Skills on the Scroll Saw

I made one of these celebrate balloon holders in my girls craft night in January. I wanted to make one for my sister, so I traced mine on MDF and cut it out using the scroll saw. I was so proud of my self (it's hard with all the curves). I am getting better and better using the saw with every project. Tiff, this is for you.

March Calender

So I have had this metal calender board since October last year, and finally made my first month's calender. Now only 12 more months to go. Tyson is going to make me a frame to put it in (it is hard to find a 12x12 frame).

Trick or Treat in March?

Wyatt being the cute little guy he is found a little pumpkin in the toy box and came up to me and said, "Trick or treat, PLEASE!" I couldn't resist to not give him a treat. So I put some gummy bears in the pumpkin.

St. Patrick's Day Charms

I have been having fun using the scroll saw to cut out whatever my mind can come up with. My friend Amy gave me this ornament stand (but who says it's just for Christmas ornaments). After making the Hat, Shamrock, Rainbow, and Pot of Gold I drill little holes in the MDF and put in some eye hook screws and used some sheer black ribbon to hang them from the stand. I love it! I am looking forward to making Easter/Spring items for this stand next.

Thursdays with Lucy

Casey, this post is for you.

Our good family friend Jennifer watches her niece Lucy on Thursdays, so we try to get together every Thursday for the little kids to play together. Lucy is about 9 months younger than Wyatt, but you would never be able to tell with how tall she is and how well she talks. She is such a cutie with her curly hair and big blue eyes. Wyatt gets so excited when he see her, he starts calling her name and she calls back Wyatts. They play very well together whether it is at the park or at chick-fil-a or anywhere else.



Flowers & Spring

So for my girls craft night in February this is what we made. I just LOVE them! They are so cute! My favorite part of the spring is the bird for the "i" and I love the touch of burlap to the flowers. I love my craft nights! Thank you Amy for putting this together for us, you're awesome!

St. Patty's Hat

I just love 2x4! You can make some great crafts with 2x4's. This Leprechaun hat is made with 2 2x4's, green paint, scrapbook paper, ribbon, chipboard (for the buckle), glitter, shamrock stickers, gold glitter, and distressing ink (I LOVE distressing ink!). Another St. Patrick's day decoration to add to my collection.

Baby Jack & Molly Time

My sister-in-law Dani just had her second baby last night baby Jack Morgan Wells on 02.24.11, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz, and 18 1/2 inches long. He is too precious. Our family had the honor of watching Molly last night and today. Wyatt and Molly get along like carrots and peas, if one does something so does the other. Molly slept through the night (better then my own kids), and has been a happy camper the whole time. I took her this morning to go see her new baby brother, mommy and daddy. We have been enjoying our Molly time. 

Precious Molly Sharing a bed with Wyatt

The kid that wakes up 3 to 4 times a night

In bed this morning with their sippy cups of milk.

Lunch time

Yummy homemade chicken noddle soup by Grandma Stephie.

 

More St. Patty's Day Stuff

First is the Subway art, next is a canvas with the boys hands making clovers, and their fingers to make little clovers. This was my first time making my own flowers, but I didn't have fabric, so I used ribbon instead. Last is the really cute and simple topiary using a styrofoam ball, 2 packages of shamrock garland from the dollar tree, a green pencil, and a green square bucket from the dollar bins at target (I loved how this one turned out).

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.