Store SALE!!!

  Hey Everyone!!!  We are having a sale in our store now through the end of the month!  We are trying to add some new fun items we have been working on and want to have a sale on some of the favorites.  So visit our shop and enter this code in at check out:  SHOP10  and you will receive 10% of your purchase of $12.00 or more.  We hope you enjoy it, but hurry because there are only 2 weeks left in the month!  Here is a preview of a couple of our newest items.

Handmade Silk Flowers (with or without the feather accent)

Boys and Girls Ribbon Pacifier Clips

Boys and Girls Beaded Pacifier Clips

Family Birthday Boards.  With Mother's Day coming around, it is a good time to start thinking of her. These are awesome ideas for Mom's and Mother-in-laws!

The Missionary Board has been a really Neat quote for families to have in their homes while their loved one is serving!

These CTR Towels have been awesome gifts for all kids turning 8!

Family Birthday Boards Tutorial

I did a project for Christmas for one of my best friends from college. I thought it turned out so cute!! So now  we've decided we are doing the same thing for our mom for Christmas. So I thought I would include a tutorial for those of you who has someone in mind...it's perfect for Grandmas! If you don't have the time to do it we have it in our shop.

**What you need:

**A Piece of wood 24x6" (Home Depot...I got an extra piece of scrap wood they had for .51)

**Stars or circles for the names(Hobby Lobby 2.99 for 20)

**Drill & 1/16 Drill Bit (Wal-Mart 1.98)

**Sander

**Jump Ring 9mm (Hobby Lobby 4.99)

**Acrilic Paint (Hobby Lobby or Walmart $2 bottle)

**5/8 Cup Hooks (Home Depot 4.99)

**Vinyl...I do it myself so for me it was free :)

**Picture Hangers for the back (2.99 Walmart)

This is what they all look like:

I sanded the board down and Painted it. Then, in the little circles I drilled a hole in each end as close to the end as I could. Be careful I hear some people have a problem with it breaking the wood easily. Then I painted the little circles. We decided to go with males one colors and females another. I've seen some cute ones where they've done each family a different color, or you can just do them all the same...all are cute.

Apply the vinyl. Then I put the hooks in the bottom of the wood. This was pretty time consuming and found it was A LOT easier to drill a hole where your going to put the hook in and you can screw it in a lot easier. Also, another tip is to have pliers to have screw them in all of the way. I just got a measuring tape a measured it all out on the bottom and marked the spots so that I did them straight. It's a lot better if your vinyl is already on so you make sure to get them right under the month.

Then I took the little jump rings and opened them a little, after a while I used the pliers again because my fingers were getting raw. But I figured out the best way to do it was to put on ring between the two circles. This is why you want to get your holes as close to the edge as you can or the ring won't be able to go through the two. 

Having one ring is the only way to have the line lay flat against the wall. On top of the first person of the month, you'll want to add one more little ring that you will connect to your cup hooks, or once again it'll try to flip to the side. 

On the back I added the picture hanging hooks, one on each side so it would be sturdy. I did them two inches from the edges and one inch from the top.

It is pretty time consuming, but I loved the way it turned out!

--Michelle--

Mother's Day/Father's Day

So my brilliant Sis-in-Law came up with this idea to give our Mother-in-Law a quilt with all her kids/spouses and grandchildren's hand prints on it.  So we all passed the quilt along and got our hand prints on there.  We are only missing 2, and they are in the military right now, so it may be a few months.  I thought it was such a good idea when I heard it, and now that I am seeing the final product... I LOVE IT!!!  It has turned out so cute.  As new babies come along we are going to add them with the rest of their family.  Soon the quilt will be totally covered with hand prints! 

My family

So my dear sisters, what do you think?  We start now, we could have everyone on there for next Mother's Day/Father's Day.  Even Dear Uncle Dave,  I think they would love it.  You?

~Rachel~