DIY Snow Globe

I loved this idea when I saw it on pinterest and I just had to do it! You take a picture of your child, cut it out, laminate it and leave an edge around the photo to seal it. Then, I put it in a jar with a little tree, some glitter, water, and glycerin (found in the pharmacy section - it makes the water "thicker" to help the glitter float around). I superglued the lid on the jar, and now Emmett has his very own snow globe! He loved it!

The photo we used - it was SO hard to get him to make this pose!

Supplies

Finished!

He loves it!

Valentine's Day Cards

One of my goals for this year is to use the craft supplies that I have. I've had a box of blank cards in the closet for about 6 years now, and I've never had motivation to use them. Then I saw a cute idea for valentines on pinterest, and I remembered these cute pink striped cards with the white strip, ready to go and perfect for this project because it would hide the picture underneath the white strip. I used all supplies that I already had except the photos! Woohoo! I made 15 cards in all for daddy, cousins, grandparents, and great-grandparents. So cute.

The hardest part of this project was getting E to give me his hand to trace. For some reason he decided it was fun to run away every time I tried. The cutting wasn't a problem - I'm a teacher. I'm used to cutting things out in bulk!

Can't wait to get these in the mail!

Tile Magnets

I saw this idea on pinterest, and I loved it! I also knew it would make a great gift. The tiles were about $2.50 for a sheet of 36! I already had the mod podge, hot glue, and magnets from other projects. I wanted to use some instagram photos, so I ordered those from Persnickety Prints. They were a bit pricy ($.35 each) but it was worth it to not have to figure out how to print them 2"x2"!

I love how they turned out!