Maize Hutton

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The Monday Maize Likey List: Teacup DIY Edition

Oh, I want to make a teacup light!

Teacups are great for jewelry storage.

How about a clock?

I've made many of these and they're handy!

Bird feeders.

Herb garden.

EEP! Cookie teacups!

A lamp.

These paper teacups are on my project list.

How cute!

Teacup Candle holders.

Cake stand.

Garden art. Pretty cool idea.

A ring.

And, the ever popular teacup candles I did in 2006.

Yay for teacups!

Sunday Love Note....Dear Mom...

{Every Sunday, this gurl writes a love note}

Dear Mom,

Well, it's Mother's Day 2013 and what special thing do you get to celebrate this year? The birth of your first great grandchild --that's what-- and born on your birthday to boot! What a wonderful birthday present that must have been. Your first grandchild--dearest granddaughter has a baby. It's blowin' my mind to be called 'Grammy' so I can't imagine what it must feel like to have 'Great' added to to it. Wow. GG.

I wanted to post this picture of us because it's one of my faves of all time. Both of us smilin' and my blond spiral curly locks in the typical rats nest it always IS. I hope Landon gets our dimples. Maybe he'll even inherit my curly hair. Maybe I shouldn't wish that on him.

I love this photo of your high school graduation picture. The hairdo is a bit suspect (what's hidin' under there?), but I just think you're beautiful. Beautiful.

I wanted to wish you a 'Happy Mother's Day' and let you know how much I appreciate and love you.

And, congratulations on becoming GG!

Love always,

Sis
******
ps. "No one loves you like your Mother."

Happy Mother's Day!

Free Printable

Sigh

Landon has an AWESOME protector. Violet just can't get enough of him.

*sigh*

Fast Friends...

I couldn't help myself from posting these pics.

He was quite bored with her at first... *yawning* ... when she gave him a quick lick.

Violet loves Landon!

Make an Heirloom Corsage for Mom

Last Friday, this gurl was inspired to make a corsage from scraps of fabric, t-shirts and ribbon.

Dive into your fabric scrap pile and start cuttin' petals, leaves, and strips and assemble them to make flowers.

Here are a two of my tutorials for making fabric flowers:

Frayed Flower

T-shirt Wedding Bouquet

Tip: I always cut a circle of fabric and glue it to the back to hide the stitches and the back of the pin.

Before I glue it, I snip two small holes for the pinback to fit through.

Stitch the pin to the back of the corsage first, put the circle of fabric over to hide it and then glue down the fabric and close the pin.

The corsage is attached to the paper doily and packaged in it's own little box.

I purchased the balsa wood box at Michael's for a buck, then stained it with liquid shoe polish, sprayed it with clear paint and glued on a paper flower.

I think it's a great heirloom corsage for Mom to wear every year on Mother's Day and she can store it in its own special box!