JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores "Cape Discovery" Summer Crafting Challenge

I was asked by JoAnn Fabrics if I'd like to participate in a summer crafting project with my kids and add it to by blog.  My response "YES!", I frequent JoAnn Fabrics at least once a week lately so with my kids home and in tow all the time, it was easy to get them to pick out something to do crafty!  Although a lot of the crafts are more on the girly side and I have 2 boys, we managed to find something to do!  Tie Dye Shirts! :) If you'd like to sign up for a 20% off coupon, go to the link to do so!  www.joann.com/discover-­‐connect 

 So we started the project with 2 shirts and the package of tie-dye.

 The package had 5 colors of dye (Red, Orange, Blue, Green and Yellow) and 10 pairs of gloves and instruction guide.

 We looked up patterns in the booklet and we tried to do one of them.  I'm not so sure how well it looks like the pattern, but hey, it worked!

 Ready, Set, TIE-DYE!

 We didn't read the directions as good as we should of because the shirts were supposed to be wet to start, so we had trouble getting the color to stick but it worked out in the end! Lesson learned for next time!

 

 You have to let the shirts sit til they dry, so we left them outside on the table to soak up the sun!

Time to see what they look like!

Caden wasn't very happy with his, he wanted his to look like Brody's and it had too much white he said.  I told him, it's really hard to make 2 shirts look exactly the same, so we can try another time.  :)

After they were dry, we washed them in the machine and they tried them on, they loved them!!  I think we are going to do more shirts this year at family camping!! Along with a few other patterns with our cousins :)

To view more projects to do with your kids this summer, visit the Summer of Fun Catalog at JoAnn's website!  http://joann.shoplocal.com/Joann/BrowseByPage?StoreID=2412048&PromotionCode=JoAnnStores-130331CC&PromotionViewMode=2

Memorial Day Weekend

Summer is officially here and we started it off by heading to the lake house.  The weather could of been warmer but the boy's done seem to care!

 Caden had fun fishing, he's been talking about it since last year!

Brody played baseball with the kids next door.

Bring on SUMMER!!!  We can't wait to go on our annual family camping trips, this year to Lake Charlevoix (Boyne City) and Ludington, MI.  

What kind of fun summer trips do you take as a family?

Minecraft Valentines- DIY

Valentine's Day is coming up this week and since my oldest son, Brody, is really into playing Minecraft on the computer lately I figured I'd do an internet search and find some images and see if we can make our own cards this year. 

Using my new Silhouette Cameo, I figured it would be super easy to do!  And it was! :) 

I searched on the internet and found an image, made it our own and valentine's cards via at home! 

Using the print and cut method, I set up my program to print out the paper, and then you put it on the machine and it cuts them out individually.  Pretty easy!

I bought him some Fun Dip's to tape on to the cards so he could give out some candy too. 

Someone's 3rd grade class is gonna have a very Happy Valentine's Day!  What kind of cards are your kids using this year?? Did you make them yourself?  Comment below and let me know!

Project 365, Day 20

Today is my little brother's birthday!  Happy Birthday Jon!! 

It's starting to get a cold here in Michigan finally, it was just spring weather the other day and now it's FREEZING again!! 

Today we had hockey and I made this towel before we left for practice. 

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She just joined a sorority at her college so my Aunt asked if I could make her something!!  It's lime green, pink and purple! LOVE IT!

Tonight I'm going with my mom and we are taking the boy's to stay in a hotel in Frankenmuth, and then tomorrow we are taking them to Splash Village because Brody doesn't have school.  Should be fun!

Project 365, Day 14

Since Chris works for AT&T now, we ordered U-Verse because we get a discount on it.  So that was installed today and we love it!  I already have The Biggest Loser and The Bachelor set to record tonight so I don't forget about them!  :)  The boys can even watch it on their Xbox in their room.  That is, whenever they aren't using Netflix.  I tell you what, we get our money's worth out of Netflix each month!  They love to watch everything on there, and if it wasn't for sports, HGTV and a few select other channels, we could do without cable once again.

But now that hockey is FINALLY starting back up again (GO WINGS!) we will be watching that quite a bit again. Detroit Red Wings

I ordered my new crafty machine today also.  I'm excited to offer new things in my shop once I get the hang of it!  My first project is a few key chains, cups, and a shirt for Caden's birthday!  Since I am at home, why not use this time to better my personal Etsy shop!  Be sure to keep up with my blog to see all the cool new things that are going to be happening in the future!!