Parties

American Ninja Baby Warriors

By: GHM

On: July 9, 2015

You know what’s cool about homeschooling? Finding fun places to take them. Like a gym that trains American Ninja Warriors (Sam Sann and family own and run it) and is friendly to letting my three-year-old run around with the big kids. It’s a facility in Northwest Houston called Iron Sports. They have many different classes some for homeschoolers during the day, after school classes, and adult classes. We’ve even attended birthday parties here and they are great. The kids love trying to run up the wall

Seriously, it’s like a big sweaty, smelly box of happy, climbing monkey kids.

What are the best homeschool activities? We have an ongoing list here, but add your own to the comments and we’ll check them out!

Comparison of Electronic Paper Cutting Machines

By: GHM

On: September 5, 2013

In: Around the House, Lifestyle, Parties, Projects, Crafts, & DIY

In case you, like me, are coveting an EPCM (yeah, I’m short-handing it) but are a bit overwhelmed with the prospect of shelling out big money for something you have never personally seen here is my handy-dandy chart.

It’s a showdown: Cricut vs. Silhouette vs. eCLIPS.

Sure, there are a few other brands but these are the big boys. Hope it helps. I’m going with the eCLIPS…as soon as it goes on sale again!

DIY Tulle Wreath

By: GHM

On: April 19, 2013

In: Holidays, Lifestyle, Parties, Projects, Crafts, & DIY

Pretty, Pretty Tulle

In the spirit of pretty girly things, I will now share with you my pretty, pretty tulle wreath.

Ta Da! All you need is Supplies and Time!

I got inspired by a picture I saw from a super cute ballerina party so, naturally, I went to Pinterest where I happily discovered a lovely tutorial. I did not take her advice and use an 8-inch wreath form. Mostly, because when I went there wasn’t one at Hobby Lobby (mine was 12 inches). I also used just under 120 yards of pink and 75 yards of white, alternating double layers of six, then three knots.

When the basic wreath was complete, I added a ribbon and Mod Podged some girly paper onto a letter (but, you know, that wasn’t good enough because some Tim Holtz paint was on sale and I had to have a reason to try it…). So, I put a layer of the Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fence – a.k.a. White. It wasn’t quite what I wanted. To get a good crackle it has to be a thick-ish layer. When it is that thick it wasn’t opaque, which was more what I was going for. To tone it down I just sanded the heck out of it. And, voila, Tulle wreath with a letter.

Just another reason, it is a good thing all my girls have four legs. Ain’t nobody got time for all this! But, I have committed to a garden party for little T! Mwahahahahaha!

And, if you want to see how that garden party turned out check out the pics at Andrea Lynn Events!

Minecraft: the obsession and how I was roped into crafting it

By: GHM

On: April 9, 2013

In: Featured, Holidays, Parties, Projects, Crafts, & DIY

Minecraft.

Well, if you don’t know what Minecraft is consider yourself fortunate. It is an endless game of low graphic building with an occasional zombie, creeper or spider to kill you. However, if it has already entered your world then you understand. It doesn’t ever stop.

Just keep building. Just keep building. What do we do? We build, build.

When SBW’s BFF decided to have a Minecraft birthday party I thought, “Quick, to Pinterest!” And, there I saw shirts. Unfortunately, you, the masses, do not know how awesome I am with stencils.

Last year, I saw some cute ones on Pinterest for a Star Wars Birthday party and went a little nutso. I did a Obi Wan, Yoda, R2-D2, a Clone Trooper, Princess Leia, Bobba Fett (or maybe Jango, whatevs), the Death Star, and Darth Vader. They were awesome. I totally meant to share them with the Internet but sadly, we had a full computer meltdown and they were lost to the Internet ether. All that remains are a couple adorable photos we were able to recover.