Busy Bee

So much for a craft a day.  Things are super busy with school. Coffee has become my new best friend. ...

Oh god... coffee.  <3

Just kidding.  Coffee was already my best friend.  But you knew that.

I have been able to squeeze in a couple of fun things here and there.  Snapfish.com makes it super easy to make picture greeting cards.  I made some Valentine's Day cards for the kids to send out with some thank you letters for all the xmas presents they got [....spoiled kids].  They only took about an hour or so to make and order.

Sorry for the small blurry pic; this is all Snapfish would give me.  

I'll post a pic after I get the cards in the mail.

I was also coerced into doing some scrap booking with my stepdaughter.  Can't resist requests from those blue eyes.  I'm glad she enjoys it.  It gives us a place to put all of our one million 4x6 photos.

I also got myself a Pinterest account and I've been adding some pins to that.  I have about one million crafts that I would like to do when I am not so busy.  I can't cram them all into one week during Spring Break, so I suppose I will have to narrow it down to a select few.  One that I must make [and it might need to happen prior to Spring Break]: MARGARITA CUPCAKES.  Oh, yes.

I repeat: Oh, Yes.  Image taken from recipe owner's blog.

Ooops!  Almost forgot my art projects at school!  Even though MATLAB is evil, it can make some pretty neat programs without *too* much trouble.  I made these in the computer lab:

 


And although the lab for this was immensely frustrating, the end result was pretty awesome.

I have two midterms and a paper due next week, so I do not foresee any fun crafty things in my immediate future.  Oh, well.  I do, however, see lots of coffee coming my way.  Mmmm coffee.

Craft Week: Day 2

So, technically, i did this project last night.  But i will make another one of them today.

We have about 749874654143518479876846435 pictures lying around the house, and no where near enough frames to hang them all up on the walls.  Plus, i'm getting really tired of all my frames not matching.

i was going through Pinterest looking for ideas on how to make a frame or some sort of photo holder when an idea came to me: cover a piece of cardboard with fabric and glue on pictures and buttons. And it just so happens that since xmas just passed, we have plenty of boxes left over.

Please ignore my cheesy tablecloth.  It is kid-resistant-- don't judge me.

First i had to iron the fabric.  Which i hate, and is also probably the reason i don't sew more often.  

Ew... ironing.  

Then came the hot glue gun.  i only burned myself about a dozen times. [doesn't affect the kitchen injury count up!]  

Hot glue gun is hot.  Who knew?

Glue, glue, glue.  i glued on the scrap fabric, some old denim, and some lace.

i knew i kept my pre-pregnancy jeans around for something [hint: not for wearing]

Before the pictures:

After the pictures:

Aaaaaaand.... up on my wall:

i was really pleased with how well it turned out and how quick and easy it was.  i will update later when [and if] i make another.  i have some pink fabric with flowers that is calling for me.

A Craft A Day

This is my last week before going back to school after Winter break.  : [  To make the most of it, i plan on doing a craft every day this week.   i really won't have time for crafty things [and probably blogging] for the next ten weeks, so i want to let out my creative side before i am trapped in the dungeon which is math class.

Today's crafty project was photo coasters.  i received these for xmas, so i really had to do was find cute pictures of the kids to put in them.  Which is more of a challenge than it should be.  My kids enjoy ruining every picture i try to take.

Some examples of faces [in emoticon form]:  
What i want them to do ---->  :D
What they usually do ----->    :|       :P      :o     XP     :(  
And of course there are the customary bunny ears, the traditional putting your hand in front of your face, and the ever-popular turning your back to the camera.

i did manage to find one good picture of each kid, including one of my puppy-baby.  Final product:

This is also probably last week i will try any new recipes for a while.  i received an email from a health website which contained this recipe for a roasted vegetable wrap.  i decided to improvise and use up the veggies i already had in the house.  Plus, i prefer my sammiches and wraps cold.  [that's right, i said sammiches].

i used romaine, celery, carrots, red onion, cucumber and some leftover turkey lunch meat.  I cut up all the veggies [minus the lettuce] into long strips.  This is what happened:

As George Takei might say: oh, my.

Then i drizzled just a bit of honey Catalina salad dressing on it.  

And then i ate it.  And all was right with the world.  

i want to try this recipe this week.  Cheeseburger salad.  It looks delish... i just wish the Pioneer Woman would post calories and nutritional info on her site.  [sigh].