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Tuesday Tutorial: Decorating Project

So recently my coworkers have been giving me a hard time because I've been in my office for over a year, but haven't really made the place "home" with any decorating touches.  Which inspired me to create some canvas art, which I saw a few months ago on the pink cricut website.

sorry-- this came out sideways... just tilt your head to the side- go ahead- no one's watching!

 Supplies you need:

Canvas (this is a 12x12 that I got from Michaels)

stencil (I used my CRICUT {Damask Decor cartridge} and permanent vinyl)

paint (I used acrylic paint in tan and purple)

paintbrush

First, paint your base color- if you don't mind the color of your canvas, you can skip this step.

I wanted my piece to have a distressed look, so I just sort of slopped the paint on, leaving spots that are not covered well

Allow time for paint to dry!

sorry for the wierd colors on this one

 Next put your stencil over your design.  BY using the vinyl, I was able to stick it down really well, which led to clean crisp lines (I think I cut this design out somewhere between 10 and 11.5 for a 12x12 canvas)

Cover your canvas with your other color of paint, making sure to get good coverage in the parts that show Again, let it dry

After the paint has dried, go ahead and peel off the stencil.  The next step is to use a little sandpaper to rough up the edges... I actually sanded over the entire picture but it is hard to see!

As a finishing touch, I spritzed all over the canvas with glimmer mist. Unfortunately the spritz bled into the canvas, so it wasn't a splattered effect, but more splotchy- but it still looks cool!

The finished project, plus 2 more... can't wait to hang them up!

 

Sassy silky bows!

This post is coming to you direct from my new phone!  Pretty exciting, right?  Anyway, check out these sweet bows!
We have a variety of colors... contact us at sisterssassycrafts@gmail.com with orders.  Just $8 each!

Tuesday Tutorial: Valentines for your family!

That has to be good, right?  Trust me, it is!  And I know because I’m eating the finished product right now, the only thing that would make it better for me is some ice cream, but I don’t have any here right now!

I’m not good at pictures as we all know, but here’s the beauty shot from Kevin and Amanda, and trust me, you want to go there to get the step by step recipe for these Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies.  They are awesome, and incredibly easy, without much of a mess.  And, your husband will love you for them. 

 

Next up ,the kids, and you know that I have to use my own pictures for these.  I have seen them all over Pinterest, and had to make my own. 

They really are fairly easy, I ordered the little shovels off of Ebay, they’re cheap and you can get a huge variety of colors there.  Next, I printed up my own little saying on the computer and attached it using my fun little punches and some valentines paper. 

Trust me, your kids will dig you too for making these!

Tuesday Tutorial: Add a little love to a busy day!

SO: even if you are a very busy mom (like us), I am using this post to demonstrate how quick and easy it is to bake up a little extra love- just in time for V-day!  I got the idea from pinterest, the picture I saw used the the penut butter kiss cookies, and added the chocolate heart instead, but I am WAY to lazy  busy for that!

 Ingredients:

 Favorite Cookie Dough (I bought a big bag of of dough, that was already shaped into balls- can't get any easier than that!)

Chocolate hearts (Dove/Hersheys make them)

Steps:

Place cookies on cookie sheet

Place unwrapped chocolate heart on top

Bake according to package/recipe

enjoy with your special someone!

Super easy, super special!

PS (the cookies shown above are toffee flavored, and were pretty yummy!)

Jingle Socks

Our Sassy SIL came up with these for her adorable little 6-month-old-girl, and let me tell you she is entertained…so we decided to share with you guys.  Send us your size needed (big girls can like these too!), colors and we’ll get you a price quote, starting around $5

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Tuesday Tutorial: Getting your kids to eat

Tonight I had a struggle.  My husband made a wonderful roast in the Crockpot and then I could not get my kids to decide to eat it.  For some reason pizza goldfish sounded better to them.  So finally, I told my son we were having Angry Bird nests and he got really excited.  I put some shredded roast on top of a nest of rice and threw a few green bean “pigs” nearby and he ate his food right up.  Amazing what a fun name can do.  And, for dessert they just asked for popcorn.  I was ok with that…better than pizza gold fish tonight. 

I’m pretty sure she is way too cute to try and force her to eat and get mad.  She needs the calories like any growing kid, but she just gives me “the look” and it’s easy to want to give her and her brother Oreos instead of food (thanks for that one dad!)

So I did a little research from the experts and here is what I came up with.

Web MD has a great article about what to expect from your child at mealtimes and answers some of those questions we all seem to have.

Picky Eater battles at meals are also discussed here 

What else have I found that works?  Have them take as many bites as their age.  My 4-year-old will often end up taking a lot more.  Sometimes he just assumes he doesn’t like something and once he takes a few bites he realizes it was ok.  If they’ll let you, feed it to them.  For whatever reason, my kids sometimes are lazy and if I get them started on a bite, they’ll eat the rest on their own.  Sit down with them and don’t go to the next course (dessert) until they are all done.  Once eyes are on dessert, no one will focus on the meal.  My husband tends to be a horrible offender of that one!  I also like to let the kids help in mealtime, whether it be picking out the food or helping me make it, it always seems to go down better if they are involved.  And, make mealtime focused on mealtime.  Don’t have the TV on, and make sure you all sit down as a family.

Am I perfect at all of these things?  No, but we keep trying and eventually when they’re hungry, my kids just tend to eat!