pumpkin patch

A few more from the pumpkin patch

 

 

 

 

 

Popeye and Olive Oyl

I was going to wait till after Halloween to post these but I cant because they are just so CUTE :)

 

 

 

Mall Scavenger Hunt

Heres a mall scavenger hunt I designed for my friend's daughters 12th birthday

 

 

Pull up a chair...

 

Lately I have been on a quest for a new kitchen table and chairs. I wanted to get something old and revamp it. I saw this chair at our local thrift store for $10 and luckily it already came with a cushion. Score! 

Remaking it was was suprisingly easy. I cleaned the chair with water and paper towels. To make the paint stick to the glossy finish of the chair I used liquid sandpaper. After waiting about 30 minutes for the liquid sandpaper to set, I painted it aqua with a quart of house paint I got at Home Depot in the oops paint section. I saw the aqua color and knew I would need it for something one day. My next step was antiquing the chair with Howard's Premium Paste wax in Walnut that can be purchased at Ace Hardware. You just brush it on and wipe off the excess till you are satisfied with amount of antiquing. Finally I spayed it with Rust-oleum Crystal Clear Enamel to give it a glossy look.

To remake the cushion, I took the fabric off of the original cushion and re-used the foam insert. I aligned my chevron pattern and used a staple gun to secure it to the wooden base. I sprayed the cushion with Scotch Guard to *hopefully* prevent it from getting dirty from little fingers. This particular chair had screws that went up from the bottom of the chair, into the cushion base to keep it attached. I am thrilled with how it turned out and plan to make a matching chair to this one and another set of a completely different shape.

April Rush

Since I have been crazy busy with work, book club, the boys and Insanity, I haven't really had a chance to post. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past month.

8 Months and not happy

Impromptu photo shoot at the park

The best of Easter Sunday

My always happy boy

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.