tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899599099691042812024-02-19T11:47:21.667-05:00CONTROLLING CrazinessLife can be crazy - I've come up with fun and creative ways to look like I've got it all under control.controlling crazinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765705464414070156noreply@blogger.comBlogger757125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489959909969104281.post-65407151147103100002019-07-01T06:00:00.000-04:002019-07-01T06:00:05.746-04:00DIY Reversible Summer / 4th of July Blocks<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had a craft day at church the other weekend and I was in charge of this craft. Perfect for a summer time display. It is super cute and super easy to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You need 7 blocks. I think we had 2x4's cut into the following sizes (you don't have to be exact):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 blocks cut to 2.5" by 4"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and 1 block cut at 2" by 6"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The blocks were sanded and left as is for our project, but you could stain or paint them if you wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then we used patriotic and summer colored scrapbook paper cut to fit inside the blocks. 6 patriotic colored papers and 6 summer colored papers were cut to 2 1/8th" by 3.5". One patriotic paper and one summer paper was cut to 1 3/8" by 5.5". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Vinyl lettering was cut out using my Silhouette machine and applied to each paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then the paper was Mod Podged to the blocks. I just applied Mod Podge to the block and then smoothed the paper on top. You could also apply Mod Podge over the paper for a more durable or shinier finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love a 2 for 1 decoration. I have mine turned to summer right now but when July rolls around, I'll flip it to the patriotic side and then flip it back to summer to use until school starts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The idea was found <a href="https://www.thoughtsinvinyl.com/Products/reversible-blocks-fourthsummer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> and the possibilities are endless. You could make these for Easter/Spring, Winter/Valentine's Day, or any holiday and season. I love a simple, easy and versatile craft. </span></div>
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controlling crazinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765705464414070156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489959909969104281.post-47931345121587407072019-06-26T05:30:00.000-04:002019-06-26T05:30:04.014-04:00Bus Driver Appreciation<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other day I shared my kids' <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2019/06/teacher-gifts-thank-you-for-helping-me.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teacher gifts</a>, and I'm back to share the cute little card we made for our bus driver. Our bus driver meets my kids with a smile each morning and afternoon. She has gone out of her way to make sure the kids are safe and the best part is that she picks them up and drops them off right in front of our house. That is great for the many cold and snowy NY winter mornings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To show our appreciation, we made these cute bus cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It started with this printable I found <a href="https://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2018/03/school-bus-driver-printables.html?m=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I took it one step further and made a card out of it with some Extra gum inside. I love the play on words and it's so appropriate for our bus driver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using yellow card stock, I made a pocket to put the gum in. I taped it in as well so it wouldn't fall out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I taped the printable onto the front of the yellow card, cutting the bottom of the yellow card so it followed the bus shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My daughter wrote a cute note inside and we handed it to the bus driver the other morning. I could see the smile on her face as she drove away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This school year flew by. I don't know if that's because everything was new, or because for the first time ever all of my kids were in school. Even though school here in NY ends later than it did in PA, my kids haven't complained about <i>still</i> being in school the last week of June. It might help that it's still spring like weather and not the hot and humid 80-90 degree weather we were used to at this time of year in PA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As usual, I like to give a little gift of my appreciation to the kids' teachers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year I got my inspiration from <a href="http://threekidsandafish.com/thanks-helping-grow-printable/?fbclid=IwAR2QswHA-EoT1WMiVFS4VrXOxNcxY8dY3dMO5ZtvGc9iusCQezm664n0Q90" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THIS</a> post I shared earlier on Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super cute and super easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the saying couldn't be more true. Especially for my pre-K guy. He has gone from being a shy guy to such a friendly fella. I'm so thankful for such good teachers who genuinely care about my kids and not only help them academically but socially as well. My kids entered an unfamiliar school with zero friends, in a new neighborhood in a new state, and they have just flourished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since moving into our new home almost 10 months ago, we have made a couple of changes. One of the easiest and cheapest was to give our garage door a little makeover. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought our garage door looked a bit plain and could use a little something to dress it up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">It's a 2 car garage door so it's wide plus all that white = boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(P.S. I'm also eyeing up some new bigger and darker outdoor lights to add more contrast and interest. Those little silver lights just aren't doing it for me. You know how one project leads to another, right.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the best part, they were magnetic. No need to drill holes or screw anything into the garage door itself. Doesn't get any easier than that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The even better part, was that they were just under $12! I couldn't buy them fast enough. I love how they add a bit of interest to an otherwise boring expanse of white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Update: We've had them on our garage door for a few weeks now and there have been no issues. They have stayed put through the wind and rain and with the door being opened and closed. I would suggest not letting your little ones see you put them on. My 4 year old knows they are magnetic so every once in a while I notice the handles have been moved. Luckily it's an easy fix to put back into place.</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As mentioned in my last post it's been 9 months since we moved to our new home. My two girls are no longer sharing a room so I have two girly rooms to decorate. My youngest loves all things glittery gold and pink. She requested a pink and gold unicorn room. I'm happy to report that I'm almost done. There are a few little things I want to do/make but for the most part, it's done. Since we reused zero of the art/pictures from their shared horse themed bedroom, she needed some new art on her walls. We browsed through Pinterest to see what I could make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since we moved 9 months ago (has it been that long already!), my girls no longer share a bedroom which means the bunk beds have been un-bunked, or should it be de-bunked? Whatever the case, we no longer have bunk beds. But.... when we did, I wanted to do a little makeover to the bunkie board of the top bunk which is what you see when you are on the bottom bunk. Obviously I never got around to that. Tell me I'm not the only one who takes years to do a project?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The easiest thing to do with the supplies I had on hand would have been to paint it. My older daughter loves to paint and I was going to let her have at it. We talked about painting some kind of sky scene so my younger daughter who slept on the bottom bunk would have feel like she's sleeping outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't find any painted bunkie boards on Pinterest, but did find several other ideas. Here's some coordinating fabric wrapped around the top bunkie board for a custom look:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While it is easiest to put curtains on the bottom bunk, the top bunk can get them too:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that certain stores have FREE kids activities on Saturday mornings? Check your local stores for times and availability. Here are the ones I know about, plus some summer freebies at the end of the post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I shared on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ControllingCraziness/posts/2390366854328585?__xts__[0]=68.ARDfPFI6kWFJZuLm4c8ZueOiw0KxaIyKFgi_O9V78CxaSlCNqi0F_cfXVqHZfl_2WNfu0ab9fQukYt2BJXP6EGnrBaG3l3ivAtqZ5QyPVSQ-YUbFdMoTAF0eu3FbQr4tHiGOztpqf8iuPkqI5kRXU2sZHpXe0gVzKXpKF1AKfEBBtYEcuYkOnE203k7VVWmGclJ_JHAK8Syrwo1NWX-Wm3jrqDeyVwRSjqBHU-f_kRoPxZdgDe6dR3moByJj02VeSdF-PFmy3LP9WCr-hg_2BrZ4a7IV7NPa8hYvtCFFwGe3CToYOgAcPEeeLseFJn9sPqrYol_5TGG5iagRoCUp5i1NYQ&__tn__=-R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> the other day a cute <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/712483603528531031/?fbclid=IwAR2e9AM7z5jPHy1ywxRyM_tmNUI0dOIzbEJzE1aWw8IOp8CSQeZRxJbnqfQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">baseball themed door hanger</a>. I'm not a sports fan, don't watch it and don't play it, but this baseball theme was too cute. I first saw it on Pinterest and clicked on it, so now Pinterest has a bunch of other baseball themed ideas for me, and you know how I love a theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's the original home plate door hanger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They look like they'd be simple to make. Just cut out the shape, paint it and add vinyl lettering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also thought these baseball themed picture holders were cute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Twine can hold the picture in place or a clip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And if baseball isn't your thing, you could easily paint them to represent other sports as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We celebrate Easter by spending time with family and sharing. Easter activities such as egg hunts, Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny and decorating our homes are also part of the fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I have some free printables to help with the home decor part of things. Since Easter is
a spring season holiday, you don’t have to look too far when searching for
inspiration for decoration, especially if you want to keep things cheap like me. It's amazing what you can make from colorful flowers and green leaves and how
you can turn your home into a joyful and cozy Easter setting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many online tutorials (thanks Pinterest) on how to make
these crafts, but that’s not all. If you really want to make your celebration
memorable, you should try out some additional resources like this set of fun
and <a href="https://www.freezerlabels.net/downloads/easter-labels-free-printables.pdf"><span style="color: #1155cc;">free Easter printables</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If your family and guests have an eye for
details, then these cute stickers will certainly catch their attention. You can
apply them as egg tags, use them for decorating egg holders or egg baskets. Also, these stickers are perfect for making interesting clues for egg hunt
activities or invitations for your Easter dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As an addition, you can use pencils in different
colors and various washi tapes to make unique egg and dinner table decorations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All you need to do to turn these freebies into
stickers is download the pdf version and print it on a self-adhesive paper.
With a pair of scissors and a little bit of imagination, you can turn this
decoration process into some quality family time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other day I did a little project that makes a big difference in how 'finished' a room looks. The caulk between the baseboard and shoe molding in our laundry room was cracking and separating. It didn't look pretty. Luckily we had some caulk on hand from a recent home repair, so I quickly fixed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The picture below shows how the shoe molding is separating from the baseboard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's a better view so you can really see how the caulk is split and dust is getting trapped in there. That was after I vacuumed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before I caulked, I made sure to prep the area by not only vacuuming up any dust but also wiping the baseboard and molding to get rid of any more dust and dirt hiding in there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After applying the caulk at a 45° angle, I used a wet finger to smooth it in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the photo above you can see to the right of my hand, the caulk that has been smoothed compared to the freshly laid caulk on the left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here's another close up. <span style="text-align: center;">A much more polished look. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't want to stop there. I checked the bathrooms and did some more caulking. The kids bathroom looked like the shoe molding was never caulked to the baseboard. So I caulked that too.</span></div>
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Last month the kids had a week off of school for winter break. My husband still had to work, but the kids and I spent the week visiting my parents and sister in MD. Not only was it fun to spend time with family, but I got to do a couple of DIY projects. </div>
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My parents likes to keep their house updated and my mom usually has a project done every year. Some years it's an easy/inexpensive update such as repainting a few rooms, and other years the updates are more intense like when they had their master bathroom remodeled. </div>
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For the past few years, she has been debating on updating the kitchen. Should have the cabinets painted white or get new cabinets? Then what about the counters, and appliances? It could be quite a costly update. So in the meantime, I suggested we update the look by changing out the kitchen cabinet hardware. </div>
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Here is what she started with. We didn't take a close up of the knobs but even from this picture you can tell they are outdated. The knobs she had before were from the early 90's and no longer matched the paint and tile in the kitchen. They are brass knobs with ceramic centers that have county blue flowers on them. The country blue phase has passed and since her kitchen walls are no longer blue these things stuck out like a sore thumb. </div>
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The new knobs are bronze with copper highlights and work great with the other dark brown accents in the area such as the bronze pendant light above the kitchen sink and the dark brown in the tile back splash. If you want to use these same knobs for an easy update in your home, here's the amazon affiliate link to them: <a href="https://amzn.to/2F5t7h1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BRAINERD-LIBERTY-HDW-P39955L-VBC-U1-Half/dp/B004MAYDXY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=P39955L-VBC-U1&qid=1552399928&s=gateway&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=controlcrazin-20&linkId=493010560c949ba150d0a3739850369a&language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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Changing out the knobs was also a great time to finally give those kitchen cabinets a good scrub down. The finished result is a more modern look for very little cost. And if she wants to have the cabinets painted or buy new cabinets altogether, the knobs can be reused. </div>
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Sometimes it's totally worth it do to a project in phases. While you save up for the full remodel or are still unsure as to what you want, a "phase 1" project can tide you over. Plus it looks good in the meantime. </div>
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John and Sherry Petersik from <a href="https://www.younghouselove.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YOUNG HOUSE LOVE</a> explain more about "phase 1" projects in there post:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last April my husband took a new job that required us to relocate. We weren't planning to move so we had a lot of work to do before listing our house for sale. After living in a house for 12 years with 4 kids, there were plenty of small maintenance projects we never got around to doing that all of a sudden we </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">had</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to do. And then there was the basement. Ever since we moved into that house we talked about finishing it. I had big plans for it and even picked out a color scheme. Well, that was another thing we never got around to finishing. We did start. We had the studs up and the electric was done, it was even insulated. But that is where we stopped. So now, we had to finish it before selling the house. If we were going to continue living there, we would have put down carpet, but since we needed it done fast and as inexpensive as possible, we decided to paint the basement floors. I thought we would do something like </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/210895195026186274/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">THIS</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, but to save time we just ended up painting the floors a single shade of brown. With area rugs on top, it didn't look half bad. But I digress. Back to the issue of the stairs. Since the idea of carpeting the stairs was out, and I thought just painting the stairs looked a bit cheap, I headed over to Pinterest for some ideas. It didn't take me long to realize what I wanted to do. And it looked so upscale, not like we were being cheap at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first thing I did was to tape off the stair treads and then stain them. I made sure to skip some so I could still walk up and down the stairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I chose this dark brown stain because I wanted it to match the dark brown wood floors in the foyer leading to the basement steps. I was hoping it would all blend in and it did.</span></div>
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My teenage daughter is so creative and crafty. Remember how she carved/decorated her Halloween pumpkin <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2018/10/pumpkin-carving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>? Well, she learned to crochet last year and has made a few things besides hats and scarves. She doesn't even follow a pattern. She knows some basic stitches and when she sees something she likes, she just starts making it. </div>
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And that is exactly what she did with this Minnie Mouse purse. </div>
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Her 2 year old cousin loves Minnie Mouse so she made this for her as a Christmas gift. Good thing my daughter got some yarn as an early Christmas present. </div>
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She found her inspiration on Pinterest <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/97882991887345206/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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And just so her cousin's baby brother wouldn't feel left out, my daughter crocheted him a hat.</div>
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If you're wondering about those brightly colored baby toys, they are THE perfect baby gifts. You can find them <a href="https://amzn.to/2RVhTmK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2ASJiMb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>. They will keeps babies entertained at home and on the go. Perfect to stash in your purse or leave in the car or stroller. Oh, and older kids like them too. My 4 and 8 year old kept playing with them after I bought them, so I had to quickly gift wrap them.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before Christmas, I went to a church rummage sale. There I scored this office chair for just $5. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first thing to do was to separate the padded top from the plastic back. Unscrewing the back from the chair and then using a butter knife was the easiest way to do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I laid out my fabric and cut to size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then using the butter knife to pry open the plastic back, I slide the padded part back in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love the way it turned out, and it wasn’t too hard to do either. This project only took me about an hour and now my daughter has a custom, one of a kind office chair to match her room. $5 for the chair and $5.99 for a yard of fabric is all it cost. I could have gotten away with half a yard but I bought a little extra in case I made a mistake. So now we have some leftover fabric for another project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a lot of fun playing with our Elf on the Shelf. Each day my daughter comes home from school and rushes up to her room to see what the elf has been up to. Then she creates a scene or makes things for her elf. This keeps her busy as well as giving me an idea of what the elf will do the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To read about how this year's Elf on the Shelf has been super easy for me, check out my previous post <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-elf-is-back-and-easier-than-ever.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we last left off, our elf was sleeping in a bed made by my daughter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After my daughter found her, she excitedly wrapped a present for the elf and left a trail of note cards with arrows on them leading the elf to her present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry, I don't have a picture of the elf unwrapping her gift. I wasn't able to catch her in the act, that sneaky elf. The gift was some baking supplies. They are actually American Girl sized baking supplies. The elf used them to bake some cupcakes. And left some real cookies inside the wooden box as a special treat for my daughter. FYI: American Girl doll stuff works well with the elf. That apron she's wearing is another AG item.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been doing the Elf on the Shelf for a few years and have even taken a break a couple of years ago. I wasn't sure we would continue the tradition, but after my daughter was asking about the elf a few weeks ago, I figured I'll bring it back out and go through the craziness of it one more time. At least I hope this is the last time. It's all worth it to see the joy on her face when she first discovered our elf's arrival on Tuesday morning. Of course this year I've made it especially easy on myself as you will find out if you keep reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in 2013 we got an Elf on the Shelf. You can read all about her adventures <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2013/12/elf-on-shelf.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stayed up late at night after the kids went to bed and created different scenes of mischief that the elf had gotten into. The kids liked it but it was a lot of work on my part and some mornings I realized I forgot to move the elf so it created some stress too. There are so many great ideas on Pinterest but some of them are pretty intense. I kept things pretty simple and continued the Elf tradition in 2014 as well. Click <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2014/12/elf-on-shelf-2014.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read about those adventures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our Elf took a break in 2015, that's right, no elf came to visit us that year and no one really seemed to mind. If you are looking for ways to end your relationship with your elf, be sure to check out <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2015/12/elf-on-shelf-takes-break.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THIS</a> post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2016 was also the year with no elf and no one even cared. I think I even tried to give the elf to my sister for her little girl but she didn't want it (wise move, sis, wise move.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2017 our Elf made a reappearance but this time I kept things easy on myself by waiting until the week before Christmas for her to arrive. I figured 1 week of elf antics is easier than 4. Check out <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2017/12/elf-on-shelf-returns.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">last years post</a> for what I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year I wasn't planning to do the Elf on the Shelf. I figured I could get away with saying she didn't make the move. But then my 8 year old daughter asked about our elf. Would she be able to find us in our new house? Seriously, my daughter was almost in tears waiting for our elf to come. She's not sure she believes in Santa, but she believes in this elf. How could I disappoint her? So our elf is making it's 1 week appearance again. And this time, it's even easier for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You see, already on day 1 I forgot to put the elf somewhere. I forgot to do it after the kids went to bed, and since my 4 year old woke up early I didn't have time to drag the elf out of the basement and hide it somewhere in the house. Actually I hadn't even thought of where I was going to stash her so having some extra time worked to my favor. I had to wait until all the kids were in school (luckily my 4 year old goes to half day pre-K) so I'd have the house to myself for a little bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since it was my daughter who really wanted the elf, I decided to put it in her room, hanging from her window. There was also a note on her bed and a candy cane pen. The note said something like, "Sorry I'm late but you moved!"..and... "try to find me everyday after school". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yeah, that's right, no more late night or early morning elf hiding. I'm going to move her while my kids are in school. And my daughter has made it even easier on my by making presents for the elf, including a little bed. So where did the elf end up to day? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, in this cute little bed my daughter set up in the closet. She even put steps for the elf to get to the bed since the bed is kind of high. My daughter showed me the bed she was making for the elf yesterday, but when I went to put the elf on the bed this afternoon, I couldn't find it. The bed was in the closet and the closet was booby trapped closed. Well, her sneaky elf got around that and tucked herself in bed. Then I reset the booby trap on the closet door and can't wait to see my daughter's reaction when she gets home from school</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone else doing the Elf on the Shelf? How have you made it easy on yourself? I'll need some ideas just in case I have to do this again next year. I'm kind of glad my 4 year old never caught on to this trend so I don't think he'll mind when our elf never returns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday we hosted an activity at our house for the youth of our <a href="https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">church</a>. And since it's close to Christmas, I decided to make a Christmas themed treat. Here is my version of a mini cupcake Christmas Tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course I got my inspiration from Pinterest, and naturally my version isn't nearly as Pintastic as the ones below, but hey, at least you could tell it was a Christmas tree and it tasted good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love this idea, as it helps put the focus on Christ this Christmas season. It helps us to remember Him, how He served and loved others, and how we can do the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year, each week in December is focused on a different way to serve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Week 1: <b><a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas/week-1-light-the-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light the World</a> </b>- <span style="background-color: white; color: #333331;">Jesus’s love knew no bounds. Discover ways to help someone in another part of the world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Week 2: <a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas/week-2-light-your-community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Light your community</b></a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #333331;">Needs exist all around us – some are just a little closer to home. Make the world a better place, starting in your own community.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Week 3: <b><a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas/week-3-light-your-family" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light your family</a> </b>- <span style="background-color: white; color: #333331;">At the busiest time of the year, fill your home with light by serving those closest to you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Week 4: <a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas/week-4-light-your-faith" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Light your faith</b></a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #333331;">By following the Light of the World, your faith in Jesus Christ will grow brighter and brighter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click on each week's link to watch a short video and find out ways you can #LightTheWorld.</span><br />
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controlling crazinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765705464414070156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489959909969104281.post-54583983798751751232018-10-30T07:00:00.000-04:002018-10-30T07:00:00.320-04:00Pumpkin Carving<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The kids had off school on Friday so we spent the better part of the day carving and painting our pumpkins. I didn't want to do it too much earlier in the month because Saturday was the pumpkin carving contest at our church <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2018/10/heads-in-jar-halloween-trunk-or-treat.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trunk or Treat</a> and I wanted our pumpkins to look their best. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had these grand ideas of how the pumpkins would look thanks to Pinterest, but you know how that turns out, or rather how it doesn't turn out. The only one that looked great was my 14 yr old daughter's pumpkin that she made into an owl. It doesn't really matter how they turned out, we all had fun and that's the most important part, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The little kids started off by painting their pumpkins. My 4 yr old painted his white pumpkin gold while my 8 yr old painted her orange pumpkin white. Since the orange pumpkin was big, we found that a regular paint brush rather than a craft or artist paint brush worked best. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While I was helping my daughter, my son got into the pumpkin carving set and used one of the tools to make lots and lots of little holes in his pumpkin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then he wanted me to carve it out like a pterodactyl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's really into dinosaurs lately and I thought I had talked him into a dinosaur pumpkin that would look something like <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/97882991887190451/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THIS</a>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but at the last minute he changed his mind and really wanted a pterodactyl. In my defense he did help by making the wings bigger and cutting off part of the head, so if you can't tell what it is, I don't blame you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My 8 yr old had a plan to make ghost pumpkins and I think they turned out pretty great considering she did most of the work herself. I think her favorite part was scraping out the insides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My 14 yr old is very artistic and decided she wanted to make an owl pumpkin. <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/97882991887195240/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> is her inspiration from Pinterest:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and her version which I think turned out even cuter (although the eyes were harder to make than we thought):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We washed and cooked the seeds and then she hot glued them onto the pumpkin to make feathers and wings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I couldn't let the kids have all the fun and since my older son declined to participate in this activity I got to carve his pumpkin. Once again Pinterest provided the inspiration with <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/97882991887195285/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THIS</a> idea:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And here is my version. It turned out happy instead of scary. Carving pumpkins is harder than it seems and I've got to give a lot of credit to those super creative (or patient) pumpkin carvers out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We entered my and my daughter's pumpkins into the pumpkin carving contest. My daughter's owl pumpkin came in first place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday our church hosted a Trunk or Treat. I saw this eerie Head in a Jar Halloween Decor on <a href="https://www.bowerpowerblog.com/head-in-a-jar-craft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bower Power </a> and decided that would be my theme. You know me, I love a good theme. So besides just having heads in a jar, I also dressed up like a mad scientist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a pretty simple theme to pull off. First I took pictures of the kids and myself. We laid down on the floor with a black blanket for a background. I even fanned out the girls hair so it would look like it's floating in water. I also squished up my face so it would look like my face was squished in the jar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I added the pictures to the jar. I didn't do anything special with the pictures, just used regular photo paper and did not laminate them or anything. I just needed this to last one night. (FYI: I had tested this out by putting a photo in a jar of water the week before and after a week, it still looked good.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for my costume, again it was easy to pull off. I just borrowed my husbands white dress shirt to act as a lab coat. I teased up my hair so it was pretty much sticking straight up and put on some goggles from a previous years Minion Halloween costume. I also had some rubber gloves on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the kids came by to do their trick or treating, I showed them my collection of heads. I said the heads wouldn't fit in the jars so I had to take their brains out and encouraged them to feel the freshly removed brains. The kids loved it and my room soon drew a crowd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a fun night. Besides the various room to go trick or treating to, there were several games for the kids to play, some face painting and even a pumpkin carving competition. My daughter won first place for her pumpkin. I'll have to do a post on that next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This might have been my favorite (and easiest) trunk or treat theme so far. If you are curious what I've done in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">previous years be sure to check out these themes below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a while since I've blogged. Life has been busy. We moved from PA to upstate NY in August. The kids are adjusting better than expected to their new schools and the new house is mostly unpacked and settled in. I even took some time to do something crafty. My inspiration came<a href="http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/2012/09/peachy-keen-fallhalloween-blog-hop.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> this</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's actually a paper bag, but I thought it would make a cute card. I'm thinking it would be a cute wooden decor item too, just use some Mod Podge to glue the papers onto wood. Check out <a href="http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/2012/09/peachy-keen-fallhalloween-blog-hop.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Paper Sprinkles </a>to see her other ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, this is pretty much self explanatory just by looking at it but I'll walk you through how I made it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Cut paper to size. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Glue smaller papers to card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Draw face</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. I used my finger and some paint, to put a small dab on for the rosy cheeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. I used some black tulle to make a bow and glued that on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also added a 'corny' saying on the back and a "Happy Halloween".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then slipped it in an envelope to mail off to my kids cousins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cute, quick and easy - that's my kind of craft project. </span></div>
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I wanted to do a follow up with all the information about these cute airplane prints that I used as decoration for the <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2018/03/airplane-themed-baby-shower.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Airplane Themed Baby Shower</a> I posted about earlier. My sister is doing an airplane theme in the baby's room and I thought these prints would go perfect in there. I found them <a href="https://howtonestforless.com/2014/06/12/vintage-sketch-airplane-posters-set-4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <br />
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At first I thought I could used the white pen in my Silhouette machine to print these out on navy card stock, but nope. Instead of drawing the plane with the white pen, the Silhouette machine traced where the lines should have been. You can see what I mean below. I googled all about it and didn't find a way to fix it.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">So I just had them printed out at Walmart and they turned out great. </span></div>
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I ordered some industrial looking frames to go with the industrial airplane look of the baby's room, but they didn't come in before the baby shower so I used some white wooden frames that I had. I like the white frames with the white airplane on the navy background.</div>
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Here they are in the metal frames and I love that look too.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">You could also print them out at home in a black and white version which looks great too. </span></div>
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Thanks so much to <a href="https://howtonestforless.com/2014/06/12/vintage-sketch-airplane-posters-set-4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nest For Less</a> for sharing her vintage sketch airplane posters with us.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the next day I decided to do it again but this time, I made it even bigger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I froze the ice in layers, adding in more animals with each layer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids had a blast trying to chisel and dig out the animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It kept them busy for over an hour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've been following this blog for a few years, you may remember that I posted about something similar (<a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-time-fun-with-ice-eggs.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ice Eggs</a>) a few years ago. Those are fun too, but this method is easier and you can make huge blocks of ice with the right containers. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can experiment with different containers too. We used a plastic cup to get this cylindrical shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Had so much fun planning and decorating for my sister's baby shower last weekend. I love a good theme so when she said she found a <a href="http://amzn.to/2p9Nb9T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cute airplane light</a> for the baby's room, I decided we'd do an airplane themed baby shower. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> These boxes were a cute statement piece. They weren't just empty boxes either. My mother and I filled them up with second hand baby clothes. Yeah, this little boy practically has a complete wardrobe for his first 9 months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These airplane prints were a cute touch and will look great in the baby's room. I'm planning to do a post about them so stay tuned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">update: <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2018/06/airplane-prints.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here</a> is the post about where I got those airplane prints. So cute and so easy to print out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ...and a basket of departure snacks including the quintessential airplane food - peanuts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope this little girl is ready to be a big sister because her brother will be here soon. Can't wait to meet the little fellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just cut out a truck silhouette, glue to paper and add some heart stickers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I actually had it framed on a shelf in my son's room (you can see it in the picture below) but now he'd rather have Batman, so I'm slowing switching out some of his decor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now it's ready to give to his Valentine. And just who is the lucky lady. Well, that would be his cousin. They are about 1.5 years apart and ever since she was born, my son has had a special bond with her, always trying to hold her and protect her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made these cards the other day to show our cousins some love. I mostly use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out vinyl. You can check out some of those projects <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2015/06/glass-etching.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>, <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2017/06/personalized-teacher-pencil.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://controllingcraziness.blogspot.com/2016/01/diy-vinyl-ornaments.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>. This time I used it to cut out card stock and made a card with it. I feel like I've opened up a whole new world of possibilities now. </span><br />
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