SuperHero Memorial Monday!

On this day we honor the Troops serving today and people like my DAD, some of my cousins and friends who have served our country!! This is a picture taken just last week of my Dad and his best bud! :) So, below...Landon and HIS best bud...say Thank You GranDaddy...for serving our country for us!!

Landon spent his Memorial day with a few friends. Of course his best friend, Wade and my, more like family/friend~Jen and her daughter Elyse. First...the big fun of the day!!

Crafty mom made "Rocket Packs" with the boys...boxes, toilet paper rolls, felt, stickers, old Christmas ribbon, markers, my Cricut cutting machine and the triangles happened to be the corner protectors on a framed picture.

The black square is a chalkboard painted on foam. lol!! In the pictures he's hitting the mirror with a fist...as I guess all SuperHeros do.

Wade was the Green Power Ranger at the impromptu SuperHero Convention.

Landon...of course Spiderman! He even wore the costume on Friday night when we went to Sushi happy hour. Yes, we got looks. But, whatev. Elyse..."Princess America" is what we called her.

Finally, note the "weapon" of choice in Landon's hand.

It's a toy leaf blower.

Memorial Day Project

I know. It doesn't look like much now. And it hasn't looked like much for the nearly year that I've been storing it in my craft room. I bought it at an antique store in Downtown Phoenix. It's REALLY heavy and all cracked. When you flake off the paint, you can see at least three layers of different color paint: the brown, a cream and a PINK!?! Can you imagine a pink window?My idea...is not a new one. Afterall, I have NOT A SINGLE origional idea.

I first saw it at Sandi Barbera's house when I was doing a shoot for Sonoran Living Live. She was teaching us how to refinish our cabinets to look like those in Pottery Barn magazines.

Since then, I've seen it in a few boutiques, blogs and home decor stores. So, I'm going to give it a whirl.

I'm going to keep the hardware on it. I just love how it makes it look really old!

Wish me luck!!!

A Few Recent Creations

I've had a few birthdays to celebrate lately...my beloved Hubby and my friend at work. So, these are a few of the creations I came up with. They're using two of my FAVORITE stamps... the distressed looking sheet music as well as the worn looking grid. I used my Cricut machine to cut the cake.

With 4th of July coming up they also have a worn looking flag that I'd love to own. The summer possibilities with it are endless.


I also put together gifts for Landon's teachers as an end of the year gift. I bought a 1.50 bowl and filled it with popcorn, candy, Jones Soda and a gift certificate for dinner and for a Blockbuster rental. Add in a little scrapbook paper and some stuff cut on the cricut and this is what I came up with.

In the upper left hand corner...the polka dot paper is wrapped around the Jones Soda and has little tag that has Thank You stamped on the back. In the middle the scrapbook paper is wrapped around microwave popcorn.

Below is also another project I did. This is an album I did for a couple getting married. The upper right hand corner is tough to see...but it's a flower.

I'm also working on another big project. I started it today, but I bought it from an antique store probably around a year ago! Stay tuned to see before and afters!

With any luck...I'll have it done in a week!

Spider-Landon's "Webs"

Landon is in, what you would call, a prolonged phase.

He believes he is Spiderman.

He scurries through Target on his hands and feet saying he's climbing buildings, (yes, I know having his hands touch the floor is disgusting. But what's a mom of an ALL BOY, boy to do??) and he wears red and gloves in 100 degree weather sticking his fingers at anyone who make eye contact and "webs them".

So, when he came home from Pre-School yesterday with this goopy blue mess I knew I had trouble on my hands. The stuff is horrible! Blue...messy...sticky and but how could I say no?

So Landon spent the better part of 30 minutes in his own world of webs. Sound effects and all.

If you look at his tongue in the picture below and imagine a sort of hissing sound, you'll understand the noise he makes when he pretends the webs are shooting out of his fingers.

When it was time to go to bed after playing with this gooey stuff...he needed another shower, his shirt had to be thrown in the washer with a hope and a prayer that the blue stuff (on his shirt that you see in the picture above) would come out AND a stain on my kitchen chair.

Oh well...that's life with a 4 year old boy. Wouldn't have it any other way.

By the way, I have pictures of his birthday, Stephen's graduation and a few other little creations that I plan to post. But, rather than waiting to update everything before I move forward...I'll just stay current and then go back and fill in the gaps.