Children's Art to Lovable Softie

So I just wanted to share this today...Mother Lode is giving an awesome tut for creating lovable softies out of her children's art work!

Which is so cool... I love using my sons art in a lot of things too.  You know about my Mad Skills button right?

Its made from a pic of Jackie's handywork...

Great work!  Be sure to head on over there check out everything else she has to offer!

Ginger

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Lots MORE to Share!

So I have a little more to share with you today...first off, I am finally teaching ART!  After all these years, I am actually doing something with my degree.  

And though it's still a far cry from my dream job as a college level art history professor...but hey!  

I'M TEACHING!!!!

In fact I am an interactive art instructor for the G'nosh Art Studio in Frisco.  Not college courses but still studio time.  I am so excited!!!  Yippee!

Secondly, I had wanted to limit my Mad Skills Monday favs to 4th of July or Americana projects...but I just could not leave a few more of my favs out.

  So here I am continuing my Mad Skills features...congrats!

I wanna try making on of these rice warmers from Ponytails and Fish Scales

I really love this tea towel cake from Sweet Little Smoothie...perfect for a wedding shower!

Digg'n these apple bags from Flexible Dreams...would make a trendy diaper bag too.

And last but certainly not least...I am in total love with this egg carton decor from Simpsonized Crafts...so much so that I intend on featuring it again at Appleseed Gifts!

Love the color...love the beads...LOVE IT!

Congrats to everyone who linked up!  I enjoy reading all of your posts and feel honored that you have chosen to share them with me at Mad Skills Monday!  

If you were featured, snag the button below!

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Mad Skills Monday Link Party #15

Sorry I'm a little late todfay folks!  We had such a great time over the weekend celebrating 4th of July and I had to work today :(  So I wasn't able to get Mad Skills going until now!  No worries!  On to the partay!

Mad Skills Monday

And I'm lov'n the patriotic show stoppers from last week!  Check em out!

How about some streamer action from A Girl and a Gluegun

This beautiful burlap and doily flag from At Second Street

I am in LOVE with these firecracker stars from Oopsey Daisy!

And this beautifully done patriotic urn at Make the Best of Things...very pretty!

Excellent work ladies!  What a way to celebrate our Independence!

If you were featured today, please snag the button below!!

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Today I am sharing, not what I did, but what Jackie did!  But I am so proud of him for making such a pretty and unique piece of art!

He's so cute...over the weekend, we taught him to wave a little flag and say "God Bless America".

Now its your turn to share!  Here's what you do:

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share!  It can be anything you want!

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. It can be a tutorial or a project.  No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of your tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!(PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. Visit other links, leave them comments (we all love comments) and enjoy their blogs!

This link party will end on Saturday, July 10th at midnight.  I'll keep it going a little while longer...since I was a little late ;)

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Patriotic Art

So its been a very busy week with work and preparing for this weekend...not to mention my hubby was out of town so I wrangled the kids by my lonesome for 4 days...phew!

But one thing's for sure...we LOVE 4th of July!

So I gave Jack a plate of the signature red/blue colors and let him go to town in creating a snazzy piece of patriotic art!

It has such natural movement!  We love it so much that it hangs in our office!  A artistic tribute to admire all year long...Happy Independence Day!

Ginger

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I'm linking:

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related Tuesdays at All Thingz Related
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show and Tell Wednesdays at Blue Cricket Design
What You're Working With Wednesdays at Me and My Bucket
Strut Your Stuff at Somewhat Simple
Show of Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
Hook'n up with  HoH at House of Hepworths
Plant a Seed and Punkin Seed Productions
Hodgepodge Friday at Its a Hodge Podge Life

Totally Bugg'n

So my mom bought a cute little bug catching kit from the $1 store for Jack this past weekend...so cute!

Jack is so excited about it!

 Cool, huh?  A great learning tool for nature and science...not to mention a great activity for the backyard.

Only problem is...

I am NOT having him bringing a bunch of bugs in the house (eew) to hang around until they die or something.

Solution?

We went up to the $1 store to pick up some bugs that will never die (or reproduce), lest they get out of their cute little container.

And there are dozens more where this came from...all hidden under the couch probably.

So now Jack can "hunt" thru the house findings all sorts of little critters!!  And I don't have to worry about a bunch of uninvited "guests" taking up residence!

Have any cool $1 store games or crafts??  Post a comment here and let me know what you got!! I'll be featuring a few later this week!!!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related Tuesdays at All Thingz Related
Creative Flow Tuesdays at These Creative Juices
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show and Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple 
What You're Working With Wednesdays at Me and My Bucket 

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #14

Hi folks!  Sorry I've been a little MIA this passed week...a lot going on right now!  Still adjusting to work schedules and kids plus full weekends!  

Mad Skills Monday is in da house!

Here are my favs from last week...the more and more links I'm getting these days...the harder it is to pick!  I have 5 again this week!  And that's pushing it...everyone's projects are just soooo good!

Check out this car window bed rail from Pregnant with Power tools!?  Wicked cool for a little boys room.

I love these little wooden dolls by Service Pink Lemonade...they are just precious!

I really want to try doing some appliques like this birthday shirt from Allie B Dallie.  Very cute!

And I am definitely going to do some wall art like This Present Life, as soon as I can find a fabric I love.

And I wasn't going to do another T-shirt but I really liked the unique way this T-shirt was done at Clean Mama!

Great work everyone!  I am so pleased each and every week to see everyone visiting and linking up solid craft GOLD!   Keep it coming and a round for all your creativity!

If you were featured today...please grab the button below!  Thanks a million!

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Today I am sharing...nothing.  Zilch.  Nada.  Zero.  (sigh)  I sawwy...

Too busy this week to try and come up with anything...but I do have a cool kids craft in the works so check back for that in a few days. 

Now its your turn to share!  Here's what you do:

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share!  It can be anything you want!

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. It can be a tutorial or a project.  No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of your tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!(PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. Visit other links, leave them comments (we all love comments) and enjoy their blogs!

This link party will end on Friday, July 2nd at midnight.

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Bubble Trubble!

So Jack got this really great bubble kit for his birthday-a SPILL PROOF bubble bottle!

 See the cool little spill proof lips on the cap???

Well, the bubbles are now long gone from hours of outdoor fun...but throw the bottle away?  Forget it!  This is the only bubble bottle that lasted for more than a minute (Jack spills easily!)

Now I know you can get a giant bottle of bubble refill from Walmart or I could go the the Dollar Tree and get a bunch of little bottles...but I am way to thrifty for that.

I decided to make my own...super easy...with (I'm sure you've heard of this) dish soap! 

Super easy steps:

Step1: Clean out the bottle.

Step 2: Add a little bit of dish soap.

Step 3: Fill with water and shake gently.

Step 4:  Enjoy your homemade bubbles!

Easy fix for a thrifty mom!

Ginger

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I'm linking:

Anything Related Tuesday at All Thingz Related
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Creative Juice Tuesday at These Creative Juices
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
Creative Therapy at Life in the Pitts
Show us What You're Working With at Me and My Bucket
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado