Cool Frame Ideas

Cool Ideas for Boys Bedroom

Here are some photos I found of bedroom ideas for boys.  My boys are very fickle when it comes to things they like to do.  They loved skateboarding, now they don’t, they lover riding their scooters, now not so much.  They always like sports, but they don’t like the room I’ve done up with sports stuff…and they even made me take down the box my mom made me with all my high school track, cross country & basketball medals…of ALL THE NERVE.  Anyway, this will help me remember some of the ideas I like!

     

Wordle.com

Love this site.  You can type in a bunch of 'related' words and then change the font, spacing, direction of words, etc!  I cut and pasted my wordle into a powerpoint slide and then saved it as a jpeg file to create the following images!

Go to http://www.wordle.net/create to get a Wordle!!

Watermarking (labeling) a Photo!

Wow...this is REALLY easy to do. Thanks to Kenzie for her tutorial (see it here)!!!

Am I that Brave???

This might need to be my next project for the bonus room.... Dare I do it??? Tim did buy a new electric saw and sander for the pinewood derby cars. At least I could put the power toods to use for more than a few days out of the year!

Chili Recipe

Need to try this chili!

School Benches

Ok...I had to give away the benches for my students when they remodeled our school! We got brand new furniture so we had to get rid of everything else. I saw some other teachers who hid their benches and brought them back in the fall. Now I'm thinking I need to build some benches for the kids to sit at when they come to the 'teachers table' to work. They have to be 'putty' color to blend in, but it's doable.

Silhouettes

I love Silhouettes....

http://www.wearethatfamily.com/2008/10/diyp21-making-old-fashioned-silhouettes.html

Love these ideas

Fabric Rosettes

I would love to make some of these (ALL of these) someday....

http://hopestudios.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-getaway-project-lovely-fabric.html

http://enchantresses3.blogspot.com/2009/06/corsage-tee.html
http://hopestudios.blogspot.com/2009/07/tutorial-tuesday-rosette-t-shirt.html

http://blog.betzwhite.com/2008/10/pomander-tutorial.html

Or these...

http://madebythemamamonster.blogspot.com/2009/09/see-im-not-totally-worthless.html

Refinishing a Bookshelf...my 1st attempt at repainting something!

Here is the finished product!!!  Yeah!!! 

It turned out great and is a lifesaver in the classroom

since there are LOT's of shelves on the back to store math 'stuff'!

Ok...let me try this for the 3rd time!!! I just got a new laptop and for some reason, I'll be typing and my works are self select themselves and then erase when I push the next key. So anyways, can I say that this project has been a pain in my hoodas??? And you may be asking what's a hoodas...well think umble butt, junk in the trunk, bootie...well I think you have the idea. I could go on for days about trying to get the stuff cleaned up, but finally decided the part that had dried was a bit easier to scrape. It wouldn't scrape all the way off so I borrowed a hand sander. That didn't work so bought the lowest grit sandpaper at Home D-pot and used my husbands grandpas little wooden manual sander to take off the many layers of paint. Between the 40 grit, and some wood filler, I got the gummy mess to at least look presentable. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to doing things, so this has gone against every grain in my being to leave some of the bubbly mess under my final coat of primer.

I go to Home D-pot looking for some "expert" advice on what type of sandpaper I need (I'm thinking 40-80 grade). Anyway, the guy says "Oh no, you have to strip the puppy". Ok, he didn't say puppy but he took me over to the paint strippers and said this HAD to be my 1st step. Well, let me tell you that was NOT expert advice. I took the stripper home, got all decked out in my protective gear, and began spraying. (He also said to get the spray can type to make it easier). I couldn't wait to get going with my scrapper and waited the alloted time. Mind you, I only sprayed the top of the bookcase and top shelf to make sure I had enough time to scrap. Well, it came time to scrape. Well, scraping bubble gum consistent goop was NOT FUN! Seriously, the crap was like bubble gum and involved several coats of paint.

Anyways, today we got the 1st coat of paint and BigJ and LittleA helped me out. They love to paint, which used to be a pain in the hoodas...but today, it was a BIG help to have them painting along with me! Luv those boys:)

For Tami!

Here are the cute diaper wipes cases I was telling you about.

There is a tutorial on Makeitandloveit.com or According to Kelly.com!

To make these burp clothes, go to MakeandTakes.com !

Neighbor Gifts

Kelsey's Granola
6 cups oats
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 tsp salt
1-2 Tbs cinnamon (depending on your preference)
2 Tbs vanilla
1 cup coconut
1 cup craisins, raisins, or other dried fruit
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup almonds (or any other nuts you have)
1/2 cup flax seed or wheat germ (optional~to give it an extra little health kick)

Combine all ingredients in a LARGE bowl. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown. (I like mine soft and chewy, so I only bake it for 8-10, but if you like it crunchy, it will be more like 15 minutes.)

Rocking Chair redo!

Here’s what the chair has looked like since the boys were young.  The color matched my our Bear Creek house…but not really working in the new house.

I found some remnants at Joanne’s in the perfect color…brown and blue!

Just placed the ‘old’ cushion covers on the new fabric and cut out.

Painted the frame of the chair with spray paint…several times because they ran out of the color I initially started using.  The paint is starting to scrape off a bit but I’m praying it lasts my 2 boys and the game room!