Christmas Crafts 2011

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in the past few...well, many months.  Life happened--it always does.  But I just wanted to a take a moment to post some fun Christmas projects.  My mother, SIL, and I all put our heads (and hands) together and cranked out some crafts to sell at the Red-Wood Christmas Tree Farm.  Our dear friends own the place and were so gracious to let us park our crafts there for the season.  Here is a sneak peek of what you'll find there.  So head over, get a tree, a wagon ride, some free candy canes/cocoa/cider, and some crafts!!!  Excuse the terrible pictures...they look WAY better in person.  Trust me...or go see for yourself.

 

Send me a message if you are interested in anything and I will see what I can do about picking one up from the farm for you.  Merry Christmas!

What a chore

Recently I have been thinking that we need to get our little 6 year old on track with some basic chores. I mean, don't get me wrong, she does help out around the house. I just wanted to get something going a little more regularly. Here is the solution. I found this magnetic white board at Staples for like $3 (pen included) and it works great. The boxes get checked off as she does her chores throughout the day. At the end of the day--if she has completely all the chores that are applicable to the day--she gets a check down at the bottom. When all 20 boxes are checked, she gets an awesome reward. Something big and exciting...sounds like the perfect plan to me! Plus, I don't have to take the garbage out anymore.

Collage

One of my good friends--who has a great eye for clever and crafty things--likes to email me vinyl ideas every once in a while. She sent me a link for the cutest halloween collage and I did my best to make something similar. Halfway through the designing, she got an even better idea to make one for thanksgiving too and put it on the back of the halloween collage. A two-fer kind of deal. She and her friend now have one-of-a-kind collage boards because I lost these files in the great computer crash. With a little luck, I can one day get my data recovered and be reunited with these cuties!

I'm Baaaaaaack--maybe

So, where have I been? I wish I had a decent answer for that. I had a baby, so there's one excuse. I have two other kids, so there's two more excuses. Anyhow, I am making a sad little attempt at a post. I made these two boards for my wonderful SIL. I LOVE HER! My last computer gave its life to get these made. Yep, my old computer died. Unfortunatly, I hadn't backed anything up for nearly a year. Ugh...I am going to try and forget it (at least for a few minutes).

Supersize Tree - Part 2

Remember that giant vinyl tree I did for my friend a few months back? Well, she put the final touches on her family tree and it looks amazing! I am in love with this...

New Boards

So, in the summer I donated a board for an auction at our church. The idea was that I would make any kind of vinyl board that the winner wanted. Finally, after months of waiting, the board is finished! It was done with dark brown vinyl and a cream paint. Here is how it turned out:

My SIL (to be) helped me out with a craft fair in December in exchange for me helping her with some gifts. Here are the designs we came up with. I LOVE the black/white/yellow family name one.

Christmas Boards

Ok, people. I have been working like crazy to get ready for Saturday. What? You haven't heard? Well, good friends of ours own an awesome Christmas Tree Farm. They were asked to set up a booth and sell wreaths at the Kirkland Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony this Saturday (November 28th) from 4-8pm. They asked me to sell some crafts at their booth too. There was no way I would be able to mass produce enough items to sell, so I enlisted my mother, SIL, and my bro's girlfriend. We came up with some really great stuff! And as much work as it has been creating these crafts, I have thoroughly enjoyed it! Please come down and see us on Saturday if you are in the area...and buy something too. Here is a sampling of what will be there (and the pictures DO NOT do them justice):