Pinterest Craft - Chalkboard Table

I love looking at all the great craft ideas on Pinterest. 

I mean they all look so easy and the finished product is always picture perfect... Right???

I can dream ... Can't I? 

Anyway... I was looking at all the super cute chalk paint colors and all the really neat chalkboard painted tables, and I got to thinking (I know scary- right?). You see my kids really LOVE board game. You heard me right!! They love old-fashion board games

See what I mean!! So when I started seeing all the chalkboard tables I thought "I really need to do that!"

So with this as my inspiration: 

I set out to make our kitchen table a game/art table. I decided to just go with the black chalkboard paint (mainly because it will make a great backdrop for picture taking). After a quick run to the store, my girl and I started painting. I think it turn out pretty good, and the kids love drawing on it. In fact my bigs use it as scratch paper when doing their algebra homework.

So I started with this:

And we ended up with...

Of course one of my sweet loves just had to see if you could write on it with a pencil (BTW pencil does NOT come off) which lead to this note. 

Which they thought was just sooooooo funny!!! Anyway I'm happy with it. Now back to Pinterest to see what I can do next :) 

BEST OVERALL CASUAL OUTFIT

One of my customers little one took home the award for Best Overall Casual Outfit at a recent pagent. I am so excited to share some pictures of her little sweetie in the onesie/tutu combo. Be sure to check out the boots - They are adorable. We used the boots as inspiration when designing this outfit.

Halloween .. Already?

I had an order come in this week for a Halloween Tutu. It caught me off guard. Is it time for Halloween already? After thinking about it for half a second I realized this year has really flown by and Yes - it is time for Halloween already. Hum.. wonder what my monkeys are going to be this year?

So I guess I need to get my Halloween work hat on and start in on tutus for Costumes. Last year I did lots of Fairies, Ladybugs, Bees, and Princess ones. This year my very first order was for a Black cat costume. It was fun to make :)

So I guess I need to let my customers know it is time to start getting those orders in. My September is looking really busy. I have 3 shows scheduled with the possibility of a 4th in the works.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day today

Sharing Chris's Birthday Shirt!

I had a little fun with my youngest this weekend as he helped me create his very own birthday shirt. He decided what he wanted and then placed them on the shirt. I was very proud that his material kept the same color scheme. And boy you should have seen his face when it was all done. He was so proud! Right now it is hanging on a hanger just waiting on Thursday to get here.

New Looks for my Monkeys!

It's Haircut time again! Just thought I would share a few pics:)

Baby Gift for Sweet Little Baby Ella Grace

We are so excited here (and can't wait to see some pictures - *hint**hint*) about sweet Little Ella Grace. She is the daughter of a sweet couple we know and her mother holds a very special place in our hearts. The kids and I wanted to do something special so these are the baby gifts we came up with.

Each child got a say so in the colors and ribbons. Of course if I had left it up to Chris it would have had frogs on it also :)

I think they turned out super cute and I hope her Mommy and Daddy get lots of use out of them.

And off she goes... again

I jut put my oldest on the van and waved her off to Junaluska. She was so excited and though she spent all weekend telling me she didn't want to go once she was on the van she shoo'd me off. I think she will have so much fun and I can't wait to hear all about it. She will be going white water rafting for the very first time and I can just picture her face this first time seh puts her foot in that water :)

I miss her already. She just got back from girl scout camp on Friday. Next year I am going to have to plan this a little better. Of course it depends on what she decides to do. So far she has mentioned Cardiac Kids Camp, lake Stephens, Girl Scout Camp, Band camp, and Junaluska.. She only gets to pick 2 so we will see which she goes with.

I already know that my oldest son will be going to Lake Stephen's next year. This year he has hung out here with me all summer and is bored!

The little guy has kept us busy so far this summer.. with summer school and Camp Hollywood (a local day camp for dev. delayed children that is done by our Jr. Aux.) This week we have nothing and that is sounding pretty good to me. Next week is VBS so I am going to enjoy this brief break I have.

The week after VBS is Chris's Birthday so we have that to look forward too.