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Monday, February 8, 2010

I Heart Valentines Day

actually, my title is not true. it is now because i have a valentine and it provides an excuse to make cute valentines day cards for people.
but there was awhile there where i dreaded valentines day either because i was single and found it depressing, or it meant i would get teased about breaking up with my current boyfriend. so i broke up with someone on valentines day in grade 8. and so it happened again in grade 10... i wasn't going to lead these boys on and let them buy me flowers and chocolates when i wasn't that into them. i think it was grade 10 or 11 that i broke up with someone a couple weeks earlier or later to avoid people teasing me (though they did anyway). so when colin made it through his first valentines day with me he was pretty happy (and we were engaged already, so i'll bet he was sure hoping i wouldn't break up with him!)
so now that valentines day is happy again, if there are any of you who forgot all about it or are running out of time to get creative, one of my favourite other blogs has just posted these last minute printable valentines cards:


enjoy!

Friday, February 5, 2010

More, Really?

yes, really.

this one is a sand picture using elliott's foot prints as my stencil. a "mr.maker" project.
it's a little bit hard to see so i included this picture as well. the feet stick out, not in, which doesn't really make sense but it looks pretty cute.
and i bought a wood burning kit and burned some pictures into cork trivets:
(they're 8" across...real cheap from ikea, i'll take orders if you want a set, they can say anything you want or have any line-drawing in them!)

and i also made 12" square bulletin boards for the kids' rooms to pin pictures and what-have-you onto. one for our girl:
and one for our boy!
i'm most proud of that one :)

off to wal-mart for valentine card supplies, yay!

Monday, February 1, 2010

She's Crafty

rather than nesting, something most women go through when they are nearing the end of their pregnancy (i'm 35.5 weeks now, isn't that exciting?), i've started really getting inspired to do crafting. to my delight two of elliott's favourite tv shows to watch lately have been "art attack" and "mr.maker" which both feature kid-friendly craft ideas, inspiring elliott and i both to do many small projects together.

here he is learning how a glue stick can stick construction paper together. i'm thankful for glue sticks, i can't imagine letting a toddler use white glue, i'm sure it would get everywhere!
here is one of his mr.maker inspired projects that i am the most proud of, the boat in a bottle (and he's not much of a crafting prodigy yet, he had a lot of help!)
colin has also been inspired to do some crafts with elliott as well, or maybe more like crafts on elliott...
on my honeymoon i managed to twist colin's arm to buying me a cute little (and way overpriced) "boat in a bottle" kit on the ferry, and 3 1/2 years later i finally got around to doing it. isn't it cute? and don't ask me how i did it, i'll never tell!
i also finally finished a purse i started making over a year ago. i wanted to see if i could make my own purse without a pattern, and though the strap isn't made of the material i wanted it to be made of (it's a little too colourful for me), i think it turned out pretty well! anybody want it?
with teresa's husband nich's help (thanks nich!), my husband has built a new wall dividing our large long living room into a small dark living room and a new nursery for our upcoming family addition. it still needs sanding, priming and painting (i can't wait for it to be done!) and then i can get busy setting up the new bedroom for baby.

teresa posted her ideas for her girls' room redecorations, so i've decided to make a mock-up of my own as well. my ideas change constantly, but most of these things are what we have collected so far. i'm not so sure about the bedding anymore but it was $20 for a 4 piece set from ikea. i love ikea; so cheap, so fun. i still need more wall art, haven't gotten quite that far yet...
i've also been on my computer a lot (like a lot, it's awful!) and stumbled across these two very fun and entertaining blogs by crafty, good sense of humour women with many kids. i'm warning you, only check them out if you have some time on your hands because they are both photographers with really cute kids and witty things to say about parenting and crafting:


and through those blogs i've come across some other fun craft pages, for those who are interested in such things:


and somewhere in the midst of all these blogs i found a couple of d.i.y. tutorials to make the following projects for the baby's room. the first (the paper lantern ornaments - ridiculously easy to make) will probably end up being strung up together somehow to hang somewhere, maybe in front of the window, i'm not sure yet.
this second project was quick to make but tricky to put together, i'm still working out some kinks, but it will be hung probably above the baby's crib as a mobile. this kid better like birds. this kid also better be a girl or i'm going to have to make many changes to these room decorating plans once it's born, haha.
stay tuned for many many more crafts to come, i have a whole list and internet tags for all the things i'd like to make in the next week or so (including wood burning, oooh, ahhh). i'm excited!!!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

My New Best Friend

marble slab creamery's rocky road take-home ice cream.
DELICIOUS.
it didn't take me long to finish it off.
is it wrong that i'd wait until elliott was napping to eat it so that i wouldn't have to share?
i'm so selfish.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Free? I Love Free!

i stumbled across this site where you can download free art for your kids rooms (or your own room, if you're still a kid at heart). isn't this a great idea? it's so precious, i want it all!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Do It. Now.

go to itunes. click on itunes store. click on power search. type in "jon bryant". click on the album "two coasts for comfort". listen to the album. especially "the hallelujah". love the album. buy the album. daydream all day long.
you're welcome.
actually, we have colin to thank for finding it.
actually, we have my brother and his wife to thank for getting colin an itunes gift card for christmas.

Friday, December 4, 2009

American Eagle Kid

recently my friend teresa blogged about her exciting american eagle kids (77 kids) purchases since it happened to be a day that they were having a buy one get one half price sale AND free shipping to canada. this news excited colin and i greatly as well and onto the website we went. they only have size 2 and up so we only ordered clothes for elliott, and here is what we ordered:

i can't wait until they come!
and, teresa, i JUST got confirmation that it was shipped today, yay! so let me know when yours comes because mine won't be far behind!