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Busy Bee

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fun filled weekend with your families! We did some grilling, stopped at the farmer’s market and worked on lots of projects. We’re on a deadline to get our deck finished so it will be ready for staining in a couple of weeks. Because of this deadline, I’ll be taking a week off from blogging. I’ve noticed that with the little bean up for longer periods of time, I’ve not been able to do many projects and I don’t get a break once Daddy comes home because the poor guy goes straight out to work on the deck. I have two big projects that I want to finish this week as well as work on my blog course. I thought it would be better to take a break and feel good about the progress I’ve made rather than to write filler posts. I hope you all have a lovely week and I’ll catch up with you Friday for #AAF!! 🙂

familyShelly

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Friday Finds: Creative Summer

One of my favorite things about blogging is following other bloggers for inspiration. Inspiration on craft projects, home decor, recipes and their every day life. I use Feedly to follow my favorite blogs and realized that I’ve only been checking in on them once/week. I follow a lot of them on Instagram, so I’ll see snippets of what they’re working on throughout the week, but I’ve lost touch of reading all the posts that I’d like. I decided that I wanted to showcase 5 finds per week that I’ve come across in the past week. I’ll do my best to not repeat the same bloggers but sometimes they have such awesome ideas that I’ll have to share them with you!

5.22 findss

This week’s finds were very inspirational to me in the way of creating and looking forward to summer.

  1. The giant painting by Maurice Gollota was spotted on Design Files. I have a massive canvas that I’ve entitled ‘Procrastination’ because it has been partially finished for at least 3  years…and has hung in a prominent space of my home for that amount of time! I NEED to finish it and I was drooling over the colors in this piece. I really love the pastels mixed with the neons and think I’ll take that route with my painting.
  2. In LOVE with this simple leather notebook Mandi made at Vintage Revivals. So much so that I bought a Cricut Explore!! I KNOW! I’m still giddy about it! I sold my Cricut at our yard sale this past weekend and promptly bought the Explore to make decorations for my sister’s Sprinkle! IT. IS. AMAZING. If you’ve not looked into all the awesome features, just go here.
  3. I’m not sure you feel this way but I just want to say ‘awwwwe!’ to this sweet pom pom throw by Ash at Sugar & Cloth. I love the colors and I love the thought of having a light weight throw for summer nights out on the deck to keep the dew off. I have to make it.
  4. These dreamy pergola curtains, found on A Beautiful Mess, are the inspiration for my newest outdoor diy project. I currently have sheer outdoor curtains that are constantly flapping everywhere because of our harsh winds. This tutorial, by Laura, uses a thicker fabric, drapery weights and stationary grommets to hold the curtain in place. I’m excited because I’ll get to buy a new tool–grommet punch!
  5. Cutest cakes ever came from a mistake! Kelly, at Studio DIY, was so clever to make a failed cake attempt into these popsicle shaped cakes. I thought these guys looked adorable especially with their decorated popsicle sticks!

Anyone else feeling inspired to get creative? Maybe just hungry for cake…or popsicles? Anyone have plans for Memorial Day weekend?! I’ll be (finally) celebrating my Mom for Mother’s Day, celebrating my sister and brother on their new baby and cheering on Dario Franchitti at the Indy 500! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Shelly

 

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St. Patrick’s Day

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up next week I am, obviously, just now getting around to getting my green ready. Ya hear me? I’m biting at the bit to get my Halloween and Christmas decorations up but when it comes to these smaller holidays I seem to wait until the last minute. I wanted to share with you my favorites that are trending this year. All of these wonderful bloggers worked very had to put these tutorials up so go check out their blogs!

There are a few simple DiY last minute crafts in there as well as a super cute hair tutorial for those of you with daughters.

St. Patty’s Day Version 2014

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  1. Crochet Shamrock Pattern by Everything Etsy. There’s even a video!
  2. Loom Lucky Charm Gift Tag by Paging Supermom. My daughter’s only 5mo. so she’s not into the loom bracelets yet but I’m tempted to get in on the action!
  3. Shamrock Hair Tutorial by One Creative Mommy. DARLING!!!
  4. Lucky Printable by EighteenTwentyFive. Love this blog! They always have great printables!
  5. Gold Shamrock Necklace by Anechkas Jewlery on Etsy. Anything that’s tiny, delicate and gold I’m a bit obsessed with.
  6. Anti-pinch Nail Polish Gift by EighteenTwentyFive. I ALWAYS have green nails on St. Patty’s day to make sure my bases are covered.
  7. Shamrock Lime Sherbet Punch by The Crafty Sparrow. I have a weakness for sherbet and get really excited when it’s at parties!
  8. Thin Mint Puppy Chow by Shugary Sweets. How can you go wrong when Thin Mint OR Puppy Chow is in the title?!
  9. Love and Luck Shamrock Photo by Kellynphotography on Etsy. This is definitely cute enough to keep up all year! He loves me, he loves me not!
  10. Clover Patch Cake Toppers by DiY Studio. Just can’t get enough of this girl’s cake toppers!

Do you wear green to avoid those annoying pinchers? Do you have any Irish traditions for St. Patrick’s day? Anyone dye their toilet water green? Yea, me either. Let me know your favorites!

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Crayon Planter

crayon art

Or ‘crown’ planter as I would pronounce it. I wanted to make something with crayons for my best friend’s classroom because we LOVE coloring together (yes, we’re 29 and still color before going out on the town.) I also wanted her to have something living in her room in the way of a plant but super easy to take care of.

I started by laying out all the supplies needed for this project. I only had to buy the crayons and plants. If you don’t have any of these supplies on hand it would cost you around $25-$30.

Supplies Needed:

  1. 2 boxes of 24 crayons
  2. Hot glue gun & glue
  3. Vase of some sort (does not need to be glass)
  4. Rubber feet
  5. Cactus Soil
  6. Succulents

supplies

I started by laying out the order I wanted the crayons to be glued onto the glass vase. I put a little glue on the crayon, stuck it vertically on the vase and made sure it was sitting flush with the base. It is easier to make sure they’re flush if the vase is sitting on the counter.

glueOnce I got this method down it was super easy and quick to line up and glue the rest of the crayons.

half

I glued half the crayons with the Crayola symbol pointed out and the other half with the names pointed out so she could decide which way to face the planter.

topThe last step to making the crayon planter was to put rubber feet on the bottom to make sure it won’t slide around on her desk. They were sticky on one side but I put a tiny dab of glue to make sure they didn’t come off with wear.

feetThe final product had chicks n’ hens from my pallet garden as a no-fail plant for her classroom. She had her class be in charge of watering the plants and they loved the planter!

doneIt turned out well and was super inexpensive because I had most of the supplies on hand. You could switch this craft up and use a can rather than the glass vase to use as a pencil holder or take an old frame, cut down the crayons and glue them to the border. Anyone else make gifts for their teacher friends or kid’s teachers?

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