I have recently discovered the website Pinterest. It has inspired me to renew my former love of crafting. You see, I used to have a fondness for crocheting, quilting, candle-making, you name it. I even took a turn at refinishing furniture.
And then the kids arrived. They have this nasty habit of wanting to TOUCH my crafts. Kids + needles/hotglue/stapleguns = disaster. So I gave up crafting for a while.
And then...BAM. Pinterest came into my life, and I had to make a comeback. I would start small. Crocheting hats only takes a few hours of work. I could do this during naptime. I also had a plan to let Ainsley craft something as well. Perhaps that would appease the fact that she wasn't allowed to touch MY crafts.
We'll start with Ainsley's craft.
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| I was inspired by this picture. |
So after a trip to JoAnns (aka The Mothership), we came home with supplies that would allow Ainsley to craft her very own wall art for her bedroom.
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| Checking out the supplies. |
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| Applying the glue. |
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| Adding the felt flowers. |
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| Concentrating. |
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| She would later tell Dad, "I did A LOT of work today." |
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| Created by Miss Ainsley. I'm especially fond of the orange circles together in the leg of the A. |
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| I was hoping for a cute picture of her showing off her work. Instead, I get Crazy Eyes. |
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| The final products. Ainsley's first Sunday of crafts. |
And now for my crafts. I was inspired by the following pictures...
Only I would be using clearance yarn and working without a pattern. I can do this. It was so fun to make something out of clearance and cheap-o supplies.
Here the kids are modeling the finished products...
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Kinda hard to see Miss A's flower, but she's a bit of a mover and a shaker.
I was just glad she was looking at the camera!
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I'm back, people. What should I do next weekend? I think I'll head on over to Pinterest to get inspired...
