Craft Time!!!!

We have had a very exciting and eventful week around our house!!! Isaiah (11 months) got his 1st tooth, we are working on moving out of this house, and I am due in April!!!!!! With all the changes going on, I feel like I have not made enough time for my crafts and cards lately. These are a few projects I have completed that I wanted to share with everyone. I found these on Pinterest and loved them. So I had to make some for myself!!!! Enjoy!

Yarn Wreath

Supplies

1 skein of yarn
craft wreath (I used the green ones)
hot glue
any flowers or embellishments you want to add (scrapbook paper if you do a letter like I did)
sewing pins
glue dots
cutting knife
safe cutting surface



 

Start with wrapping your wreath with the yarn. I used a few sewing pins to hold my yarn in place where I started. You could hot glue it right away, I waited til I was all done. Wrap the entire wreath (it takes a while but it goes quickly once you get the hang of it) with the yarn and secure your ends with the glue.

Now it's time for the fun part!! Play with the layout of your embellishments before you glue them on. I probably moved my things around 10 times before I was happy with the location! I went crazy on the hot glue because I wanted to be sure that they would not fall off!!!

If you decide to add a wooden letter, you can paint it, cover it with scrapbook paper, or leave it plain. I have tons of scrapbook paper so I went with that option.

To cover the letter, lay it upside down on the scrapbook paper. Again, play with your location if the paper has a design or pattern. When you are ready to attach the paper to the letter, cover the letter with your glue dots. Again, I went crazy because I wanted it to stick!!! Once you have the items secured together, use your cutting knife to cut around the letter. Go slowly so you have nice smooth curves and corners. Once you get it all cut out, you are ready to attach the letter to the wreath. I used the hot glue to get one piece where I wanted it, then I added tons :) of hot glue to all the other areas that were touching the yarn wreath.

It is simple and you can do it!!!! I can't wait to hang it up on our new front door!!!!!!

 

 

 

I Love You Because Frame & Menu Frame

 

This was so fun to make, and we really enjoy using it!!! I tend to write on it more than my husband (hmmmm), but he does participate and doesn't seem to mind either!!! There are so many options when it comes to making this frame. I made two options that I have seen and love!

 

Same techniques for the menu board.

 



 

 

Supplies

picture frame (I used 8 X 10 bigger for the menu might be better)

scrapbook paper

flowers or any embellishments you like

scrapbook stickers

dry erase markers

hot glue

 

Like I said, these were very easy to make!!

The first thing to do is get your frame. Once you know what they look like, that will guide the rest of you designs. Then pick out your scrapbook paper. Remember to use something that doesn't have a busy design or your writing will get lost. Cut your paper down to size.

 

For the I Love You Because Frame:

I ran my scrapbook paper through the printer to add the "I Love You Because...". I knew the look I wanted from the font, so I did it that way. Just be sure you check your settings and get things laid out the correct way before you print!!! Then stick your paper in the frame and add your embellishments. I played with the flower layout before gluing them! I'm a perfectionist so go figure.

Ta Da. Done!!!

 

For the Menu Frame:

I am spoiled by having a Cricut!!! I used that to cut out my MENU letters because I wanted them big and I didn't have scrapbook stickers that large. For the days of the week, I used my scrapbook stickers. Don't be afraid to mix and match your stickers!! I made one of these for my sister-in-law, and I used different stickers for the week days. It turned out so cute too!!!

Okay, once you have everything picked out (be sure the colors look nice together), you are ready to assemble. I started with the MENU to be sure I had enough room. Then add your week days. Remember to leave enough room for yourself to write the food out!!! You could also run this through your printer and do it like I did on the I love you frame.

Stick your paper in the frame and add your embellishments. I got these cute flowers at Michael's and I just love them!!!

 

These are simple and easy crafts to make. I have already given one as a gift, and I can't wait to make a few more for people!!!

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, leave them below and I will get back to you! Thanks!!!!

 

 

Remember IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN TOO!!!!!!!

Camping

I love going on vacation! But I hate things about coming home! It is so hard to get back into the swing of things. There is laundry to catch up on (thank goodness no dishes!!), bills to pay (before the due date which you almost miss because of vacation!), invoices to bill out, and typical cleaning up around the house. Oh how I wish dust and dirt would take a vacation too!!! Other than the post vacation work, we had a blast at our annual Goetz camping trip this year! This is the 4th year (if I'm not mistaken) we have gone to Monroe Reservoir down in Bloomington. All of my husband's family was able to go this year which makes it extra fun! Last year Ben and I only stayed 1night because I was super prego!!! This year we stayed a week and it makes the trip so much nicer! We have so much fun out on the boats, jet skis, and swimming. We plan meals that everyone contributes to (OK we cheat and cook over the grill that we take not the fire, but oh well!). We also take tons of crafts for the kids to make each day before we go out on the water. With Isaiah being a baby still, I made his crafts. Sadly, I think I had more fun than the kids making the crafts!!!! We had a a great time and are so blessed to do things like this with our family!!

 Isaiah and Daddy playing in our tent

   swimming with mommy and daddy; he loved the water!!!

 All 17 Goetz Grandkids!!

One of the crafts from this year. We sprayed shirts with fabric paint and the kids added their own puffy paint designs. I made Mickey for Ben, Minnie for Me, and Goofy for Isaiah!

Busy Busy Busy

Things have been a bit crazy around our house!!! I have been helping my best friend with her wedding plans and serving as her matron-of-honor. The wedding was July 28th and it was beautiful!!! We had to move the wedding up a year (the groom's mother was ill; and passed away shortly before the wedding), but everything worked out perfectly, and we pulled it off!! Lauren (the bride) and I had so much fun planning her wedding! I was excited to be her matron-of-honor, except for giving the speech. I sucked it up and it turned out great. Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zone. I would do anything for her and giving a speech is what she really wanted from me. Anyways, it was a beautiful evening, and the bridal party did the Macarena as our bridal party dance (stepping out into that scary zone again)!!

Me, Buzz, and Lauren Schoof (his real name is Andrew but no one calls him that!)

I had to get a shot of the bridesmaid dresses!!!

After the wedding adventures, my father and I have been busy canning and freezing various items from the garden. We will be making salsa once more tomatoes are ready. We have some peppers cut and froze ready for the salsa. My dad has done tons of pickles already, but I picked about 30 more cucumbers Sunday. You never need that many pickles, but who wants to eat that many cucumbers!?!?! NOT ME!!!! We have also been freezing quart size bags of sweet corn. We did 12 bags yesterday, and have 2 more hampers full of corn to do today! Thanks to my mom for taking the pictures during our messy adventure and for watching Isaiah so we could get stuff done!!!!

 Isaiah loved the corn!!!

 We are making a mess!!!

   Dad and I cutting cucumbers!! Going Crazy!!!

Isaiah was having so much fun with Grandma!!!!