Winter Blues Swap!

If you are tired of winter going on and on and on and on......sign up for this Winter Blues Swap!
It's easy to do and doesn't take any special talent which is great if you don't have the time to sit!

Derek being silly!

I haven't blogged for awhile so I thought I would put up some pics of Derek making silly "cheese" faces. He can never get a smile right until you decide you're done taking pictures!

It has been warm this past weekend so we have been taking advantage of that and going to the park. Ava really wanted to get down but the snow had just melted and it was really wet.

Finally!

Finally! A video of Ava walking! For some reason our computer does not like the videos taken with our cameras so it has taken awhile to get this video up.

Yarn Organizer

I have been searching for a yarn organizer that is portable and will keep my kids from destroying the yarn and the project attached to it! I found one on ebay that holds 6 skeins of yarn with holes in the lid to pull the yarn through. It was really neat but it was also $26! Too much! So I searched some more and found a tutorial on how to make your own. Here is my Yarn Organizer!

First I bought a 5 gallon bucket at walmart, I would have liked to find a smaller bucket but this will do. I then picked 2 colors of scrapbooking paper, Mod Podge ( I used the gloss finish not the matte) and sponge brushes. Phil drilled 9 holes in the lid of the bucket for me. I cut two different sizes of circles and squares from the paper. I put the Mod Podge on the backs of the paper and stuck them where I wanted them on the bucket. Then I spread a thin layer of Mod Podge over the entire bucket.

I hung it up and let it dry for about 30 minutes or so.


I made a cardboad insert (temporary until I can make one that really fits) I put the four colors I use the most right now inside. This bucket is capable of holding up to 9 skeins of yarn.

Threaded the yarn through four of the wholes on the lid and closed it!


Voila! Now I have somewhere to put my yarn and when I am not using the yarn it can go back in the bucket and still be safe from curious hands! I can also use it as an end table! There are many uses for this.

I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial!

My Word for 2009!

I am accepting the challenge on Tip Junkie to choose a word that will inspire me throughout the year.

The word I have chosen is Challenge! I am going to challenge myself to do things that I otherwise wouldn't do. Things that I look at and think, "that looks way too hard". I will say YES to every challenge and obstacle that comes my way and hope that at the end of the year I can look back and have no regrets!

Good luck to everyone in this new year!

If you want to do this too go to Tip Junkie read the rules and sign up to win a gift!