Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Thank you, Bianca!

Thank you to reader Bianca for telling me about HaloHeaven.com
I was able to buy lily her Tinkerbell Wings for under $2, and I even got a big green flower for her costume too (Which I'd been looking EVERYWHERE for, with no success).
Total, including shipping, $10. Score!


Magnets for your Munchkins

I have a 4.5 year old son, so we are CONSTANTLY reviewing colors, shapes, sizes, letters and numbers. I had priced out the sets of magnets for my kids to use on the fridge while learning all of these subjects, but wowwee, they were pricey! So, as I always do, I thought "I bet I could make that for way cheaper. And off to Photoshop I went. I created 8 shapes that my son would learn during his first step of shape-learning (circle, square, triangle, etc). I labeled them so that he could connect the spelling of each of those shapes with the shape itself. Then I made them bright colors so we could also work on our basic color learning.
I then printed them out on my computer and used some sticky-back magnets I had on hand to adhere them to a magnetic surface. Using sharp scissors, I cut around the edges and voila! I had some shaped magnets for the kids! I've also done this with numbers and letters, though those take way longer.

So today I wanted to share my Shapes
These are made large (they will print 1 set per page), but you can easily size them down prior to printing if you want to use them on a business card magnet.
If you want them bigger, like I did, visit Magnet Valley's Adhesive Magnet Sheet selection page to purchase.

Here is set one
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Here is set 2
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Enjoy! And be sure to comment on this post if you blog about your experiences with this project! I love to see when other people try what I share :)


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Well that's exciting!



As of today, I'm officially an Examiner for Examiner.com! I've been added to their Arts & Crafts section, and will start writing later this week. I'm a very excited girl! I hope you all will check out my feed there and show them that I have an awesome audience of crafters!


Monday, October 26, 2009

AFTER: The Kitchen window

I kept saying I'd post this, but I never got around to it. The window is finally done, trim complete, wall painted and everything back to normal.


The island is getting there...

I swear, I will soon be done talking about this rehab. Our island is nearly done. The paint job is complete and the doors are all put together with hardware, etc. Tonight we will mount the butcherblock and then we just have to add the trim and we'll be all set. :)

Check it out so far.


It started out as this, if you recall