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Here's another 4-H project.

Bridal Shower Gift

A towel cake with kitchen utensils and dishclothes.  Has spatulas, ice cream scoop, timer, peeler, salt and pepper shaker with vinyl letters.  Ribbons around a couple of the layers and filled in with curly ribbons. 
Turned out really cute for the new bride

Mother's Scout Necklace

I saw one of these awhile ago while browsing through some blogs.  I loved the idea and now that I have a cute little cub scout - I figured it was time to get one made. 

They are super easy and super cheap.  Mine cost about $4 but $3 of that was the little flower charm at the bottom of the necklace.

If you want to make one - you will need 18" of the following colors:
1) 5/8" red ribbon
2) 7/8" green ribbon
3) 5/8" blue ribbon
4)7/8" gold ribbon


If anyone comments and wants instructions - I'm more than willing to add a small tutorial!!   :)

Close up - so excited to have my 1st mother's pin!!!!

Who broke that?!?! Not ME!!!

I have been using a 3 drawer sterilite organizer for YEARS.  Lucky for me I have 3 kids (excluding my DH) but they can be taken apart and added to so really doesn't matter.

Anyway, I was climbing up to adjust our ROKU box one day and the chair I was on broke (I know what you're thinking - it REALLY time to lose some of that weight!  haha).  Well I landed on my sterilite drawers and broke them.  It really was quite comical!!

So - I tried going without them for awhile and it just wasn't working.  I keep mine in our kitchen and as I am cleaning I put the kids belongings in there and they put stuff in there that they just don't want to take to their room at the moment.  (My girl's rooms are downstairs and at the other end of the house - feels like it takes forever to get there!).  I also fold their laundry and put it into their buckets.  They have to empty their buckets daily.  It is just a little something that has really worked for us.

I had a bit of time on my hands and some extra vinyl....and the sterilite drawers ended up being my victim. 

Another "Finally got it DONE" project...

If I had to guess how long these plates have been sitting on my shelf - waiting to be "bedazzled" - I would probably guess that it has been about 3 years. (give or take a year)

But at least they are FINALLY done!!!  I used some scrapbook paper that I had laying around and cut out the letters using my Silhouette.   Mod Podged them onto the plate and they are FINALLY done. Better than seeing empty old plates up there. Haha!

Don't look too close - I kinda messed up on the "E"  haha

In this home.....

I am a Pinterest/Blogger stalker....who's not nowadays!?!?  Haha!  I saw this cute idea awhile ago and loved it but they wanted $32.  Of course I looked at it and said...I can make that for less.

Lucky for me I already had the frame but I did have to spray paint it to get the color I wanted.  Then I just designed the background and added a custom paper.  I used butcher paper cut 8.5 inches wide by 24 inches long.  Easy - peasy and oh so cheepy!!  Total cost - $4 for the spray paint and 50 cents for the paper!

Rolling pin picture

Here is the picture of the rolling pin.

Rolling Pins

oops!  Things got crazy around here and I mailed these off before I could take a picture of them.  I made several altered rolling pins for my sisters - if I was to do this again I would probably paint the entire thing and shellac over the handles as well.

Here are some instructions if you are interested.  Click HERE

Reindeer Noses

Awwww.....neighbor gifts.  What to do?  What to do?  Every year it becomes more and more competitive and hard and harder to be original.  A couple years ago, I decided to simplify and do the same thing each year but with a twist.  I find a Christmas story that I like and then make sugar cookies that coordinate with it.
Like many others - this time of year can be absolutely crazy and I didn't get around to making them.  It came down to Dec 20 and I had to do something but it had to be easy.  I googled "neighbor gifts" and found Reindeer Noses.
They are simple - whoppers, sour cherry balls, and a label.  I started by making some in bowls and attaching a label to the top like this:

 And then made some simple ones like this for their teachers.  If I was to do it again, I would probably use a quart size bag for the neighbor gifts and a snack size for teachers. (forego the bowls)

 

P.S. I got the cute reindeer clipart from Just So Scrappy - love her stuff!!!

Pillowcase Gift

Just had to share this gift that my daughter made for her friend...I LOVE the fabric!

Gifts for Activity Day Girls

I wanted to give my Activity Day girls a Christmas gift - but with 14 girls - it had to be something small and inexpensive.  I made these a couple years ago for my young women and they are super easy.  I got the chapstick from Walmart - you can get 2 chapsticks for 88 cents - printed off the labels and used packing tape to apply.

I added a label that said "For beautiful lips, speak works of KINDNESS (and use chapstick)"  I hope the girls liked them.

Christmas Stockings

MAN!!  Our Christmas stockings are OLD and SCARY!!  Time for some new ones - but what to do?!?!  I bought some plain stockings from Dollar Tree and for Family Home Evening each one of us got to decorate one.  I was going be a control freak and decorate them myself - but then I wanted them to be original and personal for them.  And so - this is what we get - each one is individual to the owner and they look cute enough.  (do you like how Chance didn't want ANYTHING on his stocking?)

12 Ways of Christmas

This is a project that I did with my Activity Day girls for Christmas.  We made cardboard wreath and covered them with mod podge.  Then we mod podged paper onto 12 clothespins and hot glued them to the wreath.  Each clothespin holds an envelope that the girls open as they countdown to Christmas.

Wedding Gift Idea

My nephew just got married and I was trying to think of something to give him.  I love personalized gifts and I think most brides like gifts or things that have their new last name on them.  So, I etched on their last name using my Silhouette to cut out the vinyl and using etching creme.  I purchased a 3 piece set and I had an idea to make it look like a three tiered cake.  I filled each layer with kitchen supplies and then tied it all up with a ribbon.  I was going to use the salt & peppers as a bride and groom on the top - but it didn't look right.  I hope he likes it!

Thank You....

Being a volunteer coach for any sport is often an unappreciated job.  I wish I had known more about flag football and I totally would have tried coaching but I know very little nothing about flag football.  Our football coach was really great with the kids and I appreciate his time and effort in coaching.

As a token of appreciation, we made him this little thank you gift and Chance gave it to him at their last game.  (You may question why I give so many food gifts - it's because everyone likes to eat and I don't like clutter and don't want to add to someone else's clutter.)

Pumpkin M&M's

mmmmm...these ALMOST look good enough to eat.

I bought 5 small pumpkins - all about the same size and spray painted them different colors.  I cut out vinyl with my silhouette and stuck them on the pumpkins.

P.S. I loved these SO much that I kept them up for weeks after Halloween.

Halloween Treats!!!

For all you "older" ladies out there - do you remember going trick or treating and coming home with all different kinds of popcorn balls?  I kinda miss that tradition and so after some advice from a neighbor - I decided to tackle this one.  Let's be honest - I couldn't hand out popcorn balls to ALL the kids who come to my house (I probably get close to 300)  However I did make about 150 popcorn balls for my ward members and their kids.

In this day - you just don't know if you dare have your kids eat anything that is not prepackage but my friend game me an idea.  I printed labels that said, "Happy Halloween from the Wilkinsons) and stuck them on each popcorn ball.  That way the parents would know where they came from and just might let the kids eat them.  haha.

It's funny because when we were kids - it was so exciting to get ANYTHING that wasn't homemade and now it is a treat to get something homemade.  I loved seeing how excited all the neighbor kids were when they got the popcorn balls.  Definitely something I will try again next year!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Yay!!  It's Halloween!  I love Halloween!  I am a website stalker when it comes to crafts and this was something that I saw YEARS ago and have wanted to copy for a long time - a SLURPEE costume.
I  used the following items:
2 hulu hoops (dollar store)
2 blue tabecloths
2 white tablecloths
red vinyl
rope
several yards of tulle (your color choice)
a lot of packing tape  (haha)

You could use canvas fabric to make this more durable but I was wanting something cheap and so I used plastic tablecloths and just taped them up.

She was adorable - the only drawback - it was awkward to wear during school hours but still one of the most original costumes I've made.

 

OK - and this was just an adorable costume made by a friend of mine.  It's from the movie Soul Surfer.  LOVED THIS COSTUME!!!

Googly Eye Wreath

Wanna hear something funny?!?  I bought the supplies for this project last year and just got around to making it!!  hahaha!  Now I wish I had been able to find some blue fur - but orange it is!!  (Oh and I'm noticing my front door really needs to be painted!!)

Happy Anniversary!!

My mom and dad are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and us 7 kids are hosting an anniversary celebration for them.  My "job" was to come up with a favor to hand out.  Mini candy bars and so inexpensive and easy to work with.  Here's what we did: