Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Recycled crafts


For Earth Day Amelia wanted to make a recycled craft to bring for show and tell. We decided on these little water bottle fish.
Basically you paint glue on tissue paper to a twisted water bottle and voila......a fish. Does it really count as an earth day craft if I bought the water bottles to make the craft??  We never have water bottles.
These are hanging like a mobile from our chandelier right now along with our other recycled craft, jellyfish.


These are made from a clear plastic cup and curling ribbon and crepe paper. Amelia's was embellished a little more with glitter ribbon and these silver discs. I highly recommend it for an easy, scrap busting craft for kids.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Been so long

Yep, it's been like 6 months or something since I posted but this adorable little thing is why I haven't able to get to much of anything (and I guess the fact that we moved out of state 2 days after he was born, and did I mention Philip moved away 10 weeks before us, leaving me in charge of 2 kids, a house to pack, and a baby to incubate). Hours and hours of driving for Philip to come home "just in case", 4 hospital stays, tons of false alarms and still no baby. Finally the doctor agreed to give me pitocin and 1 hour later (seriously not kidding) Miles was born on April 3rd at a hefty 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 22 inches long. He was HUGE!!! But he is a perfect baby. Quiet, patient and growing like a weed. I finally have a squishy thighed baby. Now I am getting back to me which means making lists and crossing them off again.  Have no idea who reads this anymore, but I feel like it isn't official until I post it and then I can cross it off. So whether or not anyone checks it out, it's my therapy!!! On to the collages!!


 That owl hat in the above picture is the only thing I made for him.He only wore it for this picture because he grew too fast and he hated it. I guess the 3rd baby really does get all the hand-me-downs. The other things are my fun projects (or ones I actually took pics of) since Christmas!!!  From left to right clockwise: St Patrick's day bakesale pot of gold cupcakes, Amelia's best friend art necklace, apple apron from 2 towels, Christmas cinnamon wreath ornament , yarn beard, apple apron with matching oven mitt, seersucker adjustable apron and mitt, and Amelia's handmade Valentine's.

I could tell a post on each of these, but I am just getting them up and out so I can start for real again. Now on to more fun projects again!!