Project # 2

From felt, a styrofoam ball and googly eyes.....

to cute little owls.....
to Taylee's birthday cake decoration.

I loved how they turned out!

What a HOOT.

Pinewood Derby 2011

The Cub Scout Pinewood Derby was this week.

Jason, helped Treyson, execute the "Cubola Crayon" derby.

Pretty cute, don't cha think? ...or cool, I mean.

The night of the Pinewood Derby, we discovered that our irrigation pipe, in the back yard, had broken. Gallons and gallons of water sprung out of the back corner of the yard. Jason, and a team of neighbors, worked on getting the water shut off and investigated the problem. Somewhere, some how, there was a broken pipe or valve or something.

As Jason was working on solving the problem, Pinewood Derby time was approaching quickly. I had been sick on the couch, most of the day and still had several details to attend to for Taylee's party. I had not planned on going to the Derby. At the very last minute, it was decided that Jason couldn't go. So I dropped Treyson off at the church and asked a favor of a ward member to bring him home. It was a bummer we missed the Derby, but Treyson came home all smiles with a "Jamba Juice" in hand. I don't think he missed us much... or "Jamba Juice" made it all better. :)

He was happy to report, that his car came in second......

at least once. :)

Up Next...

I abandoned the last project, part way through, to work on this...

This birthday craft was much easier and way faster to complete.

Whew! Now back to sewing. Ugh.

Coming Soon...

I'm CRAZY... I guess in a good kind of way.

I'm creating A LOT of work for myself!!!

Here's another project for Taylee's upcoming birthday party. It's going S-L-O-W, but I think it will be worth it.

Can you guess what I've been up to?

T-shirt Ringlet Scarves

I've been crafty lately... here's one of the things I've worked on.

I started out with this shirt (almost long enough to be a dress) that Taylee had outgrown. Cut it up into 3/4 inch strips.

Stretched each circular strip and then kinda twisted them into circle bunches.

Then took another little t-shirt strip and tied each circle bunch together...forming a scarf.

The process is hard to describe, but here is a great tutorial with pictures, if you're interested.

Here's another one that I made for my mom, for her birthday. --The t-shirts were thicker, so the "ringlets" held their shape better..but it made it a little heavier.

Abree volunteered to be my model.

What do you think?

Wanna make one with me?

Night Owl PJ Party

At the end of this month, Taylee will be turning 12... yikes!

She came to me one day and asked if she could have a friend party for her 12th birthday. She even offered to help plan and pay for it. How could I refuse that? So we got on the computer and started sifting through all of my "favorites" in the birthday party category. We finally decided on a "Night Owl PJ Party" theme.

We found an owl template and started tracing, cutting and gluing the invitations using some of my old scrapbook paper and supplies. We used mis-matched (but kind of coordinated) papers for an eclectic, homemade look.... totally Taylee's style. Buttons, were the finishing touch, for the eyes.

We made about 35 total! She's inviting 12 girls and some will be used for decorations too.

Aren't they cute?!

Stay tuned for more party details and planning...