Halloween

 

Our Elmo pumpkin was a really big hit. All the little ones loved it and we go so many comments on it from adult and teens too. It even won 1st prize at our ward pumpkin carving contest even though we didn't really carve it.

 

This cake I made without any of my tools. I made this cake while visiting family members, and it just happened to be my sister-in-laws birthday. So I made the cake for the party. Here birthday is close to Halloween and she would always go Trick-or-Treating for a birthday party activity. So I only thought it appropriate to do a Trick-or-Treat bag with candy falling our of it. Not bad for having to throw this together last minute and without any of my decorating tools!

Scrapbooking pages

These are some great pages that my mom and I did during her visit to see me. I just love the Handle with care page and the cowboy pages and well all of them. They all have fun layouts and paper. Not to forget the cute little one in the picture. LOL

 

 

 

 

Personlized Game

This was a great idea that I saw on the Internet. I just love this idea so I made it for a family that has become great friends with us. I found all of my supplies at the local craft store and went straight to work while my loving hubby watch the little one.
This is a picture of the box. I went online and googled Yahtzee until I found a cover that I liked and thought I would be able to work with. Then I copied the picture into a painting program and covered over the first part of the word Yahtzee. I then used Picasa to add the family's name and a message.

These pictures are of the inside where the rules are stuck to the top of the lid and a fun little caution note for anyone who wants to play against the Paces (the family). The dice are wooden blocks that I painted and put pictures of each family member on them. I just re sized photos and printed them on the printer at home. I used my xyron to stick the pictures on to the dice and then put a layer (or two) of Mod Podge on it to sill it all on. I also cover the box with the Mod Podge so that the cover wouldn't come off.

My Quiet Book!

With the help of my very talented mother, we created these two quiet books for my son (and future children). It took a long time and is made of mainly fabric instead of felt. I wanted something that if needed I could throw in the washer and clean it up quickly. Though it took a lot longer because of the fabric I think it turned out really nice. My mother and I created, made and drew all of the patterns ourselves. I am not much of and artist but they look pretty descent if you ask me.

 

My mother found the green backing at a fabric store and it is used as a cover on both books. It is durable and looks nice too. I asked my mom to find something that looked like scripture covers because these would be used mainly to entertain my little ones through church.
Below is the first quiet book we made. In order- Number 1: Apple tree (one of my sons favorites), 2: Mitten & Tent (hiding inside are cowboys & indians), 3: Road way (with fun trucks) & stop light (not finished yet)Another one of my sons favorites, 4:Flowers (that button on) and a Toy box (toys in box that come in and out), 5: Letters (felt letters in pocket that you match to the ones on the page), 6: 1,2 Tie my show (practice tying shoe laces), 7: Barn (open the barn doors and animals can go in and out)

 

Below is some of the pages from the religious Quiet book. I wanted one that would help maintain the spirit during church by reminding the kids about the stories in the scriptures. Number 1:SLC Temple, 2: A fisher of men (catching fish with a magnet fishing pole)and Nephi's boat (build the boat, the pieces are velcro), 3:Shape matching and Tithing (play coins go in the piggy bank and come out they also go in envelop pocket), 4: How to Dress (teaching what to wear to church) and Jonah and the Whale (Jonah is in whale pocket), 5: Six Bee's (honey bee's can visit flowers or go in and out of hive) and Noah's Ark (animals are inside of ark zipper pocket), 6: Missionary (dress the missionary up for his mission. Has different ties, Book of Mormon, shirt, belt, different hair and pants.) and a Pocket attached to the back cover.

I love these books and I am so thankful for my mother's help through all of this! I plan on making and posting more so stay tuned!

 

Book of Mormon Quiet Book

This is a Quiet book that is based from stories from the Book of Mormon. I got this from a friend, to get ideas to create my own. I like the pages but want to make mine with more interactive things to keep the kido's busy during church. Overall great ideas though. I just thought I would share this with you all!

 

 

BOOB BLOCKERS-Nursing Shawls

 

These are different fabrics that I used to make four different Boob Blockers (nursing shawls). The two pink and brown ones were made for ladies who were having girls and the other two could be used for either gender of baby. I really like the crazy brown and orange circle one.

Diaper Cake

The above Diaper Cake was made for a baby girl shower. It is a four layer/large cake with a total of 122 diapers made with Huggies size 1 & 2. For decoration on the cake I added pink burb cloths, cute little ballerina sox's and at the top a pink poodle toy that can be attached to a car seat.

Above is a sample of invitations that I created and made for a baby girl shower. The baby's name meant princess so I used Princess paper in the rattle and of course added "It's a girl" ribbon on the corners.

Santa Baby

Had a little time to scrapbook. I had fun with this page even though it took me all day to complete it but it was worth it. I even got to use my new Cricket stuff.

Boob Blockers

No this is not something bad or wrong it is the name for a nursing shawl. While I was going through my maternity stage, I saw for the first time a nursing shawl that made it so you can see your baby while you nurse. I immediately wanted one for myself. So I set out to buy one, only to find that they were at least $35. What? I said to myself. But I was in need of one for the weekend. I ended up spending the $35 and buying it. I absolute loved it and don't regret buying it.
However after looking over it with my very talented mother, we figured out how to make our own. A few friends of mine are now pregnant and so I decided to create my own version to give them as gifts. For only a half a days work and a few $ less we finished our first one. It looks really good, if I do say so myself!

The "WRAP"

Again I have been looking at baby carriers. I am trying to find something that I can wear, hold the baby, get stuff done and not have my back hurt(to much). So I looked around and found a interesting contraption on eBay. It was $35 on one website and $45 on another. WOW! So, me being me and thinking "I can make this" I googled it and found the official website for this "wrap" like carrier. Then I spend a good half day or more searching the Internet to figure out how to make one. It ended up being a lot easier then I originally planned.

Obviously I have one now(see pic). Needless to say it didn't cost me nearly as much as they were asking for on those website. Got to love saving money! I even found a great website that shows you with pictures how to wrap up the baby, www.wearyourbaby.com is a good source. I also looked on YouTube and found some good videos showing the different ways to wrap.

Scrap page-baby boy

I actually got some time to scrapbook, thanks to mom helping me hold the little one. I spend a good amount of time trying to decide what I wanted to do for this page. After much deliberation and a few hours of rearranging the pictures I finished the page. See for your self how it turned out.

Baby Sling

I have seen many differnt types of carriers, and tried a few myself. All of them say that they are the best ones out there. So I searched and search on the internet until I found a website that tells how to make one. With the help of my loving mother a sling was created. This is it!