Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts

March 20, 2015

Fly on the Wall - March 2015




Welcome to a Fly on the Wall group post. Today 15 bloggers are inviting you to catch a glimpse of what you’d see if you were a fly on the wall in our homes. Come on in and buzz around my house.

Buzz around, see what you think, then click on these links for a peek into some other homes:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 Follow me home

 Menopausal Mother

 Stacy Sews and Schools - ME

 Battered Hope

 Just A Little Nutty

 The Momisodes

 Someone Else’s Genius

 The Sadder But Wiser Girl

 Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

 Disneyland in Kentucky

 Juicebox Confession

 Searching for Sanity 


 Go Mama O 


Well...... You see.... I sorta... Well... I forgot to write down the funny stuff again. I know, I know... I suck at this! SIGH.... 
Anyway, I thought I would share pictures of some of the stuff that we've done this month. Now that's it trying to get a little warmer we will be out and about and doing a lot more fun things! :D






We had 2 good snows this month. The kids LOVED it!!! 
Unfortunately, I couldn't seem to keep up with their gloves so I made them some out of fleece. From what the kids said, they were much warmer and stayed much drier than regular mittens or gloves. :D




In spite of the bad weather, we managed to make it to one of the Lowe's Build N Grow workshops. 
WOW! Colin had major hoodie hair! 



   
They had their last art class. Here they were studying Dali. 
Next up is architecture! They will be learning how to read plans and draw their own plans!! :D



This is from our other homeschool group (we are in 2). We were planting seeds for spring! Cailey and Colin were adding acorn "hats" and rocks to their pots. 


This is what our grass looks like now!! LOL It went crazy! :D




We got the cats a new cat house. I think they like it. LOL
The oldest 2 boys decided to get pet rats. I think the cats like them, too. ;)



This is from one of our geography classes. They were learning about Bermuda so the teacher had them pretend to be mommy turtles laying their eggs in sand. The kids had to put the cotton balls (eggs) in the bucket without using their hands. They had SO MUCH fun with that activity!!!




In our other group moms take turns leading Fun Shops. I volunteered to lead our St Patrick's Day FUn Shop.
We made leprechaun traps! In Ireland (a long time ago) people would put a box with a coin in it in their yards in hopes of catching a leprechaun. 
We also did pepper prints. If you cut off the top of a pepper, the bottom makes a wonder clover print!!
I also made bean bags out of the shamrock print burlap but I forgot to take a picture of them. :/




After the Fun Shop the kids couldn't help but play in the mud and creek! 



Last weekend was very sunny and warm so we went to the park with friends. 




Wednesday we had another meeting with one of our homeschool groups. We had a mini carnival! There were a bunch of games set up, face painting, crafts and more! We made paper flowers for the first time!! 



We have a ton of fun stuff coming up, including our first trip to the symphony!! I can't wait!!!! 

Eileen from Eileen's Perpetually Busy will be in the area and we will be meeting up like we always do when she's in town. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! 

OH! And birthdays galore!! Cailey's is the 23rd, mine is the 25th and Colin's is the 31st!!! YAY!!!! 



February 24, 2015

DIY St. Patrick's Day Door Hanger - No SEW!!!




I have something super easy for you right here! And for those of you that don't sew, don't worry, no sewing needed!!! Just grab your glue gun, tacky glue or fabric glue!!! 


I have been seeing those cute burlap door hangers all over the place. Owls, hearts, you name it, but I didn't want to pay a ton of money for them. That's when I decided to try it myself. SO glad I did!!!


WHAT I USED

1 1/2 yards of printed burlap
Green ribbon
Gold ribbon
Hot glue gun
Poly fill 
Paper bag to make the pattern



Step 1





I used a paper bag (think Kroger) and cut out a heart shape.


Step 2



Then I placed the heart on another paper bag and traced around it. 
If I did this again, I think I would move the top heart up a bit more just for more definition.

Anyway...

Then cut out your pattern.

Cut 2 pieces from the burlap.


Steps 3 and 4




With a wrong side up, hot glue around the edges and place the other piece to it. Make sure to leave an opening at the bottom.

After the hot glue is dry, stuff it with poly fill or scraps or whatever you like.


Step 5





Cut your ribbons to whatever length you like and glue one end inside the clover. 

Glue the opening closed.


Step 6



Hot glue the gold ribbon to the back.
Now if I had been thinking properly, I would have glued this to the inside of the darn thing. My mind rarely works properly...... 


ALL DONE!!!!!!!






Let me know what you think!!!!!

I think I might have to make some more of these burlap door hangers! ;) The possibilities are endless!!!

I will have another St Patrick's Day home decor post coming up soon! A table runner and table decor! :D

OH! Before I forget!! I finished the other Japanese Knot Bag!!!





I really like the way it turned out! :D And my customer can't wait to get them! YAY!!!!!


HAVE FUN CRAFTING!!!!!!!