Write it Out Project

My good blog friend, Alida, from I Make Stuff is doing this amazing project called the Write it Out Project. Go check it out HERE, it is a sweet and simple project for a very important cause. Here are my contributions:

Blogswap with MaryJanes and Galoshes

I'm so excited to be doing this blog swap with Taylor, from MaryJanes and Galoshes.  Everything on her blog is absolutely amazing, and this tutorial she is sharing is no different!  Here she is....

Hello Get Your Craft On readers!  And a big thank you to Lynette for asking me to be here today, I'm so excited to be crafting with you all.  First off, I'm Taylor from MaryJanes and Galoshes.  I'm a mother of three under three, about to celebrate my 7 year wedding anniversary to my high school sweetheart, and an artist all my life.  So stop on over sometime and say hello, I'd love to see you again.

Anyway, today we are going to make these adorable photo pencils!

 

That's my adorable little niece.  She's sassy and spunky and a big ball of fun.  

What you need-

An adorable subject and three laser copies of the photo on REGULAR PRINTER PAPER (don't use a photo with too much detail, mine is about as small as your going to want to go) you can use a photo of anything you like, doesn't have to be a portrait.

mod podge

paint brush

paper cutter

set of 12 pencils

If you don't have access to a laser printer you can use double stick tape rather than mod podge, but mod podge allows for the pencil to be sharpened without the picture getting all ripped up in the sharpener.

Cut your photos up into 1.25 inch strips, make sure you keep them in order.  You can stack the like strips into one pile.  Separate your pencils into groups of three.

 

 Each stack of three (three of the same strips) will wrap around a set of three pencils.  If your photo has a small face (like mine) take one of your outside pencils, print a 4th picture, and cut a 1.25 inch strip with the center of the face.  

On a protected surface, cover the back of each strip with mod podge and wrap it around each pencil.  Make sure the edges are sealed with a little bit of mod podge around the edges.  

Continue until all your photos are covered.

 

Roll each pencil until your picture appears! 

Hope you had fun today!  Don't be a stranger.



Sincerely,
Taylor Ballweg
www.MaryJanesandGaloshes.com
Tayloredarts.etsy.com

VA Beach

I spent a few days at the beach this weekend hanging out with AWESOME ladies and scrapbooking! It was soo much fun and I got a lot accomplished! It's amazing what you can do without little kiddos around :) I got Brynlee's whole 0-12 month scrapbook done...yeah! Here are a few of my favorite pages (I tried to keep 'em pretty simple so I could get it all done).

*I have NO idea why these pictures keep rotating...I've tried everything to fix it!*

I'm already looking forward to next years girl's scrapbooking weekend!
Oh, I did go out and take a peak at the beach...so pretty!

ps. thanks for all of your sweet comments on my flower dress...you all are soo nice!!!