Made my own Fireworks!!

I decided to make my own firecrackers for 4th of July.






Sound scary?

I have some fabric that has flags on it - I don't know why I have it or even where it came from, but I have it. lol Anyway, I cut the fabric into pieces to fit around the cardboard tube at the center of toilet paper rolls. After it had dried (actually it was weeks after it had dried) I mod podged it onto the tubes leaving a little room at the bottom to tuck the fabric up inside the tube and a lot of room at the top. I put a rubber band at the top to hold it all close together and then cut the fabric into thin little strips.


I thought they came out cute. I made three of them and put them on the red pedestal plate that I had made along with some other things.

(please ignore the computer and books on the table)

There are three wooden stars stacked at the back of the plate. One each of red, white, and blue, the firecrackers, and a couple of pictures of very important soldiers.

The picture in the foreground is my Grandfather. The picture in the back is my Great-Grandfather and was taken in Paris, France during the war. I thought this would be a great time to set them out. Although, these aren't the originals, just scanned copies that I reprinted. I wouldn't want the originals to get destroyed. :0)

Moving schools

The kid's will be going to a new elementary school next year. (and I do mean a new school - it's being built right now) So the teachers have already started packing up some of their stuff. They're also going through it so they don't have to move so much stuff. Addison's teacher knows that I like to sew and all that stuff so she's sent some fabric home to me.



She also sent home one that's black with hot pink polka dots on it. I can't wait to make something with them. And, hey, we all know that free is the best.

Too cute

I haven't had much time for crafting. The kids are gone for spring break (which would seem like the perfect time to craft my little heart out....but noooo) and that means we work long hours at the office. It's tax time after all!! Anyway, I was fooling around online and saw these cute fabrics




(They're from here. Aren't they funny? They've got a ton of stuff so if you're looking for something a little different maybe go check them out. :0)

Goodies in the Mail!!

I just love, love, love getting goodies in the mail! Don't you?


I was the lucky winner of this fabulous fabric during the Great International Stash Busting Giveaway from AJ's Antics.



Isn't it great?! I can't wait to make something with it. Wonder what it will be???

Too Busy

It's been so busy at the office that I haven't had time to craft on much of anything. That tends to make my life pretty boring and the same for this blog. lol This morning I ran into the girls bathroom real quick like and took this picture.



Their bathroom is painted pink and because of this little goodie it's now got lots of butterflies in it too. This was a shirt that they had outgrown. The bottoms of the white sleeves were too stained to be able to give it away but it was so cute I hated for it to be wasted. I went to the craft store and bought the pieces for the frames used to stretch canvas, cut the shirt up and made this wall hanging. I thought it turned out really well (if I do say so myself, lol) I like it enough that I've got another shirt that I'm going to do the same thing with for Wyatt's room...one of these days. ;0)