My Project Life/365/52 Pages for 2015 So Far!

I am back on the Project life/project 365/52! I didn't do it last year and i am so sad! I guess I will have to go back and catch up! But, for now I am going to keep up with my weekly layouts for 2015! So, I will share what I have so far as of today! Everything I use for my digi layouts is from GingerScraps.

Week One

I used the 2015 January by, Connie Prince at GingerScraps,

the kit includes the pocket template also!

The basketball elements were from a kit called Go Team from a few years ago at GS.

Week Two/River

I used the Project 2015 January by, Connie Prince at GingerScraps here too.

The nature and adventure elements were from Camp Out by Connie Prince.

Week Two

I used the Project 2015 January by, Connie Prince at GingerScraps here too.

The tea and Good Morning elements were from a kit called GoodMorning at Gingerscraps.

Week Three

I used the Project 2015 January Mega Stash by, Connie Prince at GingerScraps here too.

Week Four

I used the Day by Day 1by, Dagis Temp-Tations at GingerScraps.

The Feb 2014 Kit by Connie Prince, and the Project 2015 Date Pack by, Connie Prince at GS.

Week Five

I used the kit Right Here, Right Now, Today by, Inspired Designs

and the Day by Day Templates 1 by Dagi's Temp-Tations at GingerScraps 

Week Six

This week I used the kit I am Happy by, Just Because Studios, The Feb Daily Download

at the GingerScraps Blog.

Day by Day 2 Template by, Dagi's Temp-Tations at GingerScraps.

Week Seven

I used the kit Right Here, Right Now, Today by Inspired Designs at GingerScraps.

The Day by Day Template2 by, Dagi's Temp-Tations at GingerScraps.

A few sports elements from Go Team Basketball by, RosyToes Designs and

Batter Swing by Connie Prince. (My Stash)

                                         I hope you are keeping up with your weekly layouts too!

Take my word for it, you will be so glad at the end of the year when your whole book is ready to go                                        to print! Have a great day!! Go make some memories!

                                                                      Love, Julie

Liquor Bouquet

Hi lovelies,
So...on Sunday we celebrated my daughter Kayla's 21st Birthday! We went to visit her and had a wonderful weekend :)

Since it was a "special" birthday I made her a really fun gift to celebrate her being "legal" LOL! 

It's a Liquor Bouquet! 

It was super fun and easy to make and really I didn't have to buy anything except the liquor and the shot glasses...everything else I pilfered out of my Mom's craft room and my stash :)

I used a basket, some floral foam, dowels, silver spray paint, black craft paint, gold and silver tissue paper, a feather boa, some cardboard that I cut into letters, some silver and gold curly ribbon, some silver sparkly do dads, a little wooden sign, hot glue and glue sticks, mini liquor bottles and shot glasses. 

I just glued the little bottles and shot glasses onto some dowels with a hot glue gun and stuck them into some floral foam in the basket. Then added some feathers and other sparkly do dads and a little sign.
Kayla loved it :)

CHEERS :)

Hello Kitty Costume

Hey Ya’all! I just wanted to pop in a share with you my cute little Halloween costume. My friend Jen and I were Hello Kitty for Halloween. We made the costumes ourselves and it was super easy. Yes, I know Halloween is over but pin it now and use the idea later! Here I am in my cute Hello Kitty Costume.

It was really easy to throw together. We got a white t-shirt at Target for $6.00. Used some craft paint to paint the face on. Added a felt bow and the shirt is done! Then I made another felt bow and stuck it on a headband. Stuck on a pink TuTu which you can totally make super easy, we were lucky because our cheerleader had worn the pink tutus for Oct for Breast Cancer Awareness, so I just used one of theirs. I wore leggings underneith and my black Ugg boots, and some pearls and of course some eyelashes! I love eyelashes and Halloween is a good excuse to wear them! Oh and don’t forget red lipstick!

The rest of my family was not so cute..My daughter was a scary zombie, she got a nightgown at the goodwill and did all her own makeup! The contacts were her big splurge, but she will wear them again.

Creepy huh! She is like one of the characters from The Walking Dead!

My husband and 7 year old were Zombies too…

My 5 year old wanted to be a MotoX guy…so that was easy…lol. He just wore his riding gear!

I love Halloween.

TTFN! TaTa for now!

Painted River Rocks

Hi friends! Sorry, I have been MIA…just busy with life. Crazy, fun..you know how it goes. I thought I better post something before everyone in the bloggy world forgets about me! LOL

So, I thought I would share my painted river rocks. I love river rocks. They are just so smooth and cool. I collect them, especially the heart shaped ones that my boys and I are sometimes lucky to find.  I have always wanted to paint my rocks and I finally got around to painting a few of them. I have another heart shaped one in progress too. It’s super fun and therapeutic to me.  Of course the boys get in on the act. I mean how can a 4 year old see paint and rocks and NOT join in right!

I don’t really use anything special to paint them, just your run of the mill acrylic craft paint and a spray varnish to finish them. Oh and I did some with fabric Mod Podged to them. That was really fun too. Just Mod Podge it on and after it dries spray a coat of the varnish! Easy right!

So, here they are, I hope you enjoy

This one is the fabric modpodged on the rock, and painted words.

These are also modpodged fabric with cute little red birdies on it, see my little quote from my favorite Bob Marley song on there “Three Little Birds…On my Doorstep” and yes, these rock ARE right on my doorstep

I painted this one for my friend Jen, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was her and her hubs wedding song.

And one more, this one is right on my front porch, greeting all my friends that come by.

So, next time you go to the river, take your self a little bucket and collect some rocks! They are lot’s of fun!

Oh and take your camera too, you might capture some fun moments like these.

DIY Family Tree

Happy Friday! I have another quick post for you! Remember my Family Photo Wall I shared with you all a while back…well, I really wanted to make it into a “Family Tree” wall, but I didn’t really want to paint the tree on the wall…but then, while I was browsing around Target one day I say this wall decal. IT’s a tree! It says easy to apply and re-usable, removable, and hey it was only $19.95. I bought it!

It really was easy to apply, and it really was removable, because I moved a few leaves around.

So, here is the finished “Family Tree”……

I really love how it looks and I’m going to add more photos too! So fun and simple!

LiveJournal Tags: diy wall art,family tree,family photo tree

Good morning Beautiful, Hybrid Bathroom Wall Art!

I have a quick cute and easy project to share today.

I wanted a cute quote above my bathroom mirror. I looked in the craft store and saw this way cute wall decal that said “Goodmorning Beautiful”  I thought that was so prefect for right above the bathroom mirror. But, did I really want to spend $11.99 on a decal…no, not me. So, instead I bought this plain piece of wood/sign blank for $1.99 and made my own!

First I painted the wood, then I antiqued it a bit with some antique gel (which both I already had).

Then I went to the computer and opened up some cute ALphas in Photoshop. I used The Chocolate and Marshmallows Alpha by, Jen Yurko. I resized them to the size I needed, printed them, cut them out, inked the edges with distress ink and mod podged them to the sign. I added a picture hanger to the back of the board and Ta-Da…all done!

So, for $1.99 I made a cute little sign..it could have been free if I had a piece of wood lying around! lol.

Here it is..

Here it is a little closer up. BTY, my bedroom and master bath are teal and brown.

That’s it! A super quick and simple little project!

Happy Crafting!

LiveJournal Tags: bathroom wall art DIY,Goodmorning Beautiful,DIY Wall Art,Wall Quote,Hybrid

Old Window Wall Art

Hi! I’m here with another Pinterest Project! This is so fun.

So, I saw on Pinterest this wall art made with an old window.

Goodness it’s soooo cute. I totally followed the tut on the original posters blog. 

I needed to make this for my bedroom! So, I did just that! I called my friend Kathy who makes art with old windows and asked if she had one she was not using…she did! Yea! Thanks Kathy!!

The colors in my bedroom are brown and teal…so those are the colors I used. And of course I made this a Hybrid project by just using my digital scrapbooking stash! I just found some digi papers that I liked and printed them in the sizes I needed for my window. All the papers I used were from the GingerScraps store. I love using my digi supplies like this!

So, here is my window. I also used some wooden knobs I already had, not as cute as the original posters knobs, but still cute. I glued buttons on the end of the knobs to make them a little more jazzy. I am one of those girls that likes to use what I have..not that I don’t like to go out and buy more goodies at the craft store…lol..but it gives me pleasure to use supplies I already have in my craft closet.

So, here is my window hanging right on my bedroom wall.

Now, I just need to make some more fun projects to hang all around it! I’m sure I will find lots of great ideas on Pinterest! LOL!

Follow me on Pinterest HERE if you wanna!

Have a crafty day!

LiveJournal Tags: wall art from old windows,recycled wall art,home decor DIY,Hybrid home decor,gingerscraps,Pinterest project,bedroom wall art

My Planner for 2012

Yes, it’s the beginning of a new year. Time to get organized right! Well, I am a planner girl. I know, a lot of you have foregone the paper planners and only use your smart phone calendars. I do have a smart phone..but I just need my planner! It goes with me everywhere. it’s in my purse. I write everything in it. It’s actually kind of fun to go back through my old planners and see what I had written..almost like a journal of my daily life!

So, of course it’s 2012. My old planner is tattered and full. Time for a fresh start! Yea! Fun! I know I could go and buy myself a planner, but it is much more fun to make your own! It’s so way cuter!

So here we go…time to share my 2012 planner!

Here is the planner in process.

Yes, that is my sewing machine. I wanted pocket pages, so I decided to sew them! That should be sturdy don’t cha think!

Here are the inside pages.  I created templates for these planner pages you can find them in my shop at GingerScraps. The templates are totally customizable.

Just use any digi papers that you like, drag them into the layers in the template and print the pages back to back. You just have to do a few test prints to see how the pages come out of your printer. Once you get it all tested they printing a a breeze.

So, I was super excited to use my new Zutter Bind it All for my planner this year! I got it on sale too! With my Ben Franklin gift card Whoowhhoo! I am totally loving this new tool! It punches all the little holes for you and binds it all together with the wires.  A few test punches with this and I was good to go. You could also use a small 3 ring binder, like I did last year.

Here is the cover. It’s my favorite part  

I love pink and black! So, the zebra paper and the little rhinestone camera I also got at Ben Franklin. The rest of the papers and elements are digital and are in the kit Colors of My Life which you can find at GingerScraps. It is a buffet kit, so it is huge and a collaboration of a bunch of the GingerScraps designers. I’m using the same kit for my 365 project this year.

The cover is a piece of chipboard with the zebra paper on both sides. Then the cute little hybrid bit glued on the front. It is all Mod Podged to keep it sealed and protected. This little book has to be able to take my abuse for the whole year! And it turned out so cute, I won’t get bored of looking at it!

Now, I am totally ready to take on another busy, fun filled year of lots and lots of thing to do!

LiveJournal Tags: 2012 planner,planner pages,2012 planner page templates,2012 calendar templates,colors of my life,zutter bind it all,gingerscraps

Recycled Book “Family” Banner!

Happy Thursday!! Today I actually have a cute little project to show you! I made this a while ago too and it is super easy but super cute, And multi-purpose too! And it didn’t cost me a cent, because I already had everything I needed laying around the house!

I love how it looks on my family photo wall!

But, not only that…it is so super cute when you take it off the wall and use it as a prop in your family portraits!

(I love it for my family and holiday photo sessions, like in this photo I took of the Zall Children)

I’m totally going to make some more with different sayings! They are so easy..

So, first step, find an old book, cut  triangles out of the pages, you can do more than one page at once too!

Print out some letters in a cute font from you computer. I used PSE to resize my letters to the right size, but you can also use word or any other program you have.

Print…Cut…Glue to the triangles. Told you…Easy!

Now, take some string or ribbon, what ever you have. I like to tape the pieces to the string to really hold them on there.

Then add some mini clothespins! Done! Yea!! So cute!

Hope you get some time to craft in today! Happy Thursday!!

LiveJournal Tags: family banner,handmade,craft,photo prop,family photo wall,holiday photos

We Made a Wind chime!

Good afternoon my crafty friends! I am so off schedule..I guess summer has it’s own special schedule right?! Any whooo…If you remember my summer fun list, which, by the way we have been checking those boxes off day by day!  number 52 on the summer fun list was to make a wind chime. 

Of course I had to browse Pinterest to get some fun ideas. I saw this wind chime using a plate as the top part. I thought, Perfect! I have these white lattice plates I bought over 12 years ago that are just calling out to be crafted. So the boys and I took a little trip to the Goodwill to pick up some spoons to make our chimes. I also found some cool clear beads in the craft section that were perfect for this project. Everything else I already had. Yea for cheap projects!

The boys and I got to work, we got out our trusty drill, I already had my little tiny drill bit in it from the last time I made scrabble tile necklaces. We drilled some holes through the spoons. It takes a while for the drill bit to go through the spoon, but eventually it goes through. Tyler helped me do the drilling. Travis just watched us..he didn’t really want to get any where near the drill…lol.

Here are the spoons with the holes drilled in them.

Here are my cute little helpers..Tyler is way too cool holding the drill..

So, then we laid out our beads and spoons. I needed fishing line to string the beads and spoons on, so I snagged my hubby’s fishing pole. Shhhhh.

Now just tie your fishing line onto the spoon. I ties a few knots and make sure you paint the knot with some clear polish to hold it nice and strong.

Now, I kind of forgot to take pics while I was stringing the beads…lol..but you get the idea. Just string them on go all the way around and back through the bead and tie back near the hole in the spoon. Put nail polish on this knot too.

I also strung some polka dot ribbon thru my plate and up to the top to hang it. I didn’t really trust the fishing line to hold it, I thought the ribbon would be stronger, cuter too.

So here we are all done with our wind chime.

So, for just the price of a few thrift store spoons we now have a pretty wind chime to enjoy. I got some super cute colorful wooden beads at the thrift store too. I’m totally gonna make another wind chime!

Bye Bye!