Posted in projects on November 25, 2008| 2 Comments »
It’s been a blast and I have enjoyed my last 226 posts, but I am upgrading. My new “home” will allow me to have fun layouts, cool side bars, plus lots of extras. I hope my WordPress subscribers will sign up to get an email when I post from the new “house“… It’s super easy all you have to do is enter your email under subscribe to my blog. Friends and family stop by for a visit….
Posted in Decorating, projects on November 14, 2008| 7 Comments »
Actually Christmas items have been in the stores for a while now, today I went shopping with my favorite little Taterbug and we looked at fun decorations.
Look at that big honkin’ acorn {I didn’t buy it}
How about the hootie owl… cute
All these Christmas goodies made me want to come home and make a Christmas craft…
Here is what I came up with, the coloring is off in the picture, but the base is white, sanded, red Merry Christmas, and tea stained.
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
I’ve had a few requests for my fall decor, so I added a couple new items to my etsy shop Worn Acorn…
FALL glitter blocks!
and of course the beloved ACORN
Posted in projects, Tutorial on October 19, 2008| 5 Comments »
Posted in Decorating, projects on October 17, 2008| 8 Comments »
Looky what Walmart put out…
Sorry for the dark photo, my kitchen lighting isn’t great for pics…
Black glitter keys, and silver glitter birds! They are $1.00 each…. ahhhh I remember when Walmart ornaments were .97 cents {last year and the previous years} still at a buck these are a good value and oh so pretty… They will stay out year round!
Now for a hallway update….
Wall to the Whimsical Nursery
Jungle love {preschool}
The Forest
We still have a ways to go… But since we do have progress, I thought I’d share.
Posted in Decorating, projects on October 16, 2008| 4 Comments »
Hey Em remember these?? From like two years ago?? Well, I needed something to do… The kids {all 5} went back to school after being home for two weeks, and I was going crazy here… The dog and I both miss them terribly… This happens to me after every break. I honestly LOVE them being here and I feel lonely without them. I of course could be doing some needed cleaning, but I feel like that is what I spent the entire two weeks they were home doing… Do you know I ran the dishwasher about 3 times a day! I found this plastic bag up on the top shelf of my pantry and knew it would be the perfect project to finish… The sewing was done, all I needed to do was paint and assemble…
ahhh don’t those colors make you happy??
Finally finished…
Here it is with an acorn tag…
Posted in children, Gifts, projects on October 15, 2008| 6 Comments »
I made these last year for my sons preschool class, it was a huge considering all if the candy that gets past out, the mothers were all grateful!
Supplies:
Black cardstock
Halloween patterned scrapbook paper
Halloween rubber stamp {plus black ink}
Ribbon I used orange and black
Halloween Cookie Cutters
* You can also adapt this for Christmas, Easter, birthday favors….
Here is the recipe you will need to print {mine reads}
Happy Halloween
{Make this fun play dough recipe with your mom or dad}
Play Dough
1 cup boiling water
2 TBSP cooking oil
1/2 cup salt
1 cup flour
1 pkg Kool Aid mix
Stir water, oil, and salt until dissolved.
Stir in flour and Kool Aid mix until cool enough
to knead to desired consistency. Put in container.
Store in fridge. Cut into fun shapes with cookie cutters.
Posted in Gifts, projects on October 11, 2008| 6 Comments »
My sister came over last night and wanted me to make a spider shirt for my niece… Some black felt {appliqued on} painted legs and eyes, and ribbon….
My Cousin Cathy, stopped by this week with a bag full of candy… I LOVE this bag so much, I could use it as a purse! Thanks Cathy!
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 9, 2008| 1 Comment »
I will start with some more decor…
Look at that huge acorn {from Joann’s} I want to go get more… The acorn stand is for a candle and came from Goodwill last year!
A few projects Elise {my swap partner} close your eyes… Or not, it’s up to you, but don’t say you weren’t warned…
Been paintin’ on canvas… Squirrels and acorns oh my…
Swiped this photo of Em’s blog, I made her this acorn, but didn’t take a picture of it…
NoW for some randomness… hahahah
That crazy bee landed on our windshield and Spike was putting his finger on the glass… {it’s the closest he will ever come to a bee… hahaha Speaking of Spike, I was cleaning out 19 pages of emails and came across an email he sent out when I first started Lipstick and Laundry, it was his corky version of a blog… I hope none of you find this offensive, he has a SUPER silly sense of humor, it’s one of the MANY I just LOVE about him….
I am sure you will have to click on the picture to enlarge it, so you can read the text!
Now for a blogland question…. I have been contemplating moving yes, you read right….
I created a blogspot/blogger account a while back and I am still learning the tricks… I do like wordpress however I can’t make cute backgrounds… So I am asking what do you all think should I stay or should I go??
Posted in children, Decorating, projects on October 4, 2008| 6 Comments »
I was asked by the children’s director of our church to come up with classroom themes and a hallway theme to tie everything together…. What I came up with is… The nursery will be a “Garden” theme with trees, birds, and nests. The toddler room is going to be “The Farm”, preschool/kindergarten is “The Jungle”, First through 6th grade will be “The Beach” and an overflow room as “The Forest”… Rooms decided now how do you make that work with a L-O-N-G hallway…. I decided to go with a road theme, imagine driving down the road and seeing different sites… I needed help from a real artist with the design how do you flow a forest into a beach? A farm into a forest? The there is the whole depth perception aspect {not my area at all}… So with the help of Diane… here is our progress so far… I thought about waiting until completion before posting, but then if my posts are far and few between you may wonder what I am up to… So 4 hours of Thursday got us drawing outlines on the blue walls and all the brown road, fence posts, and tree trunks done…
Friday morning we started painting at 7:00 am and stopped at 6:30 pm…. 11 1/2 got us to this…
We still have a ways to go and I will update with more photos as we go along…
*Did you know if you spend 4 hours squatting on Thursday, and paint for 11 plus hours on Friday that on Saturday, you are BARELY able to move your legs… I am talking PAIN people serious PAIN…
Lipstick and Laundry 
