Girls Craft Night Saga

I have been having more and more girls night/craft night, but it's never enough!

This past Saturday, I had an awesome girls crafting night! I am trying to get as many of my friends as possible to do crafting with me cause I LOOOOVE it! 

Seriously - it was awesome to not have to worry about my kids (they were with Grandma and Grandpa) and have some wine and just craft! 

Also, I love when my living room looks like this...

Here are some of the awesome crafty things that went down...

Mel made an awesome collage, using something I found and have no idea what it's for...

So it got re-purposed as a pretty tray!

Angela did a bunch of stuff with pictures of her son and some of his artwork. 
Kids have way too much artwork, so kudos to her for framing it!

Amy painted a really cute monkey for her son!

Lindsay re-purposed a metal tray into a makeup holder by adding fabric to the tray, and magnets to her makeup. 

My sister, Vanessa, made a really awesome crayon art. 
She glued a bunch of crayons to a 2x4...

And then used the hairdryer to make them melt onto the canvas, while Mel held the cardboard over the silhouette that Vanessa painted on the canvas.

And finally, I also mangaged to make a few things.. in between cooking all the delicious appetizers we had for dinner...

 I made this shadow box for Mel. It contains a rose and peacock feather from my bouquet as her M.O.H, as well as a few buttons. I used scrapbook paper to cover the front of it. 
Then, I made a notebook for Jay out of old disquettes. 

(I used sticker letters to write his name on the front.)

This concludes an addition of Girls Craft Night. 
Stay tuned.. there will be many many more!

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Big Girl Room Part 2

I thought I should write a post about a few of Abby's bedroom amenities, enjoy! 

 

My personal favourite is the headband holder, for which my inspiration was drawn from Jessica at Sunny Tuesday.

 

I love how easy it was for me to make! In hindsight, I should have measured the area between the buttons because I made a few spaces too tight for some of Abby's headbands. However, I was able to put some hair clips in those spaces.

 

 

My next coolest project I stole from Laura at Come Together Kids.

 

Instead of using a beanbag chair cover, to make a seat out of stuffed animals, I used a Princess sheet that wasn't being loved. I folded the sheet into 3 and measured the length to make it even.

 

How could I actually think I can do work without the help of the dog?

 

This is what the seat looks like once it is sewn. Since I realised it was waaay too big, I cut a section off after it was sewn to make a pillow, where all the doll blankets are kept (when I have a more time, I will sew the opening shut a little more).  

 

 

I think she likes it! Success!  

 

Another neat thing Abby and I made together is her jewelry organiser. I have seen some that are much fancier, but I wanted to make her something personalised, simple, and of course, awesome.

I glued one of Abby's pictures, as well as a few bows I cut out of a colouring book, and some stickers. I used my favourite craft supply - Mod Podge. 

 

To finish it off, I screwed in some picture hooks and attached a ribbon to it.

 

 

And, every room needs some art. This was another collaborative project that my sister and I made.

We took some of Abby's artwork and cut it to fit the 5x7 frames. Then, I laid out the puzzle pieces to get an idea of how I wanted them. I used double sided foam tape to affix the pieces to the glass. You can't really see it in this picture, but the puzzle pieces stick out a little, which I like.

 

All in all, I had a lot of fun putting this room together for Abby, and she is actually trying to keep it clean! Go team!

 

 

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