Random town name president village

I have been seeing alot of cardboard creations through out the Internet ecspecially lit up pretty ones ! My dad was one of those parents that created crazy things from cardboard so when I started seeing all these creations on my Fav blogs and pinterest I was like : why haven't I thought to do this with my kids when I enjoyed my dad creating things for me . So we have been saving cardboard ( some of it being the cardboard packaging that toys come in . Score !
1.milk jug house with cardboard roofing and scarf interior
2.my son had the awesome idea to use two erasers taped together and some chimney smoke out of cardboard !
3.the inside of the house . A beautiful entry way indeed !
4.my son used the cardboard from te brain facts quiz thing and cut it up and made a make shift garage door and garage his hot wheels are inhabiting now .
5.please enter our cardboard house through this door !
6.some of the tools we needed ( exacto knife off limits to kids !!)
7. Side view from the inside of our wal decor :)
8. Cheap Lego blocks that my kids have had forever from the dollar store we used it to make our " monument " for the town . The kids decided to call it " president village " apparently this is where all the rich live ! (lol)
9.the whole outside of the house in all of its glorious lime green-ness!! So lucky to have had that lime green cardboard !at night we shut all the lights off and threw a mini flashlight at the back of the house and admired it like that . So pretty :)

P.s my shop is 1 away from 200 sales !that means that I will be doing a give away soon ! Stay tuned :)

Learning

A few things the kids and I have been up to . Of course there has been alot more going on , but alot of the time I forget to take photos .
1. Our set up of dry eraser alphabet boards that have been helping with writing out the alphabet . My daughter does those and than writes them herself on paper without usin the trace lines that are provided on the cards.
2. My daughter doing embroidery . I bought a vintage embroidery hoop. Embroidery thread and that anti skid stuff that you put in your cupboards from a dollar store that was going out of business to use as cloth . She is using a plastic needle from a dream catcher kit she got from her Christmas advent . Anyways I got this awesome idea from filth wizardry! I love that blog ! My daughter did a heart for her first embroidery pattern . She was really happy to do this activity cause web ever I'm sewing she wants to too!
3.In action sewing!
4.my sons " wacky hair day at school" I knew everyone at shool would be goin with the whole spiky dyed hair so I just put scotch tape on his head and wrote random things and he wanted me to put an on and off switch because he claimed this scotch tape creation as robot hair . Hahahaha.
5. More embroidery , but you get to see the heart :)
6. My daughter workin away ! She takes it very seriously !! Forgot I mention one of my favorite vintage purses I have . My kids love to play with it when they are playing house or whatever " and pretend I was ... " game they are playing !!

Lets play pretend

And as the pretend in the title says I mean that im pretending I have an audience thAt is asking for more. More of what you say ? More pictures of the Kraft paper table cloth. These pics are what it looked like later that night at the party . Some pretty sweet results !!what do you think? I love the sparkles :)

Unicorn sparkly rainbow birthday party

My daughter had her 5th birthday party ! It was a her first party where alot of children were invited to, and it was also a first for us to have a party at our home! I have no idea why we haven't being doing at home parties... For my sons birthday we have always planned parties outside of the house. Well I think that this at home thing is going to stick :)
1.the table. We taped Kraft paper to our table and I drew pictures on it that the kids could colour and also do the kids could draw random pictures ! It kept their attention for quite awhile!
2. Aaannnnnddd the Pom Poms!! I'm seriously obsessed with these lovelies. They are handmade by my fiancé that I asked to make for the party ( he is good at following directions ) he made them all different and so beautiful
3.there was one Pom Pom in the kitchen over the table and the third photo is the two Pom Poms In the living room
4. More decorations !
5. The kids having a bite to eat. For lunch I made jam, peanut butter , peanut butter and jam as well as peanut butter and banana . I also made fruit Kebobs! Those were such a hit should of made more !
6. Home made pink unicorn piñata !! My daughter helped me colour it. My fiancée stuffed it with tons of candy and toys . We didn't end up hanging it but just setting it on a chair and letting the kids at it . The piñata was actually.pretty heavy ! I was sad to see
The unicorn go.... My son ended up being the one that smashed it good for all the younger kids hehe it was cute .

Was going to, but didn't food instead

I did have this really boring post wrote up , but decided not to go through with it . It was pretty much boring explanations of why this , and why that. So Instead I will include photographs of some food that we have been making lately ( I make all of our meals from scratch and we don't eat out that much) I sometimes forget to take photographs ! So anyways...
1. Quiche and veggie stew
2.heart jello( first time using mold!)
3.kids helping me make pancakes
4.nuts and pickles from our snack table
5.making great grandmas borscht
6.my moms canning
7.Seth made a gingerbread man in excess , as you can hardly see that it is a gingerbread man lol
8.my first challah bread. So pretty

Work In progress painting

In progress Painting,or some people say WIP as I have found out Via tumblr. Anyways The first progress picture of the painting is my favourite I almost just want to stop there. BUT i keep going.... The painting isnt finished ,but I will post the finished painting soon. The kids and I made a volcano out of play doh ,and assorted old spices that I had in the cupboard to make it look like a habitat with plants. Kids had fun playing with it,and than we exploded the volcano( baking soda and vinegar) like 5 times. hahaha good times. I was as excited as the kids!!! The shoes are sadly sold,but still beautiful I had plans of putting it up as a post before they sold. They are 1940s platforms GENUINE cobra. How frickin kewl is that? Beauty.Picture is of me and my hunny. I had to drop him off at work cause I needed the wheels. I told you in an earlier post that I would show you a picture of me in my winter gear. Well this is half-ass what my crappy winter jacket looks like,and this was also taken when it wasn't even that cold,but im a Wuss. Hahaha.

11 sales away from doing the giveaway :D

xoxo

Paintings that are happy

I told myself awhile ago that I must do a few paintings that are a bit realistic because I sometimes let myself slip into these coma's of pure surrealistic tendancies that I scare myself and others around me. AND because I live in an area where alot of people don't see art other than what is usually in our art gallery ( MOOSE and...moose??) They get confused and it makes me feel slightly crazy. In some ways crazy can be more intelligent than anything out there.

Painting is done on canvas with acrylic paints

Finished end of October 2011

titled " Arabella"