The Help

I am sure many of you have heard of the book/movie The Help by: Kathyrn Stockett. I have been hearing about this book all summer and have been wanting to read it! Well...I finally got my hands on a copy! A teacher friend is letting my read hers! I would rather read the book before going to see the movie. So reading it is on my agenda for the weekend!

Many of my teacher friends have been raving about this book, so I am sure there are many of you out there doing the same!

I wanted to mention a book club that will be going on over at Measured By The Heart. Connie will be leading a discussion on this book at the end of August. SO if you have not read it...you still have time!

I have been involved in her last several book club discussions and it is always fun to interact with other bloggers and to see what others are thinking!

Let me know if you have read The Help!

I am a finalist!

I am a finalist at To Sew With Love's Finest of July 2011! I was pumped that two of my projects made it into the running in July! Voting is taking place from now until Saturday! You can vote for 2 projects everyday! I would LOVE your votes! My two projects are the 1.) 4th of July outfit and 2.) Noodle Fun. Just scroll down to the voting box at the bottom of her post!

Thanks for supporting Little Sprinkles Of Fun!!!

Giving My Chairs A Make-Over

I have had my kitchen table and chairs for about 10 or 11 years now.  I still like the set so I was trying to make it last a little longer.  I was however not in LIKE of the upholstery on the chairs.  After having kids the chair cushions started taking a quick turn for the worst. The fabric was way too light and every speck of dirt and spill showed up way too much!

I was shopping at Hobby Lobby several months ago, when I came across two 1 yard remnant rolls.  The rolls were around $4.00 each.  I looked around and found out that this material had originally been $20.00 a yard.  SO, I scored this awesome fabric for $8.00 for 2 yards!  That means it cost me about $2.00 a chair!  Can’t beat that!

Here is one of the chairs before the redo,

Here is one of the chairs after the redo.

WOW!  Can you believe the difference that made in these chairs?!?!  If you have a chair or a cushion that needs to be recovered…go ahead and give it a try!  It will make you feel like you have a brand new piece of furniture!

Have a Happy Monday!

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Umm…FAIL!

I love it when bloggers are REAL!  You KNOW that not ALL projects go according to plan!  Sometimes, it just makes you feel better to know that all of these crafty people in blog land are not perfect.  So I am going to share my recent Project Gone WRONG.

My vision:

I found this awesome tutorial on Pinterest!  Jessica @ Wednesday Custom Designs created these awesome string balls!  I have found tons of tutorials, but this one is very detailed!

Umm…My string balls:

and this one….

I just knew these were going to be awesome!  I was going to hang these cute little babies in my classroom…umm NOT! 

Well, this is what happened:

1.) It is too hot outside and my balloons started shrinking up.  So that resulted in the wet yarn shrinking as well.

2.) I should have rubbed Vaseline on the balloon so the yarn would not stick to the balloon.  Umm…yea..I kind of missed that little detail!

Oh well…you nail some and then you totally MESS some projects up!  I still really want some of these to hang in my classroom, so I will probably try this again soon!  I will let you know how it goes the 2nd time around!

Thanks for reading the good and the bad! 

IT IS HOT, HOT, HOT!!

In Arkansas, we were sitting at well over 110 degrees in some parts! REALLY?!?!

I can't believe how incredibly hot the weather has been all summer. It is really rare for us to see temps. above 100 were we live. Honestly, I think I would take that 2 feet of snow we had back in Feb. anytime vs. this HOT weather!

SO...

I am being LAZY!

Yesterday, my son and I did put some crayons on the back patio to see how fast they would melt. ( I have seen this around blogland lately.)

The crazy thing was that we have not seen a cloud in the sky the past few days. Just guess what happened a few mintues after setting them outside? Umm..CLOUDS! YEP! It turned cloudy for about 30 minutes. I am not complaining! It was just really funny how things work sometimes!

So..even with the clouds our crayons melted pretty quickly! The kids now have a couple more fun crayons to use when coloring!

What is the temperature in your area?

Have FUN and STAY COOL!!

Thankful Thursday #6

I am Thankful for...

Carefree SUMMER DAYS!

I have enjoyed being at home and hanging out with my kids this summer!

I love not having to be on a rigid schedule!

I love going to the pool in the mornings and just hanging out in the warm sun!

I love not fixing my hair everyday...yea..for ponytails!!

I love having the chance to blog and craft more often!

I love having the time to take my kids to library story time!

I am sure that I could keep going, but those are the main ones! What are you thankful for today?

Totally Fun Tuesday #5

Melted Crayon Art

This idea came from two of my Kinder co-workers! Of course, it looked so COOL and FUN that I had to join in!

Most of you are probably familiar with the old warming trays. This is what they look like.

You can find these old warming trays at thrift shops. The 4 that I have I have found at The Salvation Army and Goodwill.

Basically, plug in the tray and it warms up. I will usually just print a color sheet off of the internet for the kids to color. (In my classroom, we will color something that goes with the topic we are learning about.) The kids LOVE it and LOVE watching the crayons melt!

WARNING: The tray does NOT get hot enough to burn, but the kids still need to be careful & supervised when using the warming trays.

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