Monday, August 30, 2010

1 week done who knows how many more to go!

So first week of school went by and thank god my daugther likes her teachers. I waited for the first week to be over so I could see who her teachers where and the gender. I wanted to make them some post it note holders from the cube post it notes that they were selling in office max. Ive seen everyone make post it not little books but not actual cubes. So I made 5 though Brianna has 6 teachers. Only 5 of them are regular teachers the 6th one is either art, music or p.e. So instead of doing 6 I made 5 but I bought 6 of them just in case. It was very easy to make and the actual measurements I dont have because I did them by trial and error but I know that the length to make it is about 8.5 inches (give or take more like take) and then scored at 2, 4, 6, 8 and then scored again at about 1 1/4th. This is the part that might be a little bit confusing but once you have it all scored and folded. There will be one side longer then the other.Measure the sides to see which one is closest to the cubes height. Cut till the scored line (the one that isnt the measurement to the cube) at 1 1/4th. (Ill show the picture later on in another post since I am at work.) Then fold and glue together. its going to look like a box. Punch an opening in one side. I only have a circle punch so mine are half circles but if you have an oval punch it might actually work a bit better. Well here are the pictures of one of the cubes. This one came out the best I think because by that time I had gotten the hang of it. I hope that I didnt confuse anyone and if you have any questions please feel free to ask me.
By the way they are sitting on a piece of chipboard. I cut that 3x3. covered with paper and with my adhesieve I glued it on and there you go. Its sturdy and it looks very cute. I hope you guys like it!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

WOW

Well its been so long since I've been on here but I'm back. School is about to start and now I'm going to have time for once. i can get back to actually doing something! My daughter wants to me have her birthday now because she wants a pool party. So I couldn't pass up the opportunity to do her invites. I still haven't picked a date but its going to be soon. So she can actually have a pool party which I never got to have while i was growing up because both our birthdays are in January and I really don't think that weather is right for a birthday party! Then for my apartment in Fort Myers I went to Ikea and got a the little mirrors that they have which is surround by wood. Plus I got an expedit the one with four cubes for only 20 dollars. It was in the as is section. If the lady didnt take them all i do would have taken all three that where there. They had another one recently and that one was huge but I really couldn't fit it in my car :(. oh well. so I know its short but i really dont have any pictures because 1 i dont have my camera with me and 2 i have to get ready for work. hope everyone has a great day!