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Spring Fairies and a Leprechaun

Today is the last day to enter my second giveaway. There are some amazing entries over at Sharing Saturday. Please go check them out and get inspired, and feel free to share your newest creations and ideas while there.


Put Together

Knitted Farm Swap



Please note: All of the pictures in this post are from Living Crafts Magazine and are used with their permission. Please do not pin any of them since they are not mine.
Some of the patches closer up (Winter 2008)

Sharing Saturday #9


Wow!! What amazing entries we had in last week's Sharing Saturday. If you haven't had a chance to check them out you really should. There were some really great ones added at the end of it. I know I had a hard time picking features. It seems to get harder and harder the more entries we get. 

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Last Saturday when we went to Lakeshore Learning Store for their free craft, we discovered they were celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday, which is today! Not only did they have their free craft but they had story times and other crafts. Hazel made this Thing Hair there. They had all sorts of ways to decorate it. It was precut by the employees but it looks like they used a wavy scrapbooking pair of scissors.

Today we made easy Cat in the Hat hats. We used a paper plate, a piece of white or red construction paper and red or white crepe paper (streamers). We glued the streamers on to the construction paper to make the stripes. Then curled the construction paper to form the top part of the hat and cut out the inside circle of the paper plate and taped the tube of construction paper in.

To tape them in we cut slits so it would fit the curve better.
Then Hazel attempted to get a picture of me. It took several times, but she managed to get me and the hat in a picture. Not a very good picture, but a picture.

This afternoon we also made some cupcakes and took out some Dr. Seuss book from the library. Our birthday celebration continues for Dr. Seuss. I finally used the silicone turtle cupcake cups I bought. (Steven loves turtles so I got them for him.) They are perfect Yertle, the Turtle cupcakes. Too bad we didn't get that book.
I quickly frosted the cupcakes. Hazel picked out the pink frosting at the store. She of course wanted to add more to hers.
Then she added some sprinkles to all of them in her style.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Look later on for a new knitted swap idea. I'm hoping to post it today or at least over the weekend. And of course Sharing Saturday will be starting up tonight!!

A Giveaway from PrintRunner!

Our Cross from Soup Supper
The final craft we did at the Lenten Soup Supper at church was to make a tissue paper cross. This was from a kit from Oriental Trading. We did not put the "He Lives" stickers on it yet since that seems more Eastery than Lent. We have this hanging above our front door as a reminder of the season.
I was recently contacted by PrintRunner! about offering a giveaway. As you know I have only done one other giveaway, but they offered a sticker giveaway and I thought what Crafty Mom doesn't want custom stickers. I know Hazel loves stickers and would love some with a picture of her or similar!
PrintRunner is your convenient online printing resource. Check out their print stickers. 

They have offered a lucky winner 250 standard sized (width 2", height 3.5") stickers in full color (four color process) or black and white printed on premium sticker stock with no proof. And the prize will be ready to ship in 3 business days from submission. This giveaway is open to US Residents only who are 18 and older. (Sorry to all of my international friends and followers!)

Thank you to PrintRunner for providing us this giveaway, I will receive a set of stickers for hosting this. Good luck to all of you!