DIY: Kitty’s Yarn Message Card

I wanted to send Andrea from Paper Sparrow a card for her birthday and not just any card. I wanted to make her a fun card. I know she loves cats. While going through my numerous cards and stationary boxes I found a blank cat card. I decided I would decorate it with a yarn message. This tutorial is perrfect for any cat lover and you can add any message you’ll like.

Supplies: glue, scissors, a paintbrush, cat card, and your choice of color yarn

 1. Grab your yarn and twist and turn it to create the first letter on your card. Make your letters in cursive to make it look like the cat was playing with the yarn and created a message with it. After seeing what your first letter will look like, glue the back of the yarn using a paintbrush to glue together your letter onto the card. You’ll have to twist your yarn to make sure the glued part of the yarn stays in the back.

2. Once you have the yarn where you want it, as you create your letter, press down on the yard for a few seconds to make sure the yarn stays put.

 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until your yarn message is complete. The shorter the message the more likely that it will fit just on the front of the card. Then again there’s always more room inside.

I’m back!

Sorry I was an absent blogger but my computer was out of order for a few days. I was going a bit mad (not like angry, more like nuts) without my computer and the Internet. But I’m back and happy!

I’m also proud to say that I participated in my first Paper Sparrow blog party! It’s a Cat-Tastic blog party and it’s going on right now! I’m doing a guest post on how to make a ‘Hang in There’ necklace. Cat lover or not you have to stop by at Paper Sparrow and join all the fun. Plus, you can enter to win the ‘Hang in There’ necklace I made and other awesome cat related prizes at her blog too.

The Haunting of past Halloween Parties!

(Front of Invite)

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate and it is also many of others bloggers favorite holiday too, like Becky’s from Strumpets Crumpets and Emily from The Morose Bee. Becky shared some of her past Halloween parties with her blog readers. Her Halloween parties and invitations are spooktacular! Becky has motivated me to share some of my past Halloween parties that I have had too.

(Back of Invite)

The first Halloween party my husband (then boyfriend) and I hosted was “The Pumpkin Carvers’ Party” in 2008. I designed the invitation to reflect a horror movie poster. I carved the pumpkin myself and made it look like it was crying for its life. Can you tell what we did at our Halloween party? Carved pumpkins!

1. Our guests carving their victims.

  2. Our pumpkin carver winner. My little brother Andy.

3. Outside decorations.

4. My pumpkin with my firefighter design.

Our guest in their costumes. I was a pirate.

I have two more Halloween parties to share! Keep an eye out!

A Splashing Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day everybody! I went to Huntington Beach today for Labor Day weekend with one of my best buds Maria and her family. I had a great time splashing in the water with Maria’s sister and her mom and trying to keep my bathing suit bottoms up. The tides kept pulling my bottoms down hence me holding on to them in the picture above. It was also fun watching Maria make a mermaid tail out of sand for her niece Willow. The beach wasn’t as busy as I had expected and today the California sun was playing pick-a-boo since it was a bit overcast.

What did you do for Labor Day?

Vacation Series: California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences was another awesome place my brother took me to see in San Francisco. When you walk into the museum you see this huge Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, which reminded me of the movie, “Night at the Museum.”

My favorite thing at the California Academy of Sciences was the man made replica of a rain forest, created inside a 4-story glass dome. It was humid inside but absolutely beautiful! On one floor there was tropical birds and butterflies freely flying around. When leaving that floor level you had to check yourself in front of a mirror to make sure you didn’t take any butterflies with you before ascending to another level. In the dome we also saw fishes, frogs, plants, lizards, and snakes.

A popular sight to see at the museum is there albino alligator named Claude. The California Academy of Sciences building’s rooftop is like no other. It has a garden rooftop. We also saw “The Summer of Slither” a snake and lizard exhibition, which was the reason my brother wanted to take me to the California Academy of Sciences. One of my nicknames is Lizard. So, when my brother Chuy asked if I wanted to go to the California Academy of Sciences to see the snake and lizard exhibition I said, “Yes! I would love to see more of my people (lizards)!”

If you plan on visiting San Francisco, I highly recommend the California Academy of Sciences.