Another month has slipped away... how time flies!! Although I wasn't ready for my girls to go back to school last month... I was looking forward to the "Schedule" that comes along with the school year. Obviously I forgot that my schedule looks like this...
Rarely an idol moment around our house... So we were all ready for the restful 5 days we just spent @ my mom and dad's Bear Lake condo. The combination of "Conference Weekend", UEA on Thursday and Friday, and Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday meant that we were able to break away. I like everyone else says.... "If I could just have a week to catch up on all my "stuff""... this week was mine! (Although maybe another week would REALLY get me caught up :)) The girls and I came up Wednesday... (Shane joined us Thursday night) and we started crafting... This weekend I (gasp) actually got caught up on ALL 4 of my girls scrapbooks up to this month!! THAT was an accomplishment in itself as I have done over 150 pages in the last 2 months!! Besides the scrapbook stuff I also finished my last set of cards for card exchange (I've decided that after 10 years... I have enough cards... it's getting out of control... so I'm calling this year my last). I also helped the girls with all of their projects... and they helped me "weed" the sheets and sheets of vinyl that I had cut before we got here! My girls are seriously crafty! We made 39 of these darling double sided headbands... they were so cute and easy! Tay did most all of the sewing... and she will be selling them for $5 each at a couple little craft fairs that I will be doing this fall. We found the pattern for them here.
I made this cute little "twirly skirt" for Jady to wear next summer... The tutorial is found here.
Tayler and Saige finished their Christmas presents for their friends... these darling "washer" necklaces and bracelets. Tutorial found here.
We also made a "capri-sun" pencil case for Kenna... In the summer the girls made totes out of empty capri-sun bage too... they turned out great.... we found lots of different tutorials... I think we used this one here.
We also finished some magnets for their magnet boards...
It was a chilly weekend... we didn't go out much... pretty much didn't even get ready for the day 4 days in a row... But Shane did take them over to see Aunt Judy and Uncle Bob's condo and to go on ride in Bob's new fancy fishing boat (fully enclosed) I should have gone... but I stayed back and took a nap during that. Shane chilled on the couch... or on the phone most of the weekend. He thinks we are FAR to crafty... and doesn't have much desire to join in with us! But he is really good at telling us we are all awesome... maybe a little crazy... but awesome still the same!
I made this cute little "twirly skirt" for Jady to wear next summer... The tutorial is found here.
Tayler and Saige finished their Christmas presents for their friends... these darling "washer" necklaces and bracelets. Tutorial found here.
We also made a "capri-sun" pencil case for Kenna... In the summer the girls made totes out of empty capri-sun bage too... they turned out great.... we found lots of different tutorials... I think we used this one here.
We also finished some magnets for their magnet boards...
It was a chilly weekend... we didn't go out much... pretty much didn't even get ready for the day 4 days in a row... But Shane did take them over to see Aunt Judy and Uncle Bob's condo and to go on ride in Bob's new fancy fishing boat (fully enclosed) I should have gone... but I stayed back and took a nap during that. Shane chilled on the couch... or on the phone most of the weekend. He thinks we are FAR to crafty... and doesn't have much desire to join in with us! But he is really good at telling us we are all awesome... maybe a little crazy... but awesome still the same!
I think after this great week we are all ready to head into October!! And I think I am ready to head into the third trimester of pregnancy... but ready or not it's here!!
5 comments:
those are such cute crafts. Way to make the most of a rainy week!
Everything is darling. I remember one August I sewed all of Shelly's school clothes while we were up there. She was in 1st or 2nd grade. That was when I sewed most things! Glad you had fun.
Love, Mom
Cute crafts! I already had the headband and skirt links bookmarked but haven't made them yet. I hadn't seen the washer necklaces--love them! What a fun weekend. Having a bunch of girls to craft with must be so much fun :)
You all live in Craft Heaven! Such cute projects!! I haven't the patience or inclination to take on more projects (my girls burn out long before I do, and I HATE finishing/cleaning up their projects). BTW, I do like to sew projects -- just me, not the girls. They haven't shown much interest in sewing yet -- good for Tay to be such a seamstress! I'm WAY impressed.
Wow! You girls are awesome! My poor girls need a crafty mom like you :(. Hopefully these tutorials will get me going :). Thanks for posting all the links!
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