A Wee Bit of Irish Fun!!!

I was playing around again on Tagxedo and was absolutely amazed that I could type St. Patrick's Day into the search and it pulled in all kinds of words that pertained and I was able to make these printable creations to share with you!

I started with...

Then went to Picasa , added some text and features to create this one...

Then a few more changes and put the polaroid frame and created this one!!

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A Little St Patrick's Day Pinspiration

I have started looking into projects for St Patricks Day and Easter.  So I turned to Pinterest for a little Pinspiration, to see what my other crafty friends have created.

There are some Printables...

From the Crafting Chicks

Lolly Jane Boutique

Eighteen25 sbe also has a link to the above picture

And there is more printables, crafts and foods

Just check them out here...

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Best Wishes for a Happy Valentine's Day for you and your loved ones...

Homemade Valentines Day Cards

We sat down and made a few Valentine's cards I just figured I would share some pics without the usual running commentary...kinda like a Wordless Wednesday delivered on Monday.  Sorry for the nudity, I could not get her to put her shirt on for anything!

Upcycled Toilet Paper Art and My First Pinterest Failure

I have been having a lot of fun with my Cricut this weekend and I have been wanting to try making the toilet paper art so....

I had this piece of vinyl decorated that I used for another project still to come and some canvases.  So what the heck, here we go...

I started by making these hearts out of cut toilet paper rolls. 

I cut the roll into 5 separate circles.

Invert the point at one end and secure with a dot of hot glue.

The first seven, I painted pink and then shot with the red glitter paint.

Then I thought to myself, this is a pain hand painting these and I remembered this tip that I had read on Pinterest

I intentionally did not give photo credit for this image because I did not want to discount the credability of the original author, I am just sharing my experience with the advice

The pin says to mix 2 parts of paint to 1 part water in the spray bottle and you have instant spray paint!

I did, I mixed and shook

and oh boy!  I was ready to spray, no more paint brush!

I ended up with a splattered mess, now it may have been the bottle that I bought or operator error, but I had a great big mess.  So, I broke out my paint brush and painted 7 in purple and 7 red.

Then it was time to get the board together...

This is a 16x20 canvas

I sprayed it with the red glitter paint to break up the white a little.

Put the vinyl heart in the middle and spread the other hearts around.

Once I was happy with the way it looked, I hot glued them down and attached the vinyl.

One more quick dusting of the red glitter paint.  Then I stepped back and looked.

It seemed rather plain to me.

I had these foam hearts from the Target Dollar Spot

(are you beginning to think that I spend alot of time in that section of Target...you are right)

I filled in the holes with these hearts and I love the way it looks.  I have a huge opening between my kitchen and living room that I am going to hang this in...I will preview how it looks hanging after I post the other crafts.  I will show my decorated pass through by Friday with all my Valentines decorations!!