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Guest Project - Make a "Remember Quote Box"

Hello everybody! I'm Cheri from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar and I am thrilled to be posting on Tatertots and Jello today. Jen is awesome.

This is me and my boys.

Today I'm sharing a super simple idea that will help you remember the good times. Sometimes kids say the funniest things ever.

I guess he had heard me talking about product reviews. No, he doesn't have a blog :)
I always think I'll remember what they've said, but the truth is my memory isn't what it used to be. So, this simple "Remember" Quote Box will help with that.

You can make one too by finding an old recipe box and giving it a makeover.

Here's what I did:

My mom had a recipe box she wasn't using, so I spraypainted it pale turquoise. Then I added a little red vinyl to dress it up.

Next I traced some of the tabbed index cards to make my own new ones.

I bought 4 packs of blank index cards to fill the box. It's back to school time so you can find them for about 65 cents a pack. I gave each child a tabbed section and now when they say something funny I can open the box, jot it down, and remember it forever.

The other day my newly four-year old piped up to tell me this. In case you can't read it, it says, "If you're not good, Santa doesn't bring you many presents. Like, if you kill someone - that's pretty bad. Then you only get a yo-yo." What? I'm honestly not sure where that came from, but it made me laugh pretty hard.

I wrote down the month, year, and the age he was up in the corner. You could even fill up the cards with something that isn't a quote, but something else you want to remember. I always want to remember how my boys make me wait till they are at the garage door before I can open it. That way they can pretend they are lifting it with their super strength.

A kind lady in my neighborhood told me she did something like this and now that her children have grown they love to pull out the box for fun and read through it together.
I think it'll also be fun to pull out on those hard days when my boys are making me crazy. It's always nice to remember the good times :)

Thank you SO much for having me Jen!

Cheri - that is such a great idea!!

Thanks so much for sharing it with us!!

If you don't know I Am Momma Hear Me Roar - you are in for a treat. Cheri can craft, she can sew AND she can DIY.

Check out these projects:

This SuperHero Room Cheri created is beyond cool!!

Such a good idea -- upcycle old tees into a Cool Dress

Great post about how to make Printable in Picnik. Love this!

And if you have been thinking of painting your cabinets - check out this post!

Be sure to head over to I Am Momma Hear Me Roar - you will love Cheri's ideas!!

xoxo

PS -- I am sharing my first Halloween project of 2011 at eighteen25 today -- it combines FOUR of my favorite things -- Halloween, Eye Charts, Chevron and Printables!!

Plus pillows too :)

I'm so excited about the Halloween Spooktacular!!

xoxo

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Great Ideas -- Back to School {1}

Back to School Free Subway Art Printable @ Sweet Coconut Lime

Back to the Grind Teacher Gift @ Jac o' Lyn Murphy

Back to School Ideas @ Organizing Made Fun

Teacher Pencil Vase Gift Idea @ It's Always a Party at the Parkers

Stuck on You Teacher Gift @ Crissy's Crafts

Back to School Traditions @ Gallamore West

Back to School Countdown Calendar @ Coley's Corner

School Printables @ Dixie Delights

Back to School Dinner @ Hoosier Homemade

Ten Years of Back to School Cakes @ Dukes and Duchesses

Take a First Day of School Picture @ Just Drink a Coke

Back to School Artwork @ Tales of a Trophy Wife

Make a Teacher Survival Kit @ Purplest Pecalin

It so much fun to go through the links each week and see what everyone is doing!! There are so many great ideas linked up!!

Come link YOURS up for a chance to win $50 to Vinyl Crafts -- beautiful signs and typography!!

xoxo

Another Great Ideas feature post is coming up tonight --

Have a Wonderful Saturday!!!!

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Filed Under: back to school projects, christmas crafts, featuring you, great ideas, kids craft

"Summer Social" Guest Project -- Make a Mod Podge Silhouette Canvas!!

Hello!

I’m Char from Crap I’ve Made, where I blog about….the crap I make.

I love fountain Diet Cokes and cookies. I also love Jen and I’m kind of mad that my step mom (who is her neighbor) didn’t introduce us like 7 or 8 years ago.

Winking smile

I’m a mom to 4 insanely cute kids

(See?)

who are all home for the summer and driving me a *little* bit nuts. So, I wanted to come up with a project we could work on together.

We came up with this silhouette canvas.

Supplies:

Canvas

Old magazines &; scissors

Mod Podge

Acrylic craft paint
Stain (optional)

Sandpaper

1. First, you’re going to let your kids go nuts cutting up magazine pages.

(The kid on the table in pajamas in the middle of the day in the background is totally optional.)

We tried to pick pages with a lot of color (as opposed to black and white text), but that was really the only direction I gave them.

2. Once you have a whole bunch of cut up magazines, you’ll want to Mod Podge them to a canvas. There’s also no rhyme or reason to this, just make sure you cover the entire canvas.

No need to have a panic attack that everything’s not smooth…some lumpy/puckered/not perfect parts are encouraged!

3. Once it’s good and dry, trace your silhouette with a pencil on the canvas.

I went with this bird on a branch design from the Silhouette library. I think a big initial or monogram would look fabulous as well. Or how about a chevron pattern on the whole thing? (That was for you, Jen Winking smile

)

{lol - thanks Char!!}

4. Once you’ve traced, you’ll want to fill in the rest of the canvas with craft paint. There are no pictures of this step because my daughter/back up photographer and I were both doing the painting.

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW. I like this look and I probably would have stopped now if our silhouette had been something more graphic.

I decided to take some sandpaper to the painted area so that some of our magazines would peek through.

Again, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW! There’s really no wrong way to do this…just go with what you like!

5. I applied some stain next.

I put it on streaky and wiped some off.

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW.

6. I, however, did not. I watered down a few more shades of acrylic paint and did some more streaking (not that kind…what kind of blogger do you think I am?) and a little splattering.

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW…because I totally did.

Isn't she awesome?????

I adore Char.

1. First of all -- She's insanely funny!!

2. Secondly, she doesn't take herself too seriously.

3. She a great mom and friend.

4. She loves COLOR -- just like me!!

And 5. She's talented and so smart (she knows math - ha).

Check out her great ideas----

Chalkboard Soap Dispenser Project

Have you seen Char's Green Shutters?? I may come and steal them out of her house one of these days....

Another item I plan on stealing -- her Yellow Buffet. So pretty!

I've seen this Laptop Sleeve in person -- it's so cute!! Char knows how to sew too!!

You will adore Char -- just like I do.

Make sure to follow her for great ideas AND laughs!!!

And we will both be at The Creative Connection conference this fall!!

It's an exciting conference that bring together creative women with hands-on workshops in all sorts of creative areas plus social networking and business panels to help those with handmade bhusinesses. And TCC has just joined forces BlogHer as its official media partner and Mary Janes Farm. Be sure to check TCC out!

xoxoxo

PS -- If you are going on a trip this Summer - print off some of these Free Luggage Tags from Living Locurto!

Aren't they fun?