Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Silhouette Bulletin Board
I saw this on Country Living this morning & thought it would be great to do for the entire family! Instead of my huge cork board holding all our activities, I can keep each individual's events & activites together. Now the challenge is if I can get a side profile of Coco our pug.... 
STEP 1. Download and print our profile templates, then use a photocopier to enlarge them by 130 percent.
STEP 2. Center each enlarged profile on an 11- by 17-inch corkboard ($4.99 per board; craftsetc.com), and trace around it with a pen.
STEP 3. Working on a protected surface, such as a chopping block or self-healing mat, slowly score the pen lines with an X-Acto knife. Because of the cork's thickness, you'll need to go over each cut several times before slicing all the way through.
STEP 4. Spray the silhouettes with two coats of flat black paint, let dry overnight, and hang with adhesive mounting strips ($2.49 for nine; officedepot.com).
Download the profile templates here.
STEP 1. Download and print our profile templates, then use a photocopier to enlarge them by 130 percent.STEP 2. Center each enlarged profile on an 11- by 17-inch corkboard ($4.99 per board; craftsetc.com), and trace around it with a pen.
STEP 3. Working on a protected surface, such as a chopping block or self-healing mat, slowly score the pen lines with an X-Acto knife. Because of the cork's thickness, you'll need to go over each cut several times before slicing all the way through.
STEP 4. Spray the silhouettes with two coats of flat black paint, let dry overnight, and hang with adhesive mounting strips ($2.49 for nine; officedepot.com).
Download the profile templates here.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
I was so sad to hear of John Hughes passing yesterday. His movies were such an important part of my teen years. My first date was to see Sixteen Candles & I fell in-love with Jake Ryan (not my date) and in fact, named my first son in honor of this "perfect guy". I remember going with friends to see The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful. We would quote lines from the movie and thought Hughes stories were created just for us. My husband & I still watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Thanksgiving and Christmas Vacation every year. I still cry every time I watch She's Having A Baby and Uncle Buck and laugh even harder with Mr. Mom and National Lampoon's Vacation now that I am mother.
"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it". Ferris Bueller
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