11 Monday Nov 2013
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Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, and most of the other Commonwealth countries.
For all those serving, or who have served, thank you. We will never forget.
But I really hope the message in this cartoon always stays true for my children, and theirs.
credit: Lynn Johnston
S.
07 Thursday Nov 2013
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So. Halloween was pretty epic this year.
We had a fall fairy who morphed into a pirate for the actual door-to-door part of the festivities:
and Terry the Fox,who carried an awesome sign with him.
There were of course the parties at school, and Sparks, and we naturally had one here!
And it was very loud in my little house with all those hyped up kiddies.
Then the trick or treating began and my two were 100%, wholly into it this year.
To make it even more fun, their friend J went to a few houses with them and he was so excited that he was literally jumping up and down on the doorsteps!
Isn’t he the cutest?
A few visits to friends, and we ended the (very cold) evening at my Dad’s, as usual, for a late supper. Fun times, a fair amount of sugar, and two very tired little people.
It was awesome.
S.
01 Friday Nov 2013
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Let me tell you about my late night/early morning. You’re allowed to laugh, I don’t mind. I would do it if this was your story, after all.
So. 2am this morning my phone rang. Never a good thing right? It gets worse.
“Hi. This is Constable So-and-so (it was 2am people, forgive for not getting his name!) from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.”
Yes. 2am and a call from the cops. On Halloween. Trust me when I say that woke me up.
“Do you own a cat called Ella?”
Ella
Seriously. We discovered that nice Mr. Cop was just around the corner so he kindly put her in his car and brought her home. The things Darrell said as went down to the door are not suitable to write here, trust me.
We figure this is just training for a few years time when we have teenagers. If this is any indication, we’re in trouble. Please start praying for us now.
S.
30 Wednesday Oct 2013
Posted in Family, Kid's Crafts, This & That
On Monday we made our last Halloween decorations – we are now officially walking into and through creepy crawlies as we go through the house!
The first was pretty straightforward – pumpkins!
They were easy and pretty much mess-free. I simply painted glue onto a paper plate, cut orange tissue into squares and told them to cover all the white. I then gave them three triangles, a mouth, and a green stem and they glued them on. That’s it!
The next craft was a little messier – we painted. My biggest tip when painting is this: go naked.
Now, to be honest, the kiddies weren’t exactly naked, they just took their shirts off to keep them reasonably clean. I have a very cute painting picture but I’ll save that for the parents only!
I told them we were going to paint bats (I already had eyes, fangs, and wings cut out of black paper) and they immediately piped up with the colours they wanted to use – no black mentioned! So we ended up with red, green, and blue:
Cute, hey? After they painted and glued on eyes, I drew a mouth and they glued on fangs and added some bling to the eyes. Then they helped me staple on the wings.
My house (and I hope all of their houses) looks very festive now but I do have one problem – they’re already asking about Christmas!
S.
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Scrapbook Steals, This & That
I’ve been busting with this news and today I can finally let you all know – I’m on the Scrapbook Steals Fall/Winter Design Team!
Go check out the official post here and take a look at the awesome girls who I get to work with – I can’t wait to get started!
S.
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
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… shouldn’t be scary!
Yesterday was another art day here and it seems Halloween has its claws in me. We did stamped feet – one of the kiddies faves – and turned them into ghosts!
I used Memento Luxe ink in Wedding Dress and it stamped perfectly plus wiped off skin like a dream; a quick swipe with a baby wipe and the mess was gone. Genius!
Each child picked their own set of letter stickers and stuck on the eyes, mouth, and “boo!” alphas. I added the “halloween” once everything else was done.
To make this a keepsake, we framed them so they could take them home and keep them for next year (“That’s really, really far away!”) <— hahaha!
Aren’t they cute? Super easy, simpler than the ghosts from last week even, and an awesome tradition for each year. It’s an easy and devastating way to see how much they’ve grown! 🙂
S.
18 Friday Oct 2013
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We had a bit of Halloween fun around here yesterday. Molly was home from school because of a PD Day for the teachers and I needed something fun and easy to do that would satisfy the age range I have around here during the day.
I went with ghosts.
Super simple and I had all the stuff on hand, or rather, I made it up based on what I had on hand!
Styrofoam cups, black permanent marker, string, white tissue paper, glue stick, and a wooden skewer to poke holes.
First, we drew faces:
Then I poked a hole in the top of each cup:
I tied a knot in the string and poked it through the hole from the inside out (with some “help”):
Glue stick around the inside edge:
And the kiddies stuck on the strips of tissue:
Aren’t they fun?
The kiddies had a blast making them:
Next up…. pumpkins? Or footprint ghosts? Any suggestions?
S.
16 Wednesday Oct 2013
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I’m a little bit late this month – I actually did 12 on Sixteen, oops! We were away for the long Thanksgiving weekend and I forgot all about what day it was! C’est la vie, I have them now!
1. Standard selfie
2. A wet dreary day calls for Halloween decorations in the porch…
3 …and the living room
4. my boy being foolish
5. licking out the chocolate bowl
6. printing freebies from Cathy Zielske’s newsletter – love it!
7. pulling pics for the November Paperie Card Kit
8. blogging my new Perfect Pearls class
9. helping Molly put things in her Journal Bric-a-Brac for school (she added all her new projects from the September Crafty Kids kit)
10. Miss H. is 4!
11. doing vocabulaire with Daddy
12. Christmas Shoebox Card Class at the Paperie
12 Friday Jul 2013
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We’re all very excited to be doing a entire weekend of classes with Dina and, in anticipation, The Paperie has been doing a weekly countdown of sorts.
Each Friday a new blog post is going up focusing on inspiration via Dina’s work, or featuring some of her favourite products. Cathie has been doing some fabulous posts and I had one go live today.
Go check it out here!
S.
10 Wednesday Jul 2013
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…is just a bit busy right now!
It’s actually warm and sunny here in Newfoundland and when that happens we take full advantage – trust me, it won’t last very long! 🙂
I have a bunch of projects in the works and am trying to fit those into the times when we’re not enjoying the sun. I promise some eye candy and blog posts but they may be as guest posts on other blogs; I’m afraid my little spot here is going to be neglected until at least July is over.
The first guest blog post I did for this month went live this morning over at the Simple Scrapper site so check that out – it’s a very personal one for me and I’d love to hear your feedback.
I hope you are all having a wonderful summer (or winter, as the case may be!) and are having some great adventures – I know we are!
Salmon Cove Sands
S.
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