It's been three months since my last post so I've got some catching up to do! I'll just start where I left off....
October: This was Luke's 2nd Halloween. At 14 months old, he was still a little too young to trick or treat, or even understand what was going on, but still loved answering the door and seeing all of the kids in their costumes. We walked him around the block to see all of the Halloween activity going on in our neighborhood. I've gotten the comment several times that Luke looks like Charlie Brown, so we decided that this would be a fun costume for him. I made the shirt with craft paint and a stencil that I made out of freezer paper - it was so easy!
Luke's school had a Halloween party, and Luke was a cute little skeleton.
Luke gave all of his teachers a Halloween container full of candy. These were really fun to make!
We took Luke next door to "trick-or-treat" for the first time.
Looking to see what he put in there!
Next, we walked around our neighborhood. There were so many kids running around - Luke loved it!
Here are a few more......Isn't he the cutest little Charlie Brown? If only he'd smile for the camera!
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.
