Shadow Box Banks

I saw this done on someones blog and I just had to do it. Hunter is always wanting to dump out his piggy bank to see how much money he has, so these shadow box banks are perfect. I bought some shadow box frames at Micheals for 60% off (I think they were about $4 each). I used scrapbook paper for the background and then cut out each boys name on the cricut with white vinyl. My wonderful husband used some kind of router drill bit table saw thing to make wide slits on the top to put the money in. The boys had fun filling their new banks.

St. Patrick's Day Subway Art

So, I thought I would share this link with all my fabulous bloggers. This talented lady Janet made some adorable Subway Art for St. Patricks Day. I already printed my out, When I'm done with it I'll post a picture. But go check out her creations that are posted on Today's Fabulous Find. Here is the link http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/02/st-patricks-day-subway-art-prints.html
They are too cute, and she saved me time from having to make my own. Here is one of the ones she made.

Wyatt & Hats

Hunter was gone with Tyson last night at a basketball game for church and Wyatt and I were at home together. Wyatt got down all of Tyson's hats and was putting them all on. It reminded me of the children's book "Caps for Sell". He is so silly.

Valentine's Day

Hunter went to school and handed out his valentines and received many valentines in exchange. After I picked him up we went to Grandma Stephie's work and gave her her valentine. Hunter and Wyatt enjoyed surprising her and playing in the water fountain at her work. Then we went to Grandma Sandi's work to give her her valentine. While we were waiting for her the boy decided to wrestle.

Shamrock

Here is a cute shamrock that I cut out using the scroll saw. I also cut out the heart petals (chipboard) on the saw too. The rest is scrapbook paper, modge podge, paint, and some flare. This will look great next to my wood cute out of the word LUCK.

Rainbow

This was my first time using a scroll saw on mdf to cut out my own drawing. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I thought that using the scroll saw would have been easy, but I guess with more practice I will get better at it. But it is fun to make whatever I want, especially is JoAnns or Michaels don't have what I need. It also helps having a husband who is a contractor and has all the tools I need and lots of left over wood from job sites. This will go up with my St. Patrick's Day decor soon.

Celebrate

So this is my other craft from my girls craft night that I just finally finished. It is broken up in 3 different sections ( cel-ebr-ate).  On the C, B, and T are little eye hooks and you use to tie helium balloons to for any kind of celebration. I love it!

Crafting + Stupidity = Ouch!

So I wasn't thinking and was trying to sand and tiny button loop off of a little shamrock using a big electric table sander belt. Well, I lost grip of the tiny shamrock (I still have no idea where it was thrown) and lost half of 2 of my finger nails. Pretty huh? Pretty Stupid.

Dirt Bikes

This weekend Tyson was riding the dirt bike and Wyatt just had to have a ride. The hardest part is taking Wyatt off the bike (he never wants to get off).

Dad's turn to ride by himself, Wyatt not to happy about it.

Journal Writing

Everyday at school Hunter writes in his journal. He is getting pretty good at writing and only makes a few minors. Well, when I sat down and read his journal this is the spelling error that I found (on a few pages). We will have to work on this one with him. You might need to click on the picture of his writing to read it.

Sock Wreath

I saw this done with valentine socks, but I am starting to have a lot of valentine decorations, so I used St. Patricks Day ones. What you do is cut a round styrofoam to open the ring, cut the toes and heels out of the socks, and then slide them onto the styrofoam. Glue the styrofoam back together (I also secured mine with tape), add a bow and your done. No sewing involved.

Hunter's Church Bag

Hunter can't wait for Sunday to take his new church bag that holds his coloring book, a blank notebook, his scriptures and crayons & colored pencils.

More Basketball

So, besides me being behind the camera, here are a few of Hunter's other fans: Grandpa John, Grandma Cookie, Wyatt, and Dad. There is also a picture of Hunter with his 2 friends Kate and Luke Jacobson (they are all in the same primary class at church, well they make up his whole class). Hunter is an awesome basketball player! He had some great baskets and steals. The photos of him below are from when he stole the ball from another player on the other team and had a break away to the basket and made the shot.

Nap Time

Both of my boys have a very special bond with their Grandma Cookie. They get to see her almost once a month for a couple days when she comes to visit. Today she walked with Wyatt up and down the street while I was at Joann's (a great relief to not have to take him, he does not like that store, they take forever to cute the fabric). Then they went inside and she read him book after book after book. She then told him is was time for nap and he laid his head down and closed his eyes and went to sleep. So did she. I came home to the house all quiet, and this is what I found.

Craft Night

So this past Saturday I went to my first girls craft night! It was so much fun! I only finished one of my crafts I signed up for (The Sweet Heart). The other one I was working on and kept messing up and cutting the paper the wrong way, which told me I needed to go home and go to bed, it was getting late (I got home at 12:45am). Thank you Amy for hosting such a fun wonderful evening! And thanks to my In-Laws for watching the boys for me.

The last picture is of a little mail box from the dollar bins at Target that I added some flare to.

My Favorite

So far I think that this is my favorite Valentine craft because I used both boys hand prints making it personal. I also used vinyl, canvas, ribbon, a wooden heart, and little scrapbook paper. I say this is a Valentine decoration but yet it can be up year around. Once again pictures don't do it justice.

Etched Jars

I made Hunter a jar for him to put random stuff in, money, rocks, ect. He loves it! Well, so does Wyatt, so I had to make him on too. Michael's sells these jars for a dollar, and then just use some etching cream, and some ribbon and your done.

Crayon Bag

This is my first one of these. I am in the middle of making the boys theirs right now. This one is for my niece Kendyl. This was also my first time using freezer paper as a stencil (I ironed it on and then painted her name). I think it would have turned out better if the material wasn't quilted. But I am defiantly going to experiment more with using freezer paper as stencil, give it a try, the directions are on the box.

More Valentine Decor

The first one is a plain whit candle from walmart that I painted 2 different colors. Then I pained it with modge podge and sprinkled epsom salt on it. Added a ribbon and some flowers. . . beautiful! The other picture is the same as the others I did before but with the word kiss, simple and cute (thanks target for selling the cute words for a dollar).

Valentine Blocks

So, once again, these look better in person then the picture, but they are still really cute and simple to make. Tyson cut me some 3x3 blocks, I painted them one shade of color and when they dried I painted the top color. Then I sanded off the top color a little bit, and added some vinyl letters.