A few recent projects...

So I've had my cricut for a few weeks now and I am LOVING it! Just wish I had a little more time to use it! It still needs a permanent home too, my dining room table is tired of being its temporary home.

The first thing I made was Easter buckets for the kids. I still have to add polka dots to Zoey's and I might change her name to match her outfit she is going to wear on Easter. Rilan just wanted his name and a dinosaur on his so that was easy!

I did a few things for my mom while she was here with it. I put her name on her iPhone cover, and I also put Rilan's name on a sports bottle for his soccer games and practice.

We have a problem with toys in our house. It drive me nuts to see them scattered everywhere so I went to Wal-Mart and got this tub, whatever can fit into it and the lid go on can stay down stairs, everything else has to stay upstairs. Its been working so far. Now if I can just help Rilan learn how to keep his room clean!

And last, ever since I saw the mirror Kelly made for Hollis I knew I wanted to do something similar.  I already had this mirror in Zoey's room so it was nice that I didn't have to buy anything for the project! Well except the vinyl, which I had but even then it only cost about a dollar!

 Uhmm looks like I forgot to clean the mirror good before I hung it!

I have a few more projects planned to do in the next few weeks, I can't wait to share when they are done!

Bow Frame

Yesterday I took the kids to go have lunch with Daddy. Rilan loves going to see his Daddy during the work day. We went to what he calls the "Cheesy Noodle Store" aka Picasso's. If you have never been there you should try it sometime. They have the best calzones ever! :) There is a little consignment store right beside it I had been wanting to go in just never had the time after we ate so yesterday we went in to look for a frame I could make into a bow hanger. They had lots of awesome stuff. I can't wait to go back. I hope they still have a the mirror I want for Zoey's room next time we go in.....or maybe our room! Anyway this is what I came home with.

Cute huh?! When we got home I couldn't wait to get started on it. I took the glass and photo out of it first.

Then I spray painted the lovely thing with flat black spray paint. I was about 3/4 of the way done and ran out of paint. So I had to make a quick run to Hobby Lobby once Dax got home. After I was all done with the black and it had dried I added some hot pink and lime green to the detailing.

A few close ups of the detailing.

After the paint was all dry I added 5 rows of ribbon for the bows to clip onto. I used hot glue but you could also use a staple gun if you wanted to.

Each row of ribbon I did a double layer to give it a little more color and since Zoey has some smaller little clips for her hair I though that would be easy to clip them onto.

Here is what it looked like finished before I hung it up.

Close up of the ribbon.

The finished product in her room before bows. (It is hanging straight in her room I just took the photo a little crooked!) oops!

Now with a few bows and clips on it. Still have a lot more that need to go on it. I just wanted some of the ribbon to still show for the photo.

I am already itching to go and get another fame to make more! Maybe because I saw at Hobby Lobby yesterday photo frames are 50% off right now!

And just because grandparents will want to see photos of the kids, this is from this morning. Rilan came down stairs when he woke up with his fire jacket and hat (halloween costume he decided not to wear.)

He also brought one of his chairs down to put on the couch so he could be like his "Zo Zo." He is always making me laugh, he had started calling Zoey Zo and now its Zo Zo.

They were watching some cartoon on Sprout.

Doesn't she look big here?!

Bow.utiful

I got to make some bows for a friend I reconnected with while I was pregnant with Zoey. We were both pregnant at the same time and due within 2 weeks of each other and both have little girls who ended up 2 days apart! We are both addicted to putting our girls in bows so she asked me to make a few for her little girl Khyler.

Isn't she just adorable?!

She is going to be the cutest Sundown cheerleader you ever saw in this bow!

Lot's of bling!

And last but not least....

Sara, I hope you like them!