what would you do...with a pin from pinterest

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO...with a PIN FROM PINTEREST?

chelsea sent me this pin in preparation for kenzie's birthday. i loved it and knew we had to make it. it's the perfect banner for a first birthday party.

the instructions from the pin are so easy to follow. we looked into buying one already made, but it was so easy to make. i am glad we made our own.

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next month we want to know...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO...with pink lipstick?

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a thanksgiving treat

i love holidays and pretty much any reason to celebrate. celsey and i saw the cutest idea for halloween treats. she rented a cotton candy machine for her daughter's birthday so we thought it would be the perfectly easy cutest treat. 

we have no idea what happened, but after one day the cute cotton candy spider webs basically turned into a hockey puck-most epic crafting fail of our lives. 

we have to redeem ourselves somehow. hopefully people accept our caramel apples as redemption. they were much more successful than the halloween fail. 

we used this recipe to make the caramel. the rest is pretty simple. 

dip apples in caramel and let set

dip apples in melted white chocolate

immediately roll in cinnamon sugar

in between apple steps, make tags. 

cut 3" squares

stamp/write/print thankful for you 

when apples are all set, put in cellophane bag, tie with red string, and attach tag. 

cute tasty treat

now to think of our Christmas treat...

what would you do...with paint

we picked the theme for this month a few months ago, and i immediately knew what i was going to do. we want to know

WHAT WOULD YOU DO...with paint?

i knew what i wanted to do, but i put it off again and again. i literally procrastinated until the last possible second.

this project was pretty simple but time consuming.

supplies

wooden blocks

craft paint-various holiday colors

holiday vinyl decals

sand paper

finish varnish

1. paint blocks in holiday colors (i painted all sides different colors) and let dry

2. distress edges with sand paper

3. apply vinyl decals

4. paint finish varnish over vinyl

these would be cute for holiday decorations. i plan to let kids play with them.

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next month we want to know WHAT WOULD YOU DO..with apples?

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denim quilt

a whole lot of years ago i started saving and cutting out denim to make a denim quilt someday. i needed some uniformity, but i decided to make varying sized blocks which made the sewing a little tricky but also covered some mistakes. i cut and cut and cut for several years and finally had enough variation of squares to make the quilt. i bought a sewing machine for the purpose of making this quilt and learned to sew. i don't recommend a denim quilt as a beginner sewing project, but i don't usually do things the easy way. i learned a lot of about sewing and finally got all the denim sewn together. it sat for a few more years before i finally decided what to do with the other side.

i knew i didn't want flannel, and i wanted it to match the funky denim side. i picked out my fabric, and it sat. i finally cut all the squares, and it sat. i finally sewed the back together, and it sat. when chocolate dipped quilts opened a few years ago, i won a quilting giveaway so no more sitting. logan did the best job. she used pink thread to quilt, and i absolutely love the way it turned out.

quilting c/o chocolate dipped quilts

the quilt has been finished for a couple of years, and it has still been sitting...until last week when i finally used it for the first time. it was so much work i have been a little scared to use it. does that ever happen to you? are you afraid to use your nice things? i'm going to a baseball game next week, and i might just use it again.

unicorn/mermaid print

when we were in mexico, we had a funny conversation started by sage about being a unicorn or maybe a mermaid. it quite possibly is one of those you had to be there situations. since her birthday was soon after we got back from our trip, i decided to make a print for sage from that convo. i love the personal touch of homemade gifts, and i love them even more when they are easy. i had the idea to make this on sunday night before the birthday dinner.at 11:30pm. i promise it was super easy.
 1. create print in pic monkey or your favorite software 2. print 4x6 and cut to size 3. trace wooden frame ($1 at Michaels) on glitter paper and cut out 4. glue glitter paper to frame 5. frame the print

6. punch decorative circles and attach to frame with glue dots to embellish

i was so excited to give sage her birthday gift, and she loved it.

i will definitely be making this gift again soon.

off season crafts: modify ink

i love making holiday crafts. i have ideas, and i usually have big plans to make the crafts before the holiday. finding the time often becomes a huge challenge. i end up scrambling to finish the project or don't even end up getting it done. i starting making a halloween crafts about a year ago. it was a little funny working on halloween crafts in the opposite season, but i decided i really loved it. when halloween came, my crafts were done and ready to be displayed. after i made my glitter shamrock, i wanted to make something similar for every holiday. i'm planning to stick with the idea of crafting for the opposite holiday. my next project is going to be fall and a gold glitter pumpkin.

i found the perfect print to go with my pumpkin (that isn't made yet). modify ink offers customizable art. they provide the design and you change the colors. it's super easy to use. with a few clicks of the mouse, you have art that matches your space.

i was so excited when i found this print. i have a lot of halloween decor but not much thanksgiving. i need to make the glitter pumpkin and decide if i want to frame this or display the print only. thoughts?

if you're looking for a print (words, designs, both), check out modify ink. now through monday, use this link to get 30% your purchase. you'll be glad you did.

***i received this print in exchange for writing this review. as always, all opinions are my own.

simple jewelry board

my niece is really getting into jewelry these days which i totally love. she has enough that she needs a better organization system. this was the perfect, simple solution.

supplies

block of wood (sometimes you can get lucky and find scrap wood)

paint (we used a cotton candy pink) and paintbrush

tools (drill, wrench, tape measure, pencil)

sandpaper

drawer pulls

paint block of wood. you'll probably need 2 coats. sand edges if you want to distress. (we meant to do that but kind of forgot)

measure where you want the holes and drill holes. grab edges with wrench and slowly twist into block of wood

hang on the wall 

voila. so cute for a little girl's room. this would also be so cute for a grown up room.

i kind of want to make one for myself except i have the biggest jewelry board already. 

easter vinyl/wood craft

i love holidays! i love the crafts, the food, the decorations, and the celebration. i try not to go overboard adding decorations each year because i have so much already, but i do like to add one or two things for each holiday. after my glitter shamrock project, i wanted to make something similar for easter, and i still want to... i saw this sign at the wood craft store (wood connection). it was the perfect simple addition to my decor this year.

this project is a little different than vinyl projects i've done before. the vinyl is more of a stencil.

1. paint the board the color of choice for the words/pictures (i chose gray)

2. allow plenty of time for paint to dry

3. apply vinyl (i bought the vinyl at wood connection, but you could also use your silhouette/cricut to cut it yourself)

4. paint over the vinyl in color of choice (i chose teal). i needed 2 coats to completely cover the gray)

5. again allow plenty of time for paint to dry

6. carefully peel off vinyl

7. touch up with small paintbrush

my decor is pretty simple this year. the holiday is so early. i have a few more crafts to make throughout the year to be all ready for next year. sometimes i like crafting on opposite seasons. do you ever do that? try it. it's kind of nice.

wwyd...with gold glitter+giveaway

kimberly and i are back for another round of WHAT WOULD DO YOU...

this month we want to know..

WHAT WOULD YOU DO...with gold glitter?

as soon as we picked gold glitter, i knew i wanted to do a decoration for st. patrick's day. my friend had a white pallet with gold glitter heart, and i knew i wanted to do something similar but with a canvas and a shamrock instead.

the hardest part of the project was finding the time to actually do it.

supplies

green paint in shade of your choice

12x12 canvas (try big lots or local craft store with a coupoin)

paint brush

shamrock stencil

glue

gold glitter

i got a silhouette for christmas and really haven't used it much. this was the perfect project. i purchased the shamrock from the design store for $0.50.

1. paint canvas and let dry

2. get or cut out a shamrock stencil

3. tape stencil to canvas

4. apply glue inside the stencil

5. dump glitter

6. remove stencil and let dry

7. shake off excess glitter

i'm really happy how easy this was and how quick and simple it was. i really love glitter and all things sparkly. do you love glitter? link up glitter posts below. speaking of sparkle, there's also a surprise below.

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