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Monday, February 25, 2013

Pinterest Monday #3: Cereal Boxes

Reusing & recycling seems to be a popular in the crafting world. For today's Pinterest Monday we are going to focus on cereal boxes. Who knew that cereal boxes would have so many uses!

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Cereal Box Storage Bins

Photo source: Urban Nest

This project incorporates fabric along with using the cereal boxes. The directions are easy to read!

Cereal Box Stationary Organizer

Photo source: Katydid and Kid

You could actually save some serious money by making your own office organizer and save some trees buy reusing those cereal boxes! I think my dad would be happy to know that I am recycling...lol!

Recycled Cereal Box Sunburst Mirror

Photo source: Under The Table and Dreaming

This sunburst mirror is a great idea for some home decor that can save you money and that is always a plus!

Cereal Box Drawer Dividers

Photo source: IHeart Organizing

Another great organizing idea! These are way cuter than having to go to the store and purchase organizer that not fit. These cereal box drawer divider are customizable to fit your needs.

Cereal Box 2013 Planner

Photo source: Live. Eat. Create

The DIY planner is adorable. This site includes the printable for the calender for 2013!

See you next week for Monday Pinterest...who knows what I will be finding next.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Easy Crochet Heart

I know some of you are sick of seeing hearts now that Valentine's Day is now over. However, I wanted to share this because it really wasn't for Valentine's day. I was experimenting with a easy crochet heart pattern that I found. I made some of my own changes and then turned it into a garland for my daughter's bedroom.

Photo Source: Creative Mess

Here is the link to the original pattern, Large Lacy Heart. Also, if you are into looking for some more patterns for crochet, be sure to check out the site. I must warn you, you could spend hours looking because there is so many patterns.

Photo Source: Creative Mess

My daughters room is kinda blah. I really wanted to do something to make it girly and colorfull. As you can see outside there is no sun and there is snow. It has been grey for days, really depressing. I am so ready for the warm weather! How about you? So I came up with this cute heart garland. I finished it last night and hung it up while she was sleeping, so that she could wake up to this surprise.

Like I said, I found the original pattern here. Below is what I did with my changes for the easy crochet heart.

Abbreviations:

hdc = Half double Crochet
dc = Double Crochet
sc = Single Crochet

Supplies:

two colors of worsted yarn: I used Lily Sugar' n Cream Rose Pink and Yellow Sunshine

Crochet Hook 5.50 mm

Color 1

Round 1: Ch-4, join with slip stitch to first Ch to form ring; Ch - 1; [ 3 hdc in ring, Ch - 2 ] 4 times; join with slip stitch to the first hdc. You should have a total of 12 hdc and 4 Ch - 2 spaces

Round 2: [ 9 dc in center hdc of the next 3-hdc group, slip stitch in the Ch - 2 space ] 2 times; sc in next 3 hdc, sc in next Ch - 2 space, sc in next 3 hdc; join with slip stitch to the first hdc. Finish off.

Color 2

Round 3: Right side facing, join color 2 with slip stitch to second sc of second 3 sc group....Note: this confused me. To make it simple it is where the bottom point is. Ch - 3, slip stitch in same sc, [ Ch - 3, skip the next sc, slip stitch in the next sc ] 2 times, [ Ch - 3, slip stitch in next hdc, Ch - 3 ] 9 times; working over next slip stitch, slip stitch in Ch - 2 space on round 1...Note: this is the dip that gives it shape for the heart. [ Ch - 3, slip stitch in next hdc ] 9 times; Ch - 3, slip stitch in next slip stitch, [ Ch - 3, skip next sc, slip stitch in next sc ] 2 times; Ch - 3; join with slip stitch to first sc. Finish off. Weave the ends.

This is what I did for the garland that I made, you could use any method that suits you best:

I made 2 of these for the ends so there is slack to tie = Ch - 30; turn and sc back; Finish off

I made 3 of these for in between the hearts = Ch - 15; turn and sc back; Finish off

Attach the lines on wrong side of heart.

Enjoy!

Monday, February 18, 2013

Pinterest Monday #2: Paper Inspiration

It has been a crazy week and haven't been posting like I wanted to due to unexpected events. Things should start calming down.

On to Monday Pinterest week #2! This week I thought I would share some fun projects that I found on Pinterest that has to do with paper. I love cute paper and fun little projects that can be done with it.

To go to each of the projects, you can click on the title and it will take you to the direct site of the rightful owners of the projects.

Pretty Handmade Envelopes

Photo Source: Design & Non-sense

These handmade envelopes are adorable. Making cards to go with these envelopes will for sure delight the person who receives it.

Hydrangea Wreath

Photo Source: Copy-Craft

If you are having cabin fever, this hydrangea wreath will give the feeling of spring. It looks so easy and fun to do. You could use any paper punch to create the wreath.

Butterfly Wall Collage

Photo Source: The Idea Room

This pretty collage of butterflies will sure spruce up any room and make you think spring! I don't know about you, but I am ready for spring. I love the warm weather. Again, you could use any paper punch to create a collage of your liking.

Recycled Paper Flowers

Photo Source: How About Orange

These flowers are made from magazines. Great way to recycle paper. The cute little flowers can be used as accents to any project.

Pretty Paper Bauble

Photo Source: Torie Jayne

I had to share this because of the cute paper even though it is consider Christmas decorations. I am a sucker for pretty papers. In all honesty, you could use these for anything and no one would not even know that it is for Christmas.

See you next week for Monday Pinterest!

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Valentine Heart Project

This is actually a school assignment that lead to a Valentine theme. My 6 year old daughter is in first grade and her class is celebrating 100 days of being in school this week. The assignment is to find or create 100 objects and place them on a board. As part of the learning experience the assignment also required her to count the 100 objects. You will see the photos of the Valentine Heart Project below.

Painted watercolor on to the newspaper

Heart shaped punches

Punched the painted newspaper

My little girl loves doing stuff like this

She is trying hard not to rip the paper

Removing the delicate heart

Glue the hearts onto the board creating the number 100

Close up of the cute little hearts

Colorful!

Final project! 100 hearts on the board.

Can you see the number 100?

There is a large number of hearts left over from this project! So I think we are going to make a few more things. Why not, Valentine's Day is just right around the corner!

This is also a project to do anytime of the year with your little one. It is cheap and easy to do. Not to mention it is great quality time.

By the way, just in case you are wondering. I used some cute digital papers to matte my photos and logo. What do you think? They are from Design House Digital and the pack is called Letter of Love by Sara Schmutz