Wednesday, August 14, 2013

3rd Grade Rules!

It's back to school time.  For both the students and the teachers.  My daughter-in-law teaches third grade at a local Catholic School.   Last Sunday I went to view how the room set-up was coming along.  While there, I spied a sad, old metal step stool that had been put out with the trash.  I don't have any pictures of the stool as found.


I took the metal stool back to my house and gave it a fresh paint job.  The legs were painted in a turquoise color and the seat portion were painted in red.


Paint colors used:
  • Krylon Aqua Ocean Breeze
  • Rustoleum Apple Red


I let the stool dry for 24 hours.  Next I coated the paint job with a mixture of Mod Podge Gloss and gold glitter (Martha Stewart Fine Glitter purchased at Michaels.)


After another 24 hours, I added some die cuts made with my Cricut.
  • Book = cut image and shadow at 8" from Cricut Locker Talk cartridge; [book] found on page 47 of the folder.
  • Ruler = cut at 3 1/2" (using fit to width feature) from Cricut Locker Talk cartridge; [ruler] found on page 41 of the folder.  The ruler cut only makes tick marks where the numbers and such should be.  I used a black gel pen and traced to make the numbers and the word inches.
  • Text = cut at 1 1/2" from Cricut Plantin SchoolBook cartridge.  The "r" and "d" were cut at 1".
  • All images were attached using Mod Podge Gloss / Gold Glitter mixture.


Once the Mod Podge dried, I gave everything a second coat of the Mod Podge Gloss / Gold Glitter mixture.  The next day, I gave the entire stool a coating of Tree House Clear Acrylic Gloss Coating.

I plan on returning this little stool tonight to the 3rd grade teacher.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

MCCR - Wedding Ideas


My son is getting married this coming October.  To save some money, we have decided to make some of the wedding décor items ourselves (the bride-to-be is crafty, too).  It's so fun to make it yourself!

Here are some of the items we are currently working on:

Wedding Invitations.  More pictures and directions here.

Wedding Invitations
Initial monogram from Cricut Mini Monograms


Wedding Ribbon Wands for send off.  More pictures and directions here.

Wedding Ribbon Wands


Candle Center Pieces made using Mod Podge and Cricut cartridges Sweethearts and Tie the Knot.  More pictures and directions here.

Candle Center Pieces
Cricut Tie the Knot and Sweethearts cartridges.

Glitter Pinecones for Table Accents.  More pictures and directions here.

Glitter Pinecones


Wedding Wall Décor Canvas.  More pictures and directions here.


8" x 10" canvas
Cricut Storybook cartridge