Show & Tell - Altered bird house

I made this altered birdhouse while the girls were here visiting. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve been able to finish a project. I’ve been wanting to use lace on a bird house and like how this turned out.

I used a build your own bird house kit that I purchased from Michaels for $1. This kit worked great as I wanted to use mostly patterned paper for this project. I was able to lay out all the pieces and trace onto my paper. I also painted all the wood pieces before I adhered my paper. I used the Xyron to adhere the paper and a wet glue to put the bird house together. Everything went together real easy and turned out nice. I also used wet glue to adhere the lace and glue dots for the buttons and bow.

Products used

• Patterned paper {My Minds Eye}
• Glue {Xyron 910, Ultimate Glue, Glue Dots}
• Metallic gold paint
• Pink gemstones
• Bow {re-purposed from Janie & Jack children clothing tag}
• Buttons {extra buttons collected from Nika’s clothes}
• Lace {purchased at Joanns}
• Birdhouse kit {purchased at Michaels for $1}

You can check out another bird house I made here. Thanks for stopping by today!! XOOXO

Show & Tell - Alexia & Kelsey’s altered projects

My cute little crafty nieces have ventured off to another relatives. I’m sad they are gone, we don’t get to see them very often. We sure did have a lot of fun while they were here. Here’s the last projects they did before they headed out.

This is Kelsey’s altered letter. I think it came out so good. I love the colors she used and I’m a big fan of frogs too. It’s just too cute!

Here’s Alexia’s wonderful creation. This is a altered book box. It looks like a book, but has a secret compartment inside. I love how she got creative with the paint on the front and back. Inside she also put a frog, lots of fun stuff.

Calling all Seattle babies

Calling all Seattle babies 6 months - 2 years, Joy Marie Photography is looking for some super cute babies to participate in a photo shoot for a really fabulous new clothing line for kids, Joah Love.

I’m going to submit little Nika’s photos. I would love to have her photographed by Joy Marie. She takes the most gorgeous photos, you can check out more of her work on her blog. Here’s more information on this fun opportunity.

When: Saturday, July 12th & Sunday, July 13th. Exact times to be determined. Each model will be photographed individually. Sessions won’t take more than 60-90 minutes.

Where: Seattle area.

Benefit: Parents of the kids who are selected will each receive at least (10) 5×7 custom prints for their participation.

How: To have your baby considered as one of the models, email (2 or 3) jpeg snapshots to Joah Love. PHOTO SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008.

Please include the following information in your email:

• 2 or 3 snapshots of your baby
• your name, email and phone
• your baby’s name and age
• your availability on Saturday, July 12th & Sunday, July 13th

Michaels 50% off coupon

Gotta love the 50% off Michaels coupons!! This one is good until July 5th. Print away and happy shopping my friends.

Michaels 50% off coupon

Off to the beach…

We’re taking the girls on a mini vacation to the beach. Sorry there will be no Friday Freebie this week. I’ll dig up something good for next week.

I’ll have email access from my iPhone, but won’t be doing any new posts until we get back. XOXOO ~ Cathy

I got an award!

My fabulous friend Tara sent me the Kreativ blogger award!! She is the sweetest and I’m thrilled to receive the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thank you Tara!

I’ve seen this award on some blogs and was curious about where it originated from. I found a post on Julie’s {Inspirational blog} and the originator of the Kreative Award is a very talented Danish woman named, Hulda Verden.

From what I understand I’m to pass this award on. I have to admit, I’m an avid blog reader and have a ton that I frequent and love. Here’s a few that I think are fabulous and super crafty!!

• Scrappy Catz - Lisa
• Catching up with Us - Yaritza
• Paper Princess at Play - Tanis

Stop by and check out all the wonderful goodness on their blogs. Have a great day! XOOXO ~ Cathy

More birthday card entries

Here’s some more of the wonderful birthday cards I received from the {Birthday presents for you RAK}. These cards are from….

• Stephanie
• Lisa
• Mariah
• Lorraine

Thank you ladies for entering the contest. I really enjoyed all the cards and well wishes!! XOOXO

Birthday presents for you RAK **WINNERS**

Thank you so much to everyone who entered my {Birthday presents for you RAK}. It was so fun to get everyone’s cards and even a few surprise presents!! I did a little more shopping and had enough goodies for 5 winners. Happy mail is being sent to the following winners…

• Lydia
• Karee Sue
• Tanis
• Michelle
• Marla

Here’s the winner’s fabulous cards!

Congratulations ladies and thank you so much for entering. This was a really fun contest!! I’ll be posting more of the cards I received soon. XOOXO ~ Cathy

Video Show & Tell - Ben Franklin Crafts Kids Event

I took the girls to Ben Franklin Crafts in Redmond Washington for the kids crafting event. They had a fun time and it was definitely worth the $1 per project fee. There were 3 projects set-up throughout the store. Each project station had a demonstrator who assisted the kids. The girls made a foam door hanger, perler bead necklace, and star ornament.

Alexia and Kelsey made a video to show you the projects they made. Thanks for stopping by today! XOOXO

Friday Freebie - lovely spring kit

Happy Friday!! Today’s freebie comes all the way from Greece. This lovely spring kit is made by Digital Anemona. The {Gerbera kit} comes with 1 cute polka-dot paper, 3 fabulous flowers {gerberas}, and 2 sparkly die-cut glitter frames.

Get the Friday Freebie

You can find more of Digital Anemona’s work at Go Digital Scrapbooking and Treasures to Scrap.

Have a great weekend!! XOOXO