tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14718917841951202302024-03-13T13:11:43.671-05:00Pink Pajamas, Penguins On The BottomLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-24843435827602445042015-03-25T00:35:00.002-05:002015-03-25T00:35:41.835-05:00Preschool Song Cube<span style="color: #674ea7;">I consider myself a very creative person, and working with 2 and 3 year olds every day makes my creativity soar!! being trapped inside for days on end due to weather/temperature inspires me to come up with new and fun ways to make it to the end of the day. my latest creation: <strong>THE SONG CUBE</strong>. <u><em>Purpose: the children roll the cube to determine what song we will sing,. </em></u></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> I found that every day at afternoon circle time we were always going through the same songs, day in, day out. So, I decided to find a way to make the song choosing more interactive for the kids. if I can create something that they want to do (ie. rolling the song cube) then I will have more of their attention. my husband had wooden cubes he was using as dice for students he works with, he had a few extra so I commandeered them for my purposes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">- 1x1 in. wooden cube (as many cubes as you desire)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">- 6 pictures/illustrations for your songs</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">- decoupage glue, I used modge podge</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. PICTURES ON CUBES:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">my for pictures I used clip art I found either on Microsoft Word, or images I pulled from the internet. once you've for your images in a Word document, use the sizing tools to make the picture 1x1 inch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">2<strong>. PRINT PICTURES, CUT THEM OUT</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. APPLY IMAGES TO CUBE</span></strong> using modge podge. I found that it works best to wait until the ink is completely dry, otherwise the images will smear</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">4. USE CUBES IN YOUR CLASSROOM!</span></strong><br />have children take turns rolling the cube to choose a song!</span><br />
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-68216460419687744772013-11-10T22:34:00.002-06:002013-11-10T22:34:23.351-06:00Superhero Collage For The Man Cave<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">this year for my brother's birthday I decided to put my crafty skills to good use and make him an awesome collage! the inspiration behind this project is the new "man cave" (of "dude room" as my sister in law prefers to call it) at my brother's house which has a superhero motif. the cost of this project was super-low considering I already had most of the materials in my craft stash and because the superhero pictures came from dollar store calendars. my total was around $4.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2 Superhero calendars from the dollar store; one Spiderman, one Marvel Heroes; same project could be done with princesses (dollar store also has Disney princess calendars)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">modge podge/brush for application</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">canvas-- I used 16x20</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">newspaper for background</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">scissors</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the first thing I did was look at the calendars and determine what pictures I was going to use for the collage</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>cut up newspaper</em></strong> and use modge podge to apply as background of collage</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">while the newsprint background was drying, I spent a long time <strong><em>laying out the pictures</em></strong> and deciding where I wanted them to go on the canvas. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">use the modge podge again and begin to place the pictures. because I cut around the pictures and used so many I decoupaged in layers to get everything where I wanted it to be. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that's really all there is to it. what I also did was take pictures of my nephew posing as a superhero. I uploaded the pics to my computer and tinted them in complimentary colors to the calendars. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;"> THE FINISHED PRODUCT!</span></strong> </div>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-74006254390654527452013-09-19T22:32:00.003-05:002013-09-19T22:32:42.603-05:00Double-sided Titanic LapbookI took a class this summer called Educating Towards a Global Perspective, basically a Social Studies methods teaching course. I've already graduated college w/ a degree and teacher certification, but had to take a class to get my certification reactivated. anyway... the class was great! one of our assignments was to create a lapbook of a social studies topic of our choosing. I decided to go with a Titanic book b/c I find it a fascination topic and I know kids like it too. <br />
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I began searching Titanic on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>, a great teacher resource. while I found some helpful information there, I found most of my information from other sources, mainly homeschooling blogs/websites. the best sites are the links listed below.<br />
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1. <span style="color: red;">Dynamic 2 Moms</span><br />
this site has documents downloadable in a PDF format. <br />
<a href="http://www.dynamic2moms.com/rmstitanic.htm">http://www.dynamic2moms.com/rmstitanic.htm</a><br />
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2. <span style="color: red;">This Adventure Life</span><br />
another homeschool site. this one has <em>23 minibooks</em> downloadable in a PDF file. <strong>GREAT</strong> resource! the documents have hyperlinks to take you to a website where the information for the minibooks can be found. <br />
<a href="https://thisadventurelife.wordpress.com/our-lapbooks/titanic-100th-anniversary-lapbook/">https://thisadventurelife.wordpress.com/our-lapbooks/titanic-100th-anniversary-lapbook/</a><br />
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3. <span style="color: red;">My Pinterest Board</span><br />
this is a link to the pinterest board where I pinned stuff I wanted to use. used some of this, not all. <br />
<a href="http://pinterest.com/twinzilla/ss-methods-class/">http://pinterest.com/twinzilla/ss-methods-class/</a><br />
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4. <span style="color: red;">Eyewitness Titanic Book</span><br />
this book comes with a disc of clip art/photos used in the book. very detailed and informative book<br />
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5. <span style="color: red;">IMDB Titanic Page</span><br />
IMDB has all kinds of info about the movie including cast, trivia, quotes, goofs.. etc..<br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/?ref_=sr_1">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/?ref_=sr_1</a><br />
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6. <span style="color: red;">My Heart Will Go On- Wikipedia</span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On</a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">CONSTRUCTION</span></strong>/materials needed:<br />
- 2 file folders (open folder, fold inward toward crease)<br />
- cardstock<br />
- glue stick & hot glue gun/gluesticks<br />
- hole punch<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>PICTURES</strong></span>- SIDE 1 Titanic Facts/Data<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Impressive Statistics</span></strong> (ship data)</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Timeline of Events</span></strong> after crash</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>A to Z Titanic book</strong> </span>(made this on my own, no pattern)</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Titanic Voyage</span></strong>-map of route</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Titanic Facts</span></strong>: book of facts</div>
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materials: scrapbook paper + printed "My Heart Will Go On" sheet music</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #45818e;">Predicting the Tragedy</span></strong>- Eyewitness Titanic</div>
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">On Broadway- Musicals about Titanic</span></strong> (looked up info online)</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">THERE YOU HAVE IT, AN AWESOME, DOUBLE-SIDED LAPBOOK. MY TEACHER SAID THIS WAS "WONDERFUL, THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN!"</span></strong> </div>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-7252301066466274932013-07-25T22:56:00.003-05:002013-07-25T22:59:20.471-05:00Rocking Chair Redo: A Rockin' Renovation<span style="color: blue;">I was driving home the other night and saw this chair on the curb for my neighborhood's junk pickup day, I needed to breathe new life into it and make it a chair for my niece. when I got the chair there was an arm missing so I decided to go ahead and remove the other arm. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">once I had a plan I went to Lowe's to get some spray-paint (I like Valspar) and then to Joann's to get a doily. I was ready to go! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">- spray paint</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">- drop cloth (I learned my lesson after I turned my driveway multiple colors with previous projects)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1. after laying out the drop cloth, <strong>spray the chair</strong> with a coat of white spray paint for a base coat</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2. once the white is dry, use your main color (mine was a lovely blue) and <strong>spray the chair</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">3. I used a lace doily (a real one, about $4 from Joann's) to create the effect on the seat of the chair. while the chair was white I placed the doily on the seat and sprayed the blue paint over it. once dry, remove the doily and you have a lovely effect.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong>The finished product</strong>. the lighting's kind of crappy, sorry about that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong>Up close</strong> shot of the seat. it's not super exciting but it's prettier than a solid color.</span></div>
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1. I obviously used a rainbow theme for my colors, you can use any colors. <br />
Pink: Orly, Va Va Voom<br />
Orange: Sinful, Cloud 9<br />
Green: Sally Hansen, Glass Slipper<br />
Blue: Sinful Shine, Alfresco<br />
Purple: Nina, Punki Purple<br />
Black: Fingerpaint, Black Scales.<br />
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2. My picture on the left is crappy, but... use a small stripe of each color to pain the rainbow on your nail. any order will do. the way I did mine was to do all one color at one time, for example I'd do the pink (far left) on all nails and then come back and do the next. by the time I'd done all one the nail would be dry enough for the next color.<br />
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3. Once your base colors are dry add your black crackle. I like to put black crackle on the tips as well because it drives me nuts if its not covered with polish. <br />
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Voila! you have rainbow nails! be like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Fish-Marcus-Pfister-Herbert/dp/B00375LM16" target="_blank">Rainbow Fish</a> and share your scales! <br />
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-16044931277651863402013-05-09T22:40:00.002-05:002013-05-09T22:40:25.470-05:00Mother's Day Project<span style="color: #20124d;">Last year I made an awesome project for Mother's Day, using a deck of cards I created the "52 Reasons Our Mom Is The Best" gift. I got the idea from a </span><a href="http://littlegrayfox.blogspot.com/2012/02/52-reasons-redux.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #20124d;">pin</span></a><span style="color: #20124d;"> I'd pinned awhile ago on Pinterest. instead of a creating a lovey-dovey, sappy gift for a significant other that I don't have, I made a memorable gift my mom will (hopefully) treasure forever.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #741b47;">MATERIALS</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">- 1 deck of cards</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">- Glue</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">- Pictures/items for individual cards</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>Get a deck of cards</strong>. any cards will do, you can choose a plainer/typical card pattern or go for something fancy. my sister and collect decks of cards so we had quite a variety of cards to choose from. the cards I chose are from Prague (I think), there deck is not a typical deck in terms of Kings, Queens, Jacks and Aces, so it wouldn't be missed. and the design was cute. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>create a list of 52 things</strong>. I didn't want to worry about handwriting mistakes so I typed all mine out in advance. when I glued the items on I didn't completely cover the card, I liked the look of the cards in the background. <u><strong>Examples of cards</strong></u>: inside jokes, family photos, quotations, clippings from magazines that describe that person. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>glue items on cards</strong> leaving space for a hole to be punched in the corner.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;">punch a hole in the same corner of each card, once finished put your cards in order and bind them together. I used a binder ring, ribbon or string would work too.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>make a cover</strong> for your book. I used one of the jokers. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;">give to mom!</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><strong>MY MOM LOVES ZUMBA.</strong></span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I USED WORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY MOM</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">RETRO PICTURES OF YOU AND MOM ARE ALWAYS A WINNER</span></strong>. <br />
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-14744329127376870872013-04-14T22:30:00.003-05:002013-04-14T22:30:47.220-05:00Earth Day Project<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since Earth Day is coming up I've decided to do a whole week of Earth Day projects with my students. after searching Pinterest I came across an idea that I knew was doable for my classroom: a <strong>BOTTLECAP/RECYCLED LID MOSAIC</strong> of the world. I've been saving bottle caps/lids/various materials for almost a year now thinking I'd find <em>some</em> use for them, and I have!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;">My plan is to have my students work in small groups to create the mosaic. groups of 2 or 3 will work on it while the others are working on something else, then halfway through I'll switch so everyone gets a chance. My plan is to have the earth finished before Earth Day (April 22nd) so its ready to go and be hung up on my bulletin board for display. <u>My #1 goal is to not purchase any materials for the earth</u>. so far I've kept with that goal w/ the exception of purchasing hot glue sticks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Cardboard circle for the Earth</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Hot glue gun and glue sticks</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> - Blue/Green Recyclables</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> *I used all kinds of materials for the land and water: caps, lids, beads, broken crayons, plastic bottle pieces (cut up), a cut up old t-shirt, round glass stones, glass mosaic pieces, buttons, dried out markers, cut up gift bag, cardboard pieces from blue and green packages... anything goes for this project but keep in mind that the more objects that are added, the heavier the earth will be.</span></span> </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">I drew the outlines of the continents. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">As you can see I didn't have space for all continents.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">*I did a sample section so the students would know what to do. </span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">The latest stage of the mosaic process. I've been having </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">students work in one small area and work their way outward.</span></strong> </td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #073763;">ENJOY!</span></strong>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-87885242887270005272013-01-15T22:26:00.001-06:002013-01-15T22:26:41.652-06:00Bad Project Gone GoodAwhile back I saw a great <a href="http://www.hellohydrangea.com/2012/05/inspired-by-esma-pacal-turam.html" target="_blank">pin</a> on Pinterest that I decided I just <em>had</em> to try. It was such a cool concept: <br />
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<li>draw a design on canvas</li>
<li>go over design with hot glue; let dry</li>
<li>paint in design with paint; let dry</li>
<li>use hair dryer to melt hot glue; peel off hot glue</li>
<li>once hot glue is gone there's a lovely design.</li>
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<strong>BAD NEWS</strong>: Steps 4 and 5 <strong><u>do not work</u></strong>. for one, I didn't want to wear my hairdryer out (essential for my hairstyling) and two, it took too damn long! I would have spent hours melting the glue off. <br />
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I decided this horrible project needed a turn around ASAP. using some spray paint and a clock kit I turned this disaster into some lovely art. here's the process:<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Create your design in pencil. I used a ruler, a lid and a bottle of paint to create the shapes seen on my canvas. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Go over design with hot glue.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> this is what the clock looked like when I got it from Hobby Lobby (hands not shown). I didn't care for the brass finish so I spray painted the clock and hands white. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">this is the back of the canvas. the clock piece was heavy so I held it in place with tape.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess I've learned my lesson: nothing you create from Pinterest turns out looking exactly like it did on the Internet. glad I was able to change the outcome of this project. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like many of my wonderful craft projects I got the idea for this collage from pinterest. the minute i committed to this project i had everyone i know start saving caps for me. i got TONS of caps, they made for a fantastic (and colorful) collage. i didn't limit myself to just soda caps,if you look closely at the pic you can see that i have just about every kind of top/cap: detergent caps, medicine bottle lids, deodorant, marker caps, chapstick caps, nail polish tops, shaving cream lids...... you name it, i glued it. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial;">i began by spray painting my canvas a lovely Tiffany-esque blue color. obviously you don't <em>have</em> to do this, i just thought the collage would look cooler w/ a colorful background.</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was perusing some blogs yesterday and came across some inspiration for my latest project on the </span><a href="http://sketch42blog.com/2012/04/splat-diy-splatter-sneaks/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sketch 42 blog</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. The author of that blog made some kickass splatter paint shoes-- she used plain white TOMs and paint (duh!). Well, I don't have a pair of white TOMs (or other plain white shoes for that matter) lying around, SO I decided to do some splatter paint on a plain 'ole white canvas. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Before I started painting, I decided that I would put <strong>masking tape</strong> in random lines across the canvas to make for an interesting looking piece when I was done. I could have used painter's tape but that tape was too wide for my liking... </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To create the<span style="font-size: large;"> <strong>splatter effect</strong> </span>I mixed my paints w/ a little bit of water and then flung the paint at the canvas. Although I had a variety of brushes in my arsenal, I found that the best brush to use was a thick kid's paintbrush. For the majority of this piece I did just fling the paint at the canvas, but I did take some bottles of neon paint and just dribble/swirl them across the canvas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">NOTE: <span style="font-size: large;">GREAT PROJECT FOR KIDS!</span> While I was working on this project my nephew (5 1/2 years old) was working right alongside me doing pretty much the same thing I did. Using the same tape technique (I did it for him) he used 8x10 canvases and made 2 gifts for Father's Day, one for his dad and one for his grandpa. They turned out really cute and of course they loved the paintings! We got really messy but had tons of fun doing this. we will most definitely be doing this again!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I stared at the canvas for awhile before I decided I would use a kind of argyle pattern. i chose where i wanted to begin my pattern (in the corner i think) and starting getting crazy w/ the wax!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #e06666;">To start the process w/ the crayons, dip the end of the crayon into the flame of the tea light. you don't need to hold the crayon over the flame too long because it will drip. With the melted crayon you can either do dots (see picture) or color w/ the crayon.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666;">Once I completed my pattern over the entire canvas it took me awhile to decide what/if i was going to do something else to it. I liked my argyle pattern but i felt like it need something extra, something <em>round</em> to even out all the angles from the diamonds.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666;">I had been collecting bottle cap/tops for awhile for some unknown future project I'm sure i will do, while looking in my bottle cap stash i found some really cool Snapple lids. i don't drink Snapple drinks but i love that the bottle caps have 'real facts' on the lids. not only are you enjoying a cool beverage, you are learning something in the process. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666;">i used hot glue to glue the caps, i ended up using orange beads (i was loving orange in this project) along the outside of the canvas. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">So here I am once again w/ yet <em>another</em> recycled book project, this time around I've made a beautiful peacock. I created this piece to be sort of a sister to </span><a href="http://penguinsonthebottom.blogspot.com/2012/02/salvaged-book-project.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">the L project</span></a><span style="color: #741b47;"> I've already completed. They harmoniously reside on the same wall. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Just like my other book projects the main <strong>materials</strong> needed are book pages. Pages with words are what I used as my background. Using illustrations from the books I cut strips about centimeter wide to use as the border on the canvas. I also used the illustrations to create the feathers on the peacock. I'll break it down step by step in a bit.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Sharpie (I used a Sharpie to outline the edges of my feathers to give them more definition)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">1. Use modge podge to glue the book pages for the background.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">2. cut centimeter strips of book illustrations for the border, used modge podge to adhere them to the canvas. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">3. I cut out illustrations from books for the feathers. I used cardstock to make a pattern for the shape I wanted. Once I had all my shapes cut I used a sharpie to outline them to give them some definition against my background.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">4. I created the <strong>peacock base</strong> (the blue part in the picture) using a dark blue piece of cardstock. <em>instead</em> of using modge podge at this step I used a little hot glue to put this on the canvas. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">5. back to the modge podge--- carefully place the feathers on the body of the peacock and glue as you go. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">6. Once I had all my paper pieces glued on-- the peacock body, feathers and head feathers--I did a final coating of modge podge on the whole canvas. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">7. I'm a gal who loves sparkles so to add some sparkle to my piece i glued a few (maybe 5) rhinestones to the feathers. </span><br />
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-64708357090328186982012-04-11T15:42:00.001-05:002012-04-11T15:42:51.674-05:00Library Letters<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My latest project involves using pages from children's books to create 4 panels that spell out READ for my school librarian. She's the one I got all the books from so I thought I'd make her something to show my appreciation. I'm really proud of the final product, I think they turned out beautiful!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">modge podge decoupage glue (glossy or matte, doesn't matter)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">brush (for decoupage glue)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cut up book pages</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cardstock</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hot glue gun</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">scissors/exacto-knife type blade</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">8 x 10 canvas panels</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Using the modge-podge glue randomly<strong> <em><span style="color: #351c75;">place the book pages on your canvas</span></em></strong>. While I try to be random about the placement, I still like to make sure that my colors are evenly spread out across the canvas. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">**For this project I used the book illustrations as my background instead of the words like I have used in my <a href="http://penguinsonthebottom.blogspot.com/2012/02/salvaged-book-project.html">previous projects</a>.</span> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once the glue has completely dried I <em><span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>cut off any overhanging/excess paper</strong></span></em> from the canvas using my scissors and my exacto knife. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">To create the letters for the panels I drew the letters on regular cardstock paper. Once I had the size I wanted I <em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">glued the written book pages</span></strong></em> onto my cardstock base. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">After the glue dried, I<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong> <em>trimmed off the excess paper</em> </strong></span>from my cardstock letter. *to add an extra pop of color to your finished produced you can reglue your letter to a colorful piece of cardstock like I did w/ orange paper. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">I used hot glue to <em><span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>adhere the letters to the canvas</strong></span></em> .</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">As a final touch for my project I put a <strong><em>final coat</em></strong> of the modge podge on top of each panel. </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sheet music</span></li>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana;">I think this would make an adorable project for a <span style="font-size: large;">kid's room</span>. You could use that child's artwork, photos or cute scrapbook paper to decorate the desk. </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><strong> The top of the desk (duh!). I added <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Scrabble</span> letters to give the desk a little extra pizazz!</strong></span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cut your scrapbook paper to the size you want</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Using the same scrapbook paper that I used for my bookmark I created a tab for the bottlecap. I cut a small rectangle, folded it in half and glued it to the bookmark.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">** Glue the bottlecap onto the bookmark using the tab you<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> just created. <a href="http://penguinsonthebottom.blogspot.com/2012/03/bottlecap-book-page-earrings.html">Click HERE</a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for a link to my previous post about how to make the bottlecap portion. <em><strong>If you choose not to add the bottlecap, you can simply skip this step and be done!</strong></em> </span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Like I said before, I think this project would also work well with a small picture or perhaps some hand-drawn artwork. I think it'd be <em>adorable</em> for a Mother's/Father's Day gift if a child were to create some sort of artwork to turn into a bookmark for one (or both!) of their parents. At my school the 3rd graders wrote winter-ish poems, typed them up and created bookmarks for their parents for Christmas/Hanukkah presents. They turned out so cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The book page I used inside the bottlecap doesn't necessarily match the scrapbook paper, but I still like it.</span> </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">thin point Sharpie (used to write quote)</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">** paint a <em>straight</em> line across the bottom of the canvas, don't go across the whole canvas. I used this as a basis for my tree. <span style="font-size: x-small;">**optional. you probably don't need to do this part but I think it serves as a nice base for the painting</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">paint your tree onto the canvas</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">now its time to do your handprints. if you are doing several like I did, do a few handprints , let them dry and then do more. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">** To make my gift more sentimental I added a <strong>quote</strong> I found on a</span><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?homesearch=roots"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> quotations website</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Any quotes related to family, love, grandmas/grandpas, mothers/fathers would do. The quote I used was:</span> </span></li>
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<dt class="quote"><span style="color: purple;">"Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."</span></dt>
<dt class="quote"><span style="color: purple;"> Victor Hugo, <em>Notre-Dame de Paris</em></span></dt>
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<dt class="quote"> </dt>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-62458343226405869792012-03-12T22:45:00.000-05:002012-03-12T22:45:07.947-05:00Bottlecap Book Page Earrings<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we go again, yet <em>another</em> project made from recycled library books! This time around I used my book pages to create earrings. I'll admit this is not an original idea, I saw it at a craft show this weekend and wanted to give it a go myself. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- bottlecap</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Trace around the bottlecap to measure the size of the book page you will need. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">obviously i did the white coat first then came back and did the dots next. to create the dots I dipped my Q-tips into the small amount of nail polish I had poured onto a plastic plate. you could also just dip your Q-tip into the nail polish bottle if you don't have a plate or something to put the polish on. </span><br />
<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-49402507986588222312012-02-27T20:31:00.003-06:002012-02-27T20:31:58.102-06:00Primadonna Pooch BarretteI love dogs, they truly are man's best friend. Cute, fluffy and always happy to see you. I'm sure there are dogs out there that are well-behaved and obedient, but our dog <span style="font-size: x-small;">(okay, okay, she's <em><a href="http://penguinsonthebottom.blogspot.com/2012/02/headband-bonanza.html">Lindsey's</a></em> dog)</span> is neither of those. Meet <strong><span style="color: red;">Ruby</span></strong>, a spoiled-rotten, badass, do-what-she-wants kind of dog. Rescued from a puppymill, Ruby has been in our lives for 3 <span style="font-size: x-small;">('best years of your life' says Ruby)</span> years. We're not sure what breed she is exactly but we're pretty sure she's atleast half Shih-Tzu. The other half? I don't know... dragon? yeti? woolly mammoth? <br />
Anyway, Ruby is waaaaaaay overdue to go to the groomer and her hair is driving me nuts because you can't see her cute little face. I decided to fix this by making her a sparkly, red barrette to match her namesake. To make it I used materials I already had: a silver barrette, red rhinestone thingys and hot glue. It's simple, I glued the rhinestones to the clip and voila! a cutesy barrette for your cutesy dog! I realize it's not the fanciest or best looking barrette out there but it does the job for Ruby. <br />
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**note: before I glued the rhinestones on I clipped the barrette onto a piece of cardboard so I wouldn't glue the barrette shut.<br />
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yes, her collar says 'Princess'. <br />
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Hello readers near and far across the globe! It's Lindsey, guest blogger and kin to Claire and Leslie. I am posting to show you my fabulous and inexpensive headbands. I notoriously hate the hair I was genetically blessed with so I try to jazz things up with styling my hair when I can. You can go crazy with decoration on the headbands or play it subtle (but fabulous) like I do. </div>
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<li style="border: currentColor;">Satin ribbon (get at least 2 yards per headband, less if you are not braiding)</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Black elastic</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Tacky or craft glue</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Hot glue gun</li>
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<li>Measure and cut ribbon according to be able to fit from at least ear-to-ear (the elastic will provide your stretch to fit over your head).</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Braid ribbon after securing the beginning knot to your elastic and secure at the end AFTER checking for an appropriate length and fit for your head. **For extra flair, braid different colors together (as seen in my photo above on the left)**</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Once your braid is complete or your ribbon (if not braiding) is cut, then ensure a good fit with the elastic for your head and make sure you test out the length before you cut to eliminate frustration. Make sure both knots of the ribbon and elastic together are tight and secure.</li>
<li><u>Very carefully,</u> run a strip of hot glue on the back of your headband. Try to make it a smooth line and not let it settle in clumps. Let dry flat before continuing. <strong>This step really helps to keep the headband staying in place on your head.</strong></li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">Use the tacky/craft glue to put on the ends of your ribbon and elastic to prevent fraying. Make sure it dries clear and let it sit overnight or at least several hours.</li>
<li style="border: currentColor;">I like to add the embellishments last. Use small increments of hot glue to glue rhinestones on if desired- use tweezers to place on if you want to decrease the amount of glue burns you get. **for the seed bead and pear clusters I put on my headbands, I used the tacky/craft glue and sprinkled them on for a clustered effect. Allow for at least 24 hrs to dry.**</li>
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Happy Headbands, love Lindsey</div>
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Hi everyone! It's Claire. Today, I thought I would share a couple of pictures of some button bracelets I have made. I used some elastic and some buttons that I've gotten at craft stores. I love using a variety of sizes and textures to make the bracelets. Here are a couple of pictures...<br />
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These are two bracelets with brown and tan tones with gold button accents.</div>
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This one is just a fun colorful button bracelet with a variety of bright colors. Can be worn as a single bracelet or part of a set.</div>
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What are some of your favorite button projects?</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-81173452268713156572012-02-21T21:44:00.000-06:002012-02-21T21:44:32.568-06:00Salvaged Book Project<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: orange;">Books... not just for reading!</span></strong> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've become good buddies with the librarian at the school I work at, and I recently found out that they had to get rid of books that had been printed before a certain date (I think these were 70's or before). The librarian told me that she tries to give away the books but often no one wants them because they're old or maybe a little bit moldy/dusty. If she can't find a taker for the books they end up getting thrown into the recycle bin, perfectly good books getting thrown out--what a shame! I asked if I could look through the stacks and repurpose some of the books, and repurpose i did! I've used the books to make such projects as valentine cards and paper flowers, but I think my latest is by far my best! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Using a 16x20 canvas I created a piece of <span style="color: purple;"><em>monogram magic</em></span>!</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">okay, well i don't know if its really a monogram because it's just ONE letter, but I'm gonna call it that anyway... </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">I went through several of the books I salvaged and cut out colorful pictures that I like. Once I had them all ready, I decoupaged them onto the L that I made out of cardstock.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">Once the L was finished I decoupaged <em>that</em> onto the my canvas and created a border (about 1 cm) out of my leftover book scraps.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>I am really pleased w/ my finished product, I hope you like it too!</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">-</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"><strong>Leslie</strong></span></div>
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</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471891784195120230.post-41507727289944124152012-02-20T22:11:00.000-06:002012-02-20T22:11:13.085-06:00Welcome!<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don't know how many other people than Claire and myself will read this, but WELCOME to our blog! We created this because we want to share our crafting ideas with everyone. Between the two of us we've made some pretty cool things, atleast <em>we</em> think they're cool. Stay tuned for crafts/projects that will most definitely be considered "Cutes Magoots." In case you've never heard that phrase before, our family has adopted it and we use it to describe something that is so cute you can't find quite the right words to describe it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">Raise your figurative glass in a toast to all things Cutes Magoots! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">Leslie</span>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051277858019441393noreply@blogger.com0