No Dads Allowed {What I Made for Father's Day}

If you are my dad, my husband, or my father-in law, stop reading.

Now.

OK, now that that's taken care of, here is one of the Father's Day buckets that 

I concocted for each of the dad's in my life.

I bought 3 buckets at Michael's for $1 each and used my handy dandy Silhouette

to print the "World's Best Dad" sticker out of vinyl.

Here's a closer look at some of the ingredients inside the bucket:

I tried to create a theme relating to dads:

"pop chips"- I found these at Meijer

Pop Rocks

Life Savers

Mr. Goodbar

Sugar Babies- this one I'm only putting in Wes's bucket,

along with a label that says

"Thanks for helping to create such a sweet baby."

Cheesy? Maybe.

True? Yes.

Above are the labels that I added to a few of the items,

tying them into the father's day theme.

Again, cheesy, I know.

What can I say? I like a little cheese. :)

I was hoping to find "Dad's Rootbeer"

but since I couldn't find that brand,

I found these labels and just covered the root beer bottles

with them.

The travel mugs that I am putting in the buckets

are the kind with inserts that you can decorate.

Here are the photo collages I made that will

decorate the mugs:

Now I just need to figure out the best way

to print them since they are an odd size (4 x 8).

Any suggestions?

Happy nesting,

and happy father's day to any dads out there

(though I don't suspect there are too many of you

reading this)!

P.S. Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pictures!

My camera got thrown into the shower

by my little walking tornado :)

Happy Mother's Day! {Silhouette necklace project}

Happy Mother's Day

to all of you special, beautiful moms who might be reading this!

I hope you get a chance to kick your feet up and 

maybe even get a little bit pampered today

because I'm SURE you deserve it...

after all, you are a mom!

A special happy Mother's Day to my own amazing mom!

{Photo taken at last year's Mother's Day family get together. A four generation picture!}

Mom- I don't know how you did all that you did

(teacher, coach, athletic director, kept our home immaculate, spent time with Erin and I,

kept up with the laundry, got dinner on the table, showed up to all of our

events, took us to church faithfully, the list could go on and on...),

but you did it all with excellence and I couldn't have asked for

a better mom!

Thank you for EVERYTHING! You are amazing!

Also- happy Mother's Day to my dear mom-in-law Linda!
Your warmth and love to us are very appreciated,
and you too are an excellent example of what a mother should be!

{Claire with her Grandma Linda}

Now, if either of you are reading this before I have given you your gifts,

please do not proceed any further.

{unless you want a preview of part of your gift!}

Ready?

Ta da!
Silhouette necklaces of my little Claire's face!
I made one for each of her grandmas.

I saw the idea for these silhouette necklaces @

Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss. 

Julie gives pretty thorough instructions in her post,

and since I'm not patient enough to take

pictures of every step along the way when I make something,

I'll let you read her tutorial if you want to find out how to 

make these guys.

And I'm pretty sure you'll want to make some.

The only thing I did differently than she did,
was color in the silhouettes with a black sharpie after I cut them out.
Otherwise, they weren't completely black.
Also, I couldn't find any chains at Hobby Lobby that I liked with the
charm pieces I picked out (or whatever their technical names are;
I'm not so hot with technical terms)
so I bought a necklace cord kit in black to use instead.
However, I couldn't understand how to afix the clasp pieces
that came with the cord onto the cord, so alas,
I strung some ribbon through the charms as a last resort.
I don't think the result is all that bad though!

I had to make one for myself too, of course!
I'm so excited to take this sweet little face with me wherever I go now :)

So there you have it.
I think these little guys would make sweet gifts for just about any occasion.
Plus, they are quick and easy!
{They will be even easier once my Silhouette SD machine arrives!}

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!