Fun with food coloring

We have been having so much fun making colored pancakes.  Think we will try pasta next. 

Smurf Blue pancakes 

(A little over cooked, but you can tell they are blue inside.)

Yellow pancakes

(Hard to tell because pancakes are yellow.)

Pink Princess pancakes

Felt Heart hair-clips

Working on these super cute Valentines Day felt heart hair-clips from 'the Purl bee' blog.  Even my 4 year old made a couple.  Usually I'm a perfectionist when it comes to machine and hand sewing, but with this project I tried not to be perfect to give the hair-clips a folk art look.

I made them a little larger (large heart 1 1/2", small heart 1") and used a bobby pin instead of a clip.  I cut 2 small slits in the back heart to hold the bobby pin in place.  Remember, wavy side of the bobby pin goes down.  I also put the bobby pin top to bottom on the heart so that the clip could be worn on either side of the head.

One tip I would give is to cut the felt into squares first.  Then fold them in half and then take the heart template and fold it in half and cut the heart just like you would do when making a heart from a square piece of paper.  Hope this makes since.

Link to 'the Purl bee' blog
http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-barrettes/

Link to a tutorial on how to do a running stitch.
http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/stitches/running.html

Link to a blog for bobby pins 101.
http://honeyandfitz.blogspot.com/2011/10/bobby-pin-101.html#axzz1jek2DRlR

My little ones creations.

My creations.

Can't wait to do some St Patricks shamrocks and Easter Eggs next.

Butterflies and purple 1st Bday Party

Just wanted to share my pictures from our Butterflies and purple 1st birthday party.  The candy bar was a big hit.  We covered the countertop with wrapping paper.  

Found Love Story-James and Ruth Alice Clark

My grandparents have a lost love story, and I'm just hearing about it today.  Letters were found in their attic that they wrote back and forth during WWII.  Can't wait for them to be published so we can hear the full story.

This is a love story that unfolds over the course of 3 years during World War II. James and Ruth Alice were a newly married couple when James was deployed away from his hometown in Pennsylvania. A Corporal (later Sargent) in the Army's Thirteenth Air Force - James was assigned to the 339th Fighter Squadron which performed duties in the Pacific Theater of war.

http://video214.com/play/V8Weecpyih1PbO9LrsynqA/s/dark