Let the Party Planning Commense!

Eli said he wanted a Thomas the train party this year for his third birthday. He is in love with Thomas more than ever. I've discovered a new website called Pinterest and it's awesome! That might be an understatement. It's basically a virtual pinboard and allows you to grab pictures from all over the internet and "pin" them to a designated board. I created one for Eli's 3rd birthday, so whenever I saw something I liked, I pinned it, and referenced back to it. It's different from bookmarking because you can see all your pins and they are pictures that link back to the original site. It's really amazing.

So the first thing I made was this adorable birthday chair cover:



I'm not much of a seamstress, so for this first project I cheated. I used Fabric Glue. Actually, I didn't even have a needle when I started this project. So for the next project I knew I needed to get a needle at least. I bought a little sewing kit, felt, and fabric and here's what I came up with next:

Eli's Birthday Crown!


The front view


The side view


The back view. There's a piece of velcro sewn onto the crown and covered with thomas fabric.

This was just something fun I did for Eli. I decoupaged some thomas images onto paper mache letters for decoration:



The last project was really fun. It's a DIY (Do-It-Yourself for all you non-crafters) photo on canvas. Photo on canvas can cost a pretty penny. Especially the 16x20 I wanted to do. I saw this project on Pinterest and it seemed totally doable. Basically you buy whatever size canvas you want and order the same size photo. Use a little Mod Podge to glue it down and seal it up, and some pretty paper on the sides and dab some paint on any spots left open:


I took this photo of Eli at the Oklahoma Railway Museum earlier in the year

It turned out really great. I tested out two other photos on canvas before I attempted this larger one. I love how everything turned out.