Easter peeps printable

I ran across the cutest idea to print out for decoration for 

our homeschool classroom.

Peeps, yes peeps.  

Like the colored sugar ones you get for different holidays.

I am going to print them on different colors of printing paper 

or construction paper and cut them out.

I think I will put them back to back and hang them from the ceiling.  

Along with a few to decorate our door.  

I shrank and enlarged them to 4 different sizes.

  Feel free to print away.  

Creating a work/play/craft room

My darlin' hubby has been working on helping make a room of my own as a computer, crafty, office, couponing, playin', quiet time-getaway and create room.

I have never had all my crafty items all in one place, usually tucked here and there all over the house.  From sewing machine and accessories, in one room, to painting and accessories, scattered here and there along with all the little craft accessories to do with Haylee.  

Even added my computer and files to call it a bit of an office.  (So I could say I was "working" not playing)  lol!!

We even added a little work area for Haylee to spend time in here coloring, lil crafting projects, etc.  So much for the quiet part of this.  lol!!  

Well, I have almost got all of it worked out and now trying to organize and come up with some touches of color here and there.  

I keep leaning toward turquoise - that is after figuring out the difference between turquoise and teal.  Very close - yet very different.  If not careful, I keep leaning to teal then correct myself.  :P

I have had a heck of a time coming up with several things to try to add to my new room.  One of them is flowers.  Can't seem to find any type of turquoise flower that might work.

So after my frustration, a light came on  - Ding!!!  

Paint some flowers.  So off to Wal-mart to get simple white flowers and some turquoise craft paint.  

Here are a few of the pics I took of the process.  Actually had a blast making them.  May try my own colors from now on instead of the so called not perfect - perfect manufactured ones that never quite work.  :P

First step - take the flower apart

I mixed just a little water to the paint so it would spread easier

Start in center and apply pretty thick.  Then gradually pull outward with your brush

as far as you want it to go.  

I brought paint out almost all the way to the ends on the under large layer of the flower

Don't reload brush with more paint, just drag from center - outwards.

The top large layer of flower, I didn't bring paint out as far so tips would be more white.

Repeated the same thing with the very center of petals of flower - leaving tips white to accent it.

Now the hard part - wait for it to dry a little bit.  

Then just put petals back onto center stem and replace onto sticks of 

the original bunch of stems and leaves and WA - LA.  

Original flowers just as nature intended.  None exactly precise, but

perfect in it's own way.  :)

Firework Centerpeice Tutorial

Just found another blog over at "Being creative to keep my sanity" 

(Love the name of the blog)

with the same sort of idea that I just posted from Martha Stewart's blog. 

Here it is also just for a different little take on the project. 

I will try to snap a pic or two of my own with Haylee's assistance to show also.

Here's the link for this crafty idea:

Being creative to keep my sanity: Firework Centerpeice Tutorial

Martha Stewart Style - Easy to Make Patriotic Decorations

Cute and simple ideas for patriotic decorations 

that I found on Martha Stewart's Blog::

Martha used vellum, to make her Pom Poms out of.

I had construction paper handy and used a plastic paper cutter 

board to make 1/8" strip cuts as she did.

Turned out really cute. Scrapbook paper stock would have been super 

since it's colored on both sides but this workedgreat for letting my 

lil' Bug assist with the safe slicing of the paper. :)

I have been on the look out for all sorts of useful tools for Haylee to do 

different kinds of painting with also. On this same site, Martha uses a round 

brush that she barely tips into the paint and it makes the most adorable 

resemblence of a firework pattern. Gonna have to give that a try.

Happy Craftin'

Here is the link:

Holiday Gathering - Martha Stewart Entertaining