Pottery Barn Style Twine Balls

First of all, I found this mosaic style footed bowl at the Salvation Army. They had a ton of these brand new in the box for $2.50! So I needed something to go inside. I had some styrofoam balls and then found some of the kids large bouncy balls. I bought the twine at a home improvement store for $2.74. I hot glued the twine round & round! It ended up being a really nice Christmas gift for my sister! I was really excited about it!

Craft box

Thanks to my friends at eighteen25 , I learned to make these awesome boxes for my two son's teachers for Christmas. I found out that their favorite colors were green and purple. So I filled them with tacks, Hershey kisses, jolly ranchers, paper clips, magnets, pens, stapler, chunky clips, hand sanitizer, note cards, Chapstick, and Sharpie. The teacher's really loved getting these! They were super fun to make too!!!

Thanks to my cricut I was able to cut out all the letters and already had the silk craft flowers to embellish more!

Valentine Gift

I saw this craft idea on another blog...so it's definitely not my idea. If I can find the blog again I will post the link. I already had the canvas from another craft I never got to. Spray painted it red and then my boys each put their handprint on and used my cricut to cut out the letters and hearts. Both Grandma's loved this gift!!!

Batman Party

When my son likes something he REALLY likes it.
We have had two Buzz Lightyear parties in a row and now
two Batman parties back to back!
I had a lot of fun getting ready for this year's party.
So many ideas popped in my head!

Here is the Riddler table for the Adults to sit at!

The Riddler himself, my 8yr. old came up with this all by himself. He had the green clothes and the St.Patrick's Day hat and we went crazy cutting out ?'s on the Cricut!




The kid's table to eat at and decorate masks.
I put the Batman Sheet up as a Paparazzi wall to take pics of the kids standing in front of it!
Thanks to my friend Dyanna over at: www.thesousakids.blogspot.com
She has a lot of great ideas always!



This is my Penguin Table with the chips in a black top hat and a black umbrella for added decor. All things The Penguin has!
I also cut out penguin shapes on the Cricut to write the dip names on!





Everything on this table was black & yellow.
My inspiration came at Target when I saw Oreos with yellow filling for Spring!
Chocolate Cupcakes with Yellow Sprinkles.
Yellow & White Gum Drops
Black Licorice in a Jar
Lemon Drops



We dug everything Batman out of his room and used that for decoration!



I made this poster with Black & yellow poster board.
(This took a lot of work & measurements, it had to be perfect!)

Valentine Felt Bags

I made these cute bags for my son's Kindergarten class! I took two pieces of felt, hot glued (cuz I don't sew, I hot glue) the three sides and added ribbon, tulle or beads for the handle. Old school puffy paint to add dots along the edge, the name and some hearts!

Homemade 7-Up

We hadn't been grocery shopping in awhile! My kids were tired of milk or water as their choice of beverage! I looked around to see what I could make.

A friend at my husband's work gave us a bunch of lemons. We had Pellegrino on hand from a case I bought at Costco(with a coupon) to put in baskets I gave out at Christmas and the simple syrup was left over from my sister's shower!

First, I filled each cup half way with crushed ice, squeezed half a lemon over the ice. Then I poured a little simple syrup...a tablespoon or two. Last, I filled the cup with the Pellegrino and stirred! It was so good! The boys really enjoyed it!

Stocking Holders

All around me, I've noticed moms holding on to random containers and turning them into things.
I did this one night when I made chili and looked at the cans. I washed them out and set them aside.

My sister was married this last October...and she has no Christmas decorations. I really brainstormed how I could make some for her, because I am not a buy at full price kinda girl!

Here's what I came up with:

I spray painted two cans with gloss black spray paint (she loves black & silver). Hot glued heavy river rocks in the inside for added weight. Hot glued black coat hooks ($3.06) and silver snowflake ornaments (4 for $1) to the front & back. To cover the top I hot glued some faux black leather. I think they turned out adorable. She loved them too! Two stocking holders for around $4!