Andy Warhol Inspired Handprint Art

Awhile ago I got a kid collage frame from my mother. It has a space for some kid made art and another space to fit a 4x6 photo. Well I've had the same art and photo in there since the monster was 2. I'd say 5 years is plenty long enough time to pass before finally changing it out. We made some quick Andy Warhol inspired art out of some tempra paint and leftover poster board from a school project. As he ran laps through the house(because that's what crazy little monsters do when they have too much energy and are being asked to participate) I would stop him every so often to slap another handprint down. This made for a very easy, stress-free project. Just to clarify...after each handprint I would rinse his little hand before sending him on his way to run off some more of that energy.

I love how it turned out and it has been hanging happily on my wall ever since, until it got packed and put into storage this week :(

Oh how I love that little monsters sweet handprints!

xoxo

Personalized Burlap Candleholders

I found some candleholders with coordinates on them for sale and loved them. They felt a little impersonal though and also just one cost almost as much as it cost me to buy all the supplies for mine. I wish I had taken a picture of the ones I found at the store but I just wasn't thinking about it at the time.
I bought the stencils, paint, burlap, and all the glass vases at Hobby Lobby. I looked up the coordinates for each of our birth places on google and then I got busy.

 

I used a Q-tip which turned out to be the perfect size and was a lot easier to control than a stencil brush.

This is what they looked like once the stenciling was done.

I just frayed the edges a bit and used ModPodge to get them on the vases

 

When they are all lit up you lose some of the numbers but that was ok with me, I like the texture of the burlap just fine by itself.

I'm loving the final product and am excited to get them on the mantel at the new house.

I love that they are personal to us and a little quirky.

 

xoxo

 

 

 

 

POD for tomorrow

I have plenty of things to catch up tomorrow which happens to be a very rare off day from BOTH my nursing jobs not the least of which is my little candle holder project. With all my crafty stuff already packed securely away in storage for moving day I want to tackle the projects I didn't already have supplies for. 

Also job number 3 is me becoming a consultant for Thirty-one which I'm hoping will make for a fun giveaway soon, I already have a good idea what it will be I just have to figure out how to do a random giveaway on here...maybe I'll add that to the POD for tomorrow as well. For now though I'm just saying goodnight because I'm going to watch Spartacus with my love.

xoxo

Clearly I've lost my mind

Oh boy have I lost it, in the last few weeks I added not just one but two extra jobs on top of my full time job. Not really so much out of necessity as just trying to get some additional money coming in to put into savings and building some emergency funds. I'm exhausted, right now some of my days are coming in right around 18 hrs worked. It hasn't left me with a whole lot of extra time to come up with and execute any craftiness for sure!

We have accomplished a few things during this whirlwind time of figuring out this new routine. We have started the process of buying our first home and have so far gotten approved, our offer has been accepted and we have had the inspection done. I can already see in my head how I want things to look and I'm so ready for closing I can hardly stand it!

The monster got a haircut!! Oh my poor sweet little mans neglected hair... It was bad and he was starting to resemble a mop. It would have been ok if he didn't split it down the center pushing it to the side so it would be out of his eyes. He is now rocking this much shorter hair cut by my brother in law...

Pretty soon we will be in our new home and getting busy crafting and doing some DIY stuff.

I've already got some candle holders in mind that I might go ahead and do this weekend while I actually have some off days, we'll see :)

xoxo

 



 

DIY lip scrub

I'm always up for small DIY projects to do with things I already have on hand. I was browsing pinterest and came across this

admire my professional screen shot-ing I did there ;)

I went to the site which is here!

It didn't have any measurements though so I just guessed. I ended up using a tbsp. of the brown sugar and 1-1.5 tsp of the honey and olive oil.

I tried stirring it with a spoon and that was really working, it was clumping up and sticking to the spoon. I ditched the spoon and switched to my finger. Once it was all blended I let it sit for a couple minutes and it ended up looking like this

kind of gross looking right but it actually worked really well.

I followed it up with some balm and my lips feel super smooth.

It made my hands really soft too so really I guess this could technically be an anywhere scrub.

Just be gentle with applying it.

 

 

I Love Hands-On Learning

For Valentine's Day we all went on a field trip to with my little monsters school.

We have been there several times but it's always so much fun. Get ready for picture overload...

 

pretending to be eaten by the shark

 

nothing cooler than watching the cleaning crew work(he feels this way about cleaning at home too, he prefers to watch rather than clean)

 

showing off those muscles

facing his fear of heights and cycling high above the ground

hanging out in a dog bowl

Shane making faces thru the peg board things

excavating some dino bones

and learning about digestion(this was very interesting to him, mostly because there was lots of learning about farts and poop...ewww)

By the ride home he was all tired out. He snuggled his new snake stuffed animal and dozed off for the majority of the ride.

 

We also found out yesterday that we are getting the house we wanted! Very exciting!! We are currently just waiting for the signed offer to come back from the seller!

 

For some us time and to celebrate finding out about us getting the house we went to see Identity Thief and visited our future home (it's vacant at the moment).

 

Best Valentine's Day EVER!!!

 

 

 



Lots of busy days

So sometime last week I got a second job and I am very happy with it. There are so many things I love about this job and the staff of people they have there. I'm very happy with my decision to start working this job. One downside is while I'm trying to get everything settled with my 2 different work schedules I feel like I haven't been home very much. My projects are all sitting idle and I definitely haven't been cooking. I also am seeing my 2 favorite guys much less. I know this phase is going to be short lived but its hard to be away from my guys so much. I managed to switch some shifts around and so I will be completely off work from both jobs and Shane was able to get off and so we will be spending all of Valentine's Day together as a family. Added bonus...there is a field trip scheduled for tomorrow so we will all be going on the field trip and its to a place we all know well and is a favorite for our family. I'm very excited for this day together :)

I'm also excited to start making lots of St Patricks Day stuff starting Friday! I have no idea what on earth I will be making to decorate with but I'm sure I'll come up with something!

Lots of love