Nanny's Corner: Birthday Board - Never forget another birthday!

Have you ever been embarrassed by forgetting a birthday in your family?  Boy I have!  Talk about having a red face and feeling about an inch high.  Tee Hee  Keeping track of all the birthdays makes my brain crazy sometimes. I believe I have found the perfect solution to that dilemma. I ran across this really great idea at The Idea Door  the other day for keeping me on track with family birthdays.  We have 17 great-grandchildren, 8 grandchildren, and 5 children; plus all the cousins and nieces and nephews so this project is perfect for us. 

It's a Birthday Board.....and here is how I made mine.

Materials Needed:

foam board

1/2 yard fabric

embellishments

ribbon 

card stock (variety of colors)

Aleen's Clear Gel Tacky Glue

Tools Needed:

punches -  in your desired shape

exacto knife

scissors

ruler 

chalk pencil or chalk

I started by cutting a 12"x 20" foam board.  I then covered it with fabric affixing it with the clear glue as shown in picture below.

 

 

I decided to use hearts shapes for the months and birthdays because I am all about love and family, and all things of the heart <3 .  I used a 1-1/2" heart punch for the months and a 1/2" punch for the individual birthdays below each month. 

Then I embellished each month with things that pertain to  that  particular month,  for example:  I used a pumpkin and a black  cat for October.

I used my Cricut Machine to cut the title lettering for the board.  I used 2" letters.  Before placing the letters,  I  made a chalk line so   that my lettering would be level across board.  I titled my board Family Birthdays.

 

After I cut all the letters and shapes I glued them to the board using the clear glue.

 I used ribbon to glue the individual hearts with names and   date on them .

I used an exacto knife to cut a small slit below each month to attach the ribbon using the clear glue, leaving about 3 inches or so extra pulled through to the back.  This will allow me to add birthdays if I need to, although they would not be in date order.

 This is my finished Birthday Board.  Even my husband loves it because now he can help remind me.  Tee Hee!!

  I hope you will enjoy making this project as much as I did.  Happy crafting ladies!!              

Until next time Big Hugs and Best Wishes

Army Party Planning

Yesterday I spent most of the day planning my 5 year old's birthday. He is hooked on playing Call of Duty: Black Ops with his daddy, so he wants an Army party this year. This is the cake he wants me to make: (not asking too much, lol) 

Sooo, I am going to attempt this cake, and after it is made, I will post pictures. The only part I am worried about is the flying helicopter, not too sure how I will make that one happen, I spent a couple of hours making his party invitations to take to his class, and this is what I came up with:

                                         This is the front

 And this is the back! So, what do ya think? Not the most creative  invites I have made, but I thought they were pretty darn cute!

Till next time...

Thoughts on becoming ......30, ouch!

It has recently hit me that I am going to be...I guess I can say it...30. I have to give my DH props because when he saw my face as I began typing this blog he ever so sweetly said, "But honey, why are you so depressed about turning 24??". Twenty-four, that is what age I like to tell people I still am, and my children, bless their hearts, tell everyone that is how old I am too. I think the reason I picked 24 is because it was my favorite age to be...not old, but yet not still "a kid". It was how old I was when I met my husband, and also the age I was when I really began to truly settle down. 24...that was such a great year. Now I am facing the impending doom of becoming 30. Everyone is telling me it is no big deal, it is not that bad....yeah right! I can remember my own mother's thirtieth birthday, and I also remember how OLD she seemed to me. At that time I could never imagine myself actually being that old....To Be Continued...

Till next time...