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Placemats for Santa and the reindeers

Today was a day full of Christmas craft with my kids. Here is part 1 of 2 of their special placemats for Santa and his reindeers.

Claydough ornaments

One of my best memories from my childhood was crafts with my mom.

My Andrea mosaic framed and ready

The other day I came across a cool mosaic program called andrea mosaic. It compiles photos from your computer (selected by me) and creates a mosaic of a chosen photo. I used one of my favorite butterfly photos I taken at a local butterfly garden. Then imported about 1000 photos and selected my settings to create a mosaic with a lot of detail. This is my finished product. I really like it. Each photo is smaller than what is recommended (< 1 inch), but I really wanted to keep a lot of details of the butterfly and its surroundings. I sent it to Snapfish to print in poster size and framed it as soon as it was delivered. Not only something I'm proud to hang upon our walls for it's beauty, but also one of my best shopping bargains. I spent less than $10 on the print and frame using online coupons, account credits, and a steal of a deal at our goodwill. Nice!

Bedskirt apron

My mom gave me a sheet set that in included a Bedskirt and coverlet. Instead of using the bed skirt, I cut it up. This is one of the ways I used it for a sewing project: bedskirt apron. It was pretty much an apron by the way I cut it. I added ties and top piece. Not my favorite apron, but very functional for messy jobs.

Curtain panels for my boy

I found a cute sheet set awhile ago and decided to use the flat sheet as a curtain (my kids don't really use their flat sheets, do yours?)

The curtains were cute and worked fine, but didn't look as finished as I wanted. So when I found blue fabric shower curtains that matched and on clearance (my favorite kind of buy) I decided I'd redo the curtains...someday. ***Weeks pass***Today when the kids accidentally pulled the curtain rod down I was finally motivated to finish this project. I trimmed the sheet to use parts of it as the new panel's casing (aka rod pocket). Two reasons: to color coordinate the two sets and because I didn't want to cut into or alter the blue fabric shower curtain panels (in case I one day wanted to use them as they were originally intended). Bored with explanation? Sorry. Here's the new set. The "before" shot not provided- it was only the one polka dot panel before adding the outer panels.

Yes, the center curtain is about 2 inches longer because of how the rods are hanging. I need a better double rod but for now I'm satisfied or tolerating the difference :)

Using sheets, shower curtains, or table cloths is an inexpensive way to make curtains. Cheaper than buying fabric by the yard and an easier project since the fabric edges are already hemmed. Give it a try next time you need a new set of curtains, ok?

Kids' garden cart

Using scrap wood parts from a dresser and file cabinet, I made the kids a garden cart. We added the dirt. Now what should we grow?