letters...

for the letters, i painted the sides of them cream. when they were dry, i turned them over and glued magnets on the back of them. i let them dry overnight.

i then glued them down on the back of the paper i had picked out for the letters. i cut them apart. i went back over them with an exacto knife. it is kind of hard to get in the letters that have a curl to them. so the exacto knife works good for small details. i used a nail file to sand down the edges i could not get with the knife.

i turned them over and used the ink to "dirty" them up. (just like i did around the frame).

materials

wood letters, paint, Michale's

magnets, home depot

glue stick

i will do the flowers next

jill

wanna make this?

little Taylor had a birthday the other day and i made this for her mom, Kim. i started off with a frame from Michael's. i painted all of the surfaces that would not be covered with paper.

i just used a foam brush and painted the sides. i didn't paint the back of the frame. i wanted to write a happy birthday wish to Taylor back there.

turn the shadow frame over. i then glued galvanized flashing to the 12 x 12 base of the frame. make sure it is the galvanized flashing, because the other one is not magnetic. i used just a tacky wet glue that i got at Michael's. i let it dry over night.

i then glued the patterned paper (floral) to the top of the flashing.

i then measured the width around the frame, and then cut out from the floral and the blue dots papers.

i arranged the papers the way i wanted them. i then used a glue stick to glue them down to the frame. i used an ink pad to "dirty" up the edges of the frame.

now my base is finished.

materials

shadow frame, paint, paint brush, are from Michael's

the magnets and the galvanized flashing is from home depot

the paper i already had, but you can get at any craft store.

i will post later on how i made the letter magnets and the flower magnets.
enjoy

jill

a few photos...

since i haven't sent out any winkflashes in a while, i thought i would share a few pictures of zella.
these are from my parents house. she is seriously reading a book.
i was able to get her to look up and smile, then back to reading.
have a good weekend.
jill b

the funny a,b,c's

we went on a walk last night. when zella asked: "wanna know whats funny about the a,b,c's?" charlie and i looked at each other and said "i don't know?" zella answered: "when its out of order!" and then she laughed and laughed!
i think that was her first joke that she made up all by herself.
jill b

cutest plummer-bum ever!

we were playing at the park when i noticed the plummber in the sand box. just too cute.
it has nothing to do with this post. just thought it was cute.
last night zella and i were playing with her little pet shop animals. since she has so many of them, we keep the animals and their accessories in a plastic tub with a lid. we were trying to find a lid to one of the little boxes and i was digging around in the tub for it. i found it and handed it to her. and she said "thanks mommy!, good looking skills!" i almost fell off of the couch laughing. i said "I liked the way you said thank you". and she said "you're welcome".
i just want to remember this
have a great day
jill b

best mommy ever!!

recently zella has become very attached to her stuffed animals. she loves them so much and calls them her babies. she has a special spot in her heart for her black kitty named Cinderella. this name was inspired by my parents two new kittens, one of them is named cinders. this is short for Cinderella. there is a story behind this name, but i digress. she had played with, slept with, ate with her Cinderella. then we couldn't find her. we looked everywhere. we looked at my parents house, and found nothing. one time we were at target and they had the exact same kitty. i thought about just buying her a new one, but decided against it. they also had a gray kitty. i showed it to her and she smiled and then reminded me that she wished she could find her Cinderella. flash forward a few weeks, and the other night, charlie told zella he had a surprise for her. he came into the kitchen with Cinderella in his hands. both of us, zella and myself, were jumping up and down with excitement. he had found Cinderella in the trunk of his car. she told charlie over and over, how happy she was that he found her. then she asked if we could go to target and get the gray kitty so Cinderella would have a sister. we talked about this for a while and said that if she was a really good girl for the rest of the week, the next time we went to target we would look to see if they still had her. so Saturday afternoon, i needed to run a few errands. charlie and zella came with me. we told zella that we would end up at target and that she was such a good girl, we would look to see if they still had the gray kitty.we first went to get something to eat and then to office max. we had said we would go to target after office max. while we were there, i realized that Costco closed in 30 min. so we changed our order of shopping. when we were finished with Costco, we had to come home to drop off the goods. so we had to change our shopping order again. this whole time, zella was really patient. when we got home, i decided that zella and i would go up to target. we first went to the target by office max. no kitty. we went back to office max to return our previous purchase, and then went to super target. no kitty. we returned something else at Michael's and then went to target greatland by the mall. i wish i would of had my camera when we walked around the isle and they had 2 gray kitties! she squealed and started jumping up and down. she was so excited. she picked her up and said "i will name her Tinkerbell" i had to get a few things, so while i was shopping, zella was in the cart hugging and hugging Tinkerbell. she was playing with her and Cinderella. yes, i let her bring Cinderella into target with us. she had the two kitties hugging and saying "i missed you, i missed you" while she was playing she looked up at me and said "mommy, you are the best mommy"!

now i realize that is a big title, maybe too big of a title for me. i didn't move any mountains, or swim any oceans. i did spend 3 hours looking at every target possible, but i will take it. she played with the kitties for the rest of the evening. and when she was going to bed, she made a spot for the kitties right by her pillows.

so at 4am, i woke up and went in to check on her and turn her light off, she was sound asleep with her arms around her new Tinkerbell. and when i was closing the door to her room, i thought, maybe i was the best mommy ever today. at least to her i was, and that is all that matters to me.

have a great day

jill b

light-rail pub crawl!

last Saturday was matt's birthday. matt is april's boyfriend. he decided that he wanted to a pub-crawl. a bunch of his friends met at his house and took a bus to the park-n-ride station. they took the light-rail to mill ave. since we had charlie's mom watch zella for the afternoon, we just hooked up with them on mill ave. we started at ra, and had a few cocktails. after ra, we went to Fat Tuesdays! this bar still remains one of my favorite bars. we spent alot of time there when i went to ASU. at that time, they also had a full menu of food. i don't know if they still have a kitchen.

after Fat Tuesdays, all of us jumped on the light-rail and went to downtown phoenix. we started out at george-n-the-dragon. it's is an Irish pub, and they served ace pear cider. charlie and i then said good bye to everyone and jumped back on the light-rail and headed back to the park-n-ride in chandler, to pick up zella. we had allot of fun. i had never been on the light-rail, and i was surprised at how much i liked it. it reminded me of the subway in Manhattan, but much, much cleaner!

so happy birthday matt! we had a blast! so who's birthday is next?

jill b