Project in Progress...

Besides eating lots of turkey and staying up all night to shop, I also spent part of the holiday week being productive. You may remember the old school desk that I picked up last year for only $5...I had big plans for all three school desks back in January. Well, it is November and I'm finally getting around to working on them.

They are painted....blue for Henry, green for Grant, and orange for Eli!

I've also added some chalkboard paint to the desk tops and I put the boys' names with on the backs with vinyl. I still want to add a few more fun details to make them a little more special. Hopefully I will use the rest of the weekend {if I'm not too wiped out from shopping all night} to finish these up and I can share them with you next week!

Did you do anything productive this week? Or did you just enjoy the holiday with family while eating lots of good food:) I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving...and Happy Black Friday!

I Have a Sponsor...and a Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Staci at Lizard & Ladybug!

I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to remind you about my SUPER giveaway that ends on Monday!

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If you've looked at my right sidebar lately, you have probably noticed that I have a new {very small} section for SUPER SPONSORS! Well, Sodderbug is the main reason I have that section!

Let me just say that if you head over to the Sodderbug website {which you really should do} you will definitely be adding a few things to your Christmas list this year!

Sodderbug makes beautiful photo charms from your pictures! How cool is that!

From the Sodderbug website:

Sodderbug charms are distinctive, unique accessories that let you remember an important person, quote, or even team, wherever you go. Using images you provide to me, I create distinctive charms you'll treasure for years to come.

That sounds like something that needs to go on my Christmas list for sure! I would love to have one charm with a picture of all three of my boys or maybe three charms...one of each of them! Sodderbug also has some really cute charms with Bible verses and other sayings as well as sports team charms.

Lucky for you, today I am giving away one beautifully made Sodderbug photo charm!

Here's how to enter:

Head over to the Sodderbug website and look around. Come back here and who's picture you would choose to have made into a charm if you win! {This is a Mandatory entry and must be done first!
After the mandatory entry, you can do any or all of the following for one extra entry each. Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.

Go to Sodderbug's etsy shop. Come back and leave a comment with the name of your favorite item.

follow my blog

follow me on twitter {@SUPERMOM_Kelli}

Subscribe to my blog via Feedburner

tweet about this giveaway with a link back to me

blog about this giveaway or post it in your sidebar

And for 10 extra entries, buy something from Sodderbug before this giveaway ends.

This giveaway will end at 7:00 am CST on Monday, November 29th. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment if your email isn't visible in your profile! Giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only. I will use random.org to pick a winner. Thanks so much to Janelle at Sodderbug for providing the photo charm for this giveaway! Good luck!

Two More Thanksgiving Shirts...and a Christmas Guest Post

After I made Eli's Shirt of Plenty last week, I knew I had to make Henry and Grant a SUPER cute shirt to wear on Thanksgiving....but I didn't want them all to have the same shirt this time. So here are two new shirts...the Pumpkin Pie shirt for Grant, and the I Love Turkey shirt for Henry.

This shirt was really easy to make! I used gray, brown, white, and orange felt to make my pumpkin pie, and I used an empty ice cream bucket as my template.

I used the ice cream bucket to make three circles. The gray for the pie pan was the largest, the brown for the crust was a little smaller, and the orange for the pumpkin was the smallest. After I layered the circles, I cut out a "slice of pie" by cutting a triangle out of the brown and orange but leaving the gray in a whole circle.

I attached the felt to the shirt with iron-on adhesive and then stitched around the edges with embroidery floss just like I did with the Shirt of Plenty. To add a little bit of whimsy and to make sure that everybody knew that Grant's shirt was in fact pumpkin pie, I added a little bit of whipped cream to the top:) I simply cut a circle out of white felt, then I pinched the felt in the middle of the circle and made the ends gather up. Then I sewed the whipped topping on with some heavy duty thread.

I originally saw the idea for the I Love Turkey shirt at Positively Splendid. Amy makes some really cute stuff...and this shirt is one of her cutest yet! I loved the idea, but I didn't have all the materials. What I did have was felt, so I made my own version of her shirt using felt and a little bit of color just for fun!

Here's a picture of all three shirts:) Can you tell that they were all three saying "The sun's in my eyes!" Hopefully we will manage to get a better picture on Turkey Day!

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I'm guest posting over at Under the Table and Dreaming today. Hop over and check out my SUPER cute Glittered Snowman Ornaments and all the other really great homemade ornament ideas!