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Daphne Working on Light Project

christibale — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:03:16 +0000

My friend Rebecca gave Daphne and I a set of lights and some paper balloons for Christmas. The idea was that we would work on a project blowing up the balloons and put them on the lights. Daphne was really interested in the project. I took this video of her while she was helping me put everything together. We spent almost 2 hours having a blast doing it. Daphne now has the balloons in her room as a night light. They work so well.

Daphne Art

christibale — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:08:51 +0000

I was watching Opra one day, and she had a good tip on her show. Â She said that rather than keep kids art around the house taped to every surface that it could be photographed and archived as a photograph. Â Let me first disclaim that I don’t watch Opra at all, almost never (in fact we don’t even have TV anymore). Â However, I love the idea. Â I like that I can keep the work of art forever nicely archived in a spot that I can tag, label and search for it. Â I can make scrapbooks later if I choose.

Anyway, I thought I would share some artwork with you. Â I left Daphne at Julie’s house one day so that I could go out for a quiet dinner. Â When I got back, I found out that they had done finger painting. Â These are the ones that Daphne did.

High Chair Refinish

christibale — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:10:17 +0000

I got this high chair from someone while Daphne was little. Â It is a nice all-wood high chair that is from the 1930′s. Â It was a little bit beat up, so I decided to work on it a little bit.

After a nice sanding and a paint job, I got a sweet little high chair for my kiddos to use. Â I am proud of my first foray into furniture restoration.

New Stripped Hat

christibale — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:20:08 +0000

A few of my friends and I get together every other Thursday to knit and chat about life.Â I’ve been making diaper covers and other things so much lately that I decided to try something a little bit different.Â I decided to make my first hat!Â I made a nice stripped hat for Daphne.Â It goes really well with a specific outfit that I like to put her in often, and it just looks so darn cute.Â Unfortunately, I can’t seem to capture photos of it on her, but here are some static photos just so you can see the creation!Â Hats are lovely, and I definitely think that I will be doing more of them in the near future–in fact, I am in the middle of one for the baby right now that matches this one.Â The only difference is that the hat I am making now is made out of yarn that I spun from my very own rabbit hair!

Bless Daphne, when I ask her where her hat came from she says, “You made it mommy!”

Mother’s Day Gift

christibale — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:00:57 +0000

I like to make little home made gifts when it is at all possible.Â It helps to stretch my creativity as well as really being a way to show someone that you care enough to extend the extra effort for them.

I recently ran into a neat little Mother’s Day gift on one of the blogs that I read.Â It is a home made hand scrub to soften your hands after gardening or to take away the smell after cooking.Â We had all the ingredients, so I decided that I was going to help Daphne make a little batch of it for Mother’s Day for her YaYa.

Daphne was TOTALLY into helping make it, and she did a remarkable job mixing everything up.

The recipe is super simple.Â Mix together

1 1/2 cups Sugar

1/3 cup Salt

1 cup Olive Oil

3 drops Yellow Food Coloring

Zest of one Lemon

2 drops Lemon Extract

Bam!Â That’s it.Â It does work to take the onion/garlic smell off your hands really well.Â Try mixing some up for someone special today.