Pretty Crafty

Naked Wall solution?

As you go up the stairs to the second floor of our house, we have a huge nekkid wall. No there are not nude photos on display, the wall itself is bare. I have contemplated several fixes and just don't have the cojones to carry them out.

Any marvelous ideas would be appreciated and even better just come on over and tackle the dang project;)

I really like the wall below in Carrie Bradshaw's apartment. I like the random collage with all the different frames. I think we will be ready to move before I can assemble a collection worthy of such a collage. Arrggghh, and the wall remains bare.

 

(yes, in my universe it all comes back to SITC)

Ikea,Ikea,Ikea...

What a crazy place to go during spring break. I was able to squeeze the kids into their play area for an hour and get some things picked up. This was Taylor's first time in the play area and she had a ball. It was so cute watching Evan look after her. She had trouble climbing out of the ball pit and he helped her out. The store had a craft for the kids to do as well. So we are the proud owners of two handpainted and hand-macaronied wooden picture frames. The kids had fun and that was all that matters.

I found some pictures frames and a picture ledge for our tv room. Time to actually make this place look lived in. The walls are still pretty nekkid and it has been a few years since the house was built.

I will post a pic when the wall is done. I am looking forward to getting some pictures from our holiday enlarged.

We are having a Garage sale at the Store on April 18th and I am going to try and get a table. I have soooo much stuff and I need to purge. I keep collecting and not doing and it is time to stop. So if you are looking for a bargain come and check it out or get a table for yourself. Scrapbook addicts unite and purge our stuff! Hey, then we can feel less guilty when we buy the new stuff.

Happy Monday to you all.

stick a fork in it

     

I am so done with meal times! I nearly lost my mind last night trying to get dinner ready. My husband is easy to please. It is those darn youngsters that are driving me batty. I swore long ago I would never become the short order cook. You know those parents that are making three different meals all in an attempt to please the entire family. Nope not gonna do it. Some nights if I am making something for us that I know the kids hate, I will make a little something extra for them. All in all though we all eat the same things. We also seem to go through picky spurts. I think we are heading towards a picky time. The horrible part of it is the "parrot syndrome" that we have going on right now. When Evan says he doesn't like something, then Taylor makes the same announcement. Arrrggghhh.

I am so hoping we will soon enter the "Jetson Family" era. Where all our meals are in capsule form. Think about how fabulous that would be? But for now I guess there is nothing to do but soldier on. Armed with patience in one hand and Flintstone vitamins in the other.

Now a break for the weather...it is downright Spring like. That makes me so happy. I watched the kids play on the playground after school and I was warm. Gotta love that.

On the search for a bag of black buttons. You would think this wouldn't be a difficult thing to find. Buttons. in black. all one size or various sizes. Nope can't find them. I can find an asst. of coloured buttons. I will persevere and I haven't hit the Dollar Stores yet or the Fabric stores. It seems like the more basic the item, the more difficult it is to find.

Inspiration can be found in the strangest of places. Yesterday, I spent close to an hour at my son's Kindergarten Open House. During this time he showed me all of his artwork, math work and printing practice pages. I was given a tour of the room and he even read me the class story. Then we hit the class bathroom. Not just any bathroom. A lot of learning happens in this bathroom. His Teacher has filled the walls with posters. Alphabet practice, numbers,etc. It inspired me to create a learning tool for the kids bathroom at home. I have been looking for a picture for their bathroom and just can't find anything. Then I thought of all of the patterned paper I have at home and the die cuts we have at work. I think I am going to die cut the alphabet from my patterned paper and make a fun piece of artwork for our bathroom. What a great idea to give them something educational to stare at in the bathroom. The one place where they are a captive audience (sort of).

It is Friday and I am looking forward to the weekend. No real plans but maybe we can find something to keep us busy. It is Spring break next week and I know I am looking forward to no school.

Hope your weekend is a good one.

Faux New Year's Eve Celebrations

So maybe this makes us bad parents, but I have a sneaking suspicion we are not the first to have done this. The this would be watch the Ball drop in NYC (which essentially signifies the beginning of the New Year--on the East Coast anyways) and celebrate the New Year with the kids. Now the only catch is that we are on the West Coast and it is only 9 p.m. Details, merely insignificant details:) I figure it is a win/win situation for both parties. The kids get to stay up well past their bedtime, engage in some New Year's Eve festivities and the 'rents get to settle down with a good movie. Sounds like a good plan to me.

I hope your New Year's Eve was a fun one or whatever you wanted it to be. Myself, I am looking forward to a quiet night and a good nights sleep. What a party animal,eh? I think those times are long gone. Maybe they will make a reappearance when the kid's are older?

I love the beginning of a New Year. Starting fresh and all that good stuff. I hope this year is a good one and the forecast of a recession, will prove to be less than accurate. One can hope. This year will certainly be an interesting one in the political arena. The governments in Canada and the U.S are due for change in 2009.

I had some pictures developed at Costco in Bellingham recently. I discovered they can print 12x12 photos and they are cheap too. I have some plans for them and looking forward to playing a bit. I saw a really cool home decor item created using a frame, scrabble board and a photo. I will be giving that a try. If it turns out, I will share pics. If it doesn't, I won't;)

Welcome 2009!!

Another Picture Purchase

I really love these and they add a nice punch of colour (well kind of) in the living room. I am really loving the Black and Cream look these days. Plus these reminded me of scrapbooking rub-ons--can never be a bad thing to be reminded of scrapbooking goodies.

Ok, last post of the night. Phew.