Stelie Designs

the other morning the racoons made a mess of our garbage. again.  [we live 1 block from nature center] paxton and avery helped their dad clean it up.  and came inside wanting to make racoon masks. so we did. have a great weekend!

there are so many beautiful flag banners on etsy and i wished i had been on the ball and ordered one in time for the babies birthday party.  so a couple days before their actual party, i took these fabrics {scraps i had and others from my mom} the night before their party, i made a triangle template, cut them out of fabric, layed them out on the table to see what order i liked best, then my husband asked what i was doing. i told him. his response "YOURE GOING TO SEW THEM!" my response "yes" him silence and went to get dig out the sewing machine. we've been together 8.5 years and in that time i have sewn ZERO times but i used to sew pillows and curtains for my dollhouse when i was younger!  Then I realized I didn't have any banding ribbon like i thought.  I called my mom (the seamstress) she said she'd bring some in the morning.  A few hours before the party, my mom arrived with different options for me.  I chose and she sewed.  thanks mom, it loo...

what do you get with a tree branch. snow. galvanized bucket. foam hearts. and string? this... a super simple little valentine welcome weekend project...