Making the World Cuter

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So, who am I?

I have a Hobby Blog where I post about all my favorite things and great ideas, mine and others!

I love to sew and craft..
And I run a blog called The Dress-up Drawer! I make Super Capes for the Latter-day Hero!!

And much more!

Come over and see me at Her Hobby ANYTIME!!

I found the easiest way to get the felt completely covering the bottom is to glue the tile to the felt before I cut it, also it helps to keep an assembly line going with the hot glue gun-glue, stick, glue, stick, glue, stick….

I’ve been making these for awhile now, and my kids make them too. I don’t just use them for coasters-My little harvest ones are going on my little entry table with other Fall decorations….Christopher painted this one that I have on my stove for a spoon rest…I love it! (They are not heat resistant, there is probably a spray to make them that way, but if you try to use these for hot trivets , it will just melt that spray paint!)

And these ones I made for my mother in law last year with the kids’ “help.” If you are going to use photos for coasters, I suggest printing them on regular printing paper rather than photo paper, it’s just easier to get it on there, and then you don’t have to ruin a photo print.There you have it, nothing new, nothing too fancy, but a great gift from you or even that kids can help make, that someone will actually really like receiving!

That’s a whole lot a cute!

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I left Christopher at his friend Connor’s house and Bekah and Topher at our friends the Appah’s. A big thank you and hugs to you guys for letting Chad and I have the whole night to ourselves, and letting us sleep in!

The next night we brought the kids up to stay with us and took them ice skating.
Chad hadn’t been on skates in at least 15 years, and I think it’s been about that long for me too.
So our kids have NEVER been on skates.
Taking 3 little beginners out on the ice, may seem a little crazy.
And it was.
Porter liked getting his skates on…
…for about a minute.
Then he just got mad.Then he got a little bit more mad.
Bekah was beyond thrilled to finally do “what she always wanted to do” and Topher was just there for the ride.2-3 times around the rink with mom and dad taking turns ‘helping’ Porter skate.
He was absolutely finished.
He wanted those skates off right that second.
Christopher was not much better.
He didn’t complain as much-but he just let you push him around.
It was like shoveling a sidewalk…only harder…and wigglier.
I didn’t get a good picture of either of the boys skating, because when they were skating, Chad and I were each holding…and pushing one of them.
I did get this one though of him holding the wall, very upset that Chad and I were both taking a break from pushing him around the rink, holding onto our backs like the very old people that we were feeling like.
Dang that kid has some long eyelashes, and big eyes.
One more time around the rink?
With eyes like those, you can get just about anything you want!
Then there was Miss Bekah.
I thought for sure she would be a freak show out there on the ice.
Clinging to the wall for dear life.
Sobbing uncontrollably the first time she fell on her tooshie.
Did she ever prove me wrong!
She held onto the wall for about half of the first time around, held my hand for the rest of that time and then she was off.
And when she did fall-this was her face.
Not exactly the tears and snot I was expecting.
She said she learned on Blues Clues Musical, that when you fall you just need to get back up.Thank you Blue!
She really wants to take lessons now, and says she loves it more than ballet.
I believe it.
She and I stayed and skated for at least 2 hours after Chad left with the boys.
And she was all smiles the whole time.
I had to get one picture of my honey on skates too-he is a natural at everything he does, he was speeding around the rink even when he did have a boy attached to him.

Then there was me, I stayed right next to Bekah, not because she needed my help, but because I was so slow and unbalanced, I probably would have fallen on my face if I would have tried to pick up the pace at all.