Made by Little Hands

I hope you are all having a great long weekend!!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by Made by Little Hands!!!





If the kids need something to do, here are some fun ideas from last week!

{Kid Made Dinner from B. Inspired Mama}

{Homemade Magnifying Glass from Science Sparks}

{Woodworking with Kids from Mama of Many Blessings}

{Bridge Building with Straws from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational}

Now for the office stuff: 

*Please link to a specific post and not just not your blog, it is easier for everyone to find your posts. Feel free to link up more than one activity or idea. 

*Grab my button or link up somewhere on your blog (party page, sidebar, text link, in the body of the post, whatever works for you). 

*Visit two other people and let them know what you like about their project! (We all like comments, right?!) 

*If you are feeling extra nice, it would be awesome if you would follow my blog or "like" me on facebook! Please and thank you! Last but not least, by posting a link you have consented to me using the link and photo in a feature post next week!

Delicately Constructed Friday!

Let's get this party started!!

Hope you have a great looooong weekend!




Now for the office stuff:

 *Please link to a specific post and not just not your blog, it is easier for everyone to find your posts. Feel free to link up more than one activity or idea.

*Grab my button or link up somewhere on your blog (party page, sidebar, text link, in the body of the post, whatever works for you).

 *Visit two other people and let them know what you like about their project! (We all like comments, right?!)

*If you are feeling extra nice, it would be awesome if you would follow my blog or "like" me on facebook! Please and thank you!

 Last but not least, by posting a link you have consented to me using the link and photo in a feature post next week!  

Giveaway Winner and Delicately Constructed Features

Hello all!! How have you been doing?! I hope you all have had a wonderful week!

But first, I want to announce the PRINTRUNNER giveaway winner!!

Chosen via Random.org

#5

ANDIE JAYE!!!!! From Crayon Freckles!!!

Congrats!!

But....



It is Thursday so I wanted to share some great ideas from last weeks Delicately Constructed Fridays!

{Rosette Birthday Cake from Babblings and More}

{Best Friend Necklace Frames from Sweet Little Bluebird}

{In Case of Emergency Frame from A Fish Who Likes Flowers}

{Chocolate Nutella Popovers from Shaken Together}

{Hanging Stamp Organization from I Love Doing All Things Crafty}

{Side Table Makeover from Domestic Imperfection}

{Business Card Holder from Artsy Fartsy Mama}

{Washi Tape Bicycle Helmet from Bear Rabbit Bear Crafts}

{Stretching Your Garden Dollar from Taking Time to Create}

{Please Remove Your Shoes Sign from Burton Avenue}

{Crayon Canvas Teacher Gift from Southern Lovely}

Art Show 2012 Continued!

I said that I would be back with the rest of the art show pictures!!

Here they are!!

First, of course you have to start with some snacks, there were fruit, sweets, chocolate fountain....

and veggies, cheese, dip, crackers, and toasted bread...

and some beverages, which also included wine ;)

Then there were the auction items, this and the food (and the art that you can read more about HERE) were my main responsibilities .. there was also the performance, ok most of the areas were my focus areas. There were 90 items/baskets and 7 raffles, I was so glad! This was the first time I have ever collected donations for something like this and I am glad it didn't fail!

I like how these simple dollar store frames really make everything uniform and tie it all together. Plus it was interesting going through and buying 101 frames at the dollar store lol.

There were 3 tables with 30 items each!

We also sold pictures of the kids dressed up in clothes from the different decades- look who got to be used as a display/example photo!! ADORABLE!!

I was so tired but I am glad it was a success!

2$ Tape Stenciled Ombre Door Mat

Are you noticing a theme?

 Spray paint, tape stencils and ombre?

Yeah, I had a spray paint filled weekend thanks to my fabulous Mother's day present!! (It was 12 cans of spray paint!!)

Nothing was safe! I went to Big Lots to grab some staples and came across this mat for $2! No brainer. Honestly it may be for the bathroom, but there is an overhang over our porch and it is summer so it is really for looks because there isn't going to be any heavy mud tracking. If there is, who cares, it was $2, I can just make another one!

I had the masking tape on hand but I picked that up at the dollar store so if you have to buy it, it would just be another buck.

I started at one of the corners and started making a geometric type pattern.

And kept on going...

And going...

And going...

Until I was done!

Then I made sure to tape off the edges.

Then I grabbed the spray paint, I used 4 colors. I started with the lightest yellow at the beginning of the tape, then went to the yellow/orange, then the orange and last the dark red.

I let it dry and then put it on the porch! It is a fun little pop of color... I need to do something about that mail box, as I look at this picture, it needs to be taken care of.

Fun and bright!

Have you spray painted anything lately?!

Come check me out at my favorite parties! Click "Read More"!

Do you know the happenings?

It has been an eventful day!!

First I have a guest post up at Whatever Dee Dee Wants and you should go check it out!! HERE!




Also I have a GIVEAWAY going on right now that you should enter, seriously!! You could win 250 business cards!!!

Enter HERE!

That's all for today's news!!

Folding Chair Makeover

We all have some ugly folding chairs in the garage. I break them out and cringe at all the big functions and I thought, why? Why don't I just make them better?

So I did. Plus I just grabbed everything I had around my house to do it!

Here is the before and after! Well I guess, after and before.

So much better!!

Let's get to how I did it, first I had to take apart the pad and the chair frame.  For mine it was just a few screws.

Fabulous fabric huh? Not really.

Then I grabbed the black spray paint and gave the frame a couple of coats.

I found some  cloth napkins that had a few stains on them that were the perfect size for the pad on the chair so all I had to do was iron them flat.

Then I just grabbed some masking tape I bought at the dollar store and taped off diagonal lines that were a tape width apart.

Then I painted with some black fabric paint I had on hand.

When it was dry, I pulled the tape off and it came out pretty well!

Then I placed the chair pad on the napkin upside down and stapled all around!

After it was all stapled I just had to add the pad back in and screw it down and I was done!

So. Much. Better.