Monday, December 20, 2010

Making it Monday-Cutie Bottle Stoppers

AND GIVE AWAY. **Read Below and enter for a chance to get one of these goodies for yourself!
Cutie Bottle Stoppers
My fingers have been so busy...busy stitching, cutting, sewing, cooking and crafting that I forgot to take pictures of all the gifts I have made for all the lovelies in my life.  I did remember to take photos of this project and have made a semi-tutorial for these wine bottle stoppers.  I already gave most of these away at our Hannukah bingo party and they were a big hit.

First, I bought the cabinet pulls at my local craft shop and used Gesso (a base sealer) to cover the natural wood color.  I placed skewers in the small hole at the bottom of the cabinet pulls and placed them into a florist foam block, which I did not unwrap...I remembered that these can get crumbly and didn't want those little green pieces all over the floor, where the dog or baby could eat them!  I liked how they were standing up like this so I could paint them without any smudges and finger marks.

I bought the wooden people at A Child's Dream Come True. I really love this store.  They have such a great selection and they ship super fast too! 
 
I used a clear sealer for the people so that the face would stay a natural color--and I didn't have to try to mix a skin color.

These are the bases that I chose.  I wanted to use cork, like Cindy did at Skip to My Lou but I could only
find several corks at my local hardware store and NONE at the craft shop.  I did find these cuties at my local wine shop.  It turns out I like them better than cork, since they have shiny tops and they won't fall  apart with repeated use like cork might.  The wooden pulls and people were glued on the top using my hot glue gun, which worked great!


I then mixed tempra paints to paint the bottle toppers.  I only painted the hair and faces of the people, as I used origami paper for the body of the people (except for the santa and the guy in the tie which were done in felt).  I really like the metallic colored paint, I even used it for some of the hair. After the paint was dry, I sealed the tops with 3 coats of Mod Podge (gotta love this stuff), which gave them a nice shine.  
There you have it...good gifts all.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Give AWAY! Get it while it's hot.


Can you believe this?  Get on board people.
TodaysMama and GameStop are giving Santa a run for his money this year with a pile of presents that any family could love and I'm sharing this meme with you.  Our Wish List Grand Prize includes:
Plus, a ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR GameStop gift certificate so you can fill those stockings with games and accessories.
You may want to serve some earplugs with your hot cocoa on Christmas morning to protect your precious hearing from the shrieks of joy from your family.
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Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme
TodaysMama (link to: http://bit.ly/tmwishlistand GameStop (link to:http://bit.ly/gamestop10are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.
1. What is your holiday wish for your family? Peace, love, health and happiness- always.
2. What is your Christmas morning / Hanukkah Nightly tradition? Sing songs, play with our new games/toys and just be together, having fun.
3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be? This may sound boring, boring, boring===but time alone in my house to get stuff done- like several days in a row to  read books, watch movies, craft and organize.
4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money? Playing games, taking walks on the beach and gathering "treasures" in nature with my kids, hanging out with friends and family.
5. What games did you play with your family growing up? Tons of Monopoly, the card game Spit with my sister and gin rummy with my dad, uncles and cousins.
6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood? Having at least one holiday party, where we get together and make food, play games and have a great time.
7. Where would you go for a Christmas/Hanukkah-away-from-home trip? I would like to go somewhere that has a beautiful Christmas blanket of snow.  We live in a warm climate and I am grateful for this everyday.  However, I would like my kids to experience the magic of waking up to snow, the quiet and beauty of the white over the leafless branches and twigs, the fun of bundling up- sledding down hills, making snowmen, having snowball fights, skiing, ice skating and then savoring the coziness and warmth of a fire, soup, and cocoa.  These are the memories of my childhood winters and I would very much like to share those kinds of times with my kids during a holiday---perhaps in Upper Michigan, Upstate New York, Vermont--any ideas out there?
8. Check out GameStop (link to: http://bit.ly/gamestop10) and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year? Oh, so many things:  X box 360 4 GB console with Kinect of course, this will be so much fun to play with friends and family.  Just dance kids, Dance Central for Kinect, Kinect Joy Ride and Kinectimals will keep us all entertained.  Also, I like the Wii Fit Plus game, Wii Sports Resort with motion plus, a Universal Dance Pad and the Wii Sports Pack.  There is so much more, but I'm leaving it at this, for now!
BUT WAIT. Did you think we were done? Oh, you must not know us at all.
We have another stockpile of gifts from GameStop that you can enter to win with our extra entry options.
Visit TodaysMama for your chance at this great prize.