Being Crafty

Here is the Fred Flintstone & Barney costume I made for a friend's kids! I also made a bag to go with Grady's Halloween costume, but having trouble finding an ink jet printer to print an iron transfer to finish the bag. So we will see if it is done for Halloween.

In March on one of the blogs I read (The Pleated Poppy) Lindsey had a guest blogger (Nicole) talk about a Family Rules Project she did. I thought it was really cool. Then in Sept she blogged about the Family Rules again and went into more details about how to do it. Again I really liked it but never was motivated enough to start it. Well on Saturday Lindsey blogged about finishing the Family Rules for her house. And for some reason at 36 weeks pregnant I decided this was the time to start making a Family Rules canvas for our house.

I went though and picked the rules I liked that Nicole and Lindsey used and some of the rules that her blog followers shared. I put them in a word document and picked a different fonts for each rule, because I hate my handwriting and would not have been able to make this look good without the computer.

I went to Hobby Lobby today for a canvas, paint and some pretty paper, it only cost me $8 for everything. I pretty much followed the directions that Lindsey had posted, but just printed my rules onto paper.

I am pretty happy with the results and it did not take long at all. I did not wait till the bottom layer of Mod Podge dried and started to add the top layer of Mod Podge to seal it and it started to bubble up. Oh Well, I will seal it with one more layer tomorrow, but I am very happy with Our Family Rules it is already hanging up in our kitchen.

UPDATE: I spoke to soon... after the Rules dried last night the bubbles went away, YEAH!! Here are some updated pictures.