The Princess has Spoken

Although we have never referred to Savanah as "princess", she sure the heck acts like one!  So when I came across this quote on pinterest I knew I had to make it.

I found the perfect frame at HL. I wish I had a before picture to show you.  Imagine: white satin ribbon tied in a bow that the picture was hanging from, blue and white striped background, and a wooden letter in the middle.  It was cute, but definitely for a nursery.  I started by taking off the ribbon.  I then carefully hammered off the back of the shadowbox frame.  Finally, I pulled off the letter and the backing until I was left with a clean slate.

I had a total FAIL the first time around.  I designed the layout in my Making the Cut studio and just printed it from there.  I originally had it on a really cute piece of pink paper, but I went a little crazy with the distressing ink after.  Oops!  

So, I reprinted it on paper I already had and went from there.  I added a little bling to embellish the sides and was a lot more lenient with the distressing ink this time around.  A little glue to the back and I was done.

Warning: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!  I was quite the tater tot while I was doing this project.  Before I glued the two pieces back together, I decided to clean the glass.  Long story short, I slid my hand down the side of the glass at the exact moment that the cloth slipped out of my hand.  Yeah, it hurt.  I might have even had it wrapped in gauze the next day at school.  Maybe... 

Safety Necklace

I mentioned in yesterday's post that we recently took a trip to Disneyland.  I also mentioned that between the ten adults, there were eight children ages 20 months to 6 years old.  That is a lot of children for that age gap and heaven forbid one of them wander off.

One thing my sister and I decided to do was make tags for our children.  We found this idea and then tweaked it to fit my OCD.  Using ArtsCow, we made dog tags for the kids to wear around their necks.  The great part was that you got to totally customize them.  And they are made with a nice, thick plastic cover on each side.

For the front we found a couple different Disney images to use.

And for the back we added their names and our cell phone numbers.

Thankfully they did not need to be used in the way they were intended.  Although there was one moment in Toon Town where I couldn't find Landon.  We had left Minnie's house and I walked over to Shawn with Savanah unaware that Landon decided to head on into Mickey's house.  Long story short, I found him a few minutes later walking around Mickey's house content as can be.  Not cool!

California, Here We Coooommmme

I used to love the TV show The OC.  I started watching is right after I had Landon.  One of my best friends lent me her DVDs so I had something to do while I was home with him.  Shortly after, I purchased the seasons for myself.  The song that plays at the start of the show reminds me of home.  

I am a Californian through and through (except for the lack of blond hair...)

 The first week in November we flew out to California to meet my side of the family at Disneyland.  Ten adults and eight kids, it was awesome!  To make it even more awesome, we all wore matching shirts.  I guess technically they were more coordinating than matching, but you know.

I found the idea here.  I absolutely love that the site has hundreds of images to choose from.  It took us about five months to truly narrow it down to one image per person.  No joke!

My only advice?  Buy the TransferMagic transfer paper and make sure you read what type you are buying.  My sister and I were unaware that we had purchased the light colored paper and tried it on a black shirt.  No dice.  They do sell dark colored paper and it works great, too.  Just be aware of which you are buying. 

You can use this transfer paper for so many projects.  It was fast and they turned out great.  I even added wording to the bottom of our mickey heads.

Enjoy!