Monday, November 15, 2010

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.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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!


Monday, October 25, 2010

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).




Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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...




Thursday, January 14, 2010

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.