Just a few Canvas Shoes! ;)

Love painting canvas shoes!!

Some acrylic paint!

And then a coat of sealer!

Easy Peasy!! Super fun to do them for family and friends that want a unique look!
I also paint leather boots, read farther into the blog for them, but be prepared, they are bright and crazy!!

ART, ART and more ART

Just more paintings done to avoid laundry and ignore stress or at least relieve it!!

Big Daddy T's birthday present. The kids all wrote down five things they loved him for and I painted a bike and then painted their thankfuls onto it. He loved it and we love him!!

Serious obsession with color!! Looks super duper cute in a zebra print frame!!

The shark is just motivation to just keep swimming through life!

pretty for a nursery.

I copied a pinterest painting I saw. Wonderful quote.

It is HUGE! and different.

over 60 inches in length, four canvas to make 'fluffy's sister'

Got SWAG ;) This one was super fun to do!

Crayon Art Madness!!!

I am a tad addicted to pinterest. I find fantabulous ideas and HAVE to try them. I came across the super fun crayon art craze and thought I gotta give it a go!! So much fun, so easy!

Here is how it is done: 1. Protect your surface this can be messy! 2. Grab a cheap canvas.  3. Hot glue crayons to board wherever you want them. 4. Use a hairdryer and melt those puppies! This step takes a bit of time. So be patient. If you have a handy dandy heat gun it will go faster. Just have fun with it!! I tilted the canvas against a chair so that the crayon would melt in the direction i wanted.

Here are a few pictures of our fun!! The flag one at the bottom, I used an iron to flatten the crayons first (make sure you put some foil between the iron and your crayons), then i used the hair dryer.

Have FUN!!!

First go at it, not to shabby!

Little bit's firecracker! She was the bomb at this project!

Little bit's "Blue".

This is my try at a heart, kinda nifty!

My favorite one! Melted crayon flag!!



Debt Update!!! Whoop Whoop!!

We paid off the house repair loan!!!!

Progress baby progress. We started paying double on the car this last month, so hopefully that $8000 will be knocked out in no time!! Then all we will have left (besides houses) is student loan and wells fargo!!

We have seriously been kicking butt. Once we started a budget and gave a place to every penny, things have just been amazing. Shocker, right?? We have also been able to give a bit this month which has felt pretty great.

Our bratty tat tats have become little savers.Their savings jars are filling up. We are probably going to open savings accounts for them pretty soon. This is money we will make them save for that car they are going to eventually need. I can just imagine how much they will save by then. Big Daddy T and I have agreed to do a match for that up to a certain amount. They are learning that in order to get paid you have to work. We only pay them on commission, so they HAVE to work to make ANYTHING! We used to just give them a few bucks here and there and let them do with it what they pleased. Now they have to put 10% in giving, and then split the rest between saving and spending. The results have been astounding. Little bit is a major shoe shopper and we seriously couldn't keep up with her "need", lol. This has been awesome in teaching her that she has to save for what she wants. She has actually bought two pairs of shoes herself with her spending jar!! I know!! I could hardly believe it myself. And all three of them get a major kick out of taking their Love (giving) jars and deciding who or what they are going to give it too. What an awesome life change for our children, to recognize others needs and to help fill it!! WOW!! It is an amazing feeling as a parent to watch your 8, 9, and 13 year old make those choices. It truly has been life changing.

We have a pink zebra print coupon book (thank you missy) that we now use as our envelope system. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my husband carry that in the grocery store. He's a real man, he can handle it. Besides he looks pretty trendy, zebra print is in!!

So, so far so good!! YAY

God Bless