Disney shirts

We went to California this past summer for a long over due family vacation. It was Lil Rudy's first time and Daddy and I were so happy we finally went. We had a blast to say the least. I wanted us to have matching shirts for the character breakfast and our first day in the parks. On a side note, if you have the chance to do a character breakfast I suggest you do it. We did the Goofy's Kitchen breakfast buffet and it was great. There was a large variety of food, the characters were great with the kids, and we got a lot of pictures and autographs with several characters. Ok now back to the shirts, I decided on just a silhouette of Mickey's head. First, I ironed black fabric ( 54 cents for 1/4 yard @ Walmart) onto Heat n Bond (Ultra hold so I didn't have to sew! About $2 @ Walmart).

Then I used my cricut and cut out a silhouette of Mickey's head onto card stock. Once I did that, I traced it three times onto the Heat n Bond, cut it out, and peeled off the backing. Next, I placed the head onto a white t-shirt and ironed it on. Now, I wanted to make my Mickey shirt become a Minnie shirt, so I simply made a bow with ribbon and safety pinned it onto my shirt. I think the shirts came out so cute and very inexpensive.

Birthday Wreath

Lately, I've been into wreaths! I'm not sure why but whatever! I wanted to make a fun birthday wreath that could be used for all of our birthdays. I decided on a primary colors plus green curling ribbon wreath. I had a foam floral wreath from Dollar Tree in one of those party totes and I have a TON of curling ribbon. All I did was cut strips of ribbon, double knot them around the wreath, and then curl with my scissors. Ta-da!!!

I thought it needed something more so I went to my cricut and cut out some birthday related shapes and a number 3, for the Kid of the House, and then taped them on! The awesome thing is, Man of the House turns 30 this month (shh don't tell him I told you!) so all I have to do is add a zero and I'm set!

August 2009

Yup, August 2009 is the date I decided I wanted a blog to share all the creative and amazing crafts I do! Then I realized I didn't have many pictures of the creative and amazing crafts that I've made because well, I hadn't made many creative and amazing crafts!! Hahaha . So I let my blog sit for a year without any posts! Now I'm back without any creative and amazing crafts to share but I promised myself I would change that! I'm sure somewhere on one of my many memory cards I can come up with something to get me started! So here it is...kid of the house's second birthday party. He was in love with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so that was the theme. His birthday is in October which I love for the simple fact that pinata candy is super cheap! I decided on the theme in April. (I like at LEAST six months planning time so I can get things done and keep an eye out for cheap deals on things!) Sooo my birthday is in May and my amazing mother (and father) bought me Mickey and Friends and Mickey Font cricut cartridges!! Yay mom, you're the best! Then I got to work!

This is the birthday party invite. I wanted it to look like the Mickey Mouse ears you buy at Disneyland! I don't have Cricut Design Studio so I cut out the Mickey hat on the font cartridge and traced it onto a 12x12 sheet of black cardstock folded in half. Thank you to man of the house's cousin for coming over to help trace and cut! The Mickey head (face) is also cut from the font cartridge.

Mickey Mouse Centerpiece



Minnie Mouse Centerpiece
(Missing her name! Not sure where it went!)

Pluto Centerpiece

Donald Duck Centerpiece

Daisy Duck Centerpiece

Goofy Centerpiece

All the cans for the centerpieces are from the Dollar Spot @ Target! Oh how I love Target! Target didn't have a yellow can so the man of the house spray painted a pink one yellow for me. The heads for the characters are from the Mickey Font cartridge. The full characters, names, and 2 extras per character were all from the Mickey and Friends cartridge.

This was the party favor for all the kiddos. Mickey Mouse fruit snacks, Animal Crackers, Bubbles (6 pack from the .99 cents only store that I found in April! I just cut white cardstock the size of the label and mod podged it on then added Mickey stickers), Mickey crayons (4 crayons in a box/12 boxes in a package. $2.99 @ Party City) and MMC Character notepad (12 in a package. $2.99 @ Party City)

Party favor all put together. I used clear bags from Target (20 for $1.99.) Red cardstock dry embossed with tiny dots and then the Mickey shape from the fonts cartridge. Oh and the filler paper was found at Michaels on clearance...wish I bought 20 bags of it instead of just 2! What was I thinking?