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1. Adorable Free Printables 2. Cute Spray Bottle 3. Burlap Stocking 4. Making A Spectacle 5. Teacup Pincushion 6. Purple Rosette Top 7. Coconut Chicken Fingers 8. Create With Joy – Follows Back 9. PB Knock Off Candles 10. Tiger Tails 11. First DIY Doll for Kids! 12. Simple Silver Santa 13. Antique Chiffarobe Redo 14. Table Runner Turned Book Bag – EASY! 15. Thrift Store Chairs Makeover 16. DIY Window Treatment – Cheri Quite Contrary 17. Tea Cup Topiary 18. Wall of Crosses Display 19. Dollar Tree Fall Decorating 20. Thrift Store Upcycle 21. Fall Door 22. Advent Calendar 23. Spring Flowers 24. Fall Felt Garland 25. Homemade Butterfingers 26. Brown Bag and Burlap Gift Basket Tutorial 27. Thanksgiving Faux-Burlap Printable 28. Thankful Gift Tags 29. Paper Ornaments @ SmileMonsters 30. Pinecone Gift Basket

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Ok, the inspiration for this project actually came from Jessica over at Me and My Bucket.  She made the cutest sign that she took to a boutique.  I love, Love, LOVED it!  Although, I don’t have that kind of space for a sign.  Three feet tall, seriously, where would I put that…?  And our storage unit is becoming overfull with “when we get our own house” items.  My Mr Right told me to stop buying stuff for a house we don’t have and put the money toward the house… probably a good idea, ok I know he’s right… but don’t tell him I admitted to it!

Anyways, back to the point.  I wanted one, but not one of these.  Confused?  I love the idea, but it’s just not practical for us.  Maybe one day, but for now… This is what I came up with to fill my need for such a super cute sign.

My Mr Right was the brains behind this operation.  And because of such I can’t really give a good tutorial.  I don’t know all the technical names for all the hardware and the wood.  The sticks were dowels (a square one and a round one), the platform was a pre-cut… thing.  I found it in the lumber section at Home Depot.  My Mr Right drilled a hole in the base, shaved down the square dowel and then it fit perfect.  See how technical I am…?  Then I used hooks and eyes to attach them.  The sign was a pre-cut plank that I can probably get 3-4 more signs out of.  What I like the most………… I can make different signs for different times of the year!  Next time maybe I’ll ask more questions and learn the names of things.   Here’s a whole bunch of pictures, in case you’re so inclined to try and figure this out.  Sorry for such an awful tutorial on this one! 

If you would like to purchase a sign similar to this one, please email me and we can discuss the details.

So, if you have little ones you know how stressful it can be to travel.  Not only do you have to remember the one billion and three things little kids need and make sure they all make it into a suitcase, there’s the actual aspect of traveling.  We will be taking a road trip for Thanksgiving and that means hours and hours and hours in the car with our 15-month old.  Does that intimidate you like it does me?!?  YIKES!  So, I’ve been brainstorming ideas for things he can do in the car.  Granted, he is only 15 months.  His favorite thing?  Running around outside.  Definitely not sitting in car seat restraints for days on end.  Good luck, Momma, right?

 Here is a fantastic idea!  I found the concept over at A Girl and a Glue Gun.  She goes crazy about back-to-school like I do, and used some of those pencil pouches to make an I Spy bag.  I was co-in-charge of our Super Saturday and this was one of our crafts.  My Monkey is too little for the actual I Spy game, but he LOVES to look at all the stuff inside the bag.  I actually found some little backpack clear vinyl things at the Dollar Store that fit in his hands better than the pencil pouch and that’s Little Monkey’s I Spy bag.  They originally had erasers in them, but they put those in their I Spy bags they made at Super Saturday.  I put in some random things, filled it with rice (for some reason my mom had a ton of rice, and she’s allergic to it… so, I Spy bag filler it became).  Make sure you sew up the zipper and Voila!  What a great little travel companion for your little travel companions!

There are both full-sized and miniature I Spy bags available in my Etsy Shop.  What a great little “time buyer” for your kids.  And they are quiet!  That means you can take them to church!