St. Patrick's Day Countdown

My oldest is always asking how far away something is and attempts to keep track in his head day by day. His birthday is on the 13th of this month and I know he'll have a hard enough time keeping track of that. So I thought I'd come up with something a bit more interesting that he can have fun with and keep track of the days until St. Patty's Day!

I found a Shamrock Pattern online, that has three different sizes, one for each of my kids. Printed it out, cut out the shamrocks, and traced them onto different shades of green contact paper. I cut out 17 of each side and covered both sides with contact paper (for extra durability).
It seemed like it took forever and really made me want a die cut machine. Maybe if I had one of those my hands wouldn't hurt so bad and cutting out 51 of these little things wouldn't have been so intimidating half way through the project.

Now each day, STARTING TODAY, until March 17th, I will hide a little shamrock somewhere around the house for the kiddos to find them. Since they are younger, I will tell them which room it will be hidden in. Once they have found it we will hang it somewhere around the house for decoration. On the final day (St. Patrick's Day), I plan to hide the last shamrock with some chocolate gold coins to help celebrate the holiday.

iSpy Bag

Sorry I've been MIA for soo long. My kiddos have definitely been wondering where there mom went and I know my husband misses me. With only three more classes to finish until I graduate with my Bachelors in Criminal Justice, things are getting intense, and I keep trying to find a corner to hide. I can't wait until all is said and done!

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you my first ever custom made iSpy bag. I saw these on etsy and thought they were the coolest thing! So I used some scrap materials, bought some cute beads with objects and letters, and three months later............Finally Finished It..

TA DA!!!

While I was making it, my son was flipping out because it wasn't a Mario fireball. This boy has been OBSESSED with Mario! However, once I finished it he played with it for about an hour searching for the letters in his name. Now my daughter is jealous she doesn't have one. Maybe within the next couple months I'll get around to making a butterfly one for her.

Our Paper Pumpkin Abstract Craft

Now that Halloween is over, instead of focusing on creative costumes, we can focus on creative platters. Pumpkin Pies, Pumpkin Spice Cake, Beef and Pumpkin Stew are some of my favorite things. I LOVE Pumpkins and all the wonderful things they help me create in my nifty kitchen. So to start of November, Miss Bree and I made a little pumpkin craft. We started with a black piece of card stock and had fun making brown, orange, and green confetti out of construction paper. The project was simple enough I allowed her to do everything but cutting (we're still learning scissor safety). We drew a simple round shape, similar to a pumpkin, used our glue stick to the cover the area, and pasted our confetti paper in the appropriate areas.Miss Bree was soo proud of her work, she had me take of picture of her holding it so she could share it with everyone online. Enjoy!

Birth Announcements

Approximately two months ago I gave birth to my littlest one, who I refer to as Lttl1 in all my Facebook status updates. He's such a joy to have and melts my heart on a daily basis. This is the birth annoucement I created for my Lttl1:

Capturing the Moments

I love digital creations, but I'm also falling in love with simple photography! I LOVE being able to capture the most precious moments in life..,. and I have to give credit to Carrie Butler for my inspiration!

With our new Lttl1 resting in my lap I have enjoyed searching through and reading others blogs. On FaceBook I'm a fan of Craft Magazine, who featured a tutorial from Giver's Log about a cute pattern for a Super Mario's hat, where I later found the Shoot-Along Tutorial by Carrie Butler. A few tips that helped me capture the perfect photo included: not positioning your child in the pose you want when you have the camera out, but rather waiting for the perfect moment.

After reading Carrie's tutorial and receiving inspiration I was able to capture the most amazing photo of my princess: This photo reminds me of myself when I was younger; very dramatic young girl captured in the butt of the moment, but still a princess, determined to make her own fairytale. This photo captured that moment, she really is my darling Cinderella; although, scrubbing fireplaces isn't a requirement in this house. :)

Joe & Sons Business Cards - Painter

For the Painter that works for Joe & Sons General Contracting, I have created these business cards:

Joe & Sons Business Cards

Here are the new business cards I've created for Joe & Sons General Contracting. The only consistent logo they have had is the skull and cross bones, so instead of making that the main focus of the attention... I incorporated an image that would effectively represent their business, while keeping the representation of their consistent logo. The family was very satisfied with the cards and are looking forward to more creations from me to represent the other departments within the business to include: flooring, painting, and electric work.