Birthday party stuff

Well I was without Internet almost all day today so I had some time to work on a special little guy's party.

I used some foam we had laying around for the "street", inked it up brown (ummm ink likes to come off the foam all over your hands) and then added some buildings a horse and some landscaping.  I am not yet done, I think I want to add a fence around the bunkhouse.  I cut everything as large as I could on a 12x12 mat then mounted them on foam board (yes I still have some trimming to do) and then to craft sticks to stick them in the street.

Several times my shirt sleeve got hung up on the corner of the foam and my marker lines are wobbly but it is a party for 3 year olds so I wasn't about to redo them.

I also got everything cut out for the goodie bags but only two assembled.

I also got the silverware (plasticware) holders cut and assembled.

The "town" will sit on a cabinet and on the wall behind it there will be craft paper hung and I am going to try to do some mountain scenes on that.

Finally completed a Circle challenge in time to post it LOL

Now don't get excited, it's nothing really except following the most basic of guidelines.  Well really what can you want for a 10 minute project.

Oh and no asking for sizes as I just used a 12x24 mat and stretched the Just Married tag box from Wrap it Up to fit as large as I could and then grabbed some swirls and red tag from Cheerful Seasons.  Snow flake is from Wrap It Up also.  Added some bling from the irock.  Done  It did end up a pretty good size, it's 5 x 2 x 9

First snowfall

The first snowfall with accumulation for us this season and also the first real snowfall that the little guy was able to be out and enjoy (earlier this year when he was here he was terrified of it and I had to run him in and out of the car as he wouldn't walk in it)  He LOVES it now, today I couldn't get him in without promise of chocolate LOL

Got some invitations done

While not exactly what I would have hoped for, at least they are done.  It's hard to do crafting with the munchkins and also when one little guy in particular keeps changing his mind about a party theme.

on a side note, I think I see a pattern developing in one unnamed little guy

Silence is not always golden

Today Drew decided to crawl in his play box and play.  Yipeee I was actually able to do the dishes.  But then that dreaded...................."something is TOO quiet" feeling. 

Just as I was heading to check I hear immense giggling

Thanksgiving Day

What a wonderful feeling to spend Thanksgiving at home with two precious little bundles.  Watching the parade

The turkey is done and Chance got to tear into it first, no official carving here LOL

Then we had to wait for Papa to get back home before "really" eating so what else is a man to do but lay on the couch and check out the ads

Turkey time has arrived, both edible and non edible

Then the two big men got to carry in the tree, all the men helped put up the lights.

Inspection time

And no tree is fully inspected unless you see it from the ground up

who doesn't love flowers?

I got some wonderful flowers from a super sweet Circle Sister this week.  Aren't these pretty?  There were two things in there that I did not know what they were but they fit in so perfectly.  There was a flower that almost looked like a rose coming out of cabbage and then there was the greenery that looks like a handle.

Making your own Cardstock binders for the YourStory

This week the really cute YourStory Photo came out, the little sister to YourStory.  This new one does not laminate and has a smaller binding area, below is the description from HSN.  But back to the reason for this post, some folks were wondering how to make their own cardstock binders (with cardstock you can alter the cover in so many ways such as embossing)

This quick sample was made using some cardstock I picked up at Wal-Mart, I cut it at 5 x 12 inches then scored to fit my pages,  the scoring will all depend on how thick your project is.  After scoring I laid a strip of glue from my hot glue gun, let dry and then placed my pages on the strip, set in the original YourStory after it was warmed up and used the bind button (of course) as it was binding I held a small amount of pressure on the pages.

I have found with the glue gun technique you do not need to leave it in until it beeps.  Let cool and you have a book :)

YourStory Photo Personal Bookbinding Kit
Tell your story with attractively bound books you assemble in minutes, then embellish as desired. Create travel journals using vacation photos and postcards, make recipe books for holiday gifts, or design personalized party favors. It's a great way to turn photos, sketches, poems and more into treasured keepsakes.

YourStory Photo Personal Bookbinding Kit Features

Simple three-step process binds photos in a snap Put photos inside the cover, place cover and photos into the machine, turn on machine and bind Small, lightweight and portable Perfect for binding standard 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" photo sizes

Specs

Measurements:

Approx. 4.33"W x 10.67"L x 3.75"H

Weight:

Approx. 1 lb.

What a mess

Craig had said I could move back into the larger room for crafting, cool huh?  Well that entailed moving the kids into the smaller (freshly remodeled room) which was done easily once I packed up all the scrappy stuff and moved it out.

Then he was going to do the walls, floor and put up a new door and closet door.  Seems that must have taken a back seat, but I was not willing to wait until the cows came home to craft again so I just moved in with the old carpet, walls that have half the sesame street characters still left (someone had a great idea to mod podge them to the wall and let me tell you NOT A GOOD IDEA)

Trying to move stuff in an unfinished room and craft at the same time makes a huge mess.