craft {for the }weekend

turqoise mason jars from my mother-in-law

sweet jesus i am so excited!!!

i am a jar hoarder, because we can everything from our garden

and this christmas we got a pressure cooker to go with our water bath

so the possibilities are seriously endless!!!

however, i have some very tiny mason jars that i use as candle holder

when we entertain.

and then i found this in pinterest....

a tutorial on how to dye your own mason jars in a variety of colors

guess what i'm doing this weekend???

i will be sure to post a play-by-play on how i do it.

wish me luck!



{to do}craft

my first christmas craft.

i got the idea from the ladies at

eighteen25

their's are awesome.

i thought it would be fun.

during september "school supply" time at the stores

walmart had these composition notebooks for $0.40.

i stocked up on a ton of them not quite knowing what to do with them.

but who can resist $0.40 for notebooks???

i just used my scrapbook supply to cover it in a pretty pink/black/white mix

to make me happy for the holiday season.

 i didn't think i would fill up the book, but i actually did

surprise surprise

i love it!

enjoy!

craft thursday {but really friday}

the "not so stained glass" glass



i've been feeling under the weather the last few days.

so yesterday was a "no bueno" mommy day

and crafts were bottom on the list of "to do's"

i got this idea from my family fun magazine, july issue{love}

you start with a window in your house.

{this one is in between our livingroom and diningroom, perfect!}

take saran wrap and cover the portion

you want to "stain"

{i used painters tape to secure it to the window}

don't tell me i'm the only one that has a stash of tissue paper

just tucked away in a closet somewhere.

grab it.tear it.love it.

oh....

and you also need some littles complaining that they're

"ssssoooooo bored"

and

"don't know what in the world to do"

{yeah, they get pretty dramatic}

i used a glue stick {actually 3 total} to slather the saran wrap.

the generous the better.

then you let the littles go to work.

as they stuck, i worked underneath them and filled in the small holes

and glued down the overlapping pieces sticking up.

little bear loved it.  in fact, his exact words were,

"it's girl kind of beautiful."

{god love him}

as we were doing this, the boys got very excited.

for xmas we can do green, red, and white.

for halloween we can do orange, black and white and try to make ghosts in the window.

for valentines day we can do pink and red and white.

for the 4th of july we can do red, white, and blue.

for thanksgiving we can do orange, yellow, and green.

{seriously, it went on for a while.

i think they started to make up holiday's}

i'm very honored to say this one is for my birthday next week.

the boy's grandma allen makes stain glass art {the real purdy kind}

so they felt pretty awesome that they could do something similar.

 it's not perfect, but it's perfect to us!

happy craft thursday friday.

we have a football fundraiser this weekend

{yes, we just fininshed baseball and yes football starts in less than 2 weeks}

never a dull moment around here,

which is why i don't quite understand the,

"Mmmoooooommmmm,

we're ssssooooooo bbbooorrrrreeeeeddd."

seriously?

happy weekend y'all!!!

craft{thursday}

in order to keep the boys less bored during the summer

i'm trying to come up with ideas to do every day.

thursdays are craft day.

i got this idea from the lovely ladies at eighteen25.

they call it:

hot rocks.

 remember that special day away hubby and i had?

well, while we were sitting down by the river

we walked around and picked up a bucket full of flat river rocks.

 take the rocks and place them on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil.

bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

 take a handful of crayons and peel the paper off of them.

they become your "paint/brushes"

 this probably isn't the best craft for littles

as the rocks are very hot and you need to be careful not to touch them.

 pull the rocks out of the oven

set them on a towel

and paint away!

 the crayon melts right onto the rock

as if you were paiting it...

only without the mess!

 with a spatula, i placed the rocks on a cool

baking sheet with aluminum and brought them

 back int othe house to cool off.

 they turned out super cute.

the colors are vibrant.

and the boys enjoyed it!

no mess + free craft = happy mommy!

craft thursday..

epic success!

small{craft}project

 nothing fancy

just a little craft project i threw together

so easy.

so free.

and so adorable!