Paper towel wreath remade...

Remember this?


I made this wreath a while back and Loved it!

But the wreath had its home on the
front door and time had made it fade.

So this past week I remade the wreath
though this time choosing brighter colors!

Tutu Fun!!

Having little girls has made life very interesting.

Having two makes it a game of strategy.

WE LOVE, ok Nana & I LOVE to dress the

girls in the prettiest outfits we can find. But we shop on a budget.

I LOVE supporting our local crafters

getting bows and tutus but the cost

adds up fast when you're buying for twins.

A couple months ago we took a class on

how to make your own bows.

We had a blast and now have our minds

set on making what we can for the girls.

On one of the local mom group sites had a post

was made asking if people would like to attend

a Tutu Party, in which we'd mingle and make tutus.

I was ready to sign up and did, however our week

is busy and I won't be able to make it.

But that didn't stop me from wanting

to make Tutus for the girls.

I used a crochet headband as the waist  it

serves as both a stretchy waist and and

easy way to loop your tulle through. 

I used a slip knot for each strand

of 18"x 4" strip of tulle.

For each tutu I used about 1 1/2 yards.

I choose to use simple inexpensive tulle

and add accents of sparkly tulle on top.

For the last details I made a tutu

bow and matching hair bow. 

The girls will be able to use

the tutu for a few more years!

(My handsome hubby side we had the

best looking paper towels rolls ever , lol!)

Olivia & Ava modeling their new Tutus!

Back to School!

The past couple weeks I've actually
had a reason to work on crafty projects.
My friend is going to be a 4th grade teacher
this year and because it's her first year
teaching the job of decorating is quite big.
You want useful items, educational items and
most of all you want it to catch the
attention of the children you are teaching.

My friend enlisted the help of my cricut
and me to help her room come alive.
I admit the cricut did way more work than
me in the crafty part, I just assembled.
Ashley would tell or show me her idea
and my job was to make it happen.
I had so much fun putting my craft tools to work.

The photos below aren't the completed room.
I will have a new post with the finished room!
I am so excited for my friend and all she
has accomplished to get to this point.
Being a teacher is not a job that is easy
and I sincerely admire her.

The classroom is the normal off white
color and needed something to spark interest.
The idea was to add rainbow color
paper to each panel on the doors.
It helped bring more interest to the doors
and make the room more colorful.

Ashley will be posting all current event information
for the school here as a central station for parents
and students in need of information.
We used the Everyday Paper dolls
cartridge to make our train and conductor.

This is the hallway bulletin board that will greet the children.
The plan is to make decorations for each season to decorate the tree.

One corner nearly completed.
A few items have been changed, like the “Attendence”
is now spelled correctly “Attendance”, and the calendar
will be replaced in the morning with a brand new pocket one!
YAY! The yellowed one was driving us both crazy.
The left side of the board you
can’t see is now completely done too!

This was the first project we finished
and it made us both so happy.
In endless days of cutting, laminating and
cleaning, one project done felt amazing!
Ashley will be posting spelling
words on the different letter blocks.

Pinterest was so helpful in the
process of ideas and how to use them.
I have yet to see the classroom since she finished
up a few more the boards this week, and I honestly can’t wait.
Next Monday is her official first day of school with the children.

To congratulate Ashley on her new job I wanted to
make her something special just for her so this
morning I made this little sign for her classroom.

I haven’t been able to be as productive in
the craft room as I used to be and this project
really helped me get some of my motivation back.
Olivia & Ava's birthday is just a few weeks away
so I've started projects for that as well.
I'm so excited but so sad!
My little babies will be one!

I have a few projects to share
and will be posting them soon.

Family Mini Album

In April my mom, a friend and I went to CKC in Mesa.
We took 3 classes total and my favorite was
the mini album using canvas refill pages!
I Loved it so much I'm using the base idea here.

For Mother's Day I told my mom she and my
dad were getting a photo shoot with the girls.
I must admit I'm unwilling to give
her the mini album I made below. Sorry Momma!

For this album I used Prima Canvas Refill
Pages 6"x12", That's How We Roll **May Kit**
from Tally Scrapper as well as
other odds and ends I found in my stash.

Sears is fantastic if that's all you have near
you for taking professional photos, but looking
for local photographers is even better and you catch
those moments that aren't usually found in the stuffy
professional studio sessions. With local
photographers you can usually pick your own location,
and adapt as much to you're liking as possible.
In our case I ask the talented photographers to
work their magic and using their skills to help us
and our settings become their piece of art.
They know what works best and we can always let
them know if it's comfortable enough for us.
If you are concerned about price, compare the
time spent at a studio like Sears, cost of just
a CD with your selected photos and cost of prints,
they will more then likely be exactly the same as
a local photographer if not even better
with the independent photographer.

We booked this photo session with the very talented
Erin Ratchford of Erin. Ratchford.Photography.
If you are local I highly recommend Erin, she's easy
to work with and great at her skill.

These little girls have their Nana & Papa
wrapped around thier little pinkies!


Tim Holts has this amazing little rolls
of film strip now for projects. I used a
small strip and created my own cartoon to
put behind it. I made my hearts go from
right to left though I realize they are no
where near perfect I like how it embellished
the page of our little family.

I love these photos of just my parents.
I'm not sure the last time they had photos taken.
They've been married just over 30 years and
still love each other very much, that's
something to look foward to with my hubby!
Thanks for visiting today.
If you have a blog or links to your current
projects please leave me comment with them and
I'd love to see what you've been up to!

Graduation, Cheerleaders & Jewelry...

Just when you think life is about to calm down there's new developments! This last week was fun but exhausting! My brother-in-law graduated from U of A on Saturday and the preparation to get us there was overwhelming.

First there was planning to get everyone to enjoy a lunch together to celebrate him. Then what we're we going to dress the Girls in? And me, I needed a cute outfit! (My outfit mattered to no one but me BTW.)

To many this wouldn't seem like such a big deal, but we are so proud of Daniel and all he has achieved and we wanted to make his day special.

You see, Uncle Daniel "loves his nieces to pieces" and has been hinting at having them wear U of A outfits. Justin and I just ignored the hinting. But with Graduation and Lots of family getting together we figured now was the perfect time to fulfill his wish. With lots of searching online we found the girls UofA cheerleading outfits. With in a couple days those were delivered. Then their hair pieces. Justin wanted pom-pom bows and the cutest thing I could think of was korker bows.

So I learned with the help of You tube how to create my own korker bows.

Then it was finding tennis shoes, 2 pairs of course. A couple hours at the mall with just 1 pair in sight. But thankfully Target was nice enough to carry an even cuter set with BLING x 2! Finally the outfits were together.

Then it was my turn. I've been wanted to make my own jewelry with risen flowers for quite some time and after stocking up on items I finally did.

With the help of my mom and dad, the girls arrived to lunch with family rocking their new outfits. Uncle Daniel was so excited when he saw them!

Uncle Daniel with his little Cheerleaders. Congrats, Daniel, we are all so proud of you!

Saturday Turned out to be a great day and we hope Daniel enjoyed it as much as we did.