Christmas Fence

I have had this little fence since I lived in Wyoming several years ago, so no idea where the idea came from but I set it up every year with christmas decoration in the center of it. Some years I take it apart and lay it in my christmas tree as part of the decorations. To make it stand I had to put a small piece of wood on the back side of the ornament because it was heavy on the front side. but the ties on the corners help it to stay in place.
I was into checkerboard painting and everything in every shape had two tones of paint in the checkerboard pattern, with lots of flecks of black paint from running my thumb over my painted toothbrush. If you're a pinterest lover like me you don't need many directions just the idea and you're off. thanks for checking in on the two blonde sisters. Here is a close up of each side.

Items I made from Pinterest

Pinterest Item #4 the Man Shirt Apron, I love this, I dug through the closet and took the shirt I never should of bought from the thrift store and started cutting. I layed an apron on top to get the idea of the size I wanted. Cut bandana into strips to use as binding tape on the cut edges. Sewed side seams and added ties.
My sister is the sewer not me, but "Lookey here Lori I did it" and all it cost me was a spool of read thread. Thanks to @Jill Gabrels.

DIY Photo on Wood This is my first sample, I made a small one because I have to admit I was skeptic but dog-gone it, it worked. I must of watched the original artist @crystalshea youtube video 4 times trying to make sure to do this right. One mistake was to let the wood block dry in-between rubbing off the paper and applying the mod podge. I had to re-wet it and then paint the mod podge. I tryed to get fancy on my sample and messed it up a bit, but now I know better. I also learned in the rubbing off of the paper, not to rub to hard, I am missing a bit of my husbands forehead.
So thanks to @Debra Walley and @Kelsey Price for making the first pins so it could get to me!

Now this post is becoming Item's' I made from Pinterest. I just made the scarves after watching the link thepinkpeonyoflejardin.blogspot.com Very easy and who doesn't have t-shirts to recycle? Thanks #TracyLynn for the idea. The red and white one is perfect for Christmas or playing "Where's Waldo" I'm searching my closets now for every t-shirt I can recycle.

I have scanned the pins on www.Pinterest.com then found it, the same letter "M" that I have in my bedroom. I even had mine painted black. I quickly took it down and began to find the photos that I would use for my "M". I had to copy some of them a few times to get the size correct for the width of the letter. As I got the last pictures I realized I had a few spots not filled as well, so I ran to walmart and bought a $1.99 bag of black and white buttons to fill in the spots. So thank you to www.somewhatsimple.com for the idea and all the ladies who pinned it before me, I hope to see your initial after it is finished.

Fifty One Cent Pumpkins

You may have all the ingredients for the fifty one cent pumpkins. I had rafia, [fall leaves I picked off a wreath, and the stems are from a branch off my mesquite tree - any tree branch will do] Orange paint, sandpaper, a miter saw and drill [I own] and I spent fifty one cents on a scrap 2" x 4" piece at Home Depot.

The toughest part was sawing through the 2" with my miter saw, you might want to use a better saw, I counted it as arm exercises for the day. Cut the pieces any size for your pumpkins. Paint orange, drill hole for stem. tie rafia bow with fall leaf.

Lori's Alphabet

[My sister is obsessed with letters]
This wall has all letters in our last name, plus the first letter of each first name. The little wheely one is for my grandson- my son-in-law is a hunter so his is camouflauge, and I will be adding one for our new little granddaughter soon!
See if you can find them all Aiden, Ashley, Bill, Billy, James, Joey, Llona, and Lori.

The Teachers Wall Alphabet
I have to say the "O" is my favorite letter.

Twine Pears

I saw some cute pears at Pottery Barn for a very high price. This is my version. The forms came from the cheap bins at Michaels- they have or had apples also. I wrapped them with cheap twine from the dollar store. I covered the pear with tacky glue as I went, so I could wrap them while I watched mindless TV.

More School Bulletin Boards

These are some cute pumpkins my class made. First they painted the pumpkin shape, then added the faces. One problem with 5 years olds is if they still have paper they keep going- even when it looks done. I saw them on pinterest @http://www.flickr.com/photos/artsyt/5102556647/in/pool-1670102@N21/

These are my favorite pumpkins. I have done them for years. I start by having the kids paint stripes on yellow paper. I usually use orange and then outline them with black chunky yarn. We ran out of black, so one year I used orange yarn, then we ran out of that and I used brown( not so cute).
Well, we are down to only a few colors- so I tried bright blue or bright pink to match the yarn. The pink kind of looks orangie, but the still look pretty cute.
After they paint the stripes I draw a pumpkin outline. Then they made faces and outlined with glue. They were able to outline it by themselves with a little guidance ( I had a parent helper).

The Bulletin Board Lady

I had the fun chance to work with a few teachers at the school that hosted our church plant. Mr. Bedford let Barb Ellis and me come to his class and have a fun craft hour with the students and then decorate his bulletin board. One day as we decorated his board the teacher across the hall came out, and then the teacher kitty-korner came over, by the time we left that day we had decorated all the boards in Mr. Bedfords hallway.

He loved it, the kids had fun and so did we! He usually told us an idea, and let us just go crafty with it. We got some of the ideas by googling bulletin boards then adapted them to the boards you see here.
My sister the teacher would love for someone to come help with bulletin boards, so if you live in Apple Valley send her a message and if you live in Scottsdale I'm ready to come over. I have a few more I'll post them as soon as I find the file they are in.
You did see are two blonde sisters, right?