*** My Creative Side ***

I managed to eek out a few craft products this month. I am pretty proud of myself, considering that I and the brood have all been ill. So now in all their glory here they are.....






This I did for Valentine's Day for my Visiting Teaching ladies. I did something similar last year, but since I have all new ladies, I could recycle this idea. Perfect!!! Anyhow it was easy enough to do. I picked up some terra cotta pots from DI for probably .35, picked up the sucker from The Little Sweet Pea (if you know Vernal, you know what I am talking about--- the greatest little candy store with the nicest ladies to boot!), bought "Oasis", spanish moss, the pitchfork thing and card from a florist and had some pretty ribbon on hand. The rest is pretty self explanatory. Stick the foam in the pot. Hot glue the spanish moss on top. Stick the sucker in the center. Tie on the bow. Place the card. Voila!!!! I love it and it was so cute!!!









This Kairi and I did for Valentine's Day for fun! I got this out of last years Family Fun. I found the shirts at Wal-Mart on clearance for a dollar. Picked up some puff paint in the craft section. Then all you do is dip their finger in the paint and press onto the shirt to make a heart shape. Make sure there is something in the shirt to catch the excess paint, or you'll have the design on both sides. Kairi's shirt is supposed to be heart shaped. Kesslynn's shirt is just a cute chain. I like them both. Kesslynn's little fingers were to short to make her own hearts, so I did it with my fingerprints. I think they turned out sooooo cute and both girls love them.










I picked up this idea from a sister magazine to Family Fun, called Wondertime. It also was very easy-- if you have Photoshop. I picked up these plates from the Dollar Store. I thought that they were fantastic for this project. I set up a white towel in our living room, and got silouette pictures of each of the girls. I isolated them in photoshop turning them to black and white beforehand. This made it easier to isolate the face. Then printed off a rough copy on regular paper of the silouette. I took cardstock in a chosen color and cut the silouette out of it by taking my rough copy and taping both together and cutting them both out at the same time. Then I used Modge-Podge to secure it to the plate. I'll never be able to use the plates, but if I hang them on the wall they will be a beautiful addition and a treasured keepsake. I love them.

Hope you enjoy at least looking at what I did. It was fun and if you get the inkling. Go ahead and try it!!!