#2 & her new room....

#1 is off in CA with my parents & #2 is in OH with Jasons'. We had decided awhile ago that they both needed new furniture (neither one had headboards or proper dressers). I thought it might be fun to get it while they were gone, so they can come home to new rooms.

Well, that lead me to #2 really needs new bedding, and it won't match the walls. I am not sure how many of you remember that the girls share the master bedroom (while we live in the basement...which always reminds me of [in my best Chris Farley voice] "I live in a vaaaannnn down by the riiiivvverrr" I digress.) Since we are looking to put the house on the market (again) sometime next year, I thought this was a good of time as any to paint it in a more neutral tone, to make it more like a traditional master even if a 5 & 2 yr old live in it. Anyway, this lead into a ton more projects (because I can never make anything easy on myself). We have the new dressers, but have to wait on the beds. The room isn't completely done, once the bed comes, I am going to hang up canopys over both of their beds. #3 got hers from Ikea (which matches her new big girl bed & bedding), I will probably end up making the other one. The ones I have seen are made of netting, which I don't like & I think I can make easily & cheaper-- at least according to the directions I found!

So this is what I have been working on this week, with #3 by my side-- she was pretty good, didn't get into much.






This is about 2ft. tall, I covered it my accent fabric.





I redid her corkboard to bring more pink into the room (I am thinking she is not going to be thrilled with the coffee colored paint)














The lamp I covered with fabric & trimmed with ribbon.











The bookshelf I redid. It started as one of those white shelves made of particle board that they sell as target. It needed some paint & fabric--I think it turned about pretty good.

The flower inside covers a slight mistake. Oh well. still looks good.

Her accent pillow, I think it turned out pretty cute. And the HSM pillow, its huge & meant to be a floor pillow. #1 is getting a yoda pillow & #3 gets a nemo pillow.













Well, thats all for now. Need to go clean up! I will post pics of the finished room when its all done.

Have a good weekend!
Jenni

We're your back yard friends...the backyardigans...

#3 LOVES the backyardigans. She spotted the ribbon at JoAnns one day & went crazy! So, I got it & altered jeans & a tee that she already had.



The whole outfit...










The hem of the skirt. I have 'ribboned' jeans before, and tucked the denim under, so that there was the rough edge. But I like the look of the rough edge on a skirt, so I left it.








I really like how the ribbon tee turned out.












She wears this outfit every chance she can.

So, thats all for now- hoped you had a wonderful 4th!

-Jenni

My tote bag & the 4th tutus

Here is the tote I made for myself. (And #2's knobby knees! :) ) I found the floral remnant at JoAnns & loved it. So then I had to come up with a project to use it for. (This happens to me often)











Close up of my swirly design. I used the cricut cartidge, accent essentials, to cut it out. Trying to applique it on with the zigzag stitch was not easy.













Another shot. I used the floral fabric as handles, the design on the side & lining (but its full of junk we were taking to the movies so its a mess & I just don't need to publish things like that). I also used it to tie a bow on the handle.









Top view of the tutus I made for the girls for the 4th. We have no plans yet, but they will be dressed!











I was trying to take a picture of how fluffy & cute they are, but I really think they need to be on to show that. I am still trying to figure out how to add some silver stars without melting the tulle. Hopefully, I can figure it out before next week.






So, thats all I have for now. I have pillowcases that I need to put the kids names on- and I think a mickey mouse head on. When we went to WDW a few weeks ago, I had the characters sign pillowcases instead of autograph books. I thought it was a different idea & I think they turned out pretty cute.

Have a good weekend!

I have ventured into tote bags....

These are the tote bags I made for #2's birthday party.


I appliqued their initial on one side & then put a High School Musical iron-on on the other side.













Close up of the stitching & lining
















another close up


















These were her invites. They are in a pillow shape since she had a pretend sleepover. I used the cricut & the software to weld 2 images together & then cut it out. Then the corners of the pillows I used Fun Fuzz to make it soft.







Thats all I have right now, we just got back from Disney, so we are all still recovering. I do have another tote in works (for myself this time) with this cool remnant I found.

I'll post more later---

graduation finished!!!

This is a card I made for #2's teacher, she is getting married at the end of the week & last week the kids threw her a "bridal shower" in class. I used all scrap I had, so I think it turned out okay. I am not sure why the glare looks like there is snot all over the bride, but there's not! I swear!










Mother's Day cards, I got the inspiration from the cricut.com messageboard









Close up of card, I used versamark to make the watermark flowers on the plain cardstock--it needed a little jazzing up!












Shelby's graduation board--it's going to be posted at her party.











Close up of all her activity pictures--I framed the top & bottom of the rows of pictures with buttons.










Close up of her senior pics













All her school pics (except the senior yr) were grouped like this-- I used my tab stamp to label the pictures with the grades







That's all I have for now-- I am in the midst of making High School Musical tote bags for #2's party, she is having a pretend sleepover & these will be goody bags (they are pretty cute so far). I have no pattern, so it's taking a little long while I figure it all out.

Have a good week!

graduation stuff done (well almost)

Quick post (having people over for a BBQ in an hour!) But I finished 2 of the 3 projects I am working on for Shelby's graduation in June.





So, word books are all the rage in scrapbooking right now. I had been wanting to make one for awhile & Shelby's graduation was the perfect excuse. I used the my friend Jen's cricut expression, since mine is too small. Using the design studio software, I welded together the letters with a rectangle, that would be the page.





I don't know if you can tell by the pictures, but the edges of the page are the outline of the letter. I ran into some design flaws, having made some of the rectangles too small. But with more chipboard, lots of glue & black cardstock, I was able to fix it without having to start over!







I am not going to take a picture of every page, but I think you get the idea of the book. I did want to show how pictures (or journaling, or autographs) could fit in the book. Now that I know how to do it- I can't wait to make another one!






This is the guest book. Not too exciting, I used Around the Block's Love My School & Chalkboard papers. I wanted a little more dimension, so I lined the one side with buttons from Creative Cafe.







That's all I have for now. I have a few cards, the last part of the graduation trifecta & #2's birthday party invites. Yikes- I better get busy!!

More Moms Day...

This is a gift from the kids to our mothers. Lately, I have been trying to be more "green"-- driving less, using reusable grocery bags, that kind of thing. I wanted a bag that I could put in my purse & carry with me when I am out running errands.

On etsy.com, I found these bags made out of old tee shirts. I thought they were pretty cool & made some myself. I found them to be very handy-- strong & fit a TON of stuff because of the stretch of the tees.

I had this idea to make them for Mothers Day with the kids handprints. The handprints are supposed to be trees, to go with the whole "green" idea. Not exactly my vision--but I think they still turned out well.

On these, I added the decorative stitch around the openings & the ribbon accents on the handles. The ones I made for myself, I did none of these things and haven't had a problem unravelling.

Hopefully, I will have more to post later this weekend....