Jewelry Box

I posted the story behind it over at my other home.

Basically, it was just a wood jewelry box that I painted and used rub-on transfers on. Easy peasy, yes but it will serve it's purpose for now. It didn't turn out as perfectly as I had hoped (does anything?) but it did turn out a lot better than I had expected. It's cute. It functions. It was fun. I want to do more.

Spare time

I have had a lot of time to get crafty over the last few days.. things I needed to do. Here are some glimpses of what I have been working on.

Half Birthday party!

It was tine for our annual half birthday party! This year we used an Explorer theme. We sent the kids the train schedule mapping out their day as their invitation. We got on the train and then trax up to the U of U Museum of Natural History. The kids broke into two groups and did 4 worksheets (one of each area) scavenger hunt. They loved it!
After we finished at the museum we went out on the lawn for lunch and of course cheep birthday gifts! The kids loved the 3 ft gummy snake, magnifying glass, gold coins, compass and rock candy!
We took the train back down to the gateway and played in the water and checked out build a bear. Then our adventure ended with taking the train back home.
The kids loved it! Once again a great success!

Getting ready for school

As a welcome back to the teachers and staff I put together these water bottles.

The holder says "We have the "kool"-ist teachers! Thank you quenching the "thirst" of knowledge.

Twins?

Two wonderful teachers at our school are having babies. Recently they both found out the sex of their children and I finally got to go shopping. While I was at Joann's waiting in line at the cutting counter a nice, talkative lady next me asked if I was having twins.. one of each. Yeah, I am going to start living at the gym!

Anyhow.. Joann's had these amazing panels I just could not pass up, and the cutest appliques that match, of which I had to make pillows with. I know its a pig, not a bunny, buts its the right color and adorable! The pillows took longer to make than the blankets, in all about 4 hours and totally worth it!

Summer crafts

Our local Ben Franklin's offers a kids craft program each summer. This week my girls went and these adorable magnet/cork boards. Took about 45 min, easy and cute!!

Happy Everything!

Kim and I had such a wonderful time with our card swap and got such wonderful cards we decided to do it again!!! You will be agreeing to make and send 5 cards (all the same or different, your choice) for each person that plays with us. So if 5 people play, you need to make 20 cards, and will get 20 new cards! See how great this is!! And this time we have a theme (we love themes!) Holiday cards.. you pick the holiday(s), they just have to be holiday cards!

There are a few simple steps, "rules" if you will, to play along:

1. Send an email to withandwithout AT gmail DOT com, indicating you want to join this swap. Include:

Your Name

Your Address

Your blog address (if you have one)
Any special holiday notes (ie:You celebrate Hanukkah, not Christmas)

2. Send the email no later than July 7. Swap partners will be sent out by July 9. You MUST mail all your swaps by August 8.

3. Have fun!!Feel free to invite anyone you'd like. We don't have a cut-off and would love to have as many participants as possible.

We have created a Flickr group that we would love for you to join. This will enable us to share pictures of all the great cards we receive through the swap and have discussions about the group.If you have any questions, please feel free to email or leave a comment! We look forward to swapping with you!