Friday, October 5, 2012

Burlap Halloween Banner

I got the Crafting Bug this week, and decided to make a Halloween Banner for my mantel.


The only thing I bought for this project was a vintage cardstock pack at Hobby Lobby.
I had everything else at home.

I wanted my Banner to say "HALLOWEEN", but I think a banner that says "SPOOKY" would of been super cute too.

Step One:
Pick out the cardstock you want to use, and cut out the flags.
*Tip I penciled in my banners all at the same time and cut them all at the same time...my opinion is that it makes more sense to do it that way...but I've learned my opinion is sometimes a little bit ummm...my opinion :)
My flags were 8 inches on the sides and 6.5 inches across the top.


2. Lay out the flags out in the order that you want them.


3. Use Pre-Cut Letters, or if your like me and your don't own one of those fancy schmancy silouette's, cut them out your self.  I had to redo a couple but all in all it was no biggy.


4. Apply glue to the letters like so, and then add the glitter.  Do this to all the letters so the glue can be drying while you do the next step.

5. Step four:  Cut out enough pieces of burlap, to go under each letter.
*Tip: I did not worry about perfectly cutting my burlap or making sure it was positioned beautifully onto my flag.  I like things perfectly imperfect...(I learned to accept perfectly imperfect from my primary calling)

6. Sew Glittered letter and burlap onto Flag.  I used black thread.   See how I sewed all the way across on this letter?? Don't do that!  Just sew where the black letter is then you do not see the thread.
*Tip...my glitter and glue did get a little messed up when I sewed, on some letters because the glue was not fully dry.  I fixed it easily by dipping it back into the glitter.  You could however save the glitter until after you have sew the letter and burlap onto the banner if you think that works best.  Like I said my opinion is really just my opinion :)


 7. Sew the Top part of the banner onto the flags. (Make sure all the letters are in order as you do this)
Cut a piece of burlap and fold it over and sew with the flags on the inside of the burlap.  For this picture I used the end of the burlap sac that I had that had a cool folded over ending.  The next picture shows the fold and sew technique.



And here is the end result!!  Super easy and fun to make!




I decided to add some of those plastic ring spiders to give it just the right amount of creepy to make it Halloween worthy.







And here is a cute little ghost that my son made for me, last year I think? I just love it.

Happy Crafting all!
Loves,
Jill


Sunday, September 23, 2012

Reds and Yellows

  
We made our way up the canyon today. And the colors are absolutely breath taking.  
Lily has already convinced me to decorate for Halloween, and the boys are talking Christmas already. 
I even did my first bit of Christmas shopping (which is very unlike me). 


It is for sure not their favorite thing to do, take pictures that is,
but if I promise them an awesome hike they usually will give me some perfect shots.
I wasn't kidding about the amazing color huh??
I didn't do any editing to these photos (if you can't tell from the little black image to the right). 
There honestly is no need when the colors and shadows are this perfect out.


If you could of only seen how many cars I had to dodge to get this picture, you would of been impressed!  
The tripod is in the middle of the road right now ;)

I snuck a kiss at the last second, and got a real smile out of Cory.

I have a ton more, that I'd love to share, but I should got to bed.
Tomorrow is Monday and it's coming whether I go to bed on time or not.

Loves,
Jill









Thursday, September 20, 2012

My 4 year old's art


Lily is really into drawing stick figures lately...

Her latest creation makes me happy.


Love her.


Thursday, August 30, 2012

Randomness...

Well I have good news!  You all must of ready my last post because I was invited to teach a song at the Zumba event that my last post was all about!  It is this Saturday (Sept. 1st) at UVU and I really would love to see my family and friends in the audience, smiling and dancing and cheering me on!
Here's the info on what you need to do to come!
http://youshouldbedancingutah.com/


Other randomness...
I can't believe summer has come and gone.  And like I really can't believe it. Sometimes I feel like I blink and days have passed.  Here is a small sampling of what our summer and past couple months have been like...

We had an amazing Disneyland, Sea World, and beach trip!
 Family
 Lots of beach fun
We celebrated Lily's birthday the day we went to Disneyland!


 We ran the Bone Race up in Idaho

We had a family outing with Cory's family up to a Campground by Mt Nebo (that little guy is Asher)



 I had my first experience paddleboarding and I LOVED it!

 The mountain by our house went up in flames.
  
Asher turned 10 (which I still can't believe he is 10 already!)
We started taking the kids golfing once or twice a week
 We hiked Timp Cave for the first time, and they were superstars!
 We looooved our tour guide!
 Asher made swim team again this year, so we spent everyday at AF pool
 What our beautiful mountain looks like now...:(
 We learned that "Hammy" loves baby carrots
 Bathtime at our house is crazy!
Dress up days
 I left my family, and went to Florida to the National Zumba Convention (rough huh?)
Me and the creator of Zumba, Mr. 6 pack, I mean Beto Perez :)
 Some of my favorite ladies!
We went to Panguitch, Utah
I love the weird things that you can find in small towns
 Ash
 Lily
Bens
We met my roomate from college and her family and had a blast!
This is Lily and her daughter Skylar
 I'm sensing a motorcycle of my own in the very near future
 Riding together
  
Again, I love what you can find at small towns
And here we are to the first day of school.
Asher is in 4th grade
Bensen is in 1st grade
 And Miss Lily is in her 2nd year of Preschool

I absolutely loved this summer...many more adventures were had.  
We spent as much time together as we could and played and played some more.  
Another absolute?  
I love being a mommy to these 3 crazies! 
I wouldn't give it up for all the money in the world :)

Loves,

Jill