up for a sewing class

that starts on Oct. 7 which I'm excited about. We'll see

what I can come up with with this. I'll keep you posted.

whizzy~crafts!

Isn't this mirror cool?! We had my family reunion and we always
have a "Whizzy" which is a gift exchange that we do where we
have to make our gift. Joe got creative this year and welded
this mirror with tube steel. I really wanted to keep it for
myself, but I guess I'll let someone else enjoy it. He has to
make me another one though:) This was mine. I just got wood from his work and then made a
frame and then scrapbooked it, (suprise!). First, I painted the
outside edges and then stained the very edge then scrapbooked
inside that. It was a fun project. I added hooks on the bottom
because the frame was just a little bit uneven so I was covering
it. Tricky!
This was a recent project I finished for Brady's room. I bought this
airplane (vinyl) and decided to cut a big piece of wood and make it
look like I had framed it. Again, just scrapbook paper.

This is just where I put it in his room.

Okay, this is Brady's growth chart that I finally got. It's not really

done, but I feel to burnt out to think anymore. I'm not happy with

how the "Lift off" words turned out so I have to think on that. Plus

this one was a pain to get on for some reason. I would've thought

that Macy's would have been harder. I got this one all stuck and

was lucky to even salvage it. I just couldn't get it straight so that

bugs me, but I'm not about to buy a new one and try again! It'll

have to do.

I have to make time to make my kids scrapbooks. Seriously, I have

them all ready and pages in order to make, I need to just do it! Hopefully

that will be my next project~we'll see.

Scrapbook

This post is mainly for a few family members. We're making a
scrapbook for our reunion that is coming up in a couple of
weekends and I put it all together. A few people have had
a few questions so I thought I would just post it so they
could look it up on here. This is my family's page. Here's my brother Paul's page. He won't be coming so
I finished it early as well.

Heather here is your page! Sorry these have such a glare

but the flash is bright and it doesn't help that they are in

their plastic covers too!

Here is the book we chose. Actually my mom chose it

but it works very good for what we are using it for!

Stay tuned for more projects. We do a "whizzy Watson" each

reunion in which we are required to make our present. It's

a pretty big deal and there are about 40 or so of us that

participate in it. We stick them all in the middle of the room

and do a gift exchange. I won't go into too much detail because

there are all sorts of rules to it, but I'm excited for it. Joe and

I have some pretty cool gifts (at least I think) I'd take

it if nobody else wants it! I for sure want Joe's! I almost

told him I would keep his and then make another one to

take:) I still might!! And Heather you'll just have to be

in suspense!!!:)

Dinner is on!

Well, I finished my recipe box and I'm pumped to get
cooking!:) Now I need to sit down tomorrow and fill out
my clipboard. I'll let you know how it goes!

Just a shot of the tabs
I love these tabs because they are really detailed so I

can really get specific on where to put my recipes. This

way I don't have to search through tons of them to find

one.

Close ups. Makes me want to open the box!

I updated the clipboard because as I was looking at it I

realized I would want to be able to take the shopping

list with me to the store so I just split the top pages in

half so when the list is done I can take the top one off and

throw it in my purse.