May Projects

Creating a To-Do list helps me keep on track and focus on one project at a time. When my life gets busy its nice to have a written out plan. I love finishing a project and being able to check it off my list.
Here is my May Projects List

1. Mason Jar Crate

picture from: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/163396292702245078/

I am needing a centerpiece for my kitchen counter and I think this would be perfect. I love the major jars they are very versatile and I can switch up what I put in them!

2.  "Barn" Style Sliding Door

picture from: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/163396292703696253/

I have a screened in back porch, and when we bought the house the screen door was ripped off half way and in bad shape. I love the look over the "Barn" style and I would like to put a door back onto the porch!

3. Address Sign

We use to have a door bell and somehow it just stopped working and if we take doorbell completely off the outside wall there is a huge, ugly hole. I am hoping to make something to cover the hole, have our address numbers, and give our house some cuteness on the outside.

4. Hanging  Herb Garden

I tried having a garden last year and well it didn't make it. I am striving for something a little smaller this year. This would be perfect to have hanging on our screened in porch (with a new door, hopefully). It would be very easy to get to and technically it could be called a garden!


5. Pallet Sports Sign

image from: http://minettesmaze.blogspot.com/2013/08/gotta-love-mini-pallets.html

I have been wanting to show some support for my favorite teams. We are in the process of finishing the game room/man cave (blog coming soon), there are two sliding doors that lead outside to the patio. I think this would look fantastic; I could even make two, one for each door!  Although, I would definitely have to make one that supported "our" teams! Go Chiefs, Florida State, Mizzou and North Carolina. (I included Nate's teams because I don't want him to feel left out in the house)  

I am striving to get all 5 projects done in the month of May but if I get at least 3 done it will be a success. How many projects do you think I will actually finish in the allotted time frame?

If you have ever made any of these projects I would love to hear how they turn out!

** May is almost over and I only completed 2 out of the five projects. I didn't quite make my goal but I do love what I got done! Happy Crafting !

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Window Transformation

I found this old window at an antique store in Cameron, Mo. It has been in my office/craft room for over 4 months now. I have had many ideas of what I wanted to do with it, but then I would change my mind. I was originally going to put a large picture behind it and hang it about our fireplace. I don't know if it just wasn't the right picture or if I just didn't like it anymore but that idea failed, and I put the picture in a regular frame. Then I was going to put burlap behind it and put a vinyl saying on it with hooks, well I decided I didn't like that idea. Then I found a cute pin on pinterest and started working on a new window project!

The Wine Window

WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 

1 window 

2-3 empty wine bottles 

twine 

2-3 nails or hooks 

2-3 stemmed flowers

burlap (optional) 

Step 1:  Find an old window
     It can be any type of window the picture shows one with two middle beams, I am just using one with one middle beam so there will only be two wine bottles.

I kept trying to take the picture with some color in the background but the dogs would just not let me!  

You can paint it and distress it or you could leave as is (what I did).

Step 2:  Drink Wine
    I drank two bottles of wine ( not in one sitting) and I used the same wine so the bottles would be the exact same.
** Keep the corks, there are a ton of great things you can use them for.

After the bottles were empty I washed them out and soaked them in hot water to take off the paper labels.

Step 3: Clothing your Wine Bottles
 I hot glued burlap all around the center of the bottles.

 I found the flowers at Hobby Lobby for 2.99$ each but they were 50% off SCORE! I just cut the leaves off and I had to cut a little off the bottom of the stem so the flower would sit right on top of the bottle.

Step 4:  Decide How to Hang the Wine Bottles
     There are two ways I could think of to do this

1. You could nail the twine down  ( what I chose to do) 
2. You could hang a hook and hook the twine 

I found these hooks you can just screw into the wood. 

I then took the twine and looped it through the hook. 

I made a double knot at the rim of the bottle top

Step 5:  Add Your Flowers and Hang
   

Sorry about the plain room and walls the room was under construction last week and we just finished it up!

I have not quite decided where I want to hang it but I am very excite to get it hung up, I absolutely love the "wine window" and I think it turned out great!  

Plunge For Landon

There is a baby boy born in October, named Landon Shaw from Tarkio, MO and he has been diagnosed with brain and kidney cancer. To help out the family, raise awareness, and show support for baby Landon someone ( honestly not sure who) started the Landon Plunge. The idea of the plunge is to jump into cold water, then challenge at least 3 people,  then say you will donate X amount of $$$ for each person who you challenged jumps within 24 hours.

This challenge has become so wide spread and it is nice to see so many people taking time out of their lives to help someone they may not even know. On the Plunge For Landon Facebook Page there are over 30,000 members in this group!  Sending Prayers for Baby Landon! 

Here is my video of the Landon Plunge!  

Kelly's Plunge for Landon 

If you have not been challenged and would like to help out, start your own challenge!! 

Donkey Basketball

I got asked to play Donkey Basketball at a fundraiser for Gallatin High School FBLA. I was on the alumni team, who were the reining champs from last year, although this was my first time ever playing.
Donkey Basketball, how hard could it be right? I was sadly mistaken, half the people could not get on their donkey, the other half could get on but not get off, and there were a few that couldn't even touch the reins of their donkey without it bucking or running off. While I watched the two teams it was very entertaining, but when it was our turn it was frustrating. Yes, it was fun but I am very competitive and when my donkey wouldn't move or turn I was frustrated. The shooting was harder because you had no legs to help with your shot and the only way to try and rebound your shot was to get off your donkey and get the ball.

We lost our game 10-6, and my legs are sore today but I can cross ride a Donkey while playing Basketball off my Bucket List!


Check out this video of my cousin, Klark playing donkey ball.
Donkey Basketball


There is no video of me because my husband got to excited about the game he couldn't record!

Quilting Craze

My mother recently started quilting, and by recently I mean last summer, and she really go into it so I thought I would give it a try.  I do not know the quilt lingo, I did not know how to thread the bobbin, and I still do not know what all the numbers and buttons do on my sewing machine. In fact when I first got my sewing machine, my grandmas old one she never uses, I broke it. Don't ask me how I broke it but I did, luckily it was fixable.

Piecing together my quilt 

I started on my first quilt, which was just a regular square quilt, and with much help from my mom I actually finished it. I just took it to the quilters this week to have it quilted, so hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to show the finished product! 

quilt sewn together and ready for the backing

First Comes Love....

First comes love.... Then comes a bridal shower!

  My friend Kala is getting married in June, and just had her bridal shower. I always have this fear of getting someone a gift, and someone else at the party had gotten the exact gift. Which is why I try to be creative and make something, that way I can add my own personal touch to it. I searched and searched Pinterest for something that would fit her breezy personality, the finally I decided on a wine basket of 1st's .  I took the idea and went with it, I found 6 wine bottles with labels that would fit her personality. Then I found the cutest burlap basket at TJ Maxx, except it was a just a little plain.

I found a "W" cut-out, pinned it on the burlap basket, then painted inside the cut-out. Then I picked up 5 wines and 1 one sparkling grape juice. Her wedding colors are teal, and luckily at Hobby Lobby (I love that store) I found some teal tissue paper.

 

sorry about the terrible image lighting

Now it was time to put together the basket. On a piece of construction paper I wrote out a poem that correlated with the tag and the wine.
Here is the link where I found some of the poems http://theglorifiedtomato.com/2012/05/15/for-the-newlyweds-who-love-wine-bridal-shower-wine-basket/  ; the others I just made up!

I wrote a poem that had some of my personality, some of her personality and it described the card (1st Fight). I then punched a hole in the left corner, cut a piece of twine and tied it through the tag to attach to the top of the wine bottles.

1. Sparkling Grape Juice - 1st Baby
2. Relax - 1st Night after Wedding Shenanigans  ( Weddings can be the happiest time of your life but the most stressful time of planning)
3. Sutter Home - 1st House
4. Mad Housewife - 1st Girls Night ....as a married woman
5. Lucky Tail - 1st Fight
6. **Can't Remember the name of the wine ** - 1st Anniversary

Other labels you could use:
     1st Dinner Party
     1st Christmas
     1st Holiday
     1st Thanksgiving
     1st Holiday as the family Host
     Honeymoon

When you don't know what to get someone, MAKE IT PERSONAL!

Here is how the Final Product Turned Out!!