tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80341458125449097712024-03-04T20:03:37.020-08:00perry jayne handmadea glimpse into my life, my family, and my craftsMelissa at Perry Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034145812544909771.post-23174032986435508252014-02-08T18:40:00.003-08:002014-02-08T18:58:09.770-08:00 Wintery Woodland Fox Party: Ella's 8th Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Invitation and Fox Picture- hand painted by me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/158544195/small-mint-green-nutcandybaking-cups?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=mint" target="_blank">Mint striped cupcake cups</a> & <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102456002/mint-green-tiny-dot-white-stripes-paper?ref=shop_home_active_4&ga_search_query=mint" target="_blank">Mint dot straws</a> from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/pinklemonadeparty" target="_blank">Pink Lemonade Party</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The tissue paper to make the tassel garland came from Hobby Lobby</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I used this <a href="http://www.bestdiytricks.com/diy-tissue-paper-tassel-garland/" target="_blank">tutorial </a>to make them. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">White "snowball strings" made with 3 different size pom-poms from Hobby Lobby.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">White paper fans also from Hobby Lobby- I added mint green flowers to the centers found in the scrapbooking section also at Hobby Lobby</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Gold Sparkle Frame on clearance from Michaels</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Gold chevron goody sacks on clearance at Michaels</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Twig colored pencils were 12 in a pack for $5 at TJ Maxx</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Mint fabric as table runners was a sheer mint fabric I found at Hobby Lobby</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The little fox figurines are from Hobby Lobby. I painted them with Elmer's glue and then sprinkled them with micro glitter from Hobby Lobby</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The "8" candle was from the grocery store and I painted it with Elmer's glue and used the micro glitter on it also.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Coconut Cake from our grocery store bakery</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Cupcakes came from our grocery store bakery-I made little flowers with white chocolate tinted with food coloring- melted and then swirled into a flower to harden.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Cookies were white chocolate covered Oreos with White Chocolate tinted mint green with food coloring and swirled on top.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I also served mint colored butter mints from Cracker Barrel</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Cupcake stand was thrifted and spray painted white</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Cake stand is Pottery Barn</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Glass holding straws was thrifted</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Stand for goody sacks was thrifted, spray painted mint green and a thick gold ribbon attached with sticky tack.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I made the Fox Bean Bag game from a Box and the foxes I made with felt and filled with rice</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The Pin the Tail on the Fox game I used a template from <a href="http://www.kikki-k.com/blog/forest-friends-party-games/" target="_blank">Here</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I made the felt fox masks using this template found on <a href="http://www.illistyle.com/crafts/felt-animal-mask-printable-templates/" target="_blank">Illi Style.</a> I tweaked it just a tad and used a different shape for the nose and added a bow.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Anything else you're wondering about you can probably find what I did... or wish I would have had time to do on my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/melissa_raie/fox-party/" target="_blank">Fox Party Pinterest Board</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">for her party. </span></span></div>
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OK, and now that that's done... Here are a few more pictures.</div>
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The Food Table </div>
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Coconut Cake with glittery Fox, tree, and glittery candle</div>
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Goody Bags contained little mints and had twig colored pencils attached with Bakers Twine</div>
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(They also got to take home their fox masks as part of their goody bag.)</div>
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Fox Bean Bag Game</div>
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Pin the tail on the Fox Game</div>
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Friends in Fox masks I had them all ready to go except for the bows. </div>
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Each girl picked the color of bow she wanted for her mask, and I real quick hot glued them on.</div>
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Snowflakes hung from our dining room light and from the curtain rod in front of the windows.</div>
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Wish you could smell these. They were gorgeous and smelled awesome!!</div>
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A little random décor- I added gold glitter ribbon to my shelf for extra sparkle.</div>
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( I just added it with sticky tack.)</div>
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Had some extra gold glitter paper that I cut into a cute little fox silhouette</div>
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I also added gold glitter ribbon to my frame. Just cut to fit and attached with sticky tack.</div>
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Last, but not least...a picture of my birthday girl. Happy Birthday Ella!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My youngest turned 3 this past week. She has been watching a lot of Diego and loves the Mermaid episode. She tells me all the time that, "Mermaids are the heroes of the ocean." That girl cracks me up. But when she chose a Purple Mermaid theme for her birthday this year, I was so excited. I have been making mermaid shirts for my shop for years, but this is the first real mermaid party that I've done. Still we just did a small family party at the beach on vacation, and another even smaller just sibling party at home on her real birthday. So I kept everything super simple, but I think it still turned out super sweet. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Kristen, at Mary Had a Little Party has been creating awesome party decorations to go with my mermaid for awhile now and I was so excited to get to see it all in person. LOVE the hat. It was so cute. Penelope was especially excited that everything sparkled. :)</span></span><br />
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So I was going to do the 30 Day Cleaning Challenge and Run a 5K this month. But, there has been a change of plans. </div>
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First we are moving. Not far just down the street to a new rent house that has 4 bedrooms, Whoo Hoo!! All our kids will now have their own rooms. I am so excited about that. However, this means I need to start packing, like yesterday. It is only down the street, but it's not like I'm going to be walking down there with 2 plates in my hands at a time. LOL. It's actually about a half mile away, so I won't be walking anything down there. I've got to get started boxing up all our junk... and maybe tossing some junk too. So, I will be doing a thorough cleaning of this house, but it will be after we move everything out.</div>
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OK and the 5K is also a "No Go" because I've hurt my ankle. I sprained that ankle in Junior High about 20 years ago. It's really silly to me that I could still be hurting from that fall on the ice walking into piano lessons that long ago. I knew Piano Lessons were dumb. I may still do the "Fun Run". I think I can push through the pain for a mile, especially if I run it slow with my daughter. I'm pretty bummed because I was really making progress in my running.</div>
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OK, that's all for now. I hate not following through on what a set out to do, but you gotta know when to scrap Plan A and go to Plan B. </div>
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Moving is so stressful for me, so I am quoting this scripture to my busy mind....</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Last time, I cleaned the Master Bath, so this time I focused my attention on the kids' bathroom. Why is there a Darth Vadar Mask in the bathroom??... I have no idea!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Project #7 Clean all interior windows - Nope, didn't do this one. I just figured I would do the windows as I made it to the "deep clean" on each room.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Project #8 Sweep and vacuum all floors in the house</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Honestly, I just did the girls room for Project 9. Hudson's and ours weren't too bad, but I ran out of steam.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Project #10 Deep Clean the Living Room (mirrors, baseboards, dust, etc.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Didn't realize how badly, I needed to dust. This was my job at home as a kid, I hated it then. But now, look how nice and shiny it makes things. :)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I cleaned the windows, vacuumed out the window sills, wiped down the TV, and mopped the wood floors.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I haven't been keeping up with blogging about everything or even doing all of every project, but I've definitely gotten a lot more done around the house so far this month.</span></span><br />
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For the month of April I am participating in the <a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/2013/03/join-us-for-the-30-day-house-cleaning-challenge-in-april.html" target="_blank">30 Day Cleaning Challenge</a> over at Money Saving Mom.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">OK, ya'll.... this is hard for me, but I'm gonna do it. I am going to show you pictures of what my house looks like when it's messy. That is so embarrassing, but for this is for you fellow disorganized moms... you are not alone. I am not a "born organizer". Now, don't get me wrong, I want my house to be spotless. I want it to be clean and organized. But it's hard for me. I have to work really hard to keep the chaos under control. Now if I invite you over to my house, it's gonna be clean-ish. I mean it won't be spotless, but it won't look like a big mess... but what you don't realize is that I will clean non-stop for 2 days before you show up at my door... and I will be sort of grumpy at my kids when they mess up the freshly mopped floor... or whatever I just cleaned for an hour that they undid in a millisecond. So I am challenging myself to keep up with my house better this month and hopefully create some better habits in the process.</span></span></div>
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Our Bedroom needs a make-over. I don't like much about it, but the worst is the paint color and we are renting, so... Anyway, I made the bed, swept the floor, and put away some things on my dresser. There is a lot more to do as far as organizing, but that will be for another day. (And yes, I have a bed rail on our bed. It's not for me, I haven't fallen out of bed in a long while. LOL. Penelope still comes to sleep with us every night about 2 or 3am and it's nice not to have to worry about her falling out of bed onto a hard wooden floor)</div>
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The girls bedroom was a big fat mess. There were toys, clothes, junk everywhere. Ella made her bed and then she helped me pick up all the toys and clothes. I dusted and swept and we were done.</div>
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Hudson's room was crazy messy. We made his bed, cleaned up a ton of toys. We got rid of a few toys, but I may be sneaking in to get rid of some more.</div>
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So there you have it Days 1 through 3... already things are looking much better around here. And I made sure the kids made their beds this morning and picked up their toys. Hopefully we can keep things in a little better order.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">That last sentence really grabbed me. I'm not a bold person. I am not a leap before I look sort of person. I am naturally very cautious. As a kid, I was terrified of going to new places or meeting new people. Some of that I've outgrown as I've had more experiences in life. But I see the same hesitancy in my oldest daughter. She is painfully shy and fearful to do things on her own. I am really trying to help her as best I can. As I read that quote in the book, I thought of something that happened earlier this last week.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">She finally left the office to walk just 3-4 doors down to Hudson's class. She had tears in her eyes, but she did it. I peaked out the door to check on her... she did almost run into an elderly man, but other than that she was fine. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It occurred to me that God must feel the way I did with Ella. I'm sure He is thinking, I've prepared you for this. Don't be afraid. You can do this. And on top of that God can be with us in a way that I can't be with Ella. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am choosing to do what God asks of me. I am determined to not miss out on living in His will because of fear. I may still feel afraid, I may still have a little knot in my stomach, but jumping into what God has for me, can only be Good. </span></span><br />
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Happy New Year to You!!! We celebrated pretty quietly at home with Root Beer Floats and watching "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!" on Netflix.<br />
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And the big kids were in bed by 9:00pm and the littlest was in bed by 10pm. The rest of the night, Jason read and I played on Pinterest. It was pretty exciting. :)</div>
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<br />Melissa at Perry Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034145812544909771.post-86570705058165491042012-12-31T12:42:00.005-08:002012-12-31T12:47:46.149-08:00Free New Year's Eve Printable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My son asked me to draw a scary skeleton... (That's my drawing in the purple). So I did.</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And he embellished it a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then I found it taped up here. By the front door. He added a big red "X" and the words "No". </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He cracks me up. Just so you know, you'll need to leave your skeleton at the door. They are not allowed inside. :)</span></div>
<br />Melissa at Perry Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034145812544909771.post-87338663457993466322012-09-15T17:34:00.001-07:002012-09-15T17:36:53.229-07:00Pin It: Do It - #1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I spend some time on Pinterest... maybe too much. :) But I figure if it actually inspires me to do a few projects around the house, it's worth it, right?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> So here's my first post on finally doing something with all my pins. I saw an adorable jean patch</span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/224828206368843729/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. It's so cute, but my daughter's jeans were fine. However, Hudson's jeans...EVERY pair has a hole. So I got out some camo fabric and started patching... One pair got an "over patch" the other an "under patch" with both I used a little wonder under and my sewing machine. Hopefully now we can get a little more use out of his jeans.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Do you have some favorite jeans that could get some new life with a cute patch? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And... if want you can follow me on <a href="http://pinterest.com/melissa_raie/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Pinterest</span></a>. :)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love to follow fun crafting boards and those with healthy recipes. Leave me a link to your boards in the comments and I'll check them out. Who knows... a pin for your board could be in the next "Pin It: Do It" post. :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here with his teacher Ms. Cindy. </span></div>
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<br />Melissa at Perry Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034145812544909771.post-43470194664911519642012-08-18T09:05:00.004-07:002012-08-18T09:43:43.824-07:00Camo Camping Party- Hudson's 5th Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> My middle kiddo, Hudson, turned 5 beginning of August. He was wanting a Camouflage Camping theme this year. He is ALL boy that is for sure. He loves anything camo, army, cowboy, camping, knights, pirates, etc. This theme was fun and not too hard to pull off.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We had a lot of fun... until that is my youngest puked on the kitchen floor during cutting the cake. THAT did put a damper on things. I told her it was a major party foul. But because of that I missed getting very many pics of the kiddos. Really meant to get a group shot, but I was busy bathing a pukey 2 yr old and then holding her wrapped in her blanket for the rest of the evening.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The lighting outside was FABULOUS and I got a few really great pics of her. </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVGcNnIvniE/UBlGTaYClFI/AAAAAAAAB34/xdJqcYZq4vQ/s1600/tut102_8461_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVGcNnIvniE/UBlGTaYClFI/AAAAAAAAB34/xdJqcYZq4vQ/s640/tut102_8461_edited-1.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Go</span></span><a href="http://www.lilblueboo.com/2009/06/border-fabric-sundress-tutorial.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">here</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to </span></span><a href="http://www.lilblueboo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Lil Blue Bo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">o </span>for basic instructions on how to construct the chest band, and dress... then come back here for the flutter sleeve straps. If you are using fabric with little stretch, I do recommend adding at least 2" to the chest measurement or making sure they take a deep breath when you measure since there will be no closure and this is gonna just slip over their head. You want to make sure it will be comfortable.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My straps were about 12 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. Iron the width in half then open and fold the edges to the center and iron then fold in half again. You are basically making bias tape (just not on the bias). Next cut two strips 7 inches by 3 inches for the ruffles. Then you will cut a curve to the cut edge and sew a basting stitch on the open side. Go to my flutter sleeve tutorial</span></span><a href="http://perryjayne.blogspot.com/2010/07/tutorial-how-to-add-ruffled-flutter.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for details and pictures on how to make those.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lastly, I added a fabric flower pin I made using this tutorial,</span></span><a href="http://jonesdesigncompany.com/tutorial/flower-pin-tutorial/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> here.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I used white cotton hot glued to a felt base. I did make it a pin rather than sewing it on because I figure he dress is going to get a lot of washing, probably more than that little flower will be able to handle. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Other people it seemed used tape or pipe cleaners to hold up their sticks or straws, but I just went with what was in our freezer. Ice Pops. LOL. Our leaf sails did fall off pretty quick, might need bigger leaves next time. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">There are plenty of other variations on this idea </span></span><a href="http://alphamom.com/family-fun/crafts/sail-into-summer-with-ice-cube-boats/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> or</span></span><a href="http://homeschooljournal-bergblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/summer-fun-52-ice-cube-boats.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> and a version a lot more like our "Natural Ice Boats" </span></span><a href="http://www.readingconfetti.com/2012/07/natural-ice-boats.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span></div>Melissa at Perry Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.com0