Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

Monday, March 29, 2010

More Uno Party

Ah, Uno. (Continued from the first Uno post.) What a great theme and such a fun game. Check out this awesome Uno deck. We made party hats and then ate... there were corn dogs, beer battered fish, aunt Darlene's awesome broccoli salad, mini caramel apples, cotton candy, all manner of melon, Red Vines, Skittles from the candy dispenser that used to be John's grandpa's, orange chocolate cupcakes, and sparkling lemonade. Yes, crazy too much sugar.
What?  Time for gifts?
My babies are Converse babies.  I'm pretty sure they're the only shoes Corbin could walk in now.  Well, Chucks and mud boots.
The thoroughly overwhelmed birthday boy.  Notice his hat?  Not one, but two 4s.  And nothing else.
I LOVE that my mother in law knits sweaters for the kids.  Corbin is cool like Mr. Rogers. And that's saying a lot, I love Mr. Rogers.  Corbin's favorite gift by far from the party?  The green fold-out T-Rex card that came with Aunt Darlene's gift.  He's been carrying it everywhere and the night of the party he slept with it under his pillow.  There was almost an incident when he brought it into the bathroom and Petra splashed it after he bath.  That was a close one.
Petra found her own presents and dug through them, stopping only to read books and play with this pop-up card from Auntie Karen.  She got this beautiful dress from my sister.
She stood for the longest she ever has and she seemed very pleased with herself... but she still wouldn't walk to mama Tasha.
Sweet happy birthday girl.
Well, crazy straws really are the best.
Those who were willing to expose their age showed it with Uno cards. That's my daddy.
I scanned my Uno cards and made little prints that I taped to toothpicks for cupcake toppers.  I've got files of scanned Uno cards if anyone wants them.
Corbin had a green 4 on his cupcake, but Pete needed help blowing out her Uno.  Petra's trick candle was the only one that kept re-lighting.  Corbin got a kick out of that.
SMUSH...cupcake time.  She did NOT like the super sweet frosting, and Corbin only ate his frosting, so Petra ate both cake parts.  First sweets?  Yeah, right.
Snuggles with grandma Tricia, it's tiring being the center of attention.  And what are John and his dad doing?
Still going strong, much later.  Nice baby.
I really love balloons.  Such simple decorations... so cheap and beautiful.  It was a great party, fun was had by all.  But even my new party-sized table doesn't hold parties the size we have, apparently.  That's why we have zillions of other chairs.  Sometimes it looks very strange having all the chairs when our house isn't mid-party.  Another year passed... it hardly feels like it.  But things are well at the Kelley home.  Very well indeed.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Etsy Shop


Well, it's official.  I have an Etsy shop.  :)  Yay!  Visit the shop.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Baby Leg Warmers

I've made about a zillion pairs of these fantastic little guys.  I firmly believe that they are one of the most important and functional pieces of clothing a baby or toddler can have.  But why pay $12 for Babylegs?  I have NO idea.  Instead, you should make them in just a few minutes for a dollar or two (completely depending on how much you paid for the socks).  There is a great tutorial at Sew Much Ado if you want to learn how to DIY your baby leg warmers. These are one of my go-to baby shower gifts... simple, inexpensive, and awesomely useful.  Note: always use knee high socks, calf length are way too short.  Happy sewing!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Reusable Coffee Sleeve

Inspired by the new opening of a coffee shop that actually makes good coffee (they get their coffee from the same semi-local roaster we get ours from at church... and we're a church full of coffee snobs), I recently made some reusable coffee sleeves with this tutorial from House on Hill Road.   Two for birthday gifts for friends, one for myself. :)  The tutorial is great, so simple.  I used two layers of upcycled wool instead of two layers of cotton and one of batting.  I find that the fewer components there are in a project, the fewer opportunities there are to make a mess of things. They took a matter of minutes to make and I must admit that I like whipping it out of  my purse when I go out for coffee.  I'm thinking I should probably make these and sell them at this new coffee shop.  Now all I need is a logo from my fantastic logo-designing husband.  Are you reading this, husband?  I love you.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Printable Valentines

My favorite free printable valentines of the year... way cute.  Print them, sign them, give them.  I just made Valentine's Day so easy for you.


Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wild Things Paper Toys


With what kind of paper dolls does my 3 year old boy play? Wild ones. Wild Things, that is. He's adopted Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak as his new favorite book (thank you Auntie Lindsey), which makes me happy since it was also one of my favorite books as a kid. We have yet to see the movie made from the book, but I can't help but wonder HOW in the world is there a full length film based on this 10 sentence story? I'll find out soon enough, I'm sure. If your kid (or you!) are into this story, you should make these little paper guys. They do take a couple of minutes to cut out and fold together, (and tape, if you're me) but they're way cute. I made Max and the guy in the stripes for Corbin and we've already acted out the story with them. Great fun. And the site you find them at is... toy-a-day.blogspot.com

For more Wild Things fun, check out this place where I found the paper Things project.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

DIY forever


I love this book by Raleigh Briggs. It's about making and doing things yourself around your home. From cleaning to composting (which I'm completely inspired to start doing... just a little unsure about with the whole freezing much of the year thing) to first aid and personal care products and an intro to gardening, it's so inspiring. I've had it for a month or so and it brings me such joy because of its beauty in content as well as form. It's completely hand written and illustrated. Very cool. I haven't tried any of the medicinal tinctures etc. yet, but I'm sure I will when I get my hands on some essential oils in the future. That is a little intimidating for me. But the book is full of practical things that you can do to make your home a simpler place by buying less and making more, and by working with fruits of the earth rather than abusing them.

In fact, Microcosm has a bunch of awesome things. Some crazy thing, but some awesome things. Check them out. I got some fantastic patches to put on some baby tees I'm going to make. I'm sure I'll show you when I finish. :)