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?

Happy 4th Birthday Caden!

I can't believe that Caden is now 4!  He was such a tiny baby and a lot has happened with our lives since he was born!  He's lived in Arizona, now back in Michigan. 

We had a party at Castaway Play Cafe in Howell.  The kids had a ton of fun running around like crazies!  They let out a lot of energy, so hopefully they all slept good that night!

I made this super cute shirt for Caden to wear.

I messed up on this since it was my first time making it, so he actually wore a red one at his party. 

He got tons of gifts and loved everything!! 

Thanks everyone who helped make his birthday awesome! He counted down his birthday for weeks and now he's counting down til he's 6 so he can start kindergarten like his big brother! Oh lord!

Project 365, Day 19

Hockey starts today!!  Brody and Chris were excited that hockey is back on TV!!  Watched the game and had a few friends over.  It was fun!  I also cut out another design on my machine to try out!  I had a few extra blank shirts in Caden's size so I could know he was at least going to wear it!

Love it!! I can't wait to do more things with this machine! I can do vinyl for the wall now, so making quotes and names, also wanting to order some blank cups and other things to personalize too!!  Perfect for camping and having a cup with your name on it, so you don't have to waste cups and forget what one is yours!!   Using this one as an example: 

NOT MY IMAGE

Project 365, Day 18

January must be a popular month to be born! I have 2 Aunts, my Dad, My FIL, my Brother, my Cousin and Caden's birthday's all in January!  Today was my dad's birthday! Happy Birthday Dad!!

I got my new machine today and am SUPER excited to use it! 

I made this shirt first thing with it!  I have lots of other projects in the works too!

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!!