Pinterest Inspired Heart Block

 

I have another pinterest inspired project. If you missed my last one you can find it here. I decided to do one for the month of love this time. I loved the heart blocks from one of my favorite blogs Simply Kierste.

 

 

 

I did a couple things different from the inspiration ones. I used scrapbook paper instead of newspaper for the under part. I also added some ribbon. I know I say this all the time but this little block was seriously easy. I mean crazy easy. I really love how it turned out. This was another pinterest success.

 

 

I'm linking this to: Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, Sugar Bee Crafts, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

 

 



Valentine's/St. Patty's Day Blocks

 

I loved the countdown blocks I found here. I thought it would be fun to tweak them just a bit. For mine I did them two sided. I did one side for Valentine's Day the other for St. Patrick's Day.

 

 

I used mod podge for the scrapbook paper. I didn't have any vinyl, so my chunky numbers are also from scrapbook paper. A quick bow on top, some embellishments, and this little craft was done. I am for sure going to do some more of these for other holidays. I think these are a fun alternative to traditional countdown blocks.

 

 

 

I'm linking this post to: Keeping It Simple, Sugar Bee Crafts, Craft O'Maniac, Six Sister's Stuff, Lil Luna, Blue Cricket Design, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

 



Pinterest Inspired Snowmen

My Mother in law and I saw the cutest snowmen on Pinterest at Christmas time. We decided we needed to make some. They were super easy!

 

We followed most of the same instructions as the inspiration ones from Keeping It Simple. For the eyes and mouth on ours we used black sharpies. The noses were cut from orange foam sheets. We bought the gloves for the hats, and the fleece for the scarfs, from the dollar store. We also made pom pom's for the top of the middle snowman's hat.

 

This craft was for sure a Pinterest success.

I'm linking to: Sugar Bee Crafts, Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, and Six Sisters' Stuff

Flashback Costumes

When it comes to Halloween I'm not one to usually dress up. When I do dress up it seems I go for the embarrassing, "what was I thinking" costumes.

Three years ago me and some friends from work were dogs. We had matching belts and dog tags. I can't seem to find my picture but it was awesome! That same year me and my Sissy were zombies. Again no picture but totally awesome.

Two years ago my cousins had a Halloween party. They invited me and my Sissy to it. I borrowed one of my favorite costumes of my Sissy's and was a jar of salsa.

Last year we dressed up for our bunco group. I made my own costume and went as a box of cereal. I got this idea from The View's Elizabeth Hasselbeck. My cousin also made her own costume! She went as an oven with a bun baking (she was prego). She of course won for best costume!!

This year I don't think I have anything to dress up for. I do have a costume ready to go though if I need one. Once again I will probably look back and wonder what I was thinking?!

This is Halloween!!

Me and the kiddos busted out some of the Halloween decor earlier this month. I don't have much in the way of Halloween stuff. Since I've had the kiddos I seem to be adding a little each year.

This Halloween tile is one of my additions this year!! I won a giveaway from the super cute blog Cee Cee's Corner! Claudia has great recipes, ideas, and tips. She even has a super cute (and FREE) subway art download for Halloween. If you haven't checked out Cee Cee's Corner yet be sure to head over there!!

Here is a look at my ledge decked out for Halloween.

 

My favorite Halloween item would for sure be my talking skeleton. When you walk by he says "Good Evening", rattles his jaws, and tips his hat. My Grandpa was HUGE into Halloween. It was one of his favorite holidays. He was a prankster and loved scaring people. He had this skeleton hanging in his house and I would jump almost every time. After my Grandpa passed away my Grandma stopped going all out like he would. I was super excited when she said I could have the skeleton. Halloween isn't the same without you Pa!

I'm linking this to: Sugar Bee Crafts, My World Made By Hand, Keeping It Simple, Night Owl Crafting, Crafty Confessions, What Allie Makes, Sassy Sites, and Frugalicious Me.

My Spooky Tree

I first want to start this post by saying how awesome I think all my followers are!! I haven't been good at posting lately. I haven't done a crafty post in over three months. During all this I have only lost 3 followers. I just want to say thank you to you ladies. It means a lot to know you have stuck by this little blog!!


I am back with a cheap Halloween decor idea. As some of you know I have a silly tree that I keep on my ledge above our stairs. I like to switch it out for the different holidays. Check out past posts here, here, and here. Besides spiderwebs I didn't have anything to decorate the little tree. I decided to head to the Dollar Store to see what I could find. I picked up a package that had a bunch of little creatures. I also got one of the popular Dollar Store crows.

I took the package of little creatures and hot glued a ribbon to the backs of them. When that was finished I added the spiderwebs to the tree. I let the kiddos go to town on hanging the creatures. Between the two of them they did a great job! After the creatures were hung I thought it needed a little somethin' somethin'. I went to my craft stash and added some black pipe cleaners. Last but not least was adding the little crow to the top of our spooky tree.

I really love how this turned out! My favorite thing is that I only spent $2! Now time to crack the whip on the kiddos Halloween costumes!! I can't wait to show you what they are being this year!!

I am linking to I Heart Nap time, The Tattered Tag, Keeping It Simple, Craft O Maniac, Crafty Confessions, Sugar Bee Crafts, Night Owl Crafting, What Allie Makes, and Sassy Sites

Last Minute 4th Stuff

When I was at our book club this week, my cousin asked if I would make some hair bows for her little girlies. I haven't made lots of bows but thought why not. I came home and went to MnM's hair bows for inspiration. Her adorable dance teacher makes the cutest bow I've ever seen! I decided to try something along those lines. I think they turned out pretty cute considering I'm still a beginner!

My Sissy wanted to make a wreath for her front door. She wanted to do something quick and patriotic. I saw an adorable wreath
from The Cellar Door Stories while browsing through Night Owl Craftings link up this week. My Sissy LOVED it when I showed her.

We took a trip to our Granny's house for some yarn. I happened to have an extra wreath laying around that I didn't know what to do with. Sissy came back to my house and went to town. I took a picture as she was leaving of her finished project. Too too cute! I'm going to have to make me one of these for sure!!

The best part of both these projects is they were totally free!!

Ribbon Star

With the 4th quickly approaching I thought I would show you the post I did over at Made It On Monday over the weekend. I was inspired back in February from wreaths I saw at Tatertots and Jello and She's Kinda Crafty. Some of you may remember the ribbon heart I made. Today we are going to make *star*.

Supplies for ribbon star

• a flat, square surface (ie tile, cardboard, plate)
• glue gun
• red, white, and blue ribbons
• alphabet letters
• scrapbook paper 
• star embellishment
• black marker

The first step I had to do was paint the tile I was using. If you want to make it really easy for yourself, you could purchase an already white item. I like to make things difficult for myself though. Next take your scrapbook paper and cut out two star shapes. I used my George and Basic Shapes cartridge for the cricut on mine.

Now that the easy part is done it's time for the ribbon. Not going to lie this part takes a little more time. Take your ribbon and cut 70, 4 inch strips. After the strips are cut hot glue the ends together. Separate the ribbons into two piles. One for each star.

Take your ribbons and start gluing them onto the templates. Start at each point on the star and work your way to the middle. Try and place the ribbons on as randomly as possible. That part is always difficult for me LOL. Place your star embellishment in the middle of both the stars. Hot glue the finished stars onto the surface you are putting them on. 

If you want the stars to pop a bit more, take a black marker and trace around them. The final final step is write something patriotic at the bottom with the alphabet letters. I used my cricut again but stickers would work just as well.

See isn't that darling!! I love how this turned out! I think I'm sold on the ribbon holiday decorations. Go gather up some supplies so you can quickly make one too.

I'm linking this to: I Heart Nap Time, The Tattered Tag, Keeping It Simple, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Craft O Maniac, Sugar Bee Crafts, Blue Cricket Design, Night Owl Crafting, Making It With Allie, Sassy Sites, Tatertots and Jello

Father's Day Ideas Part 2

Old Mac doesn't like to have a big "to do" done for him for holidays. I think it's nice to be noticed though. Even if it's just a colored picture from the kids or funny card. This year MnM made things at school for Daddy. They made the covers for a candy bar and a card.

I also thought it would be fun to ask the kiddos questions about Daddy and see what their answers were. This was so funny!! If you haven't done something like this with your kiddos or even grand kids I highly recommend it! I found all my questions online HERE. Little SMac is almost three and was able to answer all the questions. Some were surprisingly accurate.

Here are some of the funny answers:

Q. Something Dad always says to you?

SMac- Dude

Q. What makes Dad happy?

MnM- Not working so much and not waiting for women.

Q. What makes Dad sad?

SMac- When he drinks ice cream.

Q. What is Dads favorite thing to do?

SMac- Watch T.V.

Q. What does Dad do when you aren't home?

MnM- Watch T.V.

Q. Where is Dads favorite place to go?

SMac- A restaurant. McDonald's

We are very lucky to have some wonderful men in our lives! Happy Father's Day to my Dad and my Hubby!

Father's Day Idea

We had an early Father's Day dinner last night at my Sissy and her new hubby's house. My Dad is a pretty amazing guy. He also happens to be a Diet Coke junkie. The super cute Allison from Oopsey Daisy posted a darling idea for a coke tag.

I was going to try something similar but forgot my printer is totally out of ink. I decided to trace the kiddos hands and let them color it. Little SMac said, "I think Grandpa likes crazy". Hence why his is a crazy mess. My Dad seemed to love his gift. Hopefully a 24 pack will last him until the end of the week. Tee Hee.

Old Mac is sleeping in today which is rare for him these days. I will post what the kiddos do for him later. Happy Father's Day to all the amazing men out there!!

Mother's Day Inspiration

I thought I would share with all of you what I'm going to be doing for my Mom in law aka Grandma Mac for Mother's Day. I saw this super perfect project over at One Month To Win It. It was made by Jess over at Craftiness Is Not Optional. We had family pictures taken with Old Macs fam over the holidays. Grandma Mac was wanting something for her wall to display all of them. Old Mac has scraps of wood in the garage from past projects so the only thing I will be buying is the paint. I have plans for my house to take one whole corner in my front room and do this. I can't wait to finish this and give it to Grandma Mac on Sunday!

Old/New Easter Wreath

Not so darling anymore!

I bought a darling Easter wreath a few years ago at TJ Maxx. The wreath structure was foam that over the years had really worn out. The poor little eggs kept falling off and didn't have anything to hold them in place.

I went to Joann's and bought a new round foam wreath for $5. I was going to pick up another white boa but the cheap thrifty side of me couldn't see spending that much to fix this little wreath. I decided to take one of Old Mac's old white shirts and cut it up. I tied the strips around the wreath.

Once I had the whole thing covered I figured where I wanted the eggs to be placed. I also put hot glue at the base of the eggs. The final thing I did was took a strip of ribbon and glued the ends together. I made a knot so there was a loop to hang the wreath from. I'm so pleased with how it turned out!! I think it's just as cute as the original! 

The Dollar Store has darling eggs right now that have sticks on the ends. If you are wanting to make one before Easter next week, those would work perfect! 

I'm linking this to I Heart Nap Time, The Tattered Tag, Keeping It Simple, Craft O Maniac, Not Just A Housewife, Sugar Bee Crafts, Sister's Stuff, Blue Cricket Design, Lil' Luna, Night Owl Crafting, House of Hepworths, Making It With Allie, Sassy Sites, Wildflowers and Whimsy, and The CSI Project

It's Beginning To Look Like Easter

We have a fun ledge in our little house. I like to use that space for holiday decorations. I get a little crazy after Christmas with having things all over the place. This ledge keeps the madness in one area and doesn't make me a crazy person. I thought I would show you all the Easter decor that's sitting on it at the moment.

I have my holiday tree again. I made the garland for it the same way as this one. The hanging bunnies and eggs are from an old garland I had. I didn't have a good place for it so I took it apart and made ornaments.

There is also the holiday board that I made. I got the Easter houses at Joann's a few years ago.

My other little Easter tree also came from Joann's a few years ago. The bunny sign in front of it was actually a yard sign but the stake broke off.

Well there you have it. It's not much but just enough to get excited for Easter!

Rest in pieces Peep Craft

My little Peep craft that got so much notice in blogging land has been destructed. It's my own fault really. I left it within reach of Little SMac. Although I didn't think so at the time it's pretty funny now! I'm not sure if I should fix it or leave it like it is and laugh. It's never a dull moment here at the Mac house! I love that wild little two year old of mine to pieces!

Peep Craft

My super sweet mom in law signed me up for several magazine subscriptions. One of my faves is Woman's Day!! They always have great ideas! This month there was a super cute Easter craft idea. I knew that I would be able to put my spin on it and make my own version. I also knew it wouldn't be very expensive.

The first thing I did was head to the dollar store for some supplies. I ended up getting two packages of peep chicks, a felt Easter basket, set of two styrofoam circles, and circular styrofoam insert thingy.

The next step was to drill a hole in the white styrofoam circle for a dowel to fit. I already had the dowels on hand but you can find them at most hardware stores and craft stores for really inexpensive. I didn't like the raw edge of the styrofoam so I covered it with white ribbon that I already had on hand.

I took one package of the peeps and separated them all. The other package I left together and laid them onto the styrofoam. Once I had them positioned right I glued them on with hot glue. I filled in the gaps with the separated peeps.

I took the basket and cut the handles off. I then took the extra white circle that came in the package and cut it into two pieces. Once that was done I filled the basket with the styrofoam. Originally
I was planning on leaving the dowel long but the weight of the peeps were too heavy. I cut off part of the dowel so that it wouldn't fall over. I also used some of the leftover styrofoam and made little supports so that it's more stable.

The last thing I did was added some Easter grass. I really love this
little peep tree! I'm also super excited to finally be able to decorate for spring! The total cost for this little craft ended up being $5 for the styrofoam, basket, and peeps. 

I'm linking this up to I Heart Nap Time, The Tattered Tag, Keeping It Simple, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Craft O Maniac , Not Just A Housewife, Sugar Bee, Sister's Stuff, Blue Cricket Design, Night Owl Crafting, House of Hepworths, What Allie's Making Now, Sassy Sites, Tatertots and Jello, Wildflowers and Whimsy, and Saturday Mornings