My Craftiness

Here's a little catch up on some of the things I've made the last few months. My husband celebrated his 30th birthday this past summer. What an old fart. Anyway, for one of his decorations I made a collage of photos in the shape of his age. I just copied and printed pictures out and then taped them to some poster board that I had cut into the number 30. Super easy.

For one of his cakes, I cut out the number 30 on some paper and placed it on his cake after I frosted it. Then I poured sprinkles around it and then pulled off the paper. Voila.

 

Next up are some things I made to prepare for our second baby. My friend gave me a rocking chair that she no longer wanted and I painted it. It was a brown color with a cornucopia looking design on it. Old school. So I spray painted it black to match our bedroom décor and then bought a yellow cushion from Cost Plus World Market.

Safety first. Probably not good for an 8 month pregnant lady to get sick from paint fumes.

 

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After:

 

I also painted letters to spell out the initials for both of my girls to hang in their room. I bought the letters at Michaels. I painted them and them modge podged them to seal the paint and add a little shine. Then I hot glue gunned some ribbon to the back of the letters.

 

 

Last is Halloween. While I was visiting my parents this summer, my mom helped me make my girls Halloween costumes. They turned out even cuter than I imagined. They were the Pacman ghosts, Pinky and Blinky. I bought white onesies and pink and red fleece. For my toddler we cut off the bottom of the onesie since she's far too big for that. Then my mom cut out the material and sewed it around the onesies. I made a pixelated cut around the bottom of the material. My mom had sticker felt that I cut out into the shapes of pixelated eyes. Then I stuck the eyes to the front of the material.

 

My husband and I were Pacman and Ms. Pacman. I had to simplify our costumes due to running out of time. Having a baby does that to you. But they still turned out great. I bought foam board, cut it out in circles, painted them to look like Pacman and Ms. Pacman and then taped some ribbon on the back so we could hang them around our necks.

 

We also decorated our door to look like a monster for Halloween night. We used streamers for hair, paper plates and red paper for eyes, and duct tape for a mouth and eyebrows.

And for dinner, what else but ghost pancakes. My husband shaped them like ghosts and then put chocolate chips in them for eyes. Yummy!

Again, thanks to Pinterest for many of the ideas seen above.