Shell art on a dime

A good friend decided to change her bathroom and bedroom decor to shells.  Fitting because I call her chele. Well I saw this art piece at TJ max but at a tag of $50 um not happening.
Recently I scored some painter's tape for 50 and our 99 only store started carrying home decor items. By the looks of this tape don't skimp. I have tried the dollar store tape but doesn't work as well.

The frame I took interest had a driftwood like back with vinyl letters on the glass. I bought 3 and went to work. Peeled the backing off and taped up to paint a blue square. This will be where we mount the shells. Letter removal is a little tedious and this first attempt failed as I broke the glass but I can't wait for the first al finish.

Prom season is upon us. Me and G went out searching for a dress. I had my idea of a princess dress and she had hers...mermaid style with front beads.

Dress after dress I kept revisiting the past racks and saw it.

A pinkish red mermaid style dress. Wow how did we miss it.
The size seemed to small though so this was one to try on.

It was one of a kind last one on rack guaranteed to be one of a kind. Problem beads started to unravel and there wasn't an extra bead packageattached.  So we got it discounted and Joann and Michael's became our go to spots.

After bringing dress home we realized so many more missing stones. Ugh. Nobody sold these stones anywhere.  Luckily we found a bracelet with similar style stones and some e6000 and thread we were all good

Wow time flies when your working. My little is turning double digits since moving from our humble abode to rental life our lives have surely changed. The hodge podge of furniture collected from here and there and being stuffed like sardines we decided this was the best time to get creative. A room redo. The last room reveal I did was so many moons ago and is on the blog too. Soo for the double digit man who adores all things Tony Hawk a skater theme was in the works. Using several key things from around the house to bring it together we turned the drab to fab. He was happy to say the least.  I love the headboard it was canary yellow that we painted with Java gel stain. Just so happens to paint it all over my nails too. Best part of it is that it was only 5 bucks wasn't until we started to paint did we see the ethan allen etched into the wood. Total score!

Today I posted about my initiative I'm calling project 365. This Mothers Day 2016. My daughter questioned why do we celebrate Mother's and Father's but not Kids. With that I have decided to celebrate them beyond the specially made breakfasts or flowers but with a day of written appreciation. DAY 1 THANK YOU TO MY LITTLES FOR THE SWEET HUGS YOU GIVE ME EVEN YOU MY TEEN BOY WHO MOVES HIS HEAD A LITTLE. THANK YOU TO SAME TEEN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW ME THE NEW PC SHORTCUTS YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ONE TO SET A DOCUMENT USING A KEYBOARD COMMAND. LOVE THAT YOU LIKED THE ONE I SHOWED YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU TO MY BELLA FOR WORKING SO HARD ON YOUR SCHOOL PROJECT THE SIGN IS BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE YOU. TO MY LITTLE J THANK YOU FOR PUTTING DOWN THE TABLET EVEN THOUGH SHORT TIME I GOT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL EYES AND SPARKLING CLEAN TEETH IN YOUR SMILE. THE SAME INE THAT WAS ALWAYS GLEAMING AS A BABY TO MY TEEN DAUGHTER WHO HAD A VERY TOUGH WEEK AND HELPED ME WITH MY HEADACHES INSPITE OF YOUR UPSETS.

Chirpoo tau pootu pootau pi
boochirpoo tau dautwo pootau (grape) pi


If you eat a grape you dont spit the grape skin
if you dont eat the grape skin you do spit the grape skin.

Artist Canvas ===$1

We joined another family about 2 months ago to go thrifting to look for some outfits for the 4h fashion revue. Of course, G, found just what she needed but I found something rough, off white, and a huge panel of it. I had know idea but for 1.99 not something to pass up I thought for sure. So I showed my friend and asked her what it could be. My thought was to line fabric with it to give a stronger give to a purse the girls were doing in 4h sewing...then she said maybe it is for painting...Ahhh...I see. Okay, now here is my excitement for fathers day my husband wanted to go check out MIchaels!!! HOw cool is that!!!! We were going to take a stab at silk screening a few shirts with pictures of his music gear. So we checked out prices but waited and then I spotted it. (I should add that before we left I watched a youtube video to create a canvas....wood, mitered, measured, etc ughhh not up for that today) So you ask what was this of many gold mines that I found at Michaels. A wooden picture frame for $1!!!Can you see where my mind is churning? Here we have what it became...All for a dollar.

Imagine the excitement from your little ones artwork displayed museum style...

***I used actual canvas on mine but I am sure you could use virtually anything thick...Walmart has a twin sheet for only $5...imagine how many artworks you will have...



UPdate: This is what the first one was used for a bit of card stock, mod podge, and a picture.



yet another painted by my daughter to coordinate zebra print in her room..

Pasta Time...manja manja...No not really

My kids are very hands on this morning so to perfect the hand eye coordination we are making pasta necklaces...To make the colored pasta go to my earlier post here.

http://mymommygoround.blogspot.com/2010/07/crazy-for-pasta-total-cost-4.html

Here is the tip of the day for little hands. Little hands have a harder time to keep a steady hand but this simple modification to the end of the thread, yarn, or elastic makes things so much better. The best use for duct tape by far using a small snipet of tape place thread on diagonal and roll to create a needle.