Making things-Mikhail's Birthday

So here is the post I was getting to. We have been busy getting our tree, buying gifts for each other, visiting Santa, and baking in the last few days. We are ALMOST done!!! YAY

 I loved the shape of this mustard jar but not the labels so I decided to cover it with fairly thick jute that I bought from Wal-mart for $5. I have a ton of it left over for other projects too.

Here's the before...

 And after. I was just going to cover the glass but thought it would look a lot better with the lid done as well.

 Found this idea on Pinterest. How to make paper feathers. I love how you can bend them to the shape you want.

 Some decorated presents...

 a card, with one of my feathers... :)

 Made myself a Christmas Tree for my Studio in pink.

 I also made this bag for my daughter for school to carry her books. It is made from leftovers from the jeans I've had to hem.

 And a bag for dance for my other daughter...

 Bear is back, he got into our compost and demolished it. Guess we will be replacing that in the spring.

 We also celebrated my son's birthday. He turned five!

He had one candle burning after blowing his candles out so my daughters teased him about having a girlfriend, this was his reaction. :)

Happy Birthday to my little guy.

And Merry Christmas to you!

xo

Published...

This is my first layout since I think February!! I haven't shopped for supplies, or did anything much related to it that whole time. I was trying my hand at art journaling a little though. It was nice to get a layout done. This is a layout about getting published in Canadian Scrapbooker. I kept all the post office packaging to include in my layout and stapled my contract to the back.

It is getting closer to Christmas. I am totally not ready for it this year. I did find a couple of things, yet again, on Pinterest and decided to try them as Christmas traditions starting this year.

One of the ideas was to wrap 24 Christmas stories and have your children open one a day until Christmas. This is perfect for little ones but it also works if you have a combined age group. My oldest will 14, youngest 5. The older ones can read some of the stories to the little ones if they are interested. All my kids are into this.
The last one is not wrapped because we all know we will be reading T'was the Night Before Christmas on the 24th, we do every year.

I have the advent calender ready and stocked with candy too.

My middle child has turned 12 this year. I made last minute Oreo Cupcakes for her birthday, idea form Pinterest. I see a theme here, lol.

xo

A New Addiction...

Pinterest. Besides scrapping I find myself being drawn to pinterest daily. And I also find myself trying new crafts and recipes. Here are a few things I have tried in the last few months.

I made these for my kids teachers at the end of the year last year.

 here's what was inside...

 and here's what we put inside the pocket that was on the outside.

 I loved all the little play kitchens on Pinterest. I decided to make one for my son. I picked up this entertainment centre from a thrift store for $7!!

Before...

 Before...

 After...

 After, this is more true to the colour we painted it. My son's favourite colour :).

 I also couldn't wait to try out the kool-aid playdough recipe that was on there. My son couldn't wait either. They smell fabulous.

 My son, (who is almost 5) insists that he is going to lose a tooth anyday now and needed his tooth fairy pillow made right away for the tooth fairy. I found one like this on Pinterest and made one like what I saw in the picture. My son LOVES his little monster. The mouth opens to a pocket where the tooth and money will be exchanged.

In other news, we have had a bear hanging out on our property lately. He is cute but a little to close for comfort. Looking for food to fatten up on before he hybernates for the winter. I'm hoping he is gone now.

xo