Crafty Weekend

It's been a busy but productive weekend here. On Friday Mike was in Vegas for work so I got to take my boyz out to dinner at McD's and let them run off energy in the play place then settle in at home for some movie watching time where we watched Mr. Poppers Penguins until Dad got home in time to tuck us in. Then Saturday started the real fun. I had an appointment to get my hair dyed and cut in Lehi so decided to stop at a place called The Wood Connection in Murray that I had been hearing lots about on the way. The place was packed with people so we didn't stay as long as I would have liked too but I did come out with a few projects and after getting my hair done and going out to dinner with some friends I started the first one. This fun St. Patty's sign.

This morning after the craft store opened I went and picked up what I needed to finish the St. Patty's one and start 1 of the 2 Easter projects I picked up. Mike helped with this one while I went to my monthly craft-date with my friend Becca Y. He had it all painted and ready for me to add the sparkle when I got home.

At Becca's house we made a couple tutu's. Here's the one I made for Miss Faith. I still need to do some finishing work on it but I've been wanting one in these colors for her so I am super excited about it.

And we made a few bows. Here's the 4 I got done today.

Amongst all of that we dealt with sick kids (off and on) and laundry and the normal household stuff that drags us down. It's always so much fun to put some of that off once in a while though and just have some creative goodness.

Tie-Dye Eggs Round 2

Ok so I had so much fun that we found ourselves heading to the DI again for some more tie patterns. Mike helped me pick out a few and we tried another round. Some worked, some didn't. We are still perfecting it and saving some of our favorite ties for next year. Still a really fun project. (See tutorial below for instructions)

Tie-Dye Eggs

Allison had pointed out this technique to me online and I thought it sounded like a lot of work. Then I saw it again in a magazine.....lazied down a bit for people like me. So this is my first try. Not perfect and will be trying again but still pretty freaking awesome!

Step One: Find some old silk ties. If your husband doesn't have any lying around, go to your local thrift store like I did and pick some up for cheap. Cut 5-6 inches off. I used the manufacturers label as a guide and cut just below it.

Step two: Roll up a raw egg in the cut off portion. I rolled toward the point.

Step three: I rubber banded the ends and put one around the middle. I would recommend taking the one off the middle as it left white spots on my eggs. So next time I will skip that one.

Step four: Place eggs in boiling water for 15 minutes. When done remove from water with slatted spoon and leave on plate or paper towels to cool.

Step five: When cool enough to touch fabric, unwrap and viola! The pattern is on the egg and you hard-boiled it at the same time.

Like I said they aren't perfect, but I'll take it for a first try. The one I tried with a floral pattern didn't work at all so I won't be trying that one again. I'll try more later and rumor has it you can use the same piece of the tie over and over a few times for a few eggs. What could be easier?

Dreamin....

I am so anxious for Spring to arrive and dreaming about being able to take the boys outside more. Yesterday morning I got up and started making my Easter tile since I finally got some more vinyl colors to play with. It turned out more just spring-like but I think I will count it as my Easter one anyway. I love the way it turned out. There are (of course) some things I would fix if I did it again, but overall not bad!