Love Canvas

During Christmas vacation we had a case of boredom. Imagine that. Miss K and I have a secret board on Pinterest titled 8th Birthday. We decided back in the summer that she needed to have a painting party. A what? Seriously? In January? In mine or her Grandma's house? Yep. We are. So, we have a few ideas brewing, still not completely decided on, but the supplies are bought and the invitations are ready to go out on Monday.

Once again. Birthday Party on a Budget. Party post coming soon.

So since boredom set in and I still had a few canvases left over from my A Very Pinteresting Christmas Party 2014, I sat her down and let her paint. This painting is inspired by this pin. And I apologize ahead of time. You can click on it, but it's one of those pins that is not pinned correctly and doesn't take you directly to the DIY post. People. Pin the post, not the blog.

Here is what we used:

Canvas
Painters Tape (warning be sure your painters tape has not been left outside by your children. It might not stick well)
Acrylic Paint- we used Silver, Pink, Purple, Christmas Red, and White to touch up the letters where the paint bled under the painters tape.
A Paper Plate to put the paint on
Paint Brushes

Miss K painted the entire canvas- even over the painters tape to achieve the background color she wanted, then in strokes she went over in individual colors. Like I said the paint did bleed a bit, but white paint fixed it up with no problem. 

Isn't it just perfect for Valentine's Day? 

Thrift Shop Challenge: DIY Colored Christmas Platter

I have a love/hate relationship with my local Goodwill store. I love taking my stuff there. Especially if it really does give people jobs. I hate the idea that the owners are making more money than me on my donated good. I hate shopping there. Why? Because I rarely find a good bargain. When I think thrift store, I want things at garage sale prices. I mean really. Why do I want to pay $5 for a candlestick? Not the pair of candlesticks. A candlestick. I'm probably just not shopping the right thrift store. I find better bargains sometimes in the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby to repurpose. Things that are not second hand.

This month's challenge at Oklahoma Women Bloggers was a $25 Thrift Shop Challenge. I had great aspirations. Really. I visited my Goodwill three times. NOTHING caught my eye. I am not paying $15 for a picture frame or $20 for a mirror. The clothes were horrendous. I don't need another holiday sweater. I'm pretty crafty so I went to my Pinterest boards. I guess its time to start planning for my annual A Very Pinteresting Christmas Linkup and think Christmas.

See those two glass Christmas serving platters on the bottom. One of these is going to be my thrift shop challenge. $3 baby. Should have been $1. With Christmas coming up, I love taking a dish that doubles as a hostess gift. This platter will be perfect. On Pinterest, I pinned this pin to color glass about a year ago that led nowhere. I just love when that happens. But I was determined to try it out. It called for glue. I like Mod Podge.

The Need List:

Glassware

Food coloring 

Matte Mod Podge

Foam Brush

Clear Acrylic Gloss Coating (since Mod Podge is water base,  I figured you must use a seal.)

Newspaper

Place your glassware on the newspaper. Mix Mod Podge and food color into bowl. Doesn't take a lot. I have leftovers if anyone needs. Brush the mixture onto the glassware. I started out doing even strokes, but ended up dabbing. Since mine was a plate. I did the underside. Let dry completely then seal with the clear Acrylic Gloss Coating.

Look. It really is waterproof. 

Isn't this just lovely? I was really please with how well it turned out. It turned something very plain into something festive and fun. Quite Pinteresting and Thrifty!

 

Be sure to head over to OkWB and see how the others did on their challenge. 

Burlap Crayola Clock

I mentioned in an earlier post this week how this summer has also been filled with lots of crafting with my friend. She is a school teacher who is moving from teaching Pre-K to Kindergarten this year. While our kids play, we have been having fun planning and crafting for her new classroom. She is doing it in rainbow, with crayon accents. The room is going to be so CUTE when she finally gets in to put it together.

Today we made this....

A Crayola Clock with Burlap accents. Isn't it adorable? Mrs. S, my friend, found the idea on Pinterest. But wouldn't you know it, not a single image linked back to a blog for instructions. I guess they thought it was too easy. It was. But it would have been nice to know a few things like:

1. Where did they get the clock? 

2. Where did they cut on the crayon? 

3. What did they cut it with? 

4. How did they glue it? 

5. How many crayons were used? 

Here are the answers:

1. Walmart- $3.97

2. After the "a" on Crayola, but it really depends on how long you want/need it. You don't have to cut at all.

3. We tried a box knife. Didn't work. We used her Santoku knife. Hope we didn't ruin it. 

4. We used hot glue.

5. I think I counted 65 crayons. Get them now. Their on sale. And honestly the Crayola did cut better than the cheap ones. We tried some cheap ones out first as a trial. 

Fun, fun craft! Even more fun when you are crafting it up with a friend.

Crafty at The RHOK Today

A few of you have commented on the sparkly shoes that Kaybrie has been wearing.  The ones that she finally grew into. 

I am sharing today at The RHOK how to make them.  Be sure to visit me as ♥Mrs. Hart♥ there today and leave some comment love!

Making Stuff

Pinterest. The site I love. And face it haters, hate. Some get it, some don't. It's a site that you make it what you want to make of it. I choose to look for new creative ideas, gift ideas, budget saving ideas, recipes and home organization strategies. I am not a Stepford wife. I think aiming for perfection while knowing you will never succeed is okay. It's a lot like Christianity. I'm never going to be perfect like Jesus, but I am suppose be Christ like. Oh yeah your thinking, Pinterest vs Jesus, that's a fantastic comparison. Well, I do have an All Things Faith Board.

No really, I'm on my "soapbox" because of a put down Pinterest post I saw on Facebook a few days ago. A post that I failed to pin, because you can't pin from Facebook and now I can't find. What it comes down to is different interests and choices for different people. Different strokes for different folks. I do not choose to build outside forts with my children, to be honest you won't find to many pictures of me in the great outdoors. Forestry Camp in high school became a game of boys those two years. I choose to craft, read, volunteer, run a mom taxi to and from sporting events while coaching in and out of the stands. I get a lot of my ideas for those things and create memories for my family through guess where? That's right, Pinterest.

This year it is my goal to make more stuff, spend more time with my kids making stuff, encourage them to make stuff, keep looking for stuff that I may or may not ever do anything with and keep putting stuff on my Faith board to help me in my goal to be more Christ like.

Side note: I guess my "obsession" with Pinterest is also rubbing off on my five year old daughter. She wants to look up crafts, puppies and American Girl merchandise on my phone all the time. So much so, that when she received her iPod for Christmas that one of the first apps she asked for was, you guessed it- Pinterest. I did not give it to her.

Today's Post...

...is at The RHOK!
Today as ♥Mrs. Hart♥,  I am showing our readers a few ways to get their Patriotic Style on the crafty way, with a few RW&B ideas that I have created/made myself!
Below is my latest- Mine & Kaybrie's 4th of July shirts.

What will you be wearing/doing that is crafty this 4th of July?

If you would like to see some of my other Crafty Crow Creations, see my board on Pinterest!

Today's Post...

is at The RHOK!I had an itch to etch and decided to do it on our niece's wedding gift!Here is one of the dishes I made.What do you think?

Now, get on over to The RHOK to find out HOW I did this!

The Crafty Crow Strikes Again...

This time I made a birthday gift for one of my students.

She turned the big O-N-E!

I love my babies!

So what do you get a one year old these days. A doll? A puzzle? Books?

Oh no...this little girl need a Crafty Crow Original!

I am a think ahead kind of person so I thought outside the box and created a "Christmas" birthday gift!

What do you think?

It's all made with ribbon, thread & Liquid Stitch! Easy!

For the bow on top, my friend Sheila suggested the color yellow- it just made the tree pop!

BTW, I am doing better on my bows, I even ventured out and made a matching hair bow!

Now I have to get Kaybrie's made! Oh and her pumpkin shirt made also...

The matching hair bow

The Crafty Crow Strike Again...

...only this time as Mrs. Hart at The RHOK!

Go read how I made 

The 4-SnowGo Family!

In My Neck of The Woods- The Crafty Crow Strikes Again

Ha Ha!

I kind of like that...

The Crafty Crow.

It's kind of got a cutesy little ring to it.

So, if you are my family or friend you know if I supposed to give you a gift you usually see it on Facebook or receive it about a month to two weeks before its due date. Yep, that's how I roll.

My friend Angie and I decided that we/our infant room are throwing a first time mom/friend/teacher at our school a baby shower. It also helps that I was chosen by Vocalpoint to host one of the Pampers Little Miracle Mission Showers between June 4-June 18!

We are having the shower this next Saturday, June 11th for Baby Seth!

Now I get to show off a few of the things I have made- maybe next week I can show you how the entire shower wrapped up!!

A Wordle for the table, that doubles as a gift & decoration for Baby Seth's room.

A Diaper Cake- my first one! Too cute to use! Table decoration & gift, and emergency diaper use, I'm sure!

Now, what is going on in your neck of the wood? Link up at The RHOK and tell/show us!

Today's Post is at....

....where else, but The RHOK!!! Today I/Mrs. Hart is showing the Crafty Crow side of myself!

Now get on over and see what you are getting for Christmas, especially if you are my MIL, Moma, SIL or one of my kid's teachers!