Hair we are!

So here is what I have been working on lately. The boutique I sell to asked me to start making these. I wish it was just start making them but I had to find the this and the that to making them. Online purchasing was included for what Redding does not hold.



They are very fun to make and turned out quite well for self figuring out.



My sweet daughter won't be wearing one anytime soon as she is quite independent and decisive about her fashion. I think being eight does that for you.

I do have some friends with wee little ones who might benefit. They fit from newborn on up. That is what is cool with the head band base.

Ha ha I repeated this one because blogging image uploads are a pain to figure out.

A little renuculose rose for fun!

These are hair clip holders. You post them on the wall and clip hair clips to them. They also have sections for headbands. Ashley will be getting one of these but I am sure she will pick the design from begging to end. I love her!
Black and Pink

Brown and Pink

And of course Blue and Brown.

So as you see the house is now calling me to clean it, because I have been a little busy.

Ta Ta for now..............Jennifer

Kings game with Kaleb

So Kaleb and I went to Sacramento to a Kings game with his basketball team on Friday. It was awesome! Having one on one time with him was a blast. He is a very fun kid. His coach got some fun tickets that allowed them to do some really cool things.


Here is Kaleb with teammates James and Marquees. We toodled down with them and had a great car ride. We got down early to meet the Jabba Walkies. A dance team that danced at half time.


Here is Kaleb with the dance team in the background.

Here are some players I unfortunately do not know the names of because the Kings have a brand new team. A lot of players were traded or sold and they are starting fresh.

This player was very cool and came over and signed whatever the kids had.

Kaleb and his coach Mr. Kong. A super great guy, a very good coach.

The boys got to be on the court when the Kings came out and high fived all the players. It was really cool.

Here they are on the court watching them warm up.

Kaleb and I after the game. These are the seats we had at the game.

The two of us mugging for the camera.

Kaleb got to go on the court after the game and shoot a free throw and he made it!

All in all we had a great time together and Iwould go again in a heart beat. I love this boy!

He loved every aspect of the day and he was so fun. See ya.............Jen

Sweet Baby Jane

For those of you who don't know it I sell boutique girls items to Sweet Baby Jane in the Mt. Shasta Mall. She wanted to carry my pendant necklaces so I set about finding a way to display and sell them. This is what I came up with. The name of my company.



The jar in which the necklaces are. I put the necklaces in cute wedding tins I found at Target for 75% off..



The candy jar came to me as the necklaces are just a little sweet treat.

Of course it might bode well if I posted a couple pics of the necklaces but I am as organized as I am, which is not saying much.

You can see one of them through the glass. O.k. I will have to take pics and post. All right bye for now.....Jen

This is how we do it!

Yes folks this is how we do homework in the Beaver house. I was busy with laundry etc. when I noticed I had not heard from 1, and 4. Yes names take to long to write. So I toodle on down the hall and see this. Reading homework done right.



Then on my trip back I saw this! Even better when two are relaxing. I snapped these without causing a disturbance.



Well in case you were wondering this is how it is done.

Have fun doing your work the old fashioned way. Hmmm I think I can fold laundry and soak my tootsies. Gotta go!

Sweet frames

So I know you are supposed to do the step by step for how to's but this is just a finished project and my photography of the second set is truly lacking. I found these cheap frames at Target in their dollar section. They were either $1 or $2 for all three.. anyway. The middle boys I left black and put some cool paper that was antiquey in it. Then I found some neat script words about boys that were clear label stickers. They were fifteen for $2.99. I did a set of frames for all the kids but I only posted one for the boys and one for Ashley.

Ashley's I took apart and spray painted pink. We found some cool silver words in the $1 section of Michael's and put them on top of some cool paper we picked out. Yes she does participate greatly. My boys just think I am awesome and cool for coming up with such creative things. My daughter realizes I am very basic and she could do it herself.





Alex's frames ( not pictured because I am lazy) I spray painted chocolate brown. Ashley differentiates between brown and chocolate brown. So proud! Anyways we put sky blue paper in with cool same stickers. That's all. I will see ya later!

How to clipboards

So this is my first how to craft project that I have posted. In order to find some order (LOL) I made for my children magnetized, personalized clipboards. So they could keep track of their to do work and their upcoming projects, permission slips etc. I picked up these simple clipboards at Wal-Mart for .97 and some craft paper at Michaels. I tried to figure out what each child would like the best. This one is for my eldest.

Here is the modge podge I use. I know very exciting. I traced the paper around the clip board and cut it out.

I had to use some of the extra to fill in at the top because the dimensions aren't an exact match. After I cut the paper and modge podged the paper on to the clip board, I smoothed out the air bubbles. When it is wet there will still be some bubbles but as it dries they disappear.

Here is another clipboard with the finished project. Ryan likes pirates so I thought it was cool.

And here they all are on the fridge. Ashley's was actually in the dollar section of Target but it was my inspiration for the others. I used 5 button magnets on the back glued with tacky glue. Probably over kill because I hate magnets falling on the ground and dropping the papers they hold.

Anyways thanks for the rough demo. With time I hope to do a better job. Kudos out to all those who do this regularly. I find it is hard to remember to take the photos as I go. I love a finished project and rarely slow it down for that. Love ya ......Jen

six minus three plus two

So this weekend the hormone scale swung the other direction. The boys all went to the snow. Alex and Kaleb went to winter camp at...... Lassen Pines! Yes a shout out to my Inger girl. Ryan went with two buddies for an overnighter and a day at the snow. So my husband thinks out loud, " Maybe Ashley would like to go to a friends house?" No she wouldn't . She quickly invited two of her good friends here. LOL totally not what he had planned. Being as I would be gone in the evening I am sure he was so excited. I walked in at around 10 and he was reclining on the couch, zoning. The girls had just put a batch of brownies in and from the sound of the high pitch giggling they weren't going down any time soon. I laughed and crashed out on the couch next to him. Well surprising things happen. At around 11 those girls were out cold. I guess that is what happens when you run an engine full out as fast as you can. It comes to a screeching halt.
I hope the boys are having a great time at camp. Kaleb was a little sad. O.k. he was completely a mess when they left but God is good. His counseler was none other than the amazing Gary Warner. One of the alltime best guys I have ever met. He and Darin are good friends and he is very loving. I just hope Kaleb realizes what a gem of a guy he has. Alex is fine. Alex is the same kid who went to Hawaii for a month with my parents. It was tough but I knew he would be fine .. Kaleb is his daddy's boy. If my mother-in-law reads this I am sure she is having flash backs to Darin on a bus to camp and her in the bushes. LOL That makes me laugh! Not being mean I just know once they get there they will be having fun. Oh and mom frustrating moment when I realize that yes all my boys will be warm and have plenty of clothes, I left their Bibles and notebooks at home. I panicked when I realized this and called Darin who convinced me I wasn't the worst parent ever and the kids would survive.. Well thats enough for now.