That Desk has Balls…Baseballs!

 

So there is this competition called Creating with the Stars that I am entering.  I have to submit my best ‘project’ that I have made, but, since I have soooo many awesome ones, I knew that I would need some advice as to which one to submit.  After I asked some friends what they thought, I brought up the question to my husband and my 8 year old son.  My son looked at me and said, “Mom, the best thing you have ever made came from your belly…ME!”  How stinking true is that!?! No matter what I have made or will make he is by far the best thing and I can in no way top that!  So, with him in mind, I decided to submit him and his baseball desk, that I made this summer (I made the desk this summer not him)! 

We lived in our old house (we just moved last month) for 5 years before I started ‘doing’ my son’s bedroom.  Since he loved sports, especially baseball, I decided it would be a sports themed room.  My son and I worked all summer painting it and redoing his furniture to fit his new themed room.  When it was done I realized that it needed a desk.  Now, I could have gone out and purchased one, but where is the fun in that? 

 

I went back and forth on ideas and still was not quite sure how I wanted to proceed until…I came across these beauties!

My local Sprouts was throwing these awesome crates away!  And NO, I am NOT lying!  I couldn’t believe it either!  I scored 20 amazing crates for free!!!!  I don’t think I had been this excited since…well, I am not sure, but you get the point! 

After congratulating myself on repurposing these crates for the base of the desk, I went to work.  First I cut one of the crates in half and then added shelves to each crate.

       

Ok, how creative and cool is the bottom of this desk?  This is by far my favorite part of the desk!  I didn’t want the crates to sit directly on the floor and I needed a little extra height so I added baseballs as the legs!  To keep the balls from moving I attached the rings from mason jar lids to the bottom of each crate and then attached the ball to the crate with screws! 

I did not take pics of the rest of the things I did, cause I did a lot of trial and error and I just didn’t want to have to stop to write down the measurements I used and so forth.

 

I just love how this desk turned out and how awesome it looked in his sports themed room! But, don’t worry, I brought the desk with us and it is now in his new bedroom!

Aren’t my 2 top things I have ‘made’ just awesome?   I totally hit a home run with this desk!  Yes, I did just write that! 

Wish me luck in the competition!  Thanks!

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Chocolate Flowers…Yummy!

 

 

Who loves chocolate?  Who loves flowers?  Right!  Every woman loves both!  So, chocolate flowers are perfect in every way!  Combine 2 awesome things and get something even awesomer (yes, I know that is not a word, but it totally should be)!

As I was looking on Pinterest (every hear of it? haha) for a Valentine’s Day gift for my son’s teacher I came across an adorable Hershey Kiss Flower Bouquet from All In One Day’s Time and decided that I had to make it!  

 

If you are a crafter, who loves chocolate, then you probably already have all the supplies you need at home to make this yummy bouquet!

• Scraps of fabric – cut into 4x4 squares
• Floral tape
• Felt for the leaves
• Wooden skewers
• Hershey kisses
• Mason jar (not pictured)
• Sticky stuff (not pictured)
• Rice (not pictured)
• Jute (not pictured)
• Toilet paper roll – the inside part (not pictured)
• And of course scissors and a ruler

             

After you cut your fabric into 4x4 squares, place 2 kisses bottom to bottom, then hold your fabric over to create the flower bud.  Then stick your skewer in the fabric near the bottom kiss, and start to wrap your floral tape where the kiss starts to taper.  Wrap your floral tape all the way to the bottom of the skewer.  Easy peasy!  Do as many flowers as you like! The more the merrier though!

           

Now it is time to cut your leaves out of your felt.  Please, do NOT look closely at my leaves!!!  For some reason I am a horrible leaf cutter!  Or maybe it is cause I can never cut felt that great?  Anyone else have that problem…or is it just me?  Hmmm???   So after you have your leave cut (hopefully better than mine), take your leaves and attach them to the bud with more of your floral tape. For some flowers I used 1 leaf, but mostly I used 2 leaves to give the bouquet a fuller look. 

Now, you can either stop there and make a handheld bouquet, or you can put them into a vase, or a mason jar as I did! 

If you want to put them into a mason jar, go find yourself the paper middle of a toilet paper roll.  Luckily, I had just changed my roll…TMI?  Anyway, once you have that put some tacky/sticky stuff to the bottom of the roll so that it stays in the middle of your mason jar.  Once it is in your mason jar, fill the outside part with the rest of your Hershey kisses.  I actually used 2 bags for the whole project, and I didn’t even eat any as I made this!  What is wrong with me?  Next pour a little rice into the roll and start arranging your flowers in the middle of the toilet paper roll.  If you need more height like I did, put some crumpled up paper towels on the bottom before you add the rice.  Once you are done, you can tie some fabric, ribbon or jute, like I did, for that finishing touch. 

 

I just loved how these turned out!  My son’s teacher is going to go crazy over them.  She can enjoy the flowers, while eating the chocolate from the mason jars, and won’t even have to ruin the flowers!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

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Forget Birthdays No More

It has been forever since I last posted, ok, maybe only a few weeks, but it seems like forever.  My internet has been working on and off, mostly off, which is soooo frustrating.  And of course it is kind of hard to blog with no internet access!  Then last week my husband ruptured his Achilles Tendon in his right foot, so he has a cast and is non-weight bearing for at least 6-8 weeks, so I am now his designated chauffer.  Then a couple days ago, my son fell at school and now has a cast on his arm!  So to sum things up, my husband and son each have a cast! 

Anyway, enough about my craziness here, it’s time to show you this awesome Mother’s Day gift I made my mom!

This was such a fun easy project to make.

I only needed a few things, all of which I had on hand!  Yipee…love when that happens.  Here is what I used:

• cupboard door (which I had bought from a thrift store for ONE whole dollar)
• small wooden clothespins (Hobby Lobby)
• burlap
• stain/spray paint/vaseline
• scrapbook paper
• wall hooks
• hot glue

   

The first thing I did was stain my cupboard door.  I mostly stained the edges.

Next I cut out ‘Birthdays’ using my Cameo, then centered it (as best I could) on the door.

   

I decided to try Shanty 2 Chic’s vaseline method, so I rubbed vaseline along the edges where I wanted the stain to show through.  It really only needs a little, I think I put too much on!  Oops!

After the vaseline rub down, I gave it a couple coats of Heirloom White spray paint and let it dry.  I love how fast spray paint dries!  Yes, I am impatient!

Once the paint dried, I took sand paper and gently rubbed the areas that I had put vaseline on and the paint came right off, revealing the stain!  I love how it looks, but I couldn’t quite get all the vaseline off, so not sure if I would use that method again or not!?!   Next I took off the word ‘Birthdays’ to also reveal the stain.

    

After gathering as much birthday info I could find, well as much as my dad could fine, I used the Print and Cut on my Cameo to make tags for the names/birthdays and months on some fun scrapbook paper.  My son helped me pick out the different colored scrapbook paper to go with the different months!  I also made some blank tags she could fill in for the people that I missed.

Then I glued on 7, spray painted and stained, clothespins onto the bottom of the door.  I really do NOT like measuring and usually just eyeball distances, but decided that I wanted it to look perfect, so I pulled out the measuring tape to get them all equally spaced.  Then I hot glued them down and hot glued one in the upper corner to hold the ‘month’ tag.

Once I was done, I thought it was missing a little something, so I made 3 burlap rosettes and hot glued them on in the corner!  Now it looks awesome!!!  And yes, I got another blister from the hot glue!

Here it is with the month of October!  I love the orange! 

My mom absolutely loved her gift!  Each month she can change out the people and will now never forget another birthday…not that she did before!

Sorry the pictures aren’t the greatest.  The sign is hung where the lighting is not the ideal for pictures!

Well, I am off to take care of my casted boys!  Wish me luck!

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