little miss Frankenstein Candy Jars

I made up these little cuties to hand out at an upcoming Witch's Night out party.

Supplies needed are:  baby jars (spray paint the lids black), googly eyes attached with glue dots, black web tulle and a plastic Halloween ring, sharpie marker to draw on face and green candy to go inside the jar (I found my green candy in the bulk section at Winco)

Childhood Desk Makeover

 I sure hope I will not be on my siblings hate list when I tell them the 

"BROWN DESK" is no longer brown.  haha

We all used this desk when we were younger......much younger.  It has been in the family even before I was born and that is 30+ years.  It was time to make it over and give it some new life.

So much better and it fits my personality so much better now!!

eek, I love it.

The color I used is Valspar Mountain Botanical Satin Signature Paint found at Lowe's

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Sesame Street Cupcakes

We were busy this weekend, playing Sesame Street!

We had a birthday party for my 2 year old.

 These cupcakes were simple and inexpensive to make.

1 box of cake mix, 1 jar of vanilla frosting, 1 box of the cheapo food coloring, Wilton Brand candy eyeballs found at Walmart and different toppings for each character.  Here is the breakdown:

Cookie Monster- 

1/2 chocolate chip cookie, candy eyes

Oscar-

brown cake sprinkles, 1/2 mint cookie, 1/2 fruit snack for the tongue, candy eyeballs

 Elmo-

1/2 Oreo cookie, orange Sixlet for the nose and candy eyeballs

Big Bird-

candy eyeballs dipped in blue frosting, a fruit snack cut in half and opened as a beak

 I'll share how I made the personalized Sesame Street Sign later on.

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Blue Bird

I purchased this bird unfinished from The Wood Connection shop in town.

I took him home, painted him and then I mod podged fabric onto the front to finish him off.

He sits on top of my mantle and

He makes me happy!

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2 x 4 Leprechaun Hat for St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's day is one of those holidays that I feel can be over looked.  

Gee, with all the focus on Valentine's Day and Easter no wonder!!

** BTW, it's one month from today**

 I wanted just a few little decorations to set up on my mantle

 for this fun day so this is one that I put together super fast.

I had some left over 2 x 4 wood from a previous project so I asked

my hubby to cut me 3 pieces of wood- one 6" and two 4" pieces.

I then primed and spray painted my wood green.  I mod podged fabric to the front of my wood pieces, let them dry and then I stacked and glued my wood pieces with E6000.  Let it sit over night and then in the morning you can finish it off with some ribbon and a felt shamrock.

So Cute!

If you are interested in this Shamrock St. Patrick's Day banner then

go Here for details!

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Valentine's Day Gumball Machine

I have seen these adorable gumball machines all over craft blogs and also on Pinterest

so I thought it was time to make one myself.  They (I made 2) were super easy and so inexpensive to make.... I am giving away one of them as a gift for my kids grandparents and the other, well I think it looks pretty darn cute up on my shelf so it's staying. haha

You can check out many how to's here to put together one for your self or someone else.

why did it take me so long to get it done?!?

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Wood Rack ( 2 ) Ribbon Storage

I love a bargain find at the thrift store..... especially if I can change it up a bit to make it just how I want or need.  I found 2 awesome wood racks for $3.00 and thought they would be perfect for holding my ribbon.  And since I am not in a permanent spot to make myself a craft room, they sit nicely on top of a table or dresser or shelf.

 This is how they looked before.  Take a look at the double dowels.....they are perfect for holding the ribbon. The spools sit right on them, the ribbon does not unravel and I do not have to take all the spools off when one spool runs out.  I love that. I also love how the bottom is also a shelf for buttons.

So with a little bit of spray paint....

 I have a great home for all of my ribbon.

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Halloween Clothes Pins

I needed a fun accessory to go with my

New Halloween Advent Banner.

 So I took a .97 cent bag of 50 clothes pins from Walmart, spray painted them in some fun colors, tied different ribbon to them and then added these fun scrapbook embellishments to them. (found them at Micheal's).

 Not only are they cute, they are very functional for my Halloween Advent Banner and I plan on using some of them to hang up some past Halloween photos of my kids for decorations this Halloween. 

 If you are interested in my Halloween Advent Pennant Banner, click here for more details.

Ohh I am getting excited for October!!!

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DIY Pot of Gold for St. Patty's Day

Here is a simple DIY treat for your family or friends for St. Patty's Day.

I took the plastic containers that my baby's food comes in, spray painted the outside of the container and lid black.  Then I took a black pip cleaner, punched two holes and made the handle and then filled it up with Rolo's and added a little tag to go with it.

make two different looks using the lid.  Simply don't use it, or glue it to the bottom.

Or if the Pots of gold have a little tavelin' to do, put it on top to keep the gold from spilling out.

I am making a bunch of these as place settings for my St. Patty's Day dinner......along with GREEN homemade macaroni and cheese, broccoli, fish sticks and Jello

I am hoping for a rainbow later today......it's raining here which explains the weird color in my pictures :)

Now go pinch someone just for fun!

Neighbor Gifts...Snowman Buttons and Treat Jars

There are only SOME things better then Oreo's.....like brownies :0)

So why not Snowman Buttons!

Here is a little poem that I attached to each gift.

This is what we handed out for neighbor gifts this year!

I found the big pack of Oreo's at Sam's Club.  The box comes with 10 packs of separate pre-packed Oreo's, perfect for gift giving. 20 neighbor gifts for less then $12.00  And so many of them have told me that they loved the buttons! 

 A simple little gift I gave to a few of the ladies in my neighborhood for Visiting Teaching were these simple little treat jars. 

 I made them out of baby food jars. I spray painted the lids, filled them with mint m&m's, tied them with a tag and ribbon. Just a simple way of saying Merry Christmas!

Printable Christmas Subway Art

Using a lot of the lines from some of my favorite Christmas Carols, I made this framed Christmas Subway Art to display in my living room.

 I did this one the same way I did the one HERE.

Dollar Store Tray makeover

I found a metal tray at the dollar store a while back and decided to attack it with a little bit of spray paint.

Oh It's so much better, don't ya think?!

BEFORE

AFTER

I took some sandpaper and roughed up those pretty details too :)