DIY: Alphabet Wall

My friend Aimee... Is awesome. She put up with me for a few hours while we did this project. I have been wanting to do it forever but was dreading it because I knew it would take forever. But we got it done in a few hours and I had a great time just chatting and hanging out with here. We used Aimee's cricut and this cartridge... It is my favorite.

We cut some 6x6 white squares then we cut out the letters. The big letter was a 5 and the little letter was a 3 3/4. The animals were a 5 also.

They all turned out so cute and I am glad that Aimee was there to give me some guidance. She is so crafty. Here they all are. Sorry I didn't take some more pictures during the process we were in a but of a hurry...

Here are some close-ups. Now I have wondered whether or not I should point this out to my readers... Because I didn't see it but I know some of you will because my husband did... When we put these together we positioned the animals on the Upper Case letters just like they had in the book then added the Lower Case after... Well this one apparently has another meaning. Thanks to Kirk when I look at it all I can see now is what he pointed out. The animals are some of my favorites too.. Oh well, here ya go... Kirk pointed out that it looks like the word poop.....
Still laughing? I was too after my heart broke a little......that was not intentional.. anyway, moving on.
My favorite animal ever...Look at that big Elephant trying to hide behind that E.....lolThe TigerI took them over and got them laminated. I really wanted to put them on some wood.. but not in the budget this time so this will have to work. Then I put them on the wall... Why couldn't there be 25 letters? Then they would go up in a perfect square on the wall... This is what we got..Then I bordered it with some ribbon. Before I put them up Kyden loved to look at them like flash cards and he ever learned a few sounds from them... I'm not sure how long they will stay on the wall because we may just need them for educational purposes... They are cute huh?Thanks again Aimee

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DIY: Spring Puff Ball

I saw this Tutorial here. I had everything I needed ( I use coffee filters to drain my meat, works like a charm.) anyway I followed that tutorial except I only did the front of the cardboard.

I wanted to give it some color to make it springy so I took some colored ink pads and I brushed them along the edges of the coffee filters.
Then I made some letters with some stamps and my very own handwriting!

I then glued them on. Looks cute huh?

Sometimes it makes me really sad that the camera really doesn't do justice to the color...I love it and it adds color to my house and gets me ready for Spring... Even if it is snowing outside while I type this...

DIY: Faux Metal Frames

My camera just doesn't do this project justice. While doing this project I realized that I enjoy projects that I can work on and finish in a couple hours. I am just not patient enough. I saw this project here. She is so talented! I copied her tutorial only I used Cereal boxes instead of toilet paper and I made 2 of them and inch smaller. Also my patterns are really similar with a few changes.

They turned out so good. I even can't believe that these are made of Cardboard.

I can't wait to hang these up. Maybe this 3 day weekend I can convince my husband to help me out.

Thanks Suzy for the wonderful idea. You are so talented.

(The line in the picture above is the middle of my table)
What do you think?

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DIY: Name Wall Hanging

So my mom got me these cute letters that were laser cut out of paper. They were so cute and we couldn't pass them up. I wanted to do something with them. With the help of my friend Alyssa we came up with this little idea.Pretty Cute right? So we bought a dowel and a skinny piece of wood at Joannes and cut the dowel in half and the board into 3x3. Drilled holes on one side for the ribbon. Then we painted them all white.For embellishment we used glitter. I love how it turned out and wish the picture did it justice. Then we modge podged on the the letters. The only advice I would give is maybe put the letters on first because glitter isn't the best surface to stick things....

Picked out some ribbon that matched and tied it around the dowel to hang. Pretty cute right?

What do you think about my first craft? Did it do okay?
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