Mommy crafts with Krylon looking glass paint

I bought two glass sugar bowls at my local Goodwill Industries for just dollars and i purchased my can of Krylon Looking Glass spray paint at Hobby Lobby (with a 40% off coupon, of course!)
very happy with how these turned out.  They are going to store my makeup removed pads and qtips in the bathroom!

Wine and Canvas

I signed up for a Wine and Canvas class  here in Cleveland at Chammps in Crocker Park.  We painted this painting.  I'm pleased with how the painting came out.  I did finish the painting with a light coat of silver spray paint just to make it a little washed out.  over all very pleased with the effect and i have it hanging in one of our bathrooms.

I do not drink(wine, drinks, food optional), but the wine & canvas event was very fun!  I would suggest getting there about an hour before hand if you want to eat before you start painting.  I didn't like the idea of eating while painting.
Just my opinion!
Thanks for looking!
becky

turned my little girl into an elf

I saw on pinterest about making your child into an elf, so that it was I did with a picture of my daughter.  I will show you a picture of her as an elf, and I also have a template for the elf accesories (hat, mittens, boots, etc) for you.  I used, of course, two mittens and two booties (just flipped one side around.  I did cut these out of cardstock just so they'd be sturdier.  I cropped a picture of her and printed it out as an 8x10, then cut out her face & neck.  The body is an 8-1/2x11 piece of cardstock with corners rounded.

Shatterproof ornament for classroom activity

I'm doing two projects for Nater's Kindergarten Christmas party.  The first one is a thumbprint reindeer ornament.  I bought some silver & gold shatterproof ornments at Hobby Lobby for 50% off, a brown Staz-on ink pad, red, brown & black sharpie markers, and red and green ribbon to make these.  I think the kids will enjoy them.  Here is the sample we made at home today

week one of the elf

Here is a recap of our first week with *Sparkles* the elf.
1.  North pole breakfast
2.  crepe papered bedroom door
3. " be good" spelled out with golfish crackers and a candy cane heart
4.  hanging a sign from the ceiling fan in the dining room
5.  coloring with crayons in a coloring book
6.  snow angel in rice on the dining room table
7.  q-tip snowflake with glitter glue

the Elf on the Shelf calendar

this is the calendar I worked up of ideas to do each night for when she wakes up in the morning.

the Elf on the Shelf is here!

The Elf on the Shelf arrived today, her elf is named *Sparkles*. She brought an intro letter, a book, and a gift (Prep & Landing, a Disney movie about an Elf of course!). *Sparkles* hosted a North Pole Breakfast of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer pancake with bacon antlers, powdered donuts on a candy cane, hot cocoa with mini marshmallows, and milk!

Truth in the tinsel has started

We are doing Truth in the Tinsel E-book Advent Activities this year.  I also bought the additional e-book for the ornaments to do this year.  Next year it is my hope we will do more homemade ornaments.  I was trying to choose between doing a Jesse tree or the Truth in the Tinsel for advent.  Truth in the tinsel won out for me due to the quality of the printables for ease this year due to my work schedule.   For our tree, I bought a white foam board, free-hand drew a christmas tree in pencil, then i cut it out with an exacto knife.  I was able to make the star and the tree trunk from the foam board scraps.  I painted the tree green and the star and trunk gold.  In the third picture she is putting on her second ornament.  I have the tree mounted with command strips that won't damage wood or walls tou our closet by the front door, so everyone will see it!

the Elf on Shelf is coming for a visit

We will have someone new coming to visit us this holiday season, it's *Sparkles* the friendly Elf.  He is due to arrive on Sunday, December 2nd with a North Pole breakfast he will bring with him on a new Christmas plate, bowl & cup!  Thanks to Pinterest there are many good, fun things for him to do that are very inexpensive.  I do have him surprising Naters' with a gift each Sunday (a stuffed elf she can touch, a pair of pajamas, the movie Prep & Landing, a hello kitty outfit, and Kung Fu Panda Holiday movie).  Look on the internet (I did google searches), you will also find free printables such as a passport, an into letter, gift tags, elf reports, goodbye letter, and many more items.  I've pre-printed them (which is also why I know his name already!) and put them in my Christmas planner so that I am prepared!

Santa's footprints

Going to do Santa's footprint from the fireplace to her presents under the tree that are from Santa.
I'm going to use a mixture of baking soda and glitter.