Baptism Gift

I made this for a friend of mine's daughter. She sent me a couple of pics and I tried a couple of different ideas and finally decided on this one. I hope she puts it in her room and it can remind her of the covenants she has made on her baptism day.

I found these frames at Walmart for $2.50 and used my Silhouette to cut out the flowers. Now my own kids are BEGGING for one of these.

Easter Dresses

These are the Easter skirts that I made for my girls this year. It's hard to find skirts for girls that are long(er). So many of them are made to wear leggings under them - which I personally don't think is appropriate for church. Sure wish I could sew better...but these did turn out fun and bright!

April Fools

I love April Fools Day!!! I got the idea for the spilled drink idea from Family Fun..click HERE: My kids made these for their teachers. They took a good 3 days to dry. It really scared one of the teachers!!


I also found the template for these on Family Fun. I had to modify it a bit to make the end longer so that I could crimp the edges. Click HERE for the template. I wrapped them around a package of Reeces Pieces. The kids gave these to their teachers who absolutely loved them!!!

I didn't take a picture but another good prank was to glue a magnet to the bottom of a cup and put it on the top of your vehicle and then watch all the people try to get your attention. My kids laughed all the way to school with this one.

American Girl Crafts

Calista had an American Girl birthday party coming up and I already had plans for my girls to make some jewelry for their dolls so we started early and made some for her friend.
We just threaded small beads onto stretchable beading wire for the necklace and bracelet.
The headband can be made by using ribbon and a rubber band. Glue one end of the ribbon around the rubber band. Measure the length needed to put it on the doll's head and add 1/2 inch. Cut the ribbon and glue it around the same rubber band as the first end. The rubber band gives the headband the stretch it needs to fit onto the head and hold it into place. I use my low temp glue gun so the kids could do it and not get burnt as easily. I'll take some pics next time and post them - I'm not very good at explaining things!

Valentine Box

Wish I could take COMPLETE credit for this idea but I saw this idea floating around somewhere on the internet and when Calista needed a Valentine box - it seemed like the perfect idea!
I used the medicine cups off the top of a couple of Nyquil bottles for the headphones. I wrapped them with tinfoil and use yarn to attach them to the box. The box is wrapped with pink wrapping paper and then I printed the face of the Ipod and Calista glued it to the front. I cut some music notes with my Silhouette and let Calista glue them on.

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It seems like it takes me a long time to finish any project that I start..not sure why but I get distracted about 100 times and it takes twice as long as it should...Anyway, this is an idea that I have had rumbling around in my head for a couple of months and I FINALLY got around to finishing it. I wanted something to hang on my front door that was generic enough to leave up as long as I wanted. I think it turned out pretty good. In case I haven't said it before (which I have) - I LOVE my Silhouette. I used it to cut out all the flowers.

Anyway - here's my latest project in a long line of projects to work on:I glued magnets onto mine and hung it on the front door, but it would be just as cute on a shelf or wall.

Be Strong

The mutual theme for 2010 is found in Joshua 1:9
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest
Our bishop introduced the new theme as part of our first combined activity of 2010. All I had to do was worry about refreshments. I thought this was a fun idea. I used a large wood board that I had sitting my garage and covered it with wrapping paper. Then I covered that with wax paper and designed the letters using Rice Krispie treats.
It doubled as decor as well as refreshments.