Sharpie Tie-Dye

Remember this post, t is for t-shirt?

Last week, on vacation, my sister-in-law, continued the tradition by organizing another kid-friendly t-shirt decorating activity.  Here's the how-to details on sharpie tie-dying.  Check out our designs.

placing the cups under the shirt

Claire is excited to start tie-dying!

Ryan with his decorated shirt

  

Goosey and Claire coloring away

  

I'm proud of the shirt I decorated for Maverick

  

Goosey, helping Aunt Katie put on rubbing alcohol

watch the magic

pretty tie-dye

  

finished shirts

Goosey, modeling her finished shirt

A big thank-you to Katie for supplying this super fun activity!

Hugs to our followers,
LC

Manly men

It was supposed to be a simple project.  My new laundry room only had a wire shelf up. My mom and I thought it would look soooo much better with nice cabinets instead. Now I can hide my junk and keep my laundry room looking somewhat clean. 

How many men does it take to install cabinets?

There's my hunky husband holding up the cabinet

All finished! Doesn't it look nice?

Once things calm down a bit, I may ask (or beg) my husband to put up a narrow shelf directly over the washer/dryer so that I can put little things on it--like a bowl for loose change and stuff.  Not too shabby for our first home improvement project. Thank you to my dad, Chris and Joe!

~Kc

Fabric Garland

I'm not the best DIYer, but I'm very happy with my fabric garland project.

I bought green and red patterned fabric,

cut it into 1 to 1.5 inch strips,

and tied them around a string of twinkle lights.

The result turned out to be a little bit rustic and a little bit country,

and I LOVE IT!

 I had lots of fabric strips left over.  

So, I bought an 8" wood embroidery hoop and clothespins.

I'll tie the fabric around the hoop, hot glue the clothespins in place,

and (hopefully) have a rustic cardholder wreath.

Here's my inspiration: Christmas Card Wreath.

My goal was to have it complete by Christmas, 

but this season has gone by WAY too fast.

Merry Christmas to all!

Hugs to our followers,

LC

DIYers

I aspire to become a DIYer.  I see these amazing creations made by artistic people, and I desperately want to be able to do the same. Last year for Christmas, I made my own fabric garland.  It actually turned out pretty cute.  I'll be sure to post a picture on an upcoming blog post. 

In the meantime, my new 4:00 a.m. obsession is DVRd Nate Berkus shows.  Check out these
holiday DIY projects featured on his show.  I'm hoping to get some of these materials after the holidays on super sales.  Then, when I'm cooped up in the house during the cold winter months and wishing for the Christmas season back, I'll be inspired to do some of these crafts.

 Hugs to our followers (especially the DIYers),
LC