Graffiti Cuff

Sophia's kindergarten class each had a 5th grade buddy that would come to their classroom once a month to help them do an art project, play games etc... Last week was the last time they were coming and we wanted to make a gift for Jesse, our fifth grade buddy. Now, I don't know too much much about 5th grades boys anymore, but we have been testing out some wrist cuffs and thought we could make a boyish one for Jesse.

So we cut up an old pair of my hubby's jeans and stitched it up, on one side we wrote all over it with a pen and on the other side I stitched a "manly" pattern so it can be reversible.

The teacher said it was very sweet when she gave it to him and he put it on right away and wore it the whole time!

Artist in the Making?

A little while back I decided that I was tired of the paint color in my kitchen. The easiest project was to re-paint just the one and half walls that had a natural break to them.

Of course the kiddo wanted to "help" so I let her get in on the fun. I did the trim parts first and she worked on the middle.

Here she is painting a shark and some seaweed.

She really got into her work and her only real rule was to not leave a big streaky blob thing that I couldn't smooth over.

Proud of her work!

We finished the first wall and then moved on the half wall. She thought it needed this groovy guy hanging around. I was actually tempted to leave him up there, but my trim job wasn't so great and needed to be filled in.

Haiti Relief Fundraiser Update

WOW!

So far, we have raised around $500 to donate to Haiti!!! That is so exciting :) I think I will continue do this for a few more weeks. Thank you to everyone who has purchased a necklace or passed my name on to someone else.

I was up really late on Saturday night making a whole pile of necklaces and my wonderful mother & aunts bought a whole bunch of them.

Here are some of the latest that I have to sell if you are still looking for one :)

Not the best photo as I took it with my cell phone, but hopefully you can get the idea. These also come with an 18" or 24" chain necklace.

Thanks Again!!

Carnival of Fictional Amusement

You can find Mr. Nine(and many others) at Pirate Gallery in Denver. The Opening is February 19th and the show runs until the 28th. You can purchase the riders and have Corn Dogs and Jelly Beans!! You should really check it out if you are in the area. Matt and his Wife Shawnna are the nicest people I have ever met, you will feel like you have known them forever!

More info: Pirate Gallery

You can read a review in the Westword: Here

Mr. Nine

I am still doing the HATI RELIEFFUNDRAISER, click Here to find it

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My friend Matt is having a Gallery show this coming weekend over at Pirate Contemporary Art in Colorado. They are having a "Carnival of Fictional Amusement" and invited some people to create a "rider"

Mr. Nine is what we came up with.

He is made out of upholstery fabrics and has vintage Ric Rac for his mouth.

We also made him a "9" necklace(one of the fundraiser ones) that matched the color of his arms.

Sophia drew a picture of him on the outside of the box so Matt knew he was coming. She was really quite sad to put him in a box and ship him away.

Scrabble Tile Pendants

I have picked up another new hobby!! Scrabble Tile Pendant necklaces. I bought one at a craft sale we did last November & really thought they were cool. I figured that I already had most of the items to make a few for myself and the kiddos.

So we have made some of them necklaces and some of them key chains for the kids backpacks or wherever they want to clip them on to.

I am thinking about using these for a **Haiti Relief Fundraiser** Stay tuned for more info!

Valentine's Heart Craft

Here is an easy & fun craft to do with kids. I found the directions on Martha Stewart's website.

Start with a sheet of waxed paper folded in half the long way and put crayon shavings in the middle of it. We found out after the next step that this was not enough shavings. It works better with thicker shavings and in multiple shades. But be careful not to make too many shavings or they will ooze out the sides.

Then I cut a paper bag in half and put one half under the wax paper and the other on top of it and then ironed on top to melt the crayons underneath of it. They melt pretty quickly so check it often.
This is how one of ours turned out. Then the kids traced hearts on the wax paper and cut them out.

We are going to take down the snowflakes that we made and hang up the new hearts in the window instead. My nephew wants to cover his whole bedroom door with them!

Close up pic.

Latch Hook

Sophia's dad decided he wanted to get a Latch Hook kit so they could work on something together. I gave him a coupon and he ran to Michael's and came back with this kit. He remembered doing it as a child and wanted to introduce his little girl to Latch Hook, isn't that sweet :D

I told her I'd make it into a pillow when they were done with it.