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Happy Valentine’s Day from Ten Little Fingers

Valentine’s Day!

Warning! If you are Noah’s grandparents please stop reading unless you have checked your mail today. Reading this will spoil your Valentine surprise.

Even though Noah is still too young to write her own personal Valentine’s Day cards and just shy of being old enough to really get hands on to decorate them that didn’t stop us this year from sending personalized cards to family.

This is idea is definitely not my own. I got the idea from a few websites I found but I thought it was too cute not to share with you. First, I bought a pack of Valentine’s cards (they’re Hallmark) with a sweet little message.

Next, with the help of Michael Luke we painted Noah’s hands in washable finger paint and made upside down hand prints on the inside left of the card.

Keeping with the color scheme on the front of the card we used red and purple paint. Plus, this helped the two hand prints stand out. I have to add though that Noah wasn’t too crazy about getting her hands covered in wet paint. In fact there might have been a little bit of crying going on. So for anyone who gets one, just know that tears went into making this card for you.

If this was done with an older child the hand prints themselves would look like a heart but because Noah really had no clue what we were doing hers needed a little help. I used a Sharpie fine point pen to draw an outline of a heart. Next I wrote, “Even ten little fingers can’t count the ways I love you with all my heart.”

The next part was Noah’s favorite! I gave her a pen and let her scribble on the right hand side of the card… as if she was signing her name. She loved this. ~~Coloring~~ scribbling is her favorite. She got down flat on the floor and lay her face down on the card and got to work. For clarity sake I wrote in parenthesis “Love, Noah”. It really turned out to be a cute card and I hope her grandparents and other family members enjoy it!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Did you help your little one with any cute cards? Or maybe you and your husband create your own personalized cards to give to each other?

P.S. Check out what we did for Valentine’s Day Fun last year! My how time flies.

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Christmas 2012: Glass Bead Ornament

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Earlier this week I participated in a Secret Santa Cyber Ornament Swap. Using the website Elfster we were assigned a name and spending limit ($20) and given a few days to make an ornament. Our deadline was today so I haven’t received mine yet but I am looking forward to getting it in the mail.

Today, I thought I would share with you the glass bead ornament I made as my gift. The end result is really very pretty but the best part is that it takes around ten minutes to make.

Supplies:

shatterproof ornaments
glass jewelry beads (or plastic if you want to cut costs), I used various sizes
hot glue

I used red ornaments in case any of the background happened to be peeping through after I glued on the beads. To start with I applied a line of glue around the ornament. Then I started placing beads around.

For this particular ornament I worked in rows and alternating colors. You could use any pattern though. I think it would look pretty one solid color with beads of random size glued all over. It’s your ornament decorate it how you want to!I continued the banding around the ornament starting at the top and working my way down. Once I made it to the center, I reversed the pattern and worked my way to the bottom of the ornament. At this point the ornament was beginning to get a bit top heavy. The weight of those beads really start to add up!

You can see in the picture above that a tiny bit of the background does show through. So make sure whatever color ornament you use you don’t mind showing through. Might not look so hot if an orange background was peeking through.

I took a small strip of yarn and tied it on as a hanger and then gave it a test ~~drive~~ hang on the tree.

Quick. Easy. Beautiful.

Thats the way we roll around here.

I used the left over beads to decorate a few of the ornaments for the mantel. I like this look too and think I might have to make some more like this for next year!

So there you have it. A simple DIY glass bead ornament in under ten minutes (two if you use my simpler design above)!

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Bursting With Pink

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A few weeks ago I mentioned that I wanted to make a starburst mirror for above the changing table. (here) Well, I finally decided on what type of starburst mirror I wanted and found some free time to make it with help from Michael Luke.

I really liked the idea of using clothespins since it hangs above a changing table. I wanted them to pop though, so we (Michael Luke) painted them hot pink. Did I shock anybody by actually choosing pink? I’m not completely against it… this is just a minimal amount used and in a very saturated tone of pink. Plus, it really pops on the dark wall with the blue letters above it. I think it was the right color choice.

The starburst mirror was easy to make and only required a few supplies:

round mirror (mine is a 12″)
clothespins
spray paint
hot glue
wall hanger

FYI: Clothespins are not carried at the craft stores or in the craft department at Wal-Mart. However, they can be found in the laundry section of Wal-Mart. While this seems like an obvious place to look, let’s just say it wasn’t the first place I checked.

The first step is to paint the clothespins. Michael Luke did the painting for me, since when we started this project I was still pregnant. I wish I had taken a picture of this step. He used an old (large) cardboard box and clipped the clothespins onto it. By doing this he was able to paint the clothespins on all sides. He ended up having to flip all of the clothespins over, resting them upside down along the edges of the box, to apply one final coat to the noses of the pins. That way, no wood would show up in the mirror. It took 2-3 light coats of spray paint… so buy a full size can. (We didn’t.)

Next, I positioned all the clothespins on the mirror before gluing to make sure the spacing would be even.

Don’t you just love my hands in the mirror? It was the only way I could take it straight on.

Next, I removed the clothespins one at a time, applied some hot glue to the inside of the clothespin and then reattached it to the mirror. I did learn it was best to apply the glue to the side of the clothespin that grips the back of the mirror. This way it won’t matter if any seeps out from underneath.

After all the clothespins were glued, I flipped it over and attached a wall hanger to two clothespins. It’s really light in weight, so it doesn’t matter that it isn’t attached to the mirror itself. I just hot glued it on.

So in just a few short steps (the painting wasn’t really that short), I had a starburst mirror for above the changing table.

So I’m really happy to finally have this finished. The blue monogramed letters ended up looking great above the mirror. We tried to mimic the curves of the mirror with the placement of the letters.

I am also loving the dresser as a changing table. (more about it here) I keep her diapers and clothes in the drawers. It makes everything within easy reach for when I have her on the changing pad. We would like to find some type of basket to store everything in on top of the dresser, but we haven’t found “the one” yet.

The nursery/office is almost complete. I can’t believe it! Soon I will share before and after photos, so you can see the complete transformation this room has undergone.

FYI: There is a hint in the pictures of what the next blog post will be about. Did anyone catch it?

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