Tried being crafty again...

It has been a while since I was last crafty.

Guess I had better get moving - I have a "to-do" list that is getting longer and longer.

Today, I attempted the ever-adorable Crayon Wreath in celebration of 'Back to School'. (BTW, there are 17 days until The Boy starts school - but who is counting? Oh, yeah. ME!)

If you don't know what this is... don't search for it because then you will see how amazing some of these wreaths are compared to mine. So, don't look anywhere else. ok.

I put it at the end of my upper cabinets in the kitchen and I actually like it. Kinda colorful and silly but cute. We will have to wait and see if The Hubby even notices.

In other news, The Boy has taken a major step to becoming a productive member of society.

He has been learning how to mow lawns - specifically my lawn. 

The Hubby doesn't trust him enough to go up and down the hills yet, but most of the flat stuff is for The Boy to do under The Hubby's watchful eye. I am pretty sure The Hubby has been quietly doing the 'Happy Dance.'

Let it begin...

I have got ideas. Ideas that need to be written down and examined and done. Here I will document ideas and accomplishments (and failures). I can’t wait!

First off, let me share what I have been working on within the last week. On one of my favorite blogs, The Idea Room, I found these adorable crepe paper balls. We love roses around this place so I thought it was a great way to start it off. In the pictures that were posted, off to the side was another ADORABLE ball. This one was felt and I fell in love. Off to JoAnn’s I went (with 2 kids who were bribed with McD’s for lunch) on Friday. (There was no school on Friday and Scott was off camping at the Klondike Derby.)

I found the felt right off at $4.99 per yard (1 yard was MORE than enough), then I went on to get all kinds of things like pins, an adorable heart shaped wreath for the kitchen and some really cool rolls of tulle for a dollar each ( I got 6). We also ran to WalMart for some craft projects for them - cool. After that we ran McD’s, along with everyone else on the planet. The kids were great and had loads of fun.

Once we got home, we cleared the table and started working. I decided to start with the crepe paper roses. What a joke. I have no idea how they did theirs and made them look good, but mine just didn’t. I tried and tried different twists and turns to make them look better, but to no avail. Oh well, I finished one in white. 

Then I started on the felt. 3" rounds - check. Lots of pins - check. More rounds - check. REPEAT! Lots and lots of rounds were cut out and pinned onto the little Styrofoam ball. Finished finally. This turned out FAB! LOVE IT!

I quickly arranged these with a couple of my Valentine's Day decorations and I was DONE! Wahoo for me!