Scaling Back

Well, my family and I just got back from here:

(That's Disney World, folks)

And we had a great time. Better than I thought, actually. I sorta thought (and I KNOW my husband thought this too) that I would go into some sort of withdrawal state from not blogging all week. But you know what? Not even. By the end of the week I didn't even bother to check the 40-some-odd blogs I look at every day.

Therefore, I must conclude that even if I don't get 2 blog posts done a day (I think I should aim for more like 2 a week), that I will not spontaneously combust. I'm going to try to cut it back a bit. I'm going to focus a little bit more on DOING than blogging.

For instance, I have the mammoth task of getting this room in order (WARNING: This photo may cause brain damage to Type A Personalities):

Now some of that stuff is furniture from other parts of the house that I moved into my bedroom so that we could get the carpets cleaned. Some is going to a consignment sale next week. And finally, some is being donated next week as well. But clearly I have a lot to get done. Wish me luck!

I Lost My Heat Transfer Virginity!

I was incredibly intimidated to try out vinyl heat transfer, but I did it! And it felt so good...

I ordered some black, pink and green vinyl from Specialty Graphics. I found they had the most reasonable shipping prices. I will definitely use them again, especially now that I'm addicted!

I wanted to make us some custom shirts for Disney World. They have a sort of royalty/Valentine theme. Here's mine:

Here's Kiki's:

Finn (in typical Finn fashion) refused to wear the shirt unless it was orange. In fact, when I showed him the finished shirt, he said, "But it's supposed to be ALL orange." I gave myself a lesson in futility by trying to explain to him that if it was all orange, it wouldn't say anything on it. It's not very Valentine-ish, but whatev:

 

I haven't made my hubby's yet, but it'll match Finn's, with the words "King of the Castle."

Here's the back of all of the shirts:

I even made some matching car bags for the trip! I love those jersey knit sheets from Target and they always come with a little carrying bag that I keep:

This was SO easy to do! I'm sure I'll be making more!

I'll be linking up to these great parties

I love my Silhouette, BUT....

The only issue I've had so far with my Silhouette is the cutting mats. It wasn't even a week before they lost their tackiness and my paper was shifting. Which is kinda a major pain since then you have to try again. But I think I've found a solution.

I just use my Elmer's permanent glue dot runner on the edges on the back side of the paper before putting it on my cutting mat. If I'm cutting a really large sheet of paper, I might run a little glue in the middle too. It works really well! Just make sure you pull off your paper as soon as you are done cutting. Otherwise the glue will adhere and you'll end scraping paper off your mat.

I just made a countdown calendar for our trip to Disney World, and if I didn't have the glue dots, I know my little circles and numbers would have been a mess!

I made sure to grab some Toy Story stickers so that we can cover up the numbers as we count down. 

My kids are really excited about the trip, but they just don't seem to understand that it's nearly a month away. I hope this countdown helps!