tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4606365177777997582024-03-18T20:33:04.675-07:00Bello & CoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877178933753341946noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460636517777799758.post-58058895036746159582016-01-30T21:20:00.002-08:002016-01-30T21:42:09.148-08:00Valentine: Our Love is Solid as a Rock<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Valentine's Day is right around the corner! I love all things hearts. So when we visit the beach, I can't help but pick up any heart-shaped stones I see. Of course my little guys help too so it's a family search!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You can find heart shaped rocks at your local beach or even in neighbor's rock gardens or gravel parking lots. You'd be surprised how many rocks chip into a heart shape!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For this project I used:</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">1. Scraps of linen fabric</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">2. Hot glue gun for stones</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">4. Tacky glue for fabric</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">3. Square shadow box frame</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-small;">Arrange stones how you'd like and use hot glue gun to affix. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-small;">Reassemble mat and frame and Voila!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You could add a little typed message that relates like:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"Our love is a solid as a rock" or " You Rock, Valentine"</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For our school valentines last year, see our previous post:</span><br />
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I'm so in love with how this lamp turned out. I was browsing my local thrift store this morning and found this perfectly simple ceramic lamp for $7!! Well, lucky me, I needed a lamp for my toddler's room. This one was begging for a little TLC. What do you think??<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">BEFORE, poor little guy</span></h3>
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+ Lamp in need of a makeover</div>
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+ Cut your fabric about 2" wider than the height of the shade so you can fold it over the edges. Then cut it about 2" longer than the circumference.<br />
+ Iron a 1/2" hem on the short edges of the fabric. This will be your finished edges.<br />
+ Using your fabric glue (hot glue gun glue can melt as the lightbulb heats up), apply a line of glue along the seam of your lampshade. Stick the iron-hemmed edge along this seam.<br />
+ Now begin applying glue along the top and bottom edge of your shade, about 4-6" at a time and roll your fabric around the shade, making sure it stays straight, with 1" on the top and bottom edges.<br />
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+ When you finish gluing all the way around, glue the other folded edge down on top so you have a nice clean finish.<br />
+ You can either simply trim the excess inside the lampshade, or glue down cording or twill tape. I didn't bother yet, but may go back and add some twill tape.<br />
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1. Remove crayon wrappings. My 2 & 3 yr old boys LOVE doing this part. Not my favorite. Perfect.</div>
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Well, my little guys are in preschool now and that means passing out valentine cards!!! Soooooo cute!!!! Of course I cannot just buy some licensed cards. icht. I'm sure the boys will love receiving them, but I cannot bring myself to buy them.<br />
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SOOOO, there I was at the dollar store looking at the little goodies and I spotted packages of stick on mustaches (7 in a package for $1). All the rage, right? I instantly think of my slogan and put these together today. I just added the mustache stickers with double stick tape and voila!<br />
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I printed these on white cardstock on a black & white printer. The printer adds a border, so i added a white border only to the inside of the cards, not the perimeter, if that makes any sense. You may have to play with your printer settings, but here you go!! I think the kids will enjoy looking in the mirror and laughing about wearing silly mustaches.<br />
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Since there were 7 mustaches for $1, I spent $4 plus some cardstock I already had at home. woohoo!<br />
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Got cabin fever? We have the cure! Here's a project that you can do that is relaxing, fun, and beautiful! These starbursts can be used as tree ornaments, table top centerpieces, or something pretty on your shelf.<br />
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+ Small styrofoam ball.<br />
+ Box of pointy toothpicks.<br />
+ White spray paint. We used Krylon high gloss.<br />
+ Gold enamel paint.<br />
+ Small paintbrush.<br />
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If you're making these as ornaments for next year, you'll need twine, ribbon, or some sort of string.<br />
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1. Start by sticking the toothpicks into the styrofoam ball. No real pattern necessary, just cover it. It goes so quickly, I had to remind myself to stop to take a midway photo!<br />
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2. I used a longer wooden skewer to hold these while spray painting, but you can also use string to tie to a toothpick and hang them while painting. You mainly just want to cover the toothpicks. You don't want to get too much spray paint on the styrofoam. It will dissolve it.<br />
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3. Cover the toothpicks with the spray paint lightly. I used 2 coats, and on colored toothpicks no less!<br />
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5. Now the gold! You can also use a copper or silver enamel paint. Just paint the tips of each toothpick with your metallic. The idea is an ombré dye. They don't need to be the same...<br />
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VOILA! I think a tree filled with these ornaments would be pretty fabulous too.<br />
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This is also a wonderful project to keep kids busy indoors. The toothpicks are quite easy to put in the styrofoam, and there's really no way to mess it up!<br />
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