if you are wondering what I am up to….

don’t think twice! I am making rosettes out of streamers and getting carpal tunnel while I am at it (when charlie is asleep that is!). my awesome, crafty friend sara showed me how to make these pretty rosettes so I could craft something for the girls room. here is a glimpse of the project. I only have 1 - 5x7 frame done and have 2 more to go. the plan is for these frames to hang from ribbon in the girls room…someday.

in progress.

1 finished frame. I can’t wait to get them on the wall!

crafty??

i am not a crafty person. i am definitely not an artist and don't walk through michaels or hobby lobby coming up with cute ideas. i copy ideas from my friends. so when my friend kris mentioned a craft project she did with her kiddos that i loved i had to do it. i knew i had to have help to hold charlie so i waited until this weekend when my mom and dad are visiting to tackle it.

here are the results:

charlie's feet - as you can see a 1 year old does not perfectly place and lift up his feet. he moves his toes the whole time and pushes off when you start taking away the canvas, but that is the beauty of it.

charlie's hands - as you can see this one didn't turn out at all. once we had his right hand painted all he wanted to do was open and close his hand to feel the paint in between his fingers. then trying to instruct charlie to open his hand was quite the feat. we tried to show him, pry his hand open, etc but nothing worked so as soon as i saw his hand open i moved in with the canvas. as you can see - it didn't really work. so we tried one more time with the same hand...it didn't work, but shows his stage of life - learning and feeling new things.