Target dollar spot

Going to Target I always take a look at their dollar spot but they have items too for $3, but they are super cute too.
Since Valentine's day is next week I bought a few things to make some crafts with my daughter and a couple other crafts for some gift baskets.
I also bought a few cute journals and this cute glass jar that I don't know what I will use it for. You can use it to put lotion or homemade products like sugar scrubs and bath salts.
I also saw some cute activities for the kids, like money and coins and flash cards for one dollar. It's a great deal because kids will be kids and accidents happen or they loose things so you won't feel too bad if that happens.

Dollar Store Chalk board tray

Chalk paint is so much fun. It is very versatile and so many things you can turn into a chalk board.
I love trays and I love going to the dollar Tree they carry these trays that look like the real thing but for the fraction of the price.
I simply used the blue painters tape and taped around the center to prevent any of the paint from getting on the outside. for this tray I did two coats of chalk paint and I used Krylon spray paint.

I found these awesome chalk markers at the 99 cent only store and I had to stock up on these because a lot of the times they run out or only carry them for a limited time. With these kind of chalk Markers it is permanent once it dries but it is washable with soapy moist cloth before it dries. Or you can simply use regular chalk. Before I write on these I like to use the flat part of the chalk and gently cover it with the chalk and wipe it off. I don't know the term I forgot what it is called when you apply the chalk all over the chalk board.
This whole project cost me under $3.00 because I had the spray paint on hand, but if you do not they have chalk paint at walmart for under $5.00 a can. I usually get mine at Walmart but If I don't go to the city and won't be going there soon I usually just go to Ace here in town.

Hello and Happy New Year

Well Happy New year hope everyone had a good new year with their loved ones.

We just spent it at home since our daughter got sick but my sister and brother got to come up here with us and spend a few days up on the mountain.

I have been busy the past couple of months and I took a little break, and the Tuesday before New Year’s Eve my little girl got sick. We took her to her doctor’s office and they did a breathing treatment because her oxygen levels were low and her doctor thought she might have phnemonia so we then took her to Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles just to be on the safe side. Upon arrival we checked her in and checked her oxygen level and it was low so they did another treatment. But they finally got her oxygen levels up and she has asthma with an infection. She had the same thing last year right around this time. She has ezcema and some food allergies and allergies to certain environmental factors. We take her regularly for check ups with her amazing Pedetrician dermatologist at UCLA and kids with allergies are more pron to have asthma sometime in their life. The awesome thing is that the doctors their work hand on hand to figure out a plan and what is better for the child. So now we need to get the allergist involved and see if this is going to be a problem yearly when the winter comes around. Living in the city there is more poor air quality. Idealy living on the beach or near the beach would be better but that is not going to happen any time soon. For now we just continue doing what we do to manage her allergies and ezcema.

                                                      some of the mugs I made my family

A few of the ornaments I made from slotted wood clothespins and craft wood pieces from the dollar tree

and foam balls covered with yarn.

13 days til Christmas boutique

This past Saturday the 13th was the first Christmas boutique held at a local vendors home and my first time selling my items. There wasn't the yearly christmas fair after the parade not sure if we lost a major sponsor. But that did not stop us from the holiday spirit. A very lovely lady was so nice of her to let us use her house to sale our gifts from handmade to homemade baked and cooked goods. This was my first holiday boutique. Very good turn out and great experience. Met some wonderful people too. I am a city girl but I do love my new town and we are coming up on four years since we moved here.  I got to talk with some vendors and the local towns people who came. Gotta say these mountain communities have grown on me and I love it here and now gotta prepare for March's boutique.

These are some of the items I made to sale
Enjoy

Handmade ornament from pieces of fabric and used Mod Podge 

Slotted Wood Clothespins 

Ballerinas and Soldiers 

Magnets

Chocolate Trays 

Altered Clothespins and snowman clothespins 

Love this

Strike every where matches in a jar with sand paper on lid to strike the match on

Holiday pencils for stocking stuffer 

Nugget Tray Stocking stuffer (cardstock,pretzel bag,ribbon and tag)

Melted Crayons in muffin pan great stocking stuffer for kids

Simple gift glass tea light holders with tea lights 

 Oil base paint pen used to paint the mugs then let dry over night or at least 8 hours and then put in over at 350 F for 45 minutes.

Recycled Baby food Jars turned into votives 

Pine cone turkey

I picked a lot of pine cones around my neighborhood with my daughter for up coming Christmas crafts but I wanted to do something for tomorrow's Thanksgiving dinner so I went on google and there were so many ideas,and i saw people made these pine cone turkeys. Perfect! Its fun,easy and simple and its a fun kids project too.
Supplies
1.pine cones
2.red,yellow and orange card stock or construction paper. I only used two colors.
3. Googly eyes (mine are from the dollar tree)
4. Something to glue down the items,I used hot glue.
The possibilities are endless as far as materials for the turkey,if you have feathers that would look pretty too,or trace your child's hands for the feathers and color it. This cost me nothing since i already had the supplies,but if you don't the dollar store always has construction paper and googly eyes.