Looking at things with a whole new light!

Hey everyone!! So, I HAVE to share...my oldest child had his first day of school today!! Things went incredibly well, he has an awesome teacher, and he can't wait to go back tomorrow!

SO CUTE! Love that kid.


Anyway, I had a little time over this last weekend to pull out some of my Glue Dots®, and I finished up a project that I'd been meaning to get done for the last six months! We'd redone our daughters bedroom for her birthday (in February. Literally, six months.), and she'd picked out a bed lamp that seemed more fit for an office desk. I wanted to give it a little more personality, so I grabbed my buttons, Glue Dots®, and went crazy!

I used Craft Glue Dots® for the normal to large sized buttons, and my Mini Glue Dots® for the smaller ones. I love the fact that this project took just as long as it took me to pick which buttons went where...no dry time!!! Now it fits perfectly into her LaLaLoopsy decor (that post is here)!

(oh, disclaimer...and I recommend using a low watt bulb with this project, but the lamp calls for that in the first place) :)

I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots design team

We're nuts about you, Dad!

Last post: Mother's Day.
Today's post: Father's Day!


You'll be glad to know that my time in between posts will be a little less than from holiday to holiday from now on. The Deeply Rooted household has finally set down their roots again! We're out of our temporary housing and into our newly gutted, re-everything-ed and renovated home. It feels wonderful to be getting back into a routine and re-familiarizing ourselves to our 'stuff' (it's like Christmas with each opening of a box!).

For Father's Day gifts we often have to delve into the mind of our husbands, and if you husband's anything like mine, that can be a scary trip! I wanted a project that the kids could help me with, but something beyond a scribbled picture or a bad combination of Elmer's and popsicle sticks. I came up with the modern-day Father's Day picture frame:

 I started out with a clear CD case (remember those things? CD's?) and took the front off to use. I awkwardly asked my father-in-law if I could have a few of his nuts (his face was priceless), and folded down some Craft Glue Dots® to adhere them randomly around the case:

 Make this unique to the dad in your life! Find what he likes and make your own Father's Day frame!



        ...unless he likes pizza. Then you might just make him a pizza.

I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots® Design Team