This is my favorite face shot of Luke - taken last weekend at the Pumpkin Patch. I love this little face.
For more pumpkin patch pictures, go HERE.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Photo Challenge
The Paper Mama photo challenge this week is Face.
This is my favorite face shot of Luke - taken last weekend at the Pumpkin Patch. I love this little face.
For more pumpkin patch pictures, go HERE.
This is my favorite face shot of Luke - taken last weekend at the Pumpkin Patch. I love this little face.
For more pumpkin patch pictures, go HERE.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Pumpkin Patch Fun
This past weekend we took Luke to the Sweet Berry Farms Pumpkin Patch in Marble Falls, TX. This was his first time at the pumpkin patch, & even though he's still a little too young for most of the activities, I think he enjoyed it!
The farm was awesome - there were hundreds of pumpkins, beautiful flowers, a petting zoo, a barrel train, crafts for the kids, horse rides, and a corn maze. The weather was nice too, & I was really excited about all the fun spots to take pics!
We liked it so much that we plan on making it a tradition to go every year!
I took a ton of pics (of course), but here are a few of my favorites.
Linking up HERE.
The farm was awesome - there were hundreds of pumpkins, beautiful flowers, a petting zoo, a barrel train, crafts for the kids, horse rides, and a corn maze. The weather was nice too, & I was really excited about all the fun spots to take pics!
We liked it so much that we plan on making it a tradition to go every year!
I took a ton of pics (of course), but here are a few of my favorites.
Linking up HERE.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monogrammed Mixer
* Tutorial post coming soon
I was bored & wanted to play with the cricut, so I decided to see if I could make a traditional three letter monogram using the Sure Cuts a Lot cutting software. I read somewhere that creating a monogram was difficult, but really it could not have been easier!
Since I've been wanting to dress up my KitchenAid Mixer for a while, I decided this was the perfect time.
So, what do you think?
P.S - Here's what I else I did....See, I was bored!
I was bored & wanted to play with the cricut, so I decided to see if I could make a traditional three letter monogram using the Sure Cuts a Lot cutting software. I read somewhere that creating a monogram was difficult, but really it could not have been easier!
Since I've been wanting to dress up my KitchenAid Mixer for a while, I decided this was the perfect time.
So, what do you think?
P.S - Here's what I else I did....See, I was bored!
Step by step tutorial coming soon! I'll be monogramming my laptop & a candle - & whatever else I can find!
T o see what else I've monogrammed, go HERE.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The Little Details
This photo taken at Luke's first birthday party is full of little details that make it one of my favorites taken that day.
Icing all over, Madi's sweet little face, Luke's bald head, & Jacie sneaking a taste.
These are the little details that make me love this photo the most!
To see more birthday pics, go HERE.
Icing all over, Madi's sweet little face, Luke's bald head, & Jacie sneaking a taste.
These are the little details that make me love this photo the most!
To see more birthday pics, go HERE.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
DIY Monogrammed Gift
Recently, my sweet aunt, Auntie Mo, let me borrow her Cricut. Oh my goodness, it is the coolest little cutter ever, & I am so grateful to her that she is letting me play with it - thank you so much Auntie Mo! I love you!
The first project that I made was a housewarming gift for my sweet friend Shelley & her husband, Scott. They just moved to Austin from Dallas - and I couldn't be more excited about it!
The gift was actually really easy & inexpensive to make, & I think it turned out so cute.
The tin bucket included a pumpkin spice candle, set of 3 kitchen towels, polka dot oven mit, 2 etched wine glasses, & wine bottle stopper (etched with an R but hard to see in the pic).
I first cut 2 Rs using the cricut & adhesive vinyl, & attached it to the tin bucket & candle. This took several tries (& several more cuts of new Rs) because of the thinness of some parts of the R.
I used the leftover vinyl backing as a stencil for the wine glasses. I stuck the vinyl stencil to each wine glass, & smoothed out all the bubbles. Next I applied etching cream to the glasses, straight onto the stencil. After 10 minutes, I wiped it off, rinsed with soap & water, peeled off the stencil, & washed again. See, super easy, & look how pretty!
Last I printed the card from my computer. And that's all I did! Put it all together & it was ready to go.
Total cost was $17!
Here is a breakdown of the costs, and where each item was purchased.
Tin bucket: Target - $2.50
Wine glasses: Dollar Tree - $1.00 X2 = $2.00
Candle: Home Goods - $3.99 (same candle sold at Target for $8.99) I peeled off the label with goo gone.
Kitchen towel set: Target - $3.99
Oven Mit: Target - $1.32 (on sale from $3.99)
Wine bottle topper: Hobby Lobby - $3.20 (used 40% coupon - orig was $7.99)
Total cost: $17.00
So, what do you think?
PS:
The etching cream is from Hobby Lobby & the brand is Armour Etch. It was $8.99 for a small bottle, but I used my 40% off coupon. I'm not counting this in the total price for the gift because I only used a tiny amount, & plan to use it for a lot more!
If you use etching cream, whatever you scrape off can go right back into the bottle - so I'll probably not be running out of this stuff for a while! This was a tip I found online.
The adhesive vinyl is from Michael's - I'm not including this in the price since I also plan on using this for several more projects as well. I can't remember the cost, but I couldn't use a coupon since it's a cricut brand product. I've since learned that you can order vinyl online pretty cheaply. A great tip I found online is to use contact paper as transfer paper for the vinyl - it's way cheaper & can be found at Target for about $6 for a giant roll.
To see what else I've monogrammed, go HERE.
Linking up HERE.
The first project that I made was a housewarming gift for my sweet friend Shelley & her husband, Scott. They just moved to Austin from Dallas - and I couldn't be more excited about it!
The gift was actually really easy & inexpensive to make, & I think it turned out so cute.
The tin bucket included a pumpkin spice candle, set of 3 kitchen towels, polka dot oven mit, 2 etched wine glasses, & wine bottle stopper (etched with an R but hard to see in the pic).
I first cut 2 Rs using the cricut & adhesive vinyl, & attached it to the tin bucket & candle. This took several tries (& several more cuts of new Rs) because of the thinness of some parts of the R.
I used the leftover vinyl backing as a stencil for the wine glasses. I stuck the vinyl stencil to each wine glass, & smoothed out all the bubbles. Next I applied etching cream to the glasses, straight onto the stencil. After 10 minutes, I wiped it off, rinsed with soap & water, peeled off the stencil, & washed again. See, super easy, & look how pretty!
Last I printed the card from my computer. And that's all I did! Put it all together & it was ready to go.
Total cost was $17!
Here is a breakdown of the costs, and where each item was purchased.
Tin bucket: Target - $2.50
Wine glasses: Dollar Tree - $1.00 X2 = $2.00
Candle: Home Goods - $3.99 (same candle sold at Target for $8.99) I peeled off the label with goo gone.
Kitchen towel set: Target - $3.99
Oven Mit: Target - $1.32 (on sale from $3.99)
Wine bottle topper: Hobby Lobby - $3.20 (used 40% coupon - orig was $7.99)
Total cost: $17.00
So, what do you think?
PS:
The etching cream is from Hobby Lobby & the brand is Armour Etch. It was $8.99 for a small bottle, but I used my 40% off coupon. I'm not counting this in the total price for the gift because I only used a tiny amount, & plan to use it for a lot more!
If you use etching cream, whatever you scrape off can go right back into the bottle - so I'll probably not be running out of this stuff for a while! This was a tip I found online.
The adhesive vinyl is from Michael's - I'm not including this in the price since I also plan on using this for several more projects as well. I can't remember the cost, but I couldn't use a coupon since it's a cricut brand product. I've since learned that you can order vinyl online pretty cheaply. A great tip I found online is to use contact paper as transfer paper for the vinyl - it's way cheaper & can be found at Target for about $6 for a giant roll.
To see what else I've monogrammed, go HERE.
Linking up HERE.
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