dino art

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend my cousins wife's baby shower this past Saturday. I hated to miss it, but knew I wanted to make them a special gift. When I found out they were planning a dinosaur theme for the nursery I decided to make them some wall art.

I'm absolutely thrilled with how they turned out [and I hope Mikie & Patrick like them too].

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Here is what you'll need to make your own:

Wood frame

fun paper

scissors

Mod Podge

foam brush

computer/printer OR hand drawn design

small foam roller

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tic tac toe

I loved tic tac toe as a kid. When I saw a similar idea to this one online, I knew I could make these for practically free. I thought they would be cute to have on a coffee table or up at our family's cabin. I "borrowed" a few duplicate tile samples from work and whipped up two boards. I love how they turned out.

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Here is what you'll need to make your own:

6x6 tile (or other base)

10 round stones

painters tape

small paint brush

exacto knife

paint (I used leftover paint samples and acrylic)

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baby leggings

Today I'm home from work watching my little niece Sadie while my sister and brother-in-law are at work. For the record: Sadie is MUCH cuter than looking at tile all day.

Last night I decided that I wanted to make something to bring along with me today. This quick and easy project was the perfect thing... Sadie and I got to place dress up:

Isn't she the cutest?

Anyway...

The fun thing about these is......... they started out as a pair of socks!

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Here is what you'll need to make your own:

A pair of socks

A small piece of elastic (enough for the waist band)

note: Vary the size of socks to achieve the legging size you want.

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paint swatch notebooks

I have a lot of paint swatches around (from numerous projects) and I decided that I either needed to 1) throw them away or 2) do something with them. So of course... I found a something to do with them. I saw these little paint swatch note books and thought they were a fun, functional idea.

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Here is what you'll need to make your own:

paint swatches

ruler

stapler

exacto knife

cutting mat

scissors and/or paper cutter

paper for the insides (I used plain and graph)

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