DIY Decoupage!

I love to use decoupage for pretty much anything and everything when it comes to crafting, but buying jar after jar of decoupage gets pricey when one jar is almost $8.

When I saw this DIY version on Pinterest, I knew I had to at least give it a chance for my wallet's sake.The pin links you to a super adorable blog who got the idea from a pin she saw that linked her back to this super awesome blog.

The instructions are simple and easy! Mix 1 part glue with 1 part water, shake until mixed. DONE.

This is an easy and cheap alternative to the store brand. (especially if you are a slight supply hoarder like me and stocked up big on random school supplies at this year's back to school sales!)  Lucky for me I also have lots of empty glass containers hoarded  laying around for anytime I might need them, much to the annoyance of D.

Speaking of dear old D....

I only have one further instruction: 

DO NOT LEAVE OUT WHERE YOUR HUBS MIGHT DRINK IT THINKING IT IS MILK!

I am counting my lucky stars that he asked me why I was painting on stuff with milk. This could have been an ugly, yet hilarious situation.

Happy Crafting !

Glow Stick Bath

Last night I thought we would shake our bath time ritual up a bit and use Glow Sticks! 

bath time fun!

I bought a 15 pack of glow sticks from target for a dollar, and made baby A's night!

She had so much fun cracking them to make them glow, and playing with them in the dark and in the bath that after the bath we ended up playing with them all night and had a mini-rave in her room until bed time!

It was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again.. maybe we will have a glow stick night after her next big potty training victory!

Twine Light

The workout posts and videos are on their way! 

But in the meantime....

another craft!!!

This one is a Twine Light Ball.

Materials: 

• Twine- about 2.50 for 500 yards in the hardware section of Wal-Mart
• Ballons - 1.00 for a pack of 15
• Heavy Starch - 0.97 cents! 
• Finisher Spray - 4.99 at Hobby Lobby ( which I didn't even use)

Cheap and Easy

The idea is that you wrap twine around a balloon, spray it with some spray starch and let it dry then pop the balloon.

This was the hardest part!

Honestly, the most difficult part is wrapping the twine around the balloon with out it sliding off, but once you get going its a piece of cake.

All wrapped up and ready to go!

 It finally got wrapped, after some friendly arguing between me and D about who had the better idea of how to wrap it. I can admit defeat, his way worked and mine didn't. You were right, honey.







I have read a lot of tutorials that tell you to dip the twine/yarn/string in a glue mixture and wrap but the spray starch method seems much easier and less messy!

I still need to purchase a light kit to fully complete this project, but I am satisfied! I think I mightspray some acrylic finisher stuff I have onto to it just as a second layer of stiffness, but you wouldn't have to.

I count this as a success.

I am also considering doing a couple more of varying sizes and just hanging them in a cluster over baby A's bed.

Or using them as wedding decor...

                 

There are a million cool things you could do with this concept, so get crafting!