11.20.2010

Today was a very busy day! Matt and I woke up, went to breakfast, raked and bagged 20 bags of leaves, napped, and then went to the friends Thanksgiving feast. To say the least, I am very sleepy. Then Matt and some friends went to see Harry Potter but I wanted to spend my money on crafts. :) We are also going to see an Arizona Cardinals game tomorrow in Kansas City. We are a little nervous about rooting for the Cardinals because I hear those Chiefs fans can be pretty intense. (My dad is a chiefs fan ;)

Here are a few pictures I took of us raking my grandparents yard today. I also put up pictures of my tote bag I made. I was pretty proud of myself!! :)







This is the tutorial I went by.

Friend Thanksgiving Feast

I know, OK!! I am really terrible at doing this 30 day blog thing. I said I would double up and I didn't and then I didn't even write yesterday. I do have a little bit of an excuse because my IPhone freaked out on me yesterday. I couldn't get it to turn on so Matt had to reboot it. Everything since May was deleted! Boo!! I was thankful that I saved it in May because if I didn't I would have lost all of my contacts. Everyone knows that is not a fun adventure.

Well this Saturday my sister-in-law is having a before Thanksgiving Feast with friends and we got invited. I am so excited to get a preview of next Thursday! I decided to make Pioneer Womans green bean casserole. I was a little nervous to stray from the traditional green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and French's fried onions but decided this sounded pretty good. My mother raised my sister and I to only like the real deal, such as, homemade mashed potatoes, only using butter and milk, homemade dressing, absolutely NO stovetop, ect. You get the point but I am trying to start my own traditions. So, I am interested to see if this tastes better than the original. I highly doubt it doesn't because what tastes bad using half & half. I am leaving out the bacon and bread crumbs because I do need those French's onions. :)

Click on the picture if you want to see the recipe.



Here are a few DIY projects I would like to do in the near future! Click on them to find the tutorials.






PS I will be sharing my tote bag that I just recently made next!

Oops!

I accidentally forgot to blog yesterday. Guess I'll have to blog twice today. :) Craft night was last night and we got home really late. This weeks craft night was fun! I learned how to crochet and I showed my friend Emily how to while we watched Parenthood.

ANYWAYS...
My wonderful sister-in-law, or seester as we call each other, accidentally ordered two of these Sufjan Christmas Albums and she generously gave one to me. She's way awesome! The album artwork is incredible and it came with stickers! so fun... I have posted a few of my favorites down below.

Aren't they adorable!!







These are the stickers! I wonder where I should put them?

Dear Santa,

1. Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts...I already have the sewing edition


2. Fabric Scissors! HIGH on the list this year!!!


3. DIY magazine subscription


4. A used Polaroid camera from Ebay with film


5. An open knit scarf


I would also like some japanese masking tape. :)

Homemade Crayons Tutorial

I thought this would be a fun project for the two little girls I babysit for to do with me. We had a fun time peeling the paper off of the crayons and it didn't take very long.

Materials:
tin can-one for each color
medicine bottles
broken crayons
small pot for boiling



First we separated all the tiny crayon pieces into piles by color.


Then we found a tin can and peeled the paper off of it to begin the melting process. We boiled half a pot of water in a small pot before we started.


Then we melted the red crayon. Each crayon took around 3 to 4 minutes. Be sure to melt all the crayons because sometimes pieces hide in the bottom.


Then we melted the green crayons. WARNING:Can gets very hot. I used a paper towel to grab onto the can.


Next you poor the melted crayons into the medicine bottles and place them into the freezer so they harden faster for the next color crayon.





Then color away!!

Tuesday Craft Nights!

My sweet friend Emily Tracy and I have been doing simple sewing projects and crafts for the last 3 months now on Tuesday nights. We both try to find fun and cheap projects to do while our husbands are in class together. So far we have made headbands, wreaths, button rings, and some nights we just cook a fun meal. Lately it has been pretty hard to try to get together because we both have had a lot of homework but I bet this week we will do something! Here are a few pictures we took! Enjoy!









Tomorrow I will show a few projects I've done on my own! Goodnight. Zzzzzz

30 Day Blog Challenge

So I was reading a blog today, as I do everyday, and she was doing a 30 day blog challenge. You have to blog everyday for 30 days no matter what. I'm going to try and do this. Eeeek. I'm a little nervous because I can't even blog once a month anymore. I find myself reading blogs more than actually blogging. I wonder if that is normal?

Anyways I wanted to start by introducing my new mini craft/sewing room. I can't technically call it a room because it's in a closet. I asked my Mom if I could have her sewing table which happened to fit perfectly in the little space.
Here are a few pictures I took.






I found this at a garage sale for $3!




This is one of Ashley Ann's DIY crafts.