The week of "C's"... Childrens Creative Corner and Clean-up Craft Room {update}

Children's Creative Corner

Want a quick and easy Valentine Craft to make with your children? We suggest making a heart picture. Here is an example of what it looks like finished.

This is M with her heart picture.  She picked out the colors to match her room.

To complete this look you will need:

• Blank canvas (we found ours in a set of two at Big Lots)
• Card stock paper, your color choice {we recommend 3-4 colors} 
• Glue (any quick drying glue would work) {we love Elmers Craft Bond Quick Dry Glue}
• Something to cut your hearts.  We used our Cricut, but you could use a punch or even a pair of scissors.
• Pencil

To start:

 Cut your 8.5" by 11" paper down to size to fit on the Cricut mat.  Our mat is 6" wide, so we chopped several pages down to this size.  And apply to the sticky side of the mat.  The Cricut machine makes 8 2" hearts in no time.

Draw your heart (or whatever design you choose) on your canvas. You could change it up for each season, or other holidays as well.  We think a shamrock would be adorable with different color greens.  Or maybe a snowflake or even a snowman! Add glitter and have it shine.  The possibilities are endless.

SUPER BOWL PARTIES!!

It's that time of year when both boys and girls come together and enjoy the sport called football!!! It's SUPER BOWL time.  If you are planning a super bowl party, here are a few ideas to get you started.

Football sandwiches

*these are worthy of a touchdown*

Made with bread of your choice, cold cuts (meat), cheese slices, tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, mustard, mayo and cream cheese

  Curious on how to get that unique football shape?  Buy a football shaped cookie cutter.  Cut your bread, cheese and meat slices and assemble. To add the football laces, put cream cheese in a pastry bag with a round tip (or the easier version: a Ziploc baggy with the corner cut) and draw the "standard" laces on the top bread. YUMMY!!

And who doesn't like bacon and combining that with potatoes, now that's what we call a home-run... Wait, wrong sport!

Clean your baking potatoes thoroughly, and create thin slices (but be careful not to go through the whole potato).  Next, take your sliced potatoes and put into a baking dish; sprinkle with melted butter and parmesan cheese.  Bake at 350F until potatoes are tender, but a little crisp. Remove from oven and add grated cheese and crumbled bacon.  For added flavor, we recommend adding the cheese and bacon into some of the slices. Put the pan back into the oven until the potatoes are tender and the cheese is melted. Serve HOT! Optional: add chopped chives and sour cream

-D-I-Y- popcorn bar

Items needed:

Freshly popped popcorn

An array of different toppings.  Our favorites are melted butter, cinnamon, parmesan cheese, grated chocolate, taco seasonings, nuts and the list could go on forever.  Creativity is the key.  Each guest will get their own bowl (we would use paper for ease of clean-up) and let them mix to their hearts content.

Dessert:

Let the football shaped cookie cutter work double.  Make a batch of your favorite sugar cookies and cut out your footballs.  Add chocolate frosting (pre-made is fine) and decorate them in celebration of your favorite team. For a quick and easy display; add green food coloring to some grated coconut and lay your cookies on top. 

We bet you are curious to find out that this post had nothing to do with sewing... well, that's because when we think of the Super Bowl, we think of our stomachs.  

May the best team win!

Happy NEW Year!!!

With a new year comes change and our big goal is to organize our studio.  WE were in such a hurry to finish the projects needed for Christmas we literally threw things all over.

Walking into our studio, we have decided to get our act together.  So here with a lot of embarrassment is our starting photos.

Here are our goals:

Goal #1 - Go through fabric and decide which ones to keep.  We have learned of a really cool donation program in our area that takes your extra stash and resells at a deep discount and then donates a portion of the sales to Project WISE.  The mission of Project WISE is the empowerment of women facing economic challenges to achieve their goals and positively impact their community. Our "trash" will be someones "treasure."

Goal #2 - Redesign the floor plan. Currently this floor plan isn't conducive to creativity.  With such a small space and two people in here constantly, we need a better solution.

Goal #3 - Paint the room and make it less drab.  Suggestions???

Goal #4 - Donate craft books to local library.


YIKES!!! Can we do it? As Bob the Builder says, "yes we can!"

WELCOME!!!

Starting something new is always a little scary, but we know to be successful you have to experiment and keep trying.

Holly {the mom} has been sewing since she failed sewing in home economics in school.  Over the years, her talents have grown from garment sewing to alterations/tailoring and recently she has taken up quilting.  She is a daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and a wife.  She is an avid gardener and enjoys making home-cooked meals for her family. 

Hillary {the daughter} has a love affair with all things crafty.  She has been sewing since she was little and enjoys making beautiful handmade goodies for friends and family.  She is a daughter, sister and a wife.  She loves baking and knitting shawls in her spare time.

Tim & Loren {the husbands} offer support and love to their wives as they grow in this adventure.