J's Birthday Party!

J turned 5 this month, and of course, that led to a celebration. 

All celebrations need a cake, with toys on top should the Birthday boy get bored.

With plenty of mini cupcakes, for the parents and adults to enjoy.

Thank you Goodie bags for the kids, 

Filled with crayons and cars...

A special Birthday shirt for the Birthday boy, that he got to help make, notice the white paint splatters that I was NOT allowed to disguise?

Races were played to entertain the kids, with candy as prizes to fill the treat bags.

Even the baby wanted to play, though H's face may be my favorite part of this picture.

Happy Birthday was sung, as was Many More Birthdays (a family tradition sung to the tune of Happy Birthday)

And the candles were blown out One.by.one.

Happy Birthday J!!

Cake was made by me and a friend, after reading Makeit-Loveit's Make a Cake series and the crayon idea came from Homemade by Jill.

Valentine's Day Shirt Recap!

Remember when I posted  here about making the boys Vday shirts? I thought I would share the boys in all their masculine Valentine's shirt glory!

I also posted about a little girl shirt I was making for a friend. I turned out great and the little R wore it so well, she looked wonderful in it! The finished front-

The finished back, and an up close of the little bird that covered my mistake.

I really loved how easy these shirts came together, and I loved watching the boys wear them. 

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By the way, I am feeling pretty stoked right now considering I fixed my computer all by myself...finally. The issues seemed to never go away, but after spending two entire days working with it, the issues are resolved and the whole computer is updated. To reward myself, I bought me a Silhouette SD! Woot! I can't wait to get busy with it!

I also have a post in the works from J's birthday party. He looked a stud in his race car shirt and the cake was so fun to make. Check back for it!

Apron Model

Remember the Aprons and Chef Hats I made for Christmas for J and H? J was happy for the apron but has REFUSED to put the chef hat on. H on the other hand, behaves as if they were the greatest gift ever! He asks to wear them all the time, whether he is eating or helping cook. I can't resist his charm!

Doesn't this face make you smile? Can you see the food on his face? This was the post cooking picture and he did not want to wash his face first.  All his personality shining through this photo makes me so happy, I can hardly contain myself. So, what do you think? 

Valentines day Shirts

Valentines Day is just around the corner, and it is a FAVORITE holiday around here. My Husband is a romantic and takes any chance he can get to be romantic. I decided the boys need to be Festive on this favorite day as well. Festive, but manly which can be tough to do for Valentines, with all the pink, lace, and hearts around. But I think we managed it. I picked out some sayings that I liked, that were lovey, but not over the top or feminine. The shirts are simple, but I love the way they turned out.

I bought the shirts at Walmart and they are just plain long sleeve tees. I used fabric paint and freezer paper to put my sayings on. Ready to do yours?

I printed off the computer the text I wanted, and then traced it on to freezer paper, with the shiny side down. I don't have a fancy craft cutting machine(despite my best efforts), so I get to do it by hand.

I get to cut it all out by hand too. And that fact essentially changed my plans. I wanted the back of the shirt to say "since 2009" for each of the kids with the year they were born. So it would say, "LOVED, since 2009" But I wanted the back lettering to be small and there was NO WAY I was going to try and cut it out with scissors. 

Position the freezer paper on to your pre-washed shirt with the sticky side down, and iron with no steam. This will seal the freezer paper to your shirt so the paint doesn't run.

Apply one coat of paint at a time, and allow to dry before giving a second coat. The black paint only needed one coat, but the white needed more. See my mistake at the top? I'll show you how I fixed that in a minute.

Once yourpaint is dry, remove the freezer paper. It peels up really easy, just take it slow.

Put a plain press cloth over your painted graphic, and iron again to seal the paint. Then You are Done! The shirt is ready to go and the best part is they are easy, fun, and look great!

Okay, remember my mistake? Some paint dripped right of my brush onto my shirt. I am making this one for a friend's little girl, who happens to be named Robin. I found a very plain image of a robin, shrunk it way down, traced and cut it out, ironed it down and once painted will effectively hide my mistake while looking totally intentional and awesome. Pictures of the finished shirt will be coming in the next few days along with a shot of H wearing his apron and chef hat that I made for Christmas.