Featured on The Creative Crate

I'm so excited - one of my crafts was seen at The Creative Crate! Click here to see the post where my Burlap Wreath can be seen. I need to get busy crafting again this week . . . I have a plan for another bow for Harper - if it rains tomorrow, I'll be bow making - if it is sunny, I'm headed to the pool . . .

New Front Door Wreath

I first saw the burlap wreath idea on Tater Tots and Jello last year. I made one right away and it hung on my front door for a whole season, until it was tattered and faded and I had to throw it away. Then, last summer, I made one for my classroom door. I had been looking for a long time for a new wreath for our front door - whether one from the store or a homemade one...but honestly, I couldn't find one I liked more than the burlap wreaths from Tater Tots and Jello. So I when I went through my fabric bin and saw all the green scraps I had and scraps from the cushion I made for our front porch, I decided to just make another one for this summer. Here are my circles ready to glue on the wreath.

And the finished product hanging on our front door! I love it. I love how the colors are a little darker than the first one I made, so I don't think it will fade as fast.

Back to School!

School starts Tuesday! I've been working feverishly in my classroom to get all the things ready for my new kids! I'm excited to meet them tomorrow at Meet the Teacher Night! They all come up to school and bring their school supplies to stock in their desks. It's so fun to get those first impression of them. Some of them are really excited and some are nervous, it's cute either way. Here is a shot of my classroom.
This summer I spent some time leveling my books by reading level. So each reading level has a color coded label on the book binding.

They are organized in color coded baskets by Chapter Books or Picture Books.

Here is the wreath I made for my classroom door. I used to have a cute crayon wreath, but it had faded so it was time to update!

A Triple Set

As you can tell (because I have been crafting), the husband has been gone again this week...

This week I have been working on a set of three small spring wreaths to hang on my arch grid in our family room. I bought three foam wreath forms at the dollar store. I covered the wreath form in burlap (long strips about 3 inches wide). I used this tutorial to make these fabric flowers. I alternated two kinds of fabric. They were very similar to each other.



I hot glued the fabric flower to the wreath and then hot glued a yoyo fabric flower in the middle (you could also do a button).



I used some green gross grain ribbon I had to hang the three small wreaths on my arched grid (once the flowers were hot glued on).

I couldn't get a good closeup shot.

I thought about covering the whole thing in different kinds of fabric flowers, but I kind of liked the simplicity of this for my family room.

Leave a comment, tell me what you think...

A Fun Wreath for Spring!

Sam had a bath on Saturday. He loves to have a bath. He will stand in front of the tub and bark until I put him in and then I have to run the water a little so he can stand underneath it like a waterfall. He just loves it. Whether it is the guest bathroom tub or the big soaker tub in our bathroom - he does not care! Sam loves sitting on the back of the chair in our family room, that way he can look out over his yard and make sure that it is just how he left it last.
Sam also loves to play on the chair...sometimes he scares us if he chomps at our faces! He is just playing though!

Saturday, even though I had a cold, I made a Triple Chocolate Brownie Cake. It was tasty! Will LOVED it. He told me I had to get it out of the house.

Tonight I finished my spring wreath project. I started it last night and finished it up as I was watching the snow fall just now. I got the idea from tatertots and jello. I decided to use mostly greens for my wreath so it has a spring feel to it. It is hanging on our coat closet now (right next to our front door). Will wasn't sure he would like it at first, but now he calls me Martha Stewart. Another thing he says I should sell...

Right now I am watching the snow continue to fall and hoping, just hoping, for a snow day tomorrow. They say 2-4" by tomorrow mornings commute. I am hoping that it is more like 4+ inches and that they can't clear the roads well enough by bus stop time...maybe I'll be blogging tomorrow from home on my day off?!?!