Girl Scout Walk About – Lanyards!

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It’s cookie season as you know, and we are getting ready for a lot of cookie sale opportunities!   With all of our booth ideas running through our heads we are also getting ready for Walk About Week.  For those that don’t know that is when we go door to door as a troop.  First thing I made for the girls is a lanyard to make it easier and faster when some one asks what kind and how much.

Here is a short tutorial on how I made ours….

5 yards of thick cosgrain ribbon made 18 lanyards, it could make more or less depending on how long you make yours.

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I had gotten a bag of these at a yard sale for a dollar I like using these for the lanyard clip than the two-part way you see a lot online.  Lace this through the ribbon first.

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Then sew the ribbon together.  I sewed it three times across because the girls will pull on them I am sure.

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I printed out the cookie variety and the price cheat sheet and stuck them to a green paper to match the ribbon.

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Once I cut them out I laminated them and cut the out again with my helper (who was really watching Bo on the Go)

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Punched a hole with the handy dandy crop-o-dile

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And hooked the to the lanyards!

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This is not an original idea I saw it on pinterest and I would mention the blog it came from but there wasn’t an attached author! But if you would like to see that one here is the pin link (-:  http://pinterest.com/pin/64035625923800679/

I will keep update my blog with whatever we do for this cookie season we are so excited this year ~!

Spring Fever – Setting up a Garden Journal

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Oh I have caught Spring Fever for sure!

I have gardening and yard work on the brain, I can not wait for the weather to break and the sun to shine so we can start planting.  But until then I will start planning.  And I can’t plan without an awesome Garden Journal/Smash Book.

So I made one that I love (even made my friend Deb one too so we can compare notes she is my garden guru after all)

Here is mine: It’s pretty simple just some scrapbook paper and stickers covering a composition notebook like this one

And some matching ribbon of course (-:

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Some pictures of my peas in the front because they are so darn cute!

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I clipped the seed packets to the front so I know what I liked from previous years I may tape them on the pages soon to make it easier to see them.

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Some articles I liked in magazines so I could recycle what I did not need

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A map that shows when to plant is always good and an envelope in the back for receipts and whatnot.

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Covered the back with more scrap paper and there you have it now I can daydream and plan!

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It might not be spring yet but I am sure ready!  I will just keep on planning (-:

Playroom Redo the Final Touch….A Doll House Redo

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I couldn’t keep looking at this cute playhouse that took up so much room in the corner of our newly remade movie themed playroom…and yes it was just TOO pink!

I looked online to see if anyone had done this before I found nothing so I am going to go ahead and proclaim it here this is a FIRST. Ladies and Gentleman a playhouse redo from :

THIS

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I loved this project, scrapbook paper, LOTS of glue, glue dots and glue runners, the internet and a printer and my imagination.  The only thing I haven;t got done are the theater seats ….. it is coming soon! In the mean time here are some shots of the creative process be sure to stay tuned for the finale!

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PUFFY!!

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IMAG9137Again Puff??? It’s a doll house not a cat house!

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Clearly Puffy and Paddy just wanted to see the latest flick…

IMAG9789And for the end of my series the Playroom Redo this totally awesome Playhouse Redo complete with drive in movie theater!

IMAG9778 IMAG9780LOVE IT!

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IMAG1840 IMAG9817Now they love it in there, they use the new seating and play dress up almost every day  ( well Phoebe mostly) my little movie stars in the making (- :

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So let me know what you think!  leave a comment my peas would love to read them.

Well off to the movies!

Playroom Redo Part 4 The Little Things

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As I was trying to wrap things up with this redo I looked around the room as saw our little kids table in corner….I needed to spray it I mean I had paint left I couldn’t just throw it our right?? So I painted the little chair and the legs of the table.IMAG6138Why just the legs ? Because I had left over chalk board contact paper that I used for the top; now the kids could draw on it! IMAG6139It was tough getting the bubbles out but I did it (-:  IMAG6140  I added a little black lamp, the girls CD player and a popcorn bucket for the remotes and CDs.  Added some film strip frames to make the kids stars in the movie room!

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Added a Marquee sign to the Bench starring the Peas

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So I was done right??

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Wrong….see pink was still in a certain place that I just could not have in the movie room……Next up my month long project of a playhouse redo!!!

Say good bye to this:

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Playroom Redo Part 3 – Seating

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Seating!

Now you can always go buy benches and bean bags etc.  But look around your house I bet you have something you can transform.  I saw these seats on Pinterest, yes I am an addict but I have learned and made so much from other people’s brilliant ideas!

So I looked around the house then the garage and found these old mismatched crates just like on Pinterest.  SO I got out my trusty Krylon spray paint.

IMAG6136 - CopyI used a very thick chip board from the back of one of the poster frames I broke, good thing I didn’t throw that away. I did go to JoAnne fabrics for padding it was pretty inexpensive maybe $5.00.  I had the best material that I ordered off of Etsy and some from the thrift store too!  I merely stapled it to the chipboard.

IMAG6090 - CopyI made a bench too!

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Phoebe LOVED it!

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I put the single seat by the Wardrobe Section (-:  Then there was the PINK computer chair yikes!  It was practically new so I wanted it to match~! So I recovered it.

I took it apart….

IMAG6355 - Copyand got the trusty staple gun out again…

IMAG6359 - CopyI made sure it was pretty tight so nothing would get caught on the material when someone sat in it.  I love this popcorn material.

IMAG6363Once again Puffy loved it…

IMAG6368Then I saw those bright flowery pillows …. re-covered!

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wpid-IMAG2522.jpgPete likes this one!  (Found that red wood basket there at the thrift shop $2!)

Added a big floor pillow to the other hand made bench…

IMAG9822And again Puffy was breaking it in…..maybe this isn’t a playroom but a cat room SHEESH!

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Playroom Redo Part 2 – Walls

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The walls I new I wanted movies posters so I quizzed the girls and husband on their favorites (kid friendly of course it is a playroom) !

Pyper’s favorites :IMAG6123All of our favorites and Daddy’s favorite

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IMAG9837And some random fun poster we got at a children’s fair from the movie theater!

IMAG6193IMAG6194and posters aren’t enough NO~ I remember seeing the coolest thing on Pinterest on how to save event tickets easy enough….done

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I nailed a plastic popcorn bowl to the wall too, it holds the 3D glasses (-:

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What else did I put on the wall you ask? well the girls had a lot of dress up clothes so in one corner we made a Wardrobe section…. I got a clothes rack and mirror, then made a small bench and have red baskets underneath for all the accessories. Black curtains and Oh and the pink carpet made a comeback for the winter..yuck I will be getting a black one that’s for sure!

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I randomly put up popcorn boxes and movie sized candy boxes too and since Phoebe’s tiny play kitchen was to much to put in their room. It became the concession stand !

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So of course we needed to name the new playroom…

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And always remember while in the theater…

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Next post seating~! So stay tuned for the sequel (-: