GreenChicken31

So I've been playing around with my scrapbooking again.  This is a simple page that acknowledges Moose's first steps.  I just love the bright happy blue with the bright pink and yellow.  I put lots of doodles on this page. I guess I was just in a doodle mood.  I put a partial doodle boarder with dashes and zigs.  Then added some flowers and some lines and put in a few clouds and a sun been missing the sun and summer warmth.  I woke up to a house that was 65 degrees...berrrr. I almost wanted to turn the heat on, but I just couldn't get myself to do it. I decided to put my journaling in a little mini book I made.  Moose got really excited about it being a "baby" book.  Anything that is little is a "baby" right now.  We have baby pancakes, baby blueberries, baby tissues and the list just goes on and on.

I wanted to create a page that captures how my daughter says peek-a-boo or should I say peek-e-boo.  I had a lot of fun playing around with this page and managed to captured some photos of my progress as I went along. First I chose my photo and paper.  Then I got out some water color and started to paint.  At first I made some clouds, but they were looking rather sad so I just made and "artistic" blob.  You can never go wrong with blobs. Instead of putting my photo on top I decided to cut out where I wanted it and laid it underneath.  It definitely adds a new look without a lot of effort. I then made these half chevron shapes and cut them out.  I worked my way down one of the water color strips and made some more water color blobs and put them behind each cutout.  I was a little disappointed that the lime green dried more yellow. Then I sewed on some clay embellishments. I had my sewing machine out so I sewed around the photo and around

I know the 4th of July has come and gone, but I had to share Moose's creation.  Just cut up some paper towel rolls and then cut a circle from some cardboard and glue it on top.  Poke a pipe cleaner on top and glue it on or poke to holes and twist it up to make your firecracker.  Let your toddler paint it and you're done!

I recently have been accumulating a lot of washi tape and had no place to put it.  So I made a bowl to hold them all on my desk.  Washi tape is so cute.  I don't want to hide it all in a box in the drawer.  I'm totally hearting the bowl.  It is just like the ones I used to make back in high school.  It's almost as fun as the notes I used to write and fold up in cool origami shapes.  I kept some notes from back then because I think they are going to be a lost art form with all the texting going on.  Maybe I should make some tutorials on how to fold hand written notes so the art isn't forgotten. LOL!  I have a favorite spot in this bowl.  It is in the upper left of the bowl.  You can see Mario! Oh washi tape makes me so giddy!

My hubby's b-day was at the end of June, but we celebrated it a few days later.  I wanted to make his cake a bit more festive so I made these mini birthday flags.  I made big felt flags like this a few years ago and now whenever it is somebody's birthday I hang them up. Can you see the repair work I did?  Originally I had set the cake up in a different location.  Right as I was about to snap a picture, Moose put her hand right into it and dug out a little chunk!  Oh toddler hood, you bring me such daily adventures.  So I had to move the cake to a less attractive location. To make them I took a wooden skewer and broke it in half.  Then I took some floss and glued some paper diamonds folded in half on to the string.  I tied the strings up and stuck it in the cake for some simple and festive fun.

With 4th of July almost here, I have just finished my firework softies.  I love how they turned out! My favorite one is the statue of liberty because she is a bit differant then all the normal 4th of July stuff you see.  In other words, not a star.  So many of the decorations are stars and some lately have been kind of nautical themed.  I'm so not into nautical.  I do have plans to make a few more, but I fear I will not have the time to get them done for this year.  Wouldn't one with USA on it be cute? Oh and I think it would be great to just have one with polk-a-dots.  If I get really ambitious I might even make one with George Washington's head on it. I made the statue one by looking at a picture and freehand drew her.  I think she came out well.  I traced out stars for the red one and the blue one.  The blue one is based on one that I saw on Punk Projects .  It's a super fun project and I love how it sits on my mantel. Have a happy 4th!