the crafting bug

I have been in serious project mode lately. Starting with the basement in November, and yep... I still have it. In fact I spent 7.5 hours at a girls crafting night last night. Of course, the crafting was very slow since we cannot stop talking! Anyways, here is a snapshot of some of the things I have been up to lately...

The $3 dollar store serving dish thing...

Conversation blocks that I did at an enrichment as part of my coupon/crafting class.

A glimpse of the finished basement - for those of you who have not seen it yet. We will someday put up the trim... Someday... ;)

The adult half of the basement. I made that $6 shelf! Now I just need a few more frames and pictures to add to it.

The artwork that the girls made for the playroom. My brother said we needed some eclectic art because the open ceiling makes it look eclectic. Isn't child artwork eclectic??

My playroom rules that I made after our family values craft we did at my house for our craft night.

My ribbon wreath. I wanted it to match the girls bedroom. But it doesn't... So it is in the basement hallway.

The Family Values sign from our first craft night! I love it!

And the framed wreath I made for our bedroom to fill up the big blank wall we have. I love this too! Made from a paint dropcloth and a frame from Salvation Army!

And sadly, I have like 30 more projects on my list..... Rick is thrilled! :)

Valentine Fun

For Valentine's day, we had a special night with the girls. Pink dinner, pink cupcakes (just like pinkalicious), decorations, and a special dance just for them! Then we turned out all the lights and had a fun shadow puppet show and played with flashlights. It was a wonderful evening!

The girls dressed themselves and decided ballet slippers would be best for the dance. See their necklaces? Those were a craft we did a couple weeks ago, they love wearing them and telling everyone they made them!

Our pink dinner: pink pancakes, strawberries, pink lemonade, pink cupcakes, and pink heartmallows. Everything the girls wanted!

Me and my little beauties on our special valentine's day!

My wonderful hubby with his girlies. He surprised us by coming home early with spinach artichoke dip from Stillwater (my ABSOLUTE favorite!) Then once the girls went to bed Rick ordered takeout from Applebee's, since that was where we went on our first date on valentine's day 8 years ago!

Reagan showing off one of her valentine's for her playgroup valentine party.

One of Kennedy's valentines. (I signed her name).

Another one of Reagan's masterpieces. She was so creative. On one envelope she wrote Brady, then added a sticker that said "cutie" and wrote "'s a" in the middle to make it say Brady's a cutie.

Kennedy wrote Tripp all by herself! She is getting so good at writing and drawing!

Our playgroup! Aren't they the cutest?!!

It was such a fun party! Seriously, our playgroup is the best!! :)