Halloween crafts

I got the creative bug yesterday and made a couple of cute things. One of them was for a friend for her birthday, no not "The Witch is in" sign, that would just be mean.....it's for me! The Hub was a bit scared when he walked in and saw that sign, hey he knew what he was marring in to!

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday, not sure why, i just love Halloween and fall decorations. I have many more ideas in my head and i am hoping to get them out of my head and into my house soon.

Kids Growth Chart

I finally got around to making a growth chart for the boys. I have been wanting to make one for, oh about 5 yrs now. I really wish i would have got this done last month because boy #1 had a major growth spurt this month, all his pants are suddenly floods.

Anyway here is the growth chart i made with my cricut......

The boys love it. They have been asking me to measure them every 5 minutes.

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I can't play sign

I finished the other sign today....now to implement it!Please pay no attention to the fingerprint smeared storm door. I think the sign turned out cute. Boy #1 thought it was a great idea but quickly pointed out to me that he didn't think  his friends could read yet, good point oh wise little one. Hopefully they will associate the "Red" sign to the fact that he can't play right now. Maybe the dogs will be able to take a afternoon nap uninterrupted now, yes they lead a rough life.

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Please Knock sign

I saw these signs made over at How Does She and it was the perfect idea to go with a baby gift i was getting together for my friends new little baby. Here is a pic of the one i made for my friend, hopefully she doesn't see this until she receives it in the mail, if you do, pretend to be shocked and amazed at it's wonderfulness! These signs are so simple and cute and straight to the point....

I had my hubby cut out a 6x6 square and drill a couple of small holes in the top. Then i Modge Podged some cute paper on, added some vinyl lettering, stained, sanded, inked the edges a bit, and added the wire and I was done.

I have plans of making one for our door. I want it to be more of a "We can't play" sign. We have a awesome neighborhood filled with all my son's best buds which is great and i am really grateful for the great playmates he has. The one problem though is the little window that we have by our front door. All day long i see little heads peeking through that little window. This would be fine if it wasn't for my two attack dogs, who are all bark and no bite. If they see or even hear anything at the front door they bark, and bark, and bark......it's not my favorite trait of theirs. My youngest still naps, thank heavens, and when the dogs bark, he usually wakes up which makes Mama not so happy.

So that brings us back to me making a sign that lets the little neighbor boys know to turn around and come back later when the sign is no longer there.

I'm not sure what the sign should say...."We can't play, please come back soon." Or maybe "Hey kids scram." Ha ha OK maybe that's a bit harsh.

Do any of you have a good idea of what i should put on it??

If you have a baby or any age napper in the house this sign is a great idea.

-Jaime

Spring/Summer letter blocks

I wanted to show you all the variation on the Spring Blocks i posted last week. I wanted to make some for my mom for her birthday but i wanted them to be the gift that keeps on giving, well at least for one more season that is. 

I, Ok hubby, cut the blocks a few different sizes this time, i thought it would be fun to mix it up a little and i love how they turned out. Here is the Spring side.....

And then i flipped them and did Summer on the other side of the blocks. I used my Cricut for the letters on these blocks and i liked how they turned out. I also inked the sides of the blocks to give it a sanded look without the added work.

Now i just hope my mom read my text that said not to look at my blog until after she got and opened her present from me. Happy Birthday MOM!!

-Jaime

Spring Letter Blocks

Since the sun refuses to shine here in Kansas(ok it did a little but not enough for me) i have been inside with the boys all day. This is not exactly how i hoped to spend Spring Break but hopefully the weather will get warmer later in the week and we can get OUTSIDE!! We watched movies today and boy #2 had a extra long nap(yay for daylight savings).

I managed to sneak in this project that i have been wanted to do.

First i painted my wood block that the hubs cut for me a while ago....

Then i Mod Podged some uber cute scrapbook paper onto them...

And last i added some fun chip board letters to spell out SPRING. I cut out the word Happy on my cricut and just Mod Podged them right on there. I attached the chip board letters with some sticky Zots. They are the perfect addition to my little black table(which i am looking to replace with something a bit more fabulous)

I kinda wish that the R wasn't red, a bit too many reds in a row for me, but it's still cute. I worked with what i had and i think it's nice and Springy, i am trying to force Spring to get here quicker!!

-Jaime

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Whatever Goes Wednesday

Love at first cut

I am in LOVE.....
I have really fallen hard for my new cricut machine. I have wanted one of these for a long time but could never manage to fork out the cash to take one home with me.....until last weekend!
Actually i got it on sale at Big Lots, it was a great deal. My closest store was out of them and i ended up having to drive to Missouri(it's actually not that far away) to find a store that still had a couple.
I am so glad that hubby agreed to take that little drive across the state line.
I have been playing with it for the last couple of days and i am now convinced that we can concur the world, just me and my Cricut.
All kidding aside this really is one cool little machine and i see a lot of kick A** scrapbook pages, greeting cards and school projects in my future.
Anyway i just had to let you all know and forewarn you that you may be seeing some Cricut related projects soon.

P.S. A big thank you to my In-Laws who made this purchase possible. Yes i may or may not have opened my birthday card w/$ a little early, but can ya blame me?

-Jaime