Vroom Vroom Washable Placemats

So at dinner the other night I had an idea.  I'm sick of cleaning up the table a hundred times during meals because Jack is rather messy sometimes.

We tried using plastic place mats but they were too big to store conveniently and they melt in the dish washer...what to do?  Well, I had some cool race car fabric that I've been wanting to use.

Ta da! 

A machine washable place mat...just shake it out and toss it in the washer.

No wiping or scrubbing clean.

Super easy...

Step 1: Just cut two equal size rectangles of coordinating fabric.
Step 2: Sew right sides together leaving a hole to turn right side out.
Step 3: Iron flat and sew up the hole.
Step 4: Top stitch with a zig zag or any other decorative stitch.

Want it water proof?

Add a layer of a water proof material such as an old mattress cover!  Works like a charm!

Also makes a quick gift...get you some cute character plates from the $1 store and sew a few washable place mats in matching fabric!!

Here is Jack enjoying his new place mat.

What a goof!

Ginger

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Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do
Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative Party Blog
Anything Related Tuesdays at All Thingz Related
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jelly Beans
Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge
Plant a Seed Friday at Punkin Seed Productions
Hodge Podge Friday at Its a Hodge Podge Life

Whatever Wednesday #6

Hah!  Its nearly 10pm and I am just now getting a chance to post for Whatever Wednesdays...yikes!  Can't help it, had to do a bunch of chores this afternoon...laundry, ug!  

And, I had a great meal time idea and squeezed in a little quick sewing craft for it!  Stay tuned for that tomorrow!

Here's another trip down memory lane...

Aren't they cute!

Check out this tribal action...

Tried to get a shot of the jeweled rear-end and the sparkly hair...but I guess you can't have it all.

Sorry this last ones a little fuzzy ;)

Hope you enjoyed!

Ginger

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This Room is Baby Powder Fresh!

So the other night, I could hear the boys laughing and giggling.  I just smiled and was so happy that they were playing nicely, so I decided to take a peek...!

Oh yeah, their laughing alright...

because Jack emptied an entire bottle of baby powder ALL OVER Sam's room.

Here he is coating Sam's toy box.

He felt the need to sprinkle baby powder on everything in the room...

The rocker...

Lightning McQueen...

The toy tool bench...

And yes, even the Mr. Potato Head pieces...

*sigh*

Took 2 nights to clean it all up..the vacuum started smelling like burnt baby powder!

Ginger

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Strong. Like. Bull.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my husband, Michael, and I are committee members for Jackie's Hope for a Cure and we both fight for Lung Cancer victims. 

We have a main event coming up that we are all very excited about...dun ta da DA!!!!

A RODEO EVENT!!!

And for this event I am submitting some paintings for auction and 100% of the proceeds will go towards lung cancer research and awareness.

Here is one of my submittals...

Very abstract and modern but also depicting strength and awe.

Also very simple for any artist.

I started out with an old canvas to paint over...

Turned it on its side and started applying colors with a pallet knife.  I used brown, yellow, white, and blue.

Just scrape the paint down the canvas, much like icing a cake!

I then traced out the form of the bull with the point of the knife right into the wet paint.

And then filled in the form with globs of blue paint.  I then applied some black paint to create shadows on the bull.  All done!

Here are a few close ups...

Donations are always welcome for our cause.  Please visit our website and blog for more information.

And click here to donate!

Ginger

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I'm linking:

Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Craftastic Mondays at Sew Can Do
Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative Party Blog
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 at Blue Cricket Design
What You're Work'n With at Me and My Bucket

Jack's gone GOTHIC!

So hubby was home alone with the boys the other night while I was out working.

He told me he thought to himself..."Man, its quiet...?  Awesome.  Why is Ginger always complaining about the noise.  How come Ginger thinks the boys are noisy...?"  

He went back to "Michael business" for a second and then decided it would be wise to check everything out.

Enter Jack in the bathroom...applying black nail polish (that's been rolling around in the drawer since last Halloween)...

ON HIS HEAD!

 Seriously?

Not sure what he was thinking here...
How do you go from trying to paint your nails, black of all colors, to painting your forehead?

But then, Jack has had fun before with the nail polish.

To read other zany stories, click here.  Enjoy!

Ginger

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Mad Skills Monday Link Party #26

Hola everybody! Ready for more Mad Skills???

Okay...I am seriously thinking of doing a separate linky party here soon for solely Halloween/Fall decor, projects, etc.  I mean, I'm seeing some super cute stuff, but I think it needs its own party...what do you think?Post a comment and let me know...and keep a mental inventory of all your fall projects!  We may be doing a Halloween/Fall party........

Here are a few of my favs from last week...

How about this cute little key holder from Dittle Dattle?

Lov'n this simple wall art from Finding Fabulous!

I am IN LOVE with this cute little checker board from Little Miss Momma!!!

Adorable!

And totally digg'n this mason jar light fixture from Measuring my Life in Love...way cool.

Way to go everyone!  I love each and every one of your projects!  Due to time constraints, I was not able to post comments to each and every link.  I will try my very best in future parties to post to every link, but may not be able to.  Sowwee...forgive?

If you were featured today, please feel free to snag the featured button for you blog!

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And for this weeks par-tay, I will be sharing my long lost heard of My Little Ponies!  I was so excited about this and there will be many more posts about these guys...believe me.

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

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share! 

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

3. No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of a 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 linky party will end on Friday the 24th at midnight.

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White Dress Painting

Here's a painting I did for class...my last class though.

Bittersweet and truly a blessing...the best move for my family. 

Very feminine...here are a few close ups.

So enjoy this last class painting.  But don't worry, you'll see more of my personal work later!

Ginger

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