How to get more wear out of your Toms.

I bought all three girls Toms about a month ago and Gabby's are the only ones that still looked good...which did not make me happy because they are not cheap! Gwen's are they grey pair and she wore holes in the toes and Scarlette has the pinkish pair and they got FILTHY in a week!!

One of our friends had the same problem as Gwen and sewed patches over the toes and threw on a few extra patches for effect... I thought what a great idea.. And a week later when Gwen's toe popped through we knew what had to be done. We grabbed some fabric from the stash and Gwen sewed the side patches and I did the toes.. I think they look super cute.

Scarlette's were a whole different matter until I realized they are fabric and I could dye them!!! I used RIT dye in the fittingly named color Scarlet... I actually love the new color more than the old color!

I'm happy to be able to get more wear out of these shoes with a couple fairly easy fixes.

Pretty diy tree

I pinned this  tree on pinterest and had to make it... It only took 600ish thumb tacks...super easy to make and I love it. And my ever so nice hubby went to three different stores to get the thumb tacks:)

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Graham made his shirt and carved his own pumpkin.

Yesterday the big girls, were painting shirts and he so badly wanted to make one too...so I quickly cut out a mustache from freezer paper and let him paint away...it turned our super cute!

He also insisted on carving his pumpkin ..all by himself...he did a pretty good job:)

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Scarlette Grace Gets a Big Girl Bed

She has been begging for a bed ..so we painted Grahams old bed pink and it is sooooooooooo cute. We painted it real quick last night...

To get the bed she had to give up her beloved mi mi...(binky)..should be some interesting nights..between no binky, no crib and moving...wish us luck.

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Who Does Painting Projects..When They Should Be Packing?

If you guessed me...you were right...
I went to michaels yesterday and found magnetic paint in Martha's new paint line....I really wanted to use magnetic paint for Scarlette's whole fridge on the play kitchen we made her...but it is $25 a quart.... which is almost as much as we have spent on whole project...but when I found it yesterday for $4.99 for a small container I decided to make her menu board magnetic...

I will reveal whole kitchen when we are completely done..still adding finishing touches. Going to paint the frame in picture....any thoughts on color?

Packing time:)

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Dyeing Paper Doilies

This is what I am working on at the moment...dyeing the doilies pink.... These are for Scarlette's bday party.

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DIY Hair Feathers ... On the Cheap

So, the big girls were wanting feathers in their hair real bad... I however was not going to pay $8-$12 a feather per girl..  I was talking to my friend Meegan who is a hair dresser and she told me exactly how to do it and cheaply.  Gabby's BFF Emily from NC is staying with us for two weeks.. so I thought it would be a fun thing to do while she is here.

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Here's what I did... No photos as I could not take photos and install feathers at same time... not quite that talented.  Called around to beauty supply places to find the crimp beads used to put in extensions.  They were 25cents each so I got 2 dollars worth.  I then grabbed a bag of feathers at Michales ... there were a few different choices... I got the bright ones because I knew Gwen wanted bright colors.  Meegan also said you can get the longer skinner ones at fishing and hunting stores. 

You will also need a tiny crochet hook... (really tiny) to pull your hair through the bead and a pair of pliers to clamp bead shut over feather and hair.... that easy.  Put them about 1/4" away from scalp or they will stick out weird.

Notice the funny little man trying to get in on the photo op.

Emily has a turqouis feather, gab got hot pink and black and Gwen did hot pink as well.

Gab's feathers

Emily's feather

Gwen trying to hide her face.. silly goose.

And me... yep I even did them on my self.  Cute polka dot tiny feather up top and big black feather underneath.

You can see the black feather better in this picture.

I have yet to wash mine... but the girls swam and they are just fine.

And Graham the ham ... made me take his picture too.. not sure what this pose is all about.  He also wanted a feather.. so I barretted one in ... he got over it quick.

Going to make head bands with the girls tomorrow!