Valentine's Moustache Pops

We all know that I'm a sucker for a fake moustache, so when Vance requested these (again) for his Valentines I was more than happy. I figure a new school means a new audience, plus I already have the photoshopping done. 

A win-win. 

I broke it down into steps this time around, so here we go. 

Step 1: Grab a picture. (Mine were from a photo shoot with the talented Jen Roh, but a snapshot works just as well.)

Step 2: I used Photoshop to "cut" his head from the picture but any photo editing site will work. Old school works here too - print the picture, cut around it with scissors, then scan it or even take another picture of it against a white piece of paper. Either way your goal is a floating head type of appearance.

Step 3: Slap a moustache on it. Again, there's a ton of free photo editing sites out there. If not you could cut a teeny one from paper, glue it on, and scan it back in. Or draw one one. It's a Valentine for kids. They won't care if it's a little wonky.

Step 4: I copy and pasted his head along with a speech bubble that said, "Happy Valentine's Day" into a blank document so that I could cut them out and glue them onto the sucker. Position them so that you have at least an inch of paper before his head to allow for gluing and wrapping them onto the sucker. I also left enough room so that he could sign his name.

Step 5: Use a moustache stencil (Google them and you'll find a ton of different stencils) and trace onto a sheet of foam (sold near the felt at your craft store). Cut and poke a hole into the center with your scissors. 

Step 6: Poke your sucker through the center of the moustache and glue your tag onto them. 

Viola! Valentine Moustache Suckers!

  

Valentine's Day falls on a Tuesday this year, meaning Vaughn will be at school for it so guess I'll be making some for her too! 

Her 'stache is a bit wonky. Might need to take the time to fix it. Or not. They're kids and more interested in the candy.

****CANDY!****

Valentine's Day will be here before I know it - better get moving!

have a great monday!

Friday Four

1. Painting. 

I'm happy to announce that as of yesterday around 2:56 pm the first coat of paint was complete. This has been the biggest project that we've taken on and it has whooped us. The house is a trimming nightmare with it's high ceilings and weird angles. Here's an action shot of Justin up high:

We had to buy one of these too. It's called a Pivit and it worked great. 

Source

One coat down, one to go. 

 2. Spray painting.

Here's a sad attempt to make these ugly curtain rod finials not-so-ugly. Yes, they're not green any more but no, they're not any prettier. 

3. Oopsey Daisy.

Here I am trying to hide the fact that I got white paint onto my black sweater. Sharpies come in handy for so many different reasons. 

3. Music.

Last week Vance had his school musical debut. Each student was equipped with 2 wooden sticks (to play with one of the songs) and there was never any sword fighting or head bonking. Way to go first grade teachers! I'm sure that's a first grade miracle!

4. Dance

Here's Vaughn warming up her tapity-tap shoes before class the other day.

Have a great weekend! 

Heart Shaped Oreo Truffles

Oreo truffles. 

If you haven't tried them you need to. They're fantastic and unfortunately have become a staple around here. 

Here's what you do:

Crush an entire bag of Oreo's in a food processor then add a brick of cream cheese. Whirl that around until everything is mixed and use a small cookie scoop (or your hands) to make balls. Line them on wax paper or a cookie sheet, freeze them for an hour, then dip into melted bakers chocolate or almond bark. Keep them in an air-tight container in the freezer. Try not to eat all of them in one night. 

While I was making a batch I thought about making heart shaped ones for Valentine's Day. It worked! Instead of balling them, use a cookie cutter or a knife to make the hearts. Freeze and dip like normal. 

After dipping them in chocolate have fun decorating them. I melted white chocolate and the kids helped drizzle it on. We also used food coloring to make pink chocolate to drizzle but those were eaten before I could snap a picture! 

Your Valentine's will love them. Mine sure do!

I'm linking to the following parties this week. Check them out!

Hoosier Homeade Valentine's Day Party

Friday Food @ Mom Trends

Does This Make Me the 4th Wise Man?

My kids suffer from motion sickness so I'm always picking up Dramamine. On my last trip I noticed something new. It's a topical treatment that you rub behind the ear that's supposed to help. What's in it? Oils. You know, lavender, chamomile, ylang ylang, peppermint, frankencense, and myrrh. 

Wait a minute...frankencense & myrrh?

Isn't that what the wise men brought baby Jesus?

If it's good enough for the king of kings it's good enough for my two clowns.

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It seems to be working for Vaughn. I haven't tried it on Vance yet. The smell is better than what I thought it would be. I first imagined a bottled-hippy scent, but it's really not bad at all. Just tap the bottle 3 times with your finger then rub on the soft spot behind your ear.  

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It's Friday which means we've survived another week. If you'd peek in my front windows you'd see a mess. We're slowly getting the painting done. Justin had the extension ladder out last night doing some of the high work. We bought office furniture and were able to pick 3 pieces of it up last night but are waiting for the other 3 to come in. But in the office right now is a couch that won't fit into the basement and we have no other place for it to go. (I'll be putting it up on Craig's List today. If you're interested - it's a brown/neutral colored couch from Ashley that has hardly been used. Pet free and smoke free! If you're super interested I also have a matching oversized chair and ottoman that matches. What else? Pedestals for a LG washer and dryer!) I also need to paint the office before we put the furniture in, so you know what that means...I have to find another paint color!

Have a great weekend! 

It's All Happening

Polexia Aphrodisia said it first but I'm quoting it too, "It's all happening..."

(I'll award an Atta Boy if someone can tell me what movie that's from.)

We finally agreed on a paint color and picked up 6 gallons of it over the weekend. I'm sure we'll need more but it's a start.

We were looking for was a gray-beige or a "greige" color. We bought 13 different samples, painted 5 different walls with a square of each before choosing one. (Why on earth? Because the house gets a lot of light from different angles and we wanted to make sure the all-over color looked good all over.) 

Drumroll, the winner was Oatbran from Valspar, which was one of the first two samples that we ever brought home.

   

When in direct light it looks like the sample below, more beige, and when in darker light it's definitely more gray. It's two faced.

We had the color matched with Sherwin Williams Duration paint in a matte finish.

Gotta go, I have work to do!   

Phone is Ringing. Oh My God.

As soon as we had our phone hooked up and had been given our new phone number at our last house it was apparent that the previous owner of the number was a convict. Or soon to be anyways. 


Calls poured in from collection agencies and even the area police office looking for *Miss Emily P. Curtis. Every time I had to explain that we had just been given the number and even though I am a female, I am not Emily P. Curtis. 


We've had our phone connected at the new house for about a month now and nothing. No calls for shady ladies that may or may not be on the lam. Boring. Big time.


*You know I can't use her real name.
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It's Thursday, a school day for both kiddos, and I have 2 quarts of sample paint to roll on. Please let one be the winner. 


Question of the Day: What's your favorite brand of paint to use? Anyone, anyone?  

Weekend Highlights

This weather! We made many trips to a new park that has great walking trails. Unfortunately on our last trip Vaughn tripped and scraped her hand and her knees pretty badly. Oops.


Vance read in a newspaper that Giant Boa Constrictor's are invading Florida and felt it was necessary to call and alert my parents. He didn't want a guilty conscience in case anything happened and he knew such information. As an added bonus he also told them the differences between crocodiles and alligators, just to be on the safe side.


We finished painting Vance's room and rearranged his furniture. While we're still needing shelves, curtains, and may paint some decorative stripes around the top of the room in the future, it feels so good to have one room close to being done. 


We picked up yet another paint sample. I was for sure it was the one. It's not. But we're getting closer.  


Justin and I watched Inception. Or did I just dream that we watched it?


For Christmas I got a frother that didn't work. I sent it back and the replacement was sent to my parent's house. It worked out nicely as we swooped by and picked it up last night on our way to our nephew's birthday party. Last night, cake. This morning, froth. A win win.


Today? I have to take my scraped up ballerina to ballerina class. Then to pick up more paint samples.


Happy Monday!