Fabric Memory Game

In September I had a little girl's birthday party to attend and really wanted to try making this fabric memory matching game on pinterest. It turns out it was so easy and turned out adorable. I made a 20 piece memory game. What I did was this:

• Cut out 40 2 inch squares of cream felt. One for the back and one for the front. I learned that you need a thicker piece of felt because otherwise it will be see-through.



• In the front pieces of the felt I cut out a 1.25 inch square in the middle using an exacto knife.



• Cut 20 pieces of 1.5 fabric ( I used quilters squares because they already came in a coordinating pack) - 2 of each pattern



• Put the back felt, patterned fabric, and front felt (with window in the middle) together.



• Sew them up on the inside of the window and outer edges.

So much more fun than a memory card game and would look great displayed on a shelf.

Elf on a Shelf

Two elves came in the mail to visit us from the north pole today, Monty and Jingle. We opened them outside and after a bit of confusion Luke was excited. Our first order of business is to make them a bed to sleep in.

Pierce's portrait

After having people over on Halloween and looking at our house with a critical eye, I realized that we don't have many pictures of Pierce around. Granted he's just a little guy and hasn't had time for too many photo opts but I decided he needed to make an imprint on our home decor.

On a side note, when Luke was about 18 months old I made a graphic inspired painting of him for David's office. When I visited his office the other day and saw the painting I realized he needed one of Pierce too. David fell in love with the picture of Pierce in the Spartan football crocheted hat so I knew that was the one. I altered my original photo in Photoshop, printed it out, traced it to save time (shhh don't tell my students) and then painted it in.

Here is the original photo:



And my painted one:


Since I had the left over printout that showed me what colors I used (and since I have been on such a photo transfer kick lately) I decided to make one for the house. I put green underneath as it was just a color I happened to have. The bottom picture of the transfer was much more distressed. Probably because I wasn't patient enough to really let it dry. I painted over the face with some watered down paint to help it stand out a little. Happy accidents as they say. I love the finished product!

Bookshelf redo

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