Monday, September 5, 2011

The rest of the story...

So I had only posted how the kiddos did at the Western Idaho Fair. We finally went to the fair the last weekend and was pleased to see that all of my stuff got ribbons! WooHoo for me! I picked it all up a week ago, but with school starting..I'm really behind on a lot of things.

Here is the fun stuff you all want to see:

Scrapbooking category, 3rd place. I felt great about this one, because it is really a simple layout. At Canyon County, I got second against about 4 entries. At Western Idaho I got 3rd out of about 15...so it did well!


This was entered in the Other Paper crafting of Merit category. Love it!


At the last minute, I through together this card for the rubber stamped category. I had some others I thought about entering, but started playing around and came up with this. Honorable Mention is great when there are 10+ cards in the category!


Here was my entry in the Christmas Card category. The judge wrote on the back of the tag that it was simple but beautiful. Fourth place sounds good to me!


Here was my Halloween card for the "Other Holiday" category. There were quite a few in this category as well. WooHoo...2nd place!


Here was my birthday card. I love this card. I originally made it for a swap with some friends. Fourth place, and there were a bunch of birthday cards.


Finally, not something I made necessarily, but those with small children will understand. They do artwork like crazy and I have no great place to put it. I also had this blank wall down in the family room (which is conveniently next to the craft area) so I did this! I love IKEA! Now to get the kids to use more color! LOL


Happy Crafting everyone!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Oh, and one more thing....

Here is another of my creative things lately.....the donut cake!



Come on now...admit it....this is an awesome looking cake! LOL My whole family (plus Kyle's friend) just loved it! It was a pudding filled donut cake even. SO YUMMY!!


Western Idaho Fair!

It was finally time to find out how the kids did at the Western Idaho Fair. They had a great time putting stuff together to enter. I don't have pictures of everything, and I don't even have a picture of my kids their stuff as they wouldn't stay still! Silly children just wanted to ride the rides..LOL I actually took these pics when I was sneaking around the department before the fair opened.

Zoey's painting of the "Outdoors". Tree, lake, etc..


Zoey's drawing of "People"..this is a pictures of our family, all the way down to the cat. Awwwwwwwww She got a participation ribbon on this one, but I thought it was super cute.


This is DJ's painting of a flowers. I guess you can sort of see a flower in there right?


Again here is DJ's animal entry. He got a participation ribbon on this, but at the time I was taking pictures, they hadn't put them all on.


The big kid Kyle's drawing.


DJ got an honorable mention on his beadwork necklace. I'm glad there is a category for the little kids in this division!


Zoey got a second place in her division with her necklace. She did a great job, but the mommy got involved and made her re-string part of it when I noticed she spelled her middle name wrong..LOL


DJ got a participation ribbon on his "any craft project made by a 5 and under"...this was his pencil holder for his desk. Very cute, and used up a bunch of my left over stickers!


Zoey got a first place on her magnet board. It looked better all displayed, but at this time..it was still laying down on the table.


DJ's awesome spiderman greeting card....


...and Zoey's awesome spiderman greeting card.


An awesome pictures that Zoey took of her little brother. 2nd place in "People" Very cute pic of the little guy!


DJ's flower photo


Zoey's "other animal" photo. This was a lizard at the Boise Zoo.


And a 4th place with a photo of her grandma's horse.


Now this next one is really truly the love of a mother. Only a mom that loves her son more than anything would allow this photo to be entered in the fair. I love you DJ boy....please don't ever take pics like this again..LOL


This is one of mine. I don't have pics of all the things in the paper crafting department yet. I didn't even think about it when I was at the fair tonight. I'll have to post after I pic everything up.


And an awesome pic of my baby girl at Wallowa Lake. The pic of the pic is bad, but the pic is good....if you follow my logic..haha


And just because I can...here is a cute pic I took of my daughter tonight as she was steet dancing with a clown.


It was a great fair! I got a few ribbons on my scrapbooking/cards, so I'll have to upload those after I pick them up next week. In fact, I think I got a ribbon on all of my papercrafting items! Excellent!

More later!

Happy Crafting!

April

Friday, August 12, 2011

Not every creative thing is made with paper..

I made a peanut butter dessert tonight in honor of Mikey. For the full story, read here...so so sad: Peanut Butter pie for Mikey

Here is our contribution for Mikey:


Friday, August 5, 2011

Kyle and his artwork

I teach middle school, so I know my sons love of the "creepy" and the "fantastic" isn't unusual. I love that he spends more time drawing and writing his story than playing video games and such.

Here is his entry from the fair with his 3rd place ribbon on it! I don't know why he took such an odd picture of it, but the art work is what is the most important anyway! :)

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Fair Photography

I love to take pictures, but I'm not that good at it. I like to take pictures of my kids mainly, but come fair time I always try to get some good ones and see how they compare with everyone else. Only a few of my pictures got ribbons, but that is better than last year!

This is Zoey sliding down a pile of rocks at Grandpa's house. It was entered in sports and action. Falling in the rocks was definitely action! :)


This was entered in the "River" category. This river flows into Wallowa Lake by Joseph, OR. The river was so high that it went right into the area where the picnic benches were. Very fun picture.


My "collage" entry. These were all taken in Enterprise, OR at the inlaws. my Father in law was teaching my 4 year old how to shoot a BB gun, while the big boys (hubby and 15 year old) took the real guns out and went after ground squirrels.


Buffy, the inlaws kitty cat in the "Pet" category. She is super sweet and super soft.


Mountain near Enterprise, OR for the "Landscape B/W" category.


I love being crafty, and I think that includes photography doesn't it? I'll try and post some more of the things I've done recently in the next few days.

Happy Crafting!

Crafting with DJ

Yep..the 4 year old get to have some fun too! He makes me cards all the time..I'll have to find the valentines card he made me later..totally cute!

This is his entry in the "animal" drawing category. He beat his sister that drew the farting unicorn.


This was for the "flower" category.

And then his "people" picture he calls "Mommy and Me". Everybody together now....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.


And lastly, since we were all making cards, he wanted to make one too. Here is his very favorite item, the Spiderman card.

Didn't he do a great job? I don't know what the next fair will bring for them...they have so many ideas, but Mommy only has so much time and money! :)