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DIY Valentine Hearts to Hang

Deanna — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:17:28 +0000

My daughter came up with this idea to hang hearts from a doorway or ceiling like those funky 60's beads. We started cutting hearts and arranging them so that none of the hearts of the same size were next to each other. Here is what we came up with. We still haven't hung them from the doorway, they are currently draped over the ceiling fan that hangs over the kitchen table.

Instructions:

1. Cut as many hearts as you think necessary. in different sizes.

2. Arrange in varied order.

3. Start sewing together. Make sure and leave space between each heart.

Easy Heart Garland

Deanna — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:11:37 +0000

I found this new website and I am excited to share it with you, Made by Rae, she has some really great crafts and really cute kids. Anyhow last week she posted The Easiest Heart Garland. Evar. She used felt, but I was fresh out of felt so I, as always, used what I had, and made mine out of thick scrapbook paper. It worked and was so fun to make with my daughter.

1. Cute out as many hearts as you desire.

2. Sew them together in a pattern of colors or random, your choice.

3. Hang up and enjoy

So cute and super easy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Deanna — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:06:39 +0000

Photos Courtesy of Chelsea Glancy

DIY Christmas Gifts Day 1 – Vinyl Record Bowl

Deanna — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:12:41 +0000

What better way to recycle those old vinyl records than to turn them into a bowl. This is a super easy project and if you don't happen to have vinyl records laying around, you can always pick one up at your local thrift store. These make great gifts for really anyone.

1. Set the oven at 200 and stick the record on top of a oven safe bowl on top of a cookie sheet

2. Wait for about 10 min until the record starts drooping

3. Take the record out of the oven and stick it inside a larger bowl and shape quickly before it gets hard

If you get the shape wrong, stick back in the oven to remold

and its finished!

DIY Holly Golightly Halloween Costume

Deanna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:42:20 +0000

My daughter has become a fan of Audrey Hepburn, what little girl hasn't, even I am a fan. So she asked if she could dress up like Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's for Halloween. I am looking forward to helping her with this.

My little girl has this exact photo on her wall and we are working on finding all she needs to look like Audrey in this photo. I am excited to do this because most everything she will need she already has, except for the long black gloves. Oh and the fact that her hair is very short may be a problem trying to make it look like a bee hive, but we will give it our best go. Check back for a photo of my daughter as Holly Golightly.

Here is what you need, you can be as extravagant or simple as you want and still get a great result:

Pearls – I would suggest a few strands and add a faux diamond broach to the front of the pearls.
Little black dress
Black long finger gloves
Tiara
Black heels

That's it, simple!

Gifts for Christmas Past

Deanna — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:52:43 +0000

Oh I am so embarrassed to admit this but here goes….I still have Christmas gifts to make and give out from last year! Ok close your mouth, I know its hard to believe, but I do know that I am a tad bit behind.

Yes its true, last Christmas I promised each of my nieces, sisters and mother an apron. I have 9 nieces, 4 sisters and one mother. I completed some of the aprons, but the sad part is that I am not sure who I have left to make an apron for. I do have a bit of an excuse though, my father was in an out of the hospital the months leading up to Christmas and passed away on the 23rd of December. Wow still brings tears to my eyes.

Well this morning as I was laying in bed, I spotted my beloved A is for Apron book sitting next to the sewing machine, it was calling to me(I am not the only one this happens to, am I?), so I opened it up(haven't looked at it since last December) and my mind started going, thinking of all kinds of great aprons I could make. The creativity is flowing and I am excited to get the aprons going and to their rightful owners(if I can figure out who they are).

And it doesn't help that I have a bunch of over ripe bananas on the counter too, waiting for me to make them into a wonderful banana bread from a recipe I got from my friend Bianca. Dang too much to do today, better get moving! Check back for the finished aprons and banana bread recipe.

What I Learned about San Francisco

Deanna — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:23 +0000

Our long weekend in San Francisco was a success, with only a few tears shed and some of those shed by my dh when he realized that none of his girls are morning people. But that's what road trips and family time are for, learning and learning to love. Heck life is about learning and learning to love. Here is what I learned about San Francisco.

1. I want to go back! It is a beautiful city and since I am trying to learn how to use my camera, I had plenty of opportunities to use my new found camera skills, and as you can see they are not that great yet.

2. San Francisco was the first large city to start a curbside composting program. OK so this may not excite you but I find it exciting when cities take charge and make changes for the better of the environment.

3. If you get out of the tourist area there is a lot of fun and good food to be had. We went down to Pier 39 once just to check it out but our hotel was out amongst the houses and we were within walking distance to a ton of great restaurants, shops and the beach.

4. San Francisco is full of people from all over the world. At any given time you are going to meet someone from somewhere far away, making every smile an opportunity to introduce yourself and find out where they are from.

5. You CAN'T eat your way through the city in a weekend let alone two years. Our lovely waiter at Rose's Cafe said he has lived in San Francisco for two years and is still eating his way through the city.

6. There is no shortage of used clothing stores in San Francisco. We visited a couple places and the thing I noticed that was different from Portland was that the prices were much higher. They did have a nice variety of vintage clothes from the 50's and 60's which was so fun to browse through.

NOTE: None of these photos have been edited.