Happy Weekend

We're having a great weekend so far. I got my new camera in the mail, and have been playing with it the past two days. Yesterday, my brother brought his friend, Emily, over for her birthday. He made a really tasty ice cream cake. We made cold cut wraps for dinner, and watched Tangled.  Emily was so sweet, and brought me some bright daisies. 

I'm also showing off my Valentine flowers too. I love balloons! I love flowers! I love my hubbie! Giddy and I were able to play Valentine Santa during the day. I made Jeffie eggs and toast for breakfast. We brought lunch to Jeff on his mail route, then we brought Gabey a present and a snack, and finally, we took my sister, Chrissy, flowers at her office in the church. Jeffie had institute in the evening, so Chrissy and I took the boys to Chic- Fil- A, for their kids night.

and i put the ketchup out, because i knew.. lol.

my camera came in the mail! yeah, the box is HUGE. it was actually a whole kit, with almost everything I need

have i mentioned that i really like our geese? lol.

So, here are some random photos with my new camera. I'm quite intimidated by it. I'm used to goofy point and shoots. I've got a lot to learn.

my gorgeous valentine flowers.

i love how they made the grass into hearts

i had fun taking goofy pics of giddy through the glass, with his eye all huge, and his nose pressed to the glass

man down!

a rare blue cleveland sky

bobby's ice cream cake for his friend emily

emily's pretty present

Win a Set of My Rope Crayons! February Giveaway

I sell my famous rope crayons on Etsy (wellll, they're not famous, but someday, I hope they will be. haha.)

Today, I woke up thinking... Hey,  I should do a giveaway! 

I will give a set of Rainbow Heart Rope Crayons to one lucky person who "follows" my blog, and leaves a comment. Join on my side bar to the right ----->

I will use high tech means to determine the random winner... (I'll have my son pick a number out of a bowl.) This Giveaway will run until the end of the February.. so comment!! 

Get one additional comment for "liking" my facebook page, 

Mommy's Craft Box on Facebook

and another additional comment for "favoriting" my shop on Etsy. :) 

Mommy's Craft Box on Etsy

Simply, put a comment for each task you complete, and get another chance at winning. Of course, if you have already done these tasks, add your comment that you already did it. <3

You know you want one!

Attached to a colorful rope, so you don't lose hearts

Just as pretty upside down

Look how much crayon you get? aren't they huge??

Sky Watch and Thrift Store Finds

Is it Spring yet?

I found this adorable leather purse, and matching makeup bags at the thrift store. 

Lucky me!

Avant Garde Winter Craft Show

You missed the winter craft show with Avant- Garde?

No worries! I'm also signed up for the spring show.

Which is at Wagner Country Inn again in Westlake

Avant- Garde Spring Craft Show Event

At this winter show, I  had been cooped up during the winter, and think I over filled my table a tad. Ha ha.

I offered:

Hair Wraps

Hair Feathers

Headbands

Necklaces

Feather Clips

Tshirt Bags

Sock Buns

8X10 artistic photos

Recycled Crayons

Button Magnets

Second Chance Barbies

and phew... almost done...

Knitted purses and keychain bracelets from Grandma Dot

gasp...

and Finally, some Hoodie Hats.

You can see my display of Clip on Hair Wraps. Very fun.

Feather Hair Wrap Clips were so popular this year, one of my best sellers on Etsy

You can see Tshirt Bags here. I'm going to be redoing my stash, and offering a revised version for the next show.

My sock buns were my most popular item at the show this time.

My Recycled Crayons are a big hit on Etsy, and got some good attention at this show.

Second Chance Barbies are dolls that I've rescued from the thrift stores, and given a spa day. I make clothes and jewelry for them, and usually put in a hair wrap. My clothes are cute and modest, and the dolls are like new after a good cleaning, and hair treatment.

Fun Button Magnets

One of my newest endeavors... feather clips (on bobby pins) This one is my most whimsical, with a bird on it! haha! most of them just had buttons or ribbons on them.

I found some pretty pendants and just had to make necklaces.

Hoodie Hats- thrift store rescues, hoods with an all cotton scarf attached

SIDE NOTE: Most of the display items, I got supplies to make from the Dollar Store, or found at the Thrift Store. good deal!

Almost Caught Up, Crafts and Chocolate, Tapi and Geese

I had to show off a Julie cupcake. She's a cupcake artist at our church. Her cupcakes are scrumptious.

This one is spumoni, and I enjoyed it with Bear Claw ice cream. 

i love the tail mark on the right side of this photo. haha.

on the roof

This wonderful little device is called a Tapi, from DreamFarm. It was only $5.95 plus shipping, and it turns any faucet into a drinking fountain! You can buy it here!

One of the cool crafts we did last month was painting with condensed milk! It sounded so weird, but I just had to try it. You just put in a drop of food coloring into a bit of condensed milk! Simple. It paints smoothly, and dries shiny!

We were at the claw machine at some random store, and Daddy tried to win some pac man for Gabey. He had it, and then the claw just let go. Cheat! I consoled the boys by offering them to make some pac man softies myself. I have so many Tshirts to work with. It was pretty painless to make the pac man shapes. They loved them.