Monday, August 15, 2011

It's a Crazy Beautiful Life

So I said like two months ago that I was going to be better about posting and I totally haven't been.  But school is starting up and I am really going to try to document more things I am working on and projects!  I want to spend this school year practicing because hopefully I will have an actual teaching job in the fall and then will be posting pictures of my classroom and things we do in class!

So here is my latest creation.  I found my inspiration on Pinterest and turned it into my own.  I'm super excited to give it to one of my best friends tomorrow at her bridal shower!




I'm planning on setting up on a cake stand I got her and giving her some cake mixes and food coloring.  (Baking cakes is one of our favorite things to do together)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars...

Wow I really need to do a better job of posting!  I feel bad because I spend SO much time browsing through other blogs but never really contribute anything to my own!  So here is the big project I have been working on...

AIRPLANE DIAPER CAKE =)
This is how it started out but I felt like needed a little more in the back and I  was still planning on adding a few other things besides diapers...

So the final product turned into this!

Its kind of hard to see but the propellers are bottle brushes and there are bottles underneath for the wheels and a pacifier in the front =D
Over all I am pretty please with the way it turned out...  I just looked around online found a picture that looked somewhat easy to create and ran with it!  I am helping throw an airplane themed baby shower tomorrow.  I really hope the mother-to-be likes it!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Animal Print

So I really love zebra print!  My bedding and curtains are zebra print and I have really been into painting zebra print lately.  Well I am trying to expand my painting abilities and decided to try my hand at giraffe print and I'm actually pretty proud of myself!

Here is the giraffe print picture frame I painted tonight!

Here are some things I have painted with zebra print:

Mirror

Picture Frame

Earring Holder I made =D

Monday, March 21, 2011

Spring Break What's That?

So I'm officially on Spring Break but it won't really be a break for me.  I have so many school papers and projects to work on and I'm babysitting so its more like work week for me.  Here are a few pics of more school stuff that I've been working on...

This is what the laundry basket in my previous post turned into.  A pumpkin prop box for my pumpkin unit =D

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

Again with the letters on it

Bill Grogan's Goat

Five Little Ducks

The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed

Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

which can be turned into We're Going on a Lion Hunt


Most of the projects I have left aren't near as fun or exciting as these =/

Thursday, March 10, 2011

School Has Consumed My Life!

So I didn't realize that it would be so hard for me to post blogs!  School has pretty much consumed my life and I really haven't even had time to browse through others blogs for craft inspiration either...  I have a list of about 10 big projects/assignments that I'm working on all at the same time and I'm losing my mind!  So here is a little peek of what I've been doing...

I have to make 10 felt board stories and here is some of what I've made so far:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (minus the butterfly)


Here is a project I finished up today for a vocabulary "mini" lesson:

This is before I added the velcro.

This is with the velcro.  The whole purpose is to match the food to it's correct group.  Ex. banana would go in fruit etc.


And before I get back to homework and projects here is the start of a prop box I have to make for Effective Teaching...
I bet no one can guess what I'm going to turn it into!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Myself as an Effective Teacher...

So I am really excited about how I got to take something I saw out in blog land and make it my own for a school project!  I've seen several people making felt chocolates for Valentine's Day and knew they would be a great idea for an assignment in my effective teaching class!  The assignment was to design a CREATIVE visual that represents me as an effective teacher (no posters).  So here is what I came up with...

These are my chocolates. 

When you take them out the attributes I bring to teaching are shown

Side view of the box

Complete project


Thursday, January 27, 2011

Valentine's Wreath

So I had this vision for a heart wreath and what I actually ended up with wasn't what my vision was at all but I like it anyway...


I bought a heart shaped foam wreath at Hobby Lobby and some pink and zebra felt (I LOVE zebra and was oober excited to find it in felt).  Then I went to town putting the felt flowers on it but it was taking forever and I soon realized I was not going to have enough felt to cover the entire wreath with flowers so I just covered the rest of the wreath with zebra felt and I think it turned out pretty cute!  =D

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Some Valentine's Day Crafts I Made...

So I'm still exploring craft blogging land and have a feeling once I learn more I will really be addicted.  =D  And after looking at tons of blogs I felt like I needed to post something that I did.  Now that I have my blog maybe I will start doing some tutorials but for today here are some pictures of some of my Valentine's Day crafts...

Valentine Picture Frame

Heart Topiary

Little Wooden Heart I found at the Dollar Tree

Valentine Wreath

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Krafty Kathy

So I have always loved doing crafts and artsy things hence the nickname Krafty Kathy and have recently become a fan of craft blogging.  Now I still don't understand a lot of the lingo or much about blogging but to be able to easily keep up with my favorite blogs I'm creating my own.  Hopefully soon I will be able to put some of my own crafts on here.  Any tips would be appreciated!  =D