Another fun family picture…

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It is definitely getting harder to craft the older I get and the more activities my kids get involved in. Not to mention the colds we have been passing around lately… :(   But Christmas is my FAVORITE time of the year and I had to get festive early!! Here is a family photo I had no trouble convincing my family to take. The kids had SOOO many suggestions of their own on how to make it “perfect”! :) I love it so much I think it will end up as our Christmas card! This might even become tradition, I wonder how crazy it will be when they are all teenagers… :)

For all my Photograher/Photo shop Friends out there…

Family Halloween pictures have become a tradition in our family… Me make it an event! :) We call it Breakfast with a Witch, me being the head witch of course. We have even started inviting extended family and friends. :)  We always make a big buffet style breakfast. Follow it up with some flying lessons, and family pictures. Here is our family picture from 2 years ago…
The kids really love it when they get their own flying pictures…
Halloween Flying Pic
a few of last years pictures…
I made these pictures by using photo shop. Easiest way to do it is to take a picture of the back drop without anyone in it. Then add your subject (mine are standing on a kitchen stool). Layer the back drop behind the subject and then you can erase or what I like to do is Mask the subject layer and paint the stool out. (black to erase, white to bring it back). Make sure you pay attention to your shadows. (Check out the 2nd picture, of my daughter flying, the shadow makes the picture more realistic!)
Be creative and HAVE FUN!!!!

Starting to Craft Again… :)

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OK, so I have taken a VERY long break because of Summer Vacation and a back injury… All is well and I am ready to start crafting again!!! :) Pinterest might have had something to do with it too! :)  If you don’t have an account, you really should get one. So many things so little time… For example let me show you what I have been up too…

I found this link on pinterest on how to make these awesome bracelets.

*Picture from Make Bracelets website
They are so easy and SO MUCH FUN!!! I finished mine a little different and added my own flair, but that’s what is so great about creating your own, you make it you! :)
Here is the link…

Hope Everyone had a Fabulous Valentines Day!!!

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Hoping Valentines Day was a fabulous day for everyone!!! My Daughter came home form school with only a handful of Valentines… At first she was worried no one liked  her until she she looked close at what she had. She had 1 hand made valentines that you could tell some serious thought went into. Made her day!! Not to mention The girls received an autographed picture from LaMarr Woodley (#56 for the Steelers). Long story short they made a video for him before the super bowl. He liked it and posted it on his facebook page… Then sent them an autograph for it. :) In the words of one of my daughters… “It was the BEST day EVER!!!” :)
As for me, I don’t need Valentines day to remind me how much I love my hubby!!! :) He is my best friend and my one and only! We took this picture a couple years ago. We went back to our old college campus and returned to the scene of our first kiss… We had to reenact it. :) After 12+ years of marriage and 4 kids I can honestly say he still melts my butter. :)
Enough with the gooey love stuff… On to the Crafting!!! :)

Pictures…

I love photography!!! I’ve taken classes at NYIP and loved what I studied. I continue to try to learn new things and develop my eye. I don’t know if I will ever make it into the professional world but I love the creative process that goes into it! :) Thought I would share a sneak peak at a family I photographed over the weekend! These kids were SOOOO stinking cute!!!

 

 

 

Bee My Valentine… :)

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Holy Smokes!! It’s been far to long since I’ve posted on here!! With the Holiday’s and visitor to my house it’s taken me a while to get my feet back underneath me! I’m going to post something I made last year for Valentines day. It was my Valentine to my one and only! :)
This is the finished project. Each note has 1 reason why I want him as my Valentine. He gets to read one each day, 10 days… 10 reasons!

Here are each of the steps in making my Valentine… You can also find the tutorial on
First I went and scavenged some scrap 2×4′s. Don’t you love the mud all over them… I cut it into 3 pieces
1. 3 inches,  4.5 inches, 6 inches.
Next is a fun part… POWER TOOLS!! Here is my fabulous sister demonstrating how to use the cute sander in the shape of an iron.. Funny story… On Saturday night I talked my husband into buying me my own sander for all my crafts. Lady’s tell your husband you WANT to go to Home Depot (or any other man store.) and buy a power tool. I’ve never been turned down. :) Anywho… when we got there I had NO idea there were that many types of sanders!! Needless to say I came home with the one shaped like an iron. :) figured it would be 2ndnature. :) Look how much better they look POWER SANDED… Next step, I stained them. Tasha ended up painting hers a beautiful brown. Either way works  AWESOME! Next step, cut out craft paper to fit on your blocks and mod podge them to it! Super Easy!

Then sand the edge of the paper. It gives it a super cool ripped effect. Truth be told I started out hand sanding it with that little piece of sand paper, but I had to much fun with the Power Tools!! I finished them up with my new fun toy.

What next… Wrap some wire around a stick to make your note holders… You will need 10 of these. I made my different sizes. Again my sister is doing a great job of demonstrating…

Then… MORE POWER TOOLS!! Crafting is SO much fun! You need to drill holes in your blocks. On your 2 biggest blocks drill 2 holes in each end. Then drill 2 holes in the top of the small block. This time its me demonstrating.

Add your vinyl letters, mod podge it all to seal it in, insert your fun wire, and top it off with your love notes. Voila… Home made Valentines. :) Tasha’s is on the left and mine is on the right.

My final project out for display!

Kids Fan Fingers…

I have to show you the coolest thing ANYONE has ever given me…
Kids Finger Poms
They are called Spirit Fingerz! :) My mother found them in Pittsburgh. For those of you that don’t  know, I bleed black and gold! I have past down this trait to my 4 girls and have given it to my husband as well. :) When I got my Spirit Fingerz my kids had a nasty habit of taking them… I wasn’t to happy about it. So with the big game (Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore) this weekend (Tomorrow) I decided to surprise my kids with their very own FAN FINGERS! :) I couldn’t find spirit fingerz in their size and the actual spirit fingerz are kind of $$$.
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Here is what you need.
Items Required For Finger Poms
Yarn,
Knit Gloves,
Pom Pom Maker (mine is a 2.5 inch maker)
a yarn needle
scissors
You will need to make 10 poms. This is how my pom maker works. (this is pretty much so if I ever lose my package that has the instruction on them, I can remember how to make them.) :)   I’ve seen tutorials where you can make poms with cardboard. I bought my pom maker at Hobby Lobby for a couple bucks and LOVE IT!
Wrap the yarn around both sides…
Cut the yarn down the middle…
Tie it with yarn or string. Pull tight!
Ta Da… Poms! :)
Thread the tail of the pom, stitch it to the top of each finger.
15 min later… Kids Spirit Fan Fingers!
My daughter letting us know Steelers are #1!!!
 

More Stitching…. :)

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After the LOVE picture I made I was hooked and wanted to give it another go. I was thinking it would be fun to have a picture frame that changed with the seasons/holidays/months… :) Of course I had to make it harder by wanting to make a St. Patrick’s Day picture… I couldn’t find one so I made up my own pattern… what do you think?
What do I do next…? I decide to make one that would work for summer. Since I’m living in AZ I wanted to combine my 2 favorite aspects of this desert… Cactus and Sunsets! Seriously I don’t think there is a night that goes by that you don’t see the sun painted in pink, orange and yellow. It’s GORGEOUS!!
I’m thinking about selling my patterns? Would you rather buy a pattern and make it yourself, or the finished project? :)

Rules of Music T- shirts

Band t shirts, once symbol of solidarity and loyal fans proud of wearing. Today, they are a fashion accessory and for many people, it is acceptable to wear a t shirts bearing the name, logo or photo or star of pop group they don’t really listen, love, or heard of. These days you can pass any number of high street stores do not know, you will find heavy metal bands or the Ramones ‘ fashion ‘ t shirts, vests, or sold to anyone who wants to put it on t shirts. By rights, music t shirts in commodity sales pitch when a group to perform live on through their fan club or through the appropriate record shops, where the buyer will ask a number of questions related to group t shirt to determine if they have the ‘ worth ‘. Many times I see people at the top AC DC strutting around, because today they will ‘ Rock ‘ look. They don’t listen to AC DC and not like them if they did not, so why does wearing t shirts? As a young boy friends ‘ punk ‘ was thoroughly angry, when I pointed out he was wearing a rolling stones t shirts. He feared that it was only in his mouth with a tongue, stick to ‘ punk ‘ image of the picture. Designed in 1971 by rolling stone John Pashe ‘ rubber lips ‘ logo goes beyond the band and their music. One of the biggest troubles and misuse of band t shirts must be band members wearing their own t shirt. 80 ‘s pop rock scroll Def weibao choir all wearing t shirts Def weibao choir of some unknown reason. Lemmy Motorhead (Axel Weber) as rose and slash of guns on the stage wearing a Motorhead t shirts n roses. This practice is common in the music industry, just like they are exaggerated to me. Maybe he will be mistaken for Lemmy fear and his ugly Lao·tangsen ‘ label ‘t shirts. Perhaps Def weibao choir members worried that they may look too much like does not have its own band t shirts dulandulan. Slash may need his guns n Roses t shirt, so that he could remember which bands he was in. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that t shirts should be reserved for fans of the band. Music t shirts are badges that Haggard pride, don’t wear shoes, or in a bar or club to make a suitable ‘ certain fashion accessories. When it comes, one can almost do not agree with the new trend of children music t shirts. See Led Zeppelin or Kiss t shirts in the lame to walk around to show us what kind of music their parents wish they would grow up to listen. It is a long shot, but does not display a sense of hope is in the future. Music t shirts rule is as follows 1. you should not wear t shirts bearing the name, image or logo or you are not a fan of the band does not have its own at least a CD or vinyl LP’s performers.
2. you should not wear the bearings you are band names of the members of t shirts.
3. you should never wear breed band, such as those related to conflict t shirts picked in gold leaf or Adamamp; ants that are highlighted with sequins

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