Repurpose Things

A Kmart close to my work was going out of business so for many weeks I would go over and browse through things to see if I could find any great bargains for the party and I did.  In my plan I had decided to use my black table clothes and I wanted a red table runner.  I decided to get red table clothes from the Kmart at 50% off and cut them into table runners.  I was able to get three table runners out of each table cloth.  I used permanent hemming tape to hem the sides of the runner.  Then I looked at it and thought it looked a little boring so I started adding white polka dots to the runner but then decided that it looked more Minnie Mouse than Mickey so I got a smaller dot sponge and added ears to the dots to make Mickey heads.  Love the look.

 

Being Creative

One of the things that I really wanted at my sons party where the life size character’s from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. You see these all over the internet for about $40 a piece. I decided that I wanted Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto but could not spend $160 plus shipping on them so I made them myself. I searched Google images until I found images that would expand in size without becoming distorted. I copied that image to software like Microsoft publisher, made my canvas the size I wanted the character to be and then stretched the image to fit the canvas size. I choose 36 inches high for Mickey, Donald, and Pluto and a little taller for Goofy and then played with the width until the image looked good to me. Then a bought myself a good printer and printed the image out across multiple pages using normal letter sized paper, which gives you a puzzle to assemble. I laid out the pieces of the image and decide which pieces I would trim the white space from and which ones I would leave. I then taped the pieces together, putting double sided tape on the white space I left and then laying the other half of the image on top of the tape. I used double sided tape so that you would not see tape lines on the image. Once I had the entire picture assembled I cut out the image and then traced it onto the green insulated foam board that I got from Lowes. One sheet did all four characters. My husband then used a saw to carve out the image. I then glued the image to the foam and there you have it, life sized characters for the party at a fraction of the cost. I hung these on my son’s playroom wall to keep them safe until the party.

My Journey Begins

I am new to blogging so please bare with me.  I decided to start a blog because I wanted to share my ideas with other moms like me.  I am a mom that has grand ideas for her child but not the pocketbook to match it.

My childs second birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I have been working on a design for the party.  I have been observing things that my son loves and one of the things he loves is Mickey Mouse.  So I turned to my favorite place for inspiration, Pintrest.  I started pinning ideas and buying things as I found them on sale or clearance.  I will be posting things that I have come up with.  I am not a stay at home mom.  I work a full time job and get things done late at night or during nap times on the weekends.  Stay tuned to see the things that I have already completed and the things that I am working on.