Doily Jar Tutorial

what you need:

-MOD PODGE ( of course!)

-any type of ugly jar! ive had this one for years..but you can buy similar ones at Goodwill or a thrift store.

-a paper doily

-foam brush

brush your mod podge all over the area where you want your doily.
place on your doily--and starting from the center, smooth out as best as you can ( since the surface is round theres bound to be some wrinkles!)

once your doily is in place, brush another lay of Mod Podge OVER the doily, smoothing down all the edges.

let it dry. with a pin or tip of a knife, trace around the outline of the doily and peel off any glue.

And there you have it!! so simple and cute! im sure im going to be doing this on every jar i find!

photoshop magic!!

sometimes i just surprise myself!

i had a good vision when i had Jayden pose for this picture...but the elements just wouldn't work for me--So i made them :)

Apple picking in Tehachapi.

On Friday Jayden and his school took a field trip to go apple picking! This was Jaydens 1st field trip, so im glad me and Tristen were able to come alone and join in on the fun! We went to a little apple orchard in Tehachapi--a small little mountain town, to pick apples. then we walked down the road a little bit where they had a little shop that sold all kinds of goodies! Apples crisp, apple butter, apples cider....apple syrup...anything you can do or make with an apple...they had it! of course..i had to get some apples crisp, homemade apples cider and pumpkin butter! im not sure how im going to use the pumpkin butter yet, but i had to get it because i love anything pumpkin! And afterwards we had a 'picnic' lunch and all the kids ran around like crazy!

tissue paper pom pom

i originally saw these on the Martha Stewart website, and they are becoming a more popular solution to paper streamers and balloons filled with helium. you can make them all different sizes, colors, patterns whatever you want!

you need: a pack of paper tissue paper, floral wire and string for hanging.

stack all (9) papers .....
make 1 1/2 inch wide accordion folds, creasing with each fold.

wrap wire around center of folded tissue

For easier hanging, thread your string through the wire before you stand "fanning" out your papers.

trim each end using a rounded or pointed shape

separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time.

finished! i used 12 pieces of paper with blue one. and 9 with the red...

Christmas Bucket List.

Good day!

So, ive always heard this talk about Pintrest...even checked it out once, but wasnt too impressed. well i got an invite to start my own account so i did=OBSESSED!

with that said: i found the cutest little thing...a "Christmas Bucket list" and since im getting SOO excited about Christmas i had to make my own!

*Christmas Bucket List*

__Make a Gingerbread house

__Make homemade eggnog

__Go to a Christmas parade

__Look at Christmas lights

__Write a letter to Santa

__Drink Hot Cocoa

__Make a Christmas ornament

__Stuff Stockings

__Read 'The Night Before Christmas'

__Buy Christmas jammies

__Kiss under the mistletoe

__Watch 'A Christmas Story'

*PS: only 81 days until Christmas!!

busy day!!

i have had SUCH a busy day making all kinds of goodies!! why dont i have more space?? actually..i think its best that i dont have more space, or id become a hoarder!

i made a chalkboard (because i havnt made one in while...and i needed a big one) and i also made one for Jaydens party.

and of course..i distressed it!
jaydens frame for his party

paper flowers are my new pinwheels. they are so quick and easy, and you can make then for any occasion!

going to use these for centerpieces

this is a candler gone wrong...so i made the best of it. used a jar, silhouette stickers, and mod podged over it. i dont really know what look i was trying to get, so this'll do for now!

a little somethin, something for the party!

finally!!!..i finished some important projects!

why does time seem to go so far!! i cant believe September is already over, and we are now into our 1st week in Oct! do you know what that means?? only 4 more weeks until Jaydens party!!! and thats not alot of time to get stuff together! thankfully, as you know i stared awhile ago! but ive still got so much to do!! but i finally got a few things done!

..and Tristen helped!!

i found this fame for 75 cents, so i spruced it up a bit!
my 1st attempt at making paper pom poms! Im going to be hanging these from the ceiling, and now that i know they arent as hard as i thought they'd be..ill post a tutorial on my next one i make!

Made a centerpiece for jaydens "Jaydens Table"

some paper pinwheels, pipe cleaner swirls, and some swirl pops! i also found some vintage taffy at Michaels (i hope it doesnt taste vintage :)

Jaydens invites..

a balloon wreath i made. I saw these on a couple other blogs, but never really saw how they were made, so i just took a stab at it. It took my a white to find the right way to twist and pin the balloons, so they didnt flop around. im kinda proud of my 1st attempt!

i used some water balloons i found for .20 cents to fill in little holes.

this is my new favorite care tray! these are 3 individual pieces..of course i found them all at goodwill! totalling in $5!

founds these GIANT pumpkin marshmallows!! i hate marshmallows, so i got them for decoration, and they are just too cute!

im sure ill be posting MUCH more this week!!!