Good ol Daddy's day

I went simple and cheap frugal for Father's day this year.  I was having a difficult time getting my brain in the mood to celebrate after our horrendous mother's day, but I wanted to do something.  I have the worlds best hubby and we both have pretty great dads too, so I had to let them know how thankful we are that we have them in our lives.  I found the tags for the Padre's mugs on a linky over at Tatertots and Jello on a weekend wrap up party, but can't seem to find them again.  If anyone finds them please let me know so I can give credit where it is due!  They were too cute! 

This was my first time trying glass etching, so it was a new experience that I now am addicted to.  (The hubby thanks you Michael's for supplying us with yet another addiction!) ;)

The mugs I got at the dollar store, they are super strong and sturdy.  Try saying that 3 times fast!  It is hard to see the writing, so I will tell you what it says.  For Clayton's dad I put "Grandpa" with a picture of an elk since he is an avid hunter.  For my dad it says "K7BSU" with a heart since he is an avid Ham radio guy.  I am sure that is the technical term for that too lol. Also my dad is right handed, and the father in law is left, so I tried to put the vinyl on accordingly.  Of course, the vinyl was cut using my Silhouette to make the stencil. I filled them up with Reese's pieces to go with the tags of course.  I think they turned out pretty stinkin cute!

Mother's day... finally!

When I saw the saying for this craft, I knew it was the one! It couldn't fit anyone better than my sweet mother in law! My mother's day was spent in the hospital, as was the couple of weeks leading up to it, so my gift for my amazing mother in law was way late.  (Sorry again Marie)  I made the vinyl on my beloved Silhouette (her name is Chloe) and put it on a piece of beadboard I had laying around (I love ReStore).  So this project was free... well, sort of, the Silhouette was bought by the hubby for Christmas and the beadboard I bought a while back for another project.  Anyway, I am counting it as free. Oh, I also hung it with a piece of red ribbon that I also had on hand!

Do you like Peeps?

Ok, so my hubby didn't get this craft at first.  Please tell me it was just him, that it is funny!  I will feel so silly if I am the only one in on the joke! If you guys don't get it I will explain, but I don't want to if I don't have to cause I will feel really dumb lol!  I love peeps and thought these would be perfect for a little Easter/ Spring love to my house... I had this giant piece of beadboard that I got at restore for next to nothing a while back, and had the hubby cut it into 12x12 squares.  The rest I just created on the Silhouette in a baby blue vinyl.  That is what I had and I was too impatient to wait for some to come via mail.  I also cut out their eyes and noses with a scrap piece of black vinyl.  What do you think?  You can't really see it, but the ribbon I have it hanging from is pink polka dot material that I had a scrap of. I was too impatient to wait to buy some blue ribbon, but probably still will so it matches.  Can't wait to get my next project up so I can show it to you, I love, love, love it!

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