Printables

Hi guys, Kara over at Mine for The Making is sharing some printables with us.  She has an awesome blog with many great craft ideas, in fact her blog is where i won my first (and only so far lol) giveaway.  It is the beautiful family est. sign i posted about a few posts ago.  Anyway today she has a subway art printable that i will definitely be printing out.  I have been wanting some subway art for awhile now and this one is just perfect!!  I am also printing the hot chocolate one as i LIVE for hot chocolate in the winter time and it is just darn cute!! But really all of them are so go over there and check them out!! Here is her link.  Sorry i am not cool enough yet to know how to just show her name without showing the whole link. lol 

http://mineforthemaking.blogspot.com/2010/11/christmas-printable-4-christams-subway.html

Things i have made part 2

Okay so this is all i am posting. Believe it or not there is more but i will just have to keep up with them now. =) Some of these things are things i have found on other sites but it has been so long i have no idea which sites to link them back to (even though i dont know how to lonk anyway ha). So i am sorry for not giving credit where credit is due. I will make sure on future posts to have that info.

This first picture is of some reindeer i made for family 2 christmas ago. I actually made 3 and the one not pictured is my fave but it was already with its owner when i took a pic. Also not sure why its blury like that but you can tell what i did. I was quite proud of these and am mad i did not make one for myself. Guess i better go buy a couple of garden posts. =) BTW when i gave these out i had one Uncle ask my husband how much i actually did, now is that sexist or what!! The only part i got help on was cutting the angle on the head because i do not have a tool that goes all the way through i had to turn it over and i could not get it even for the life of me!! i SOOOOOO need more tools. lots and lots of tools, as i LOVE wood working!!


I made this for my husbands desk and i love it. I already plan to make lots more with different sayings on them.

I made this for my moms bookshelf. It looks really good up there!

I made these leaf pillows from a fellow blogger. She is so smart, she found these placemats at walmart, ripped open a seam and filled them up. I just had to copy!! They really make my house feel like fall.

I love this headband though its not a great shot of it. It has 3 petals and 1 bead in the middle. I also made a cute yellow one with three smaller beads in the middle that i love too. This is also from a fellow blogger. Sorry i dont have their link. =(

I dont know why this is sideways but il go with it. You can tell what it is and its all out of t-shirt scraps. I have learned not to throw away anything these days. =)

Kayden likes to put this one in the middle of her forehead and tell me its a head light. lol

Minnie ears for Kayden and her cousins on our trip to Disneyland this summer.

This is a travel cars kit for the boys to play with in the car. I believe you can google car cozie for the tutorial on this one. I think this may be a christmas gift for some little people i know!

Here it is opened up.

A felt crown i made for a friends son. (i actully made 3 for all her sons)

Not a great pic of my two little ones but this is Dalten in his birthday crown. It has the numbers 5 on the side and this is Kayden in her St. Patty's day dress i made her.

Some crowns i made for the J's. =) My nephew and niece Jaxen and Jalyn.

This is a bracelet i made to remember our troops. I also made a pink ribbon one for breast cancer.

things i have made part 1

Wow as i was uploading these pictures i was surprised at how many things i had done. In fact there are several things i have never taken pics of. =) I will start blogging by project though and maybe just maybe one of these days i will do tutorials like so many of the blogs i follow. They are where i get so many of my ideas from!!



This first picture is of my beuatiful daughter in the valentines dress i made her. 2/14/10 Kayden 2 years old.

She loved making towels into capes so i thought a cape would be PERFECT for her.

These are cans i made for all the guys in my family last christmas, inside they had homemade brownies, bad call bricks and coasters to match their team. I thought they would be great on a desk for pens and pencils or on a dresser for change or whatever they wanted. i thought they were cute. =)

These are key chain chapstick holders. They didnt turn out as cute as they should have but i didnt have the right size ring so it scrunched up on top a little. But still holds chapstick well. =)

My step-sisters are both huge wine drinkers so i thought these wine charms would be great.

A tutu for my neice

And of course a matching tiarra. =)

My huge OU fan husband got a CD holder for his car viser.

These are some little girl shoes i made a friend

These are my favorite of all the shoes i have made. They were for my son. He loved them and they looked soooo comfy!

Some comfy boots or little house slippers/

crafts

I can't seem to make the pictures go after the blog so i guess you will have to read my blog after the pictures. lol Sorry!! I will work on that. =)

This first picture is what i am making from I am an Inspiring Artist. Here is the link, not sure if i am posting it correctly but it will take you to her page. =) http://nraevsky.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-cornucopia-tutorial.html

This next picture is from The Pink Peony of Lejardin. She also just put a post about the one Gwenny Penny did out of felt that is super cute too. In fact i cant decide which one i want to make!! But i think i am going with this one but with Gwenny Penny's sails. I follow all 3 of these blogs and i love them!! Great inspirations. http://nraevsky.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-cornucopia-tutorial.html

I have decided i need to start posting on the crafts i have made. I am constantly in the blog world looking for new ideas of things to make for myself or family. Right now i am on the search for mens gifts from ages 2-16 and 30-80. I actually think i have the little boys taken care of but i can not find crap for men!! I am on my laptop right now so my next post will have to include pictures of things i have already made. However here are a few of the crafts i am working on right now for Thanksgiving. Mine will probably not be as cute as theirs but these are too adorable not to share. I will make sure to post my picture when all is said and done!

I was a winner!!

I am so excited to have won my first blog prize ever!! I recieved it in the mail this morning and it is so cute. I won this family sign from Kara at http://mineforthemaking.blogspot.com. She has many wonderful tutorials on her site and i want to try all of them! If you are into crafts at all you definitely need to check her blog out! Thank you again Kara, i truly appreciate and love it!

Kristy

Dieting...AGAIN!!!!

Can i just say i HATE the word diet. I feel like this has been a word ingrained into me since i was a little girl. It is something i have always been doing or been avoiding. I have done so many "diets" that i am pretty sure my body and metabolism are probably messed up for life. I was certainly not blessed with a metabolism worth a hoot and have always been bigger than my peers but i by no means believe i have to be fat. I know that my eating habits are what contribute to this. Yes alot of people (like my husband) have no problem eating pizza and fries and mexican and all the other yummies i dont want to mention because they are making me hungry, without gaining an ounce. Is it horrible that i want to eat like that too? No it's not horrible, it's human, but I have to be realistic and know that i cannot do that without gaining LOTS of ounces. Last summer I heard about this great new diet called HCG. I tried it, it worked, I lost 70 lbs. But just like most fad diets once i got off there program i gained and i gained and i gained some more. This time however I have stopped myself before i gained it all back. I am still disspointed i let myself inch this far up but nothing i can do about it now but work hard to lose it. So I have now been back on the diet front for a week now and i lost 7 lbs. I know that is not a realistic number to expect every week but i am happy i am going in the right direction. This diet is called the body for life diet. Though it is a "book" diet, i dont feel it is a fad diet as it is just eating healthy (a protein, a carb and a vegatable) and working out. Duh, shouldnt i be doing that anyway? =) The only difference is, once a week i get a cheat day to eat whatever i want. I like this part because when i am craving something really bad i just tell myself 2 more days and i can have it. This is also nice because i can still participate in family gatherings, football parties, birthday parties, etc. You know all the things that tend to hinder us while eating healthy. It's not fun going to a party surrounded by yummy goodness and not being able to participate. Especially when your entire life seems to revolve around what you are eating. I wish i was not like this, but i am. I seem to constantly be thinking about food in one way or another. I hope to grow out of this one day but since i am 30 i dont know if i will. My mom is like this too, i am just trying really hard not to pass these habits down to my kids. Even if they get Darren's metabolism and not mine i still want them choosing healthy foods!! And not using foods as a treat, present, comfort food, etc. Anyway, off to another week of choosing right!

craft projects

I have so many craft projects going on right now and so many i want to start! I think my entire favorites bar is just completely filled up with pages of things i want to try. This is no good when school is in session because my crafts go to the back burner. This is especially no good when those school subjects are fast paced and hard!! And this is superly no good when there is only 4 months till christmas!! =)I swear every year i say i am going to start early on Christmas but every year i am up till 2 or so finishing up my craft projects. You see i LOVE to make homemade gifts. Some people think this is because they are cheaper but it's becuase i love trying to give the gift that is individualized for a certain person. Something that is made completely from love and not a gift that is given just to give a gift but something i really think they would like. I dont always hit the mark but at least i try. =) Anyway i already have some great ideas for this year and cannot wait to see the reactions of my loved ones. I would post them here but since my loved ones are probably the only ones to read this i can't. I'll make sure to post pics after it's all said and done though. Happy Friday and happy 4 day weekend to me!!