Fireworks

So Thursday we were turned loose at work by 3:00--yay to the boss for letting us go early for the holiday.  I skipped on over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some supplies for a craft project I saw on Pinterest....straw fireworks.

I picked up the paint and 8x10 canvasses which were both on sale (lucky me) as well as gold & silver glitter.  I still can't believe I did that.  I like sparkly things but glitter just seems to get all over everything.  Anyway, I got home and Bella was super excited to start this project.  Chris decided to join the fun as well.  We taped 7 straws together to make the fireworks shape and then we had a practice run on paper plates.  

 Now for the real thing...

I helped Bella.  She was afraid she would get too much paint or not enough, so I dipped and she told me where to place it on her canvass, then she pressed the straws down to make sure the paint stayed on good.

After the blue and red paint was in place, we added the glitter.  Bella choose to add both silver and gold while Chris stuck with just silver.  I love how both of them turned out. 

Christopher's creation....

Miss Bella's artwork...

And here are my two monkeys showing off their art....

I loved this little project that took about 10-15 minutes tops and now we have something to decorate with every year.  I have one displayed on the dining table and one on a shelf.  Perfect.  I should have taken pictures of that huh.  Oh well.  

Saturday evening we went to Lake Jackson to watch fireworks.  I snapped this picture of my monkeys waiting for the show...

I didn't get any pics of the fireworks because I was too busy oohing and awwing with Bella.  It was a fun night.  Hope ya'll had a great 4th of July.

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

I got her done with a week to spare!  I have to say that when I starting cutting the material for this wreath, I may have curse myself for wanting to do this.  Its a lot of material but thankfully I did have a handy dandy rotary cutter.  Here was my situation about 7:30 last night.    

The kids sat with me while I cut the strips.  I have no idea how many strips of material I ended up with but Christopher counted 15 different patterns, 16 if you count the one I missed.  Here's my finished wreath.  

About halfway through my process, Christopher was inspired so he made a mini wreath.  Since it was 9:30 or later when we finished, I hung the wreath on the inside.  This morning at dark thirty when I was leaving the house, I moved it to the outside.  I will take a picture when I get home this afternoon so you can see it against the brown door.  I think the colors will really pop. So there's my craftiness for SPD.  I'm glad I finally did it.  My next project will be using the material from Grandma's house I mentioned before.  It will involve another wreath but this one will be bigger and fatter...and a LOT more material.  Yay me and my fun ideas!    

Update on honey and I.  We are working through things.  Neither of us want to say goodbye but we still have a lot to figure out because we don't have all the answers.  One day at a time.   

On one last note....I'm totally jealous of all the peeps who were able to sleep in this morning for Spring Break.  Do you know how hard it was to drag myself out of bed this morning, especially since it was raining, cold and dark.  Total bummer.  On a brighter note, I arrived at work to find an email telling me to cancel the board meeting this week which frees my week up so I'm negotiating a couple extra vacation days.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Ya'll have a good one all snuggled up at home!