Monday, December 30, 2013
This little nut is 2 years old today.
I cannot believe it, can you?
Sawyer is the perfect little caboose
to this crazy-train family.
And we don't call him 'boynado' for nothing!
He is the busiest kid I know.
If he's not jumping off of something and gaining a new bump or bruise
{did I mention fearless?}
he's exploring and making messes for mom to clean up.
And you know what?
I wouldn't want him any other way!
This sweet little face has brought so much joy
into our family and our home.
His older siblings absolutely adore him,
dad has finally found his own little buddy
{all three other kids didn't take to Beau at this age like Sawyer has}
and mom gets snuggles and kisses all day long.
We love you Sawyer!
Happy Birthday!
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
When the home that my husband's great grandmother raised her family in
was about to be torn down, a few of us were able to
snag up a few items for our personal sentiment.
I happened to end up with one of these amazing wooden boxes
found in the back of the property. It has turned into one of my favorite things in my home
and I find myself using it all of the time to display holiday items and everyday treasures.
Christmastime warranted some new decor for my beloved box
and after some serious Pinterest browsing, I had a plan.
Supplies:
Scrapbook Paper (your choice)
Scrapbook Embellishments
(your choice - be creative, check your local dollar store for different items)
Hot Glue Gun
Wooden Skewers
Floral Foam Blocks
Moss ( or another covering - your choice)
If you're like me, you probably had most of this stuff at home!
And the items I didn't have, I was able to snatch up for super cheap.
There is no rhyme or reason to my exact display,
but I will give you instructions on how to make the paper
accordion flowers and the paper trees - the rest is up to you!
Paper Trees
I thought about attempting a step-by-step tutorial of these,
but why reinvent the wheel? Krokotak has a flawlessly executed tutorial
on their blog - and posting a link is way easier
than doing the work, right?
{click on blog name above for direct link to the tutorial}
Paper Accordion Flowers
These, on the other hand, I want to give specific
instruction - only because I have tried other tutorials and kind of
pieced together the best way I know of how to make them.
1) Cut 3-5 strips of paper (the toppers for my trees are made
from 1 inch strips, the larger at the bottom are from 2.5 inch strips).
Depending on the length of your paper, you may only
need 2-3 - the more paper, the tighter the folds will
end up on your finished product.
2) Fold each piece into accordion strips (this can take some time)
and hot glue the end of one strip the the beginning of the next.
3) After you have glued all of your accordion pieces into one large strip,
hot glue the two loose ends together to make a circle.
Please note, as you are gluing pieces together, make sure that your paper
maintains it's accordion pattern - you may have to
overlap pieces at the end to keep the folding continuous.
4) Once you have a full circle complete, you are going to gently push
one end of the circle inward to make the flower shape.
5) Using scrap pieces of paper punch {or cut} out a small circle to use as reinforcement.
6) Add a liberal amount of hot glue to the small circle cut out
and place it on the back side of the completed accordion flower to keep it's shape.
7) Once the glue is dry, you can start with the fun stuff - embellishing!
Once you have the trees and accordion flowers complete,
glue a wooden skewer onto each one,
place your foam blocks in your container and go crazy arranging it all.
As you can see, I used the accordion idea throughout - even as tree toppers!
The cute little presents wrapped are everyday small box items found in my home
{package of pudding mix, leftover Halloween candy, etc.}.
There really are no limits here - make it your own!
Merry Christmas!
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