Sharpie DIYs

DIY Sharpie Paint Marker Chore Cards

August 7, 2014 - 5 Comments

One of the things I’m implementing with our new routine before the babies come, is chores. The boys have never really had chores that they get paid for. My husband or I just say, “Jay pick up the toys.” or “Kage, can you get the trash picked up.” I think they are at the age now that they should have chores and get paid for those chores. So, this is part one of how I’m creating their chore system. The first part is simply making the chores cards. I created regular chore cards for both of them and then I created “I didn’t listen” chore cards that they will not get paid for because, lets face it, I get sick of them not listening and this is going to be their new punishment for not listening.

To make these chore cards you will need:

Index Cards.
Sharpie Paint Markers.
This Chore sheet.

First, I highlighted the age appropriate chores I wanted to have them do and be paid for. Those are the ones in blue. Then, I highlighted the chores that they would have to do when they don’t listen.

{Sorry y’all. You know I don’t share their real names on the blog!}

Then I got to work on making their chore cards. I gave Jay six chores to be paid for because he’s six years old. The chores I chose for him are:

- Pick up toys.
- Help load the dishwasher.
- Pick up dirty clothes.
- Make his bed.
- Set the table for dinner.
- Sweep kitchen floor.

{Sorry y’all. You know I don’t share their real names on the blog!}

I gave Kage five chores to be paid for because he’s almost five years old. The chores I chose for him are:

- Pick up any trash around the house and throw it away.
- Clear the table after dinner.
- Help switch the clothes over.
- Unload the dishwasher.
- Pick up toys.

I am only paying .25 cents per chore, which I feel is plenty for their age. The toys they normally want don’t cost that much and if they want a more expensive toy, they can save up for it. Still, Jay has the chance to make $1.50 a day, which is $7.50 if he only does the chores Monday through Friday or he can earn $10.50 if he does chores all seven days. Kage can earn $1.25 a day, which is $6.25 for Monday through Friday and $8.75 for doing chores all week long. I feel like that is plenty of money each week {even if they only do the five days} for kids their age!

The “I didn’t listen chores” are going to be for when they don’t listen and I will pick one chore from those cards that whoever isn’t listening has to do. The chores they will do for when they didn’t listen are:

- Clean the bathroom toilets.
- Wipe down the bathroom sinks.
- Wipe down the baseboards.
- Wipe down the cabinets.
- Wash all the windows.
- Mop the floors.
- Dust all the furniture.

Those are the chore cards! Check back next week for part two of our chore system and where the index cards will be going!

Do you have chores in your house for your kids?!

I’m linking this post up to Sunday Funday.

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DIY Laugh Basket for your spouse

July 25, 2014 - 16 Comments

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Today, I’m going to brag on my husband for a moment. He works so hard for our family to allow me to be a stay at home mom to our kids. He also helps me out whenever I need him to and sometimes when I don’t even ask and I appreciate that so, so, SO much! Since finding out that my back is messed up, he has been even more tentative and hands on than he normally is, especially now that I’m pregnant and he knows I’m in more pain now than when I wasn’t pregnant. He is always making sure I’m okay, doing extra things I ask him to do or that need to be done, rubbing my back, and he’s even given me a few massages without me asking him too! This past year has been hard, but it’s also made me realize how incredibly blessed I am to have such an amazing husband. Now, normally, when I want to show my appreciation for all he does for me and our family, I would get him some form of sweet card and a little something extra. I know he always appreciates every sappy/love card I get him, but truth be told, my husband is a man who likes to laugh.

He’s always making me laugh {it’s one of the things I love about him}, he has the best one liners, and always has hilarious comebacks. I’m always telling him that I wish I could just read his mind for a day because I think I would be spending the whole day in tears from laughter. This time to show my appreciation for all he has been doing, instead of going for my usual sweet stuff, I decided that I’m going to make him laugh this time. I ran to Walmart and grabbed some things to put together this laugh basket for him.

Here is what you’ll need for a laugh basket:

Hallmark BuzzWorthy Cards
Index Cards {at least 15}
Two cans of Silly String
1 can of Frosting
2 Funny shirts
Sharpie Paint Markers

I had a hard time finding exact things I wanted to put in the basket to make my husband laugh. I did find a couple things though while I was at Walmart. I found two shirts that I knew would make him laugh, they sure made me giggle. I picked up some silly string, frosting, and index cards for a few DIY games I put together.

Then, I went over to the card section and picked out two of the new BuzzWorthy Cards from Hallmark because I couldn’t just choose one. People probably thought I was crazy as I was reading the cards and laughing in the aisle. I picked out two that were sure to make Hubby laugh. I really am loving these new cards you should definitely run to Walmart and grab a few!

When I got home, I started putting the basket together and I have to say I love it! Here are some up close pictures of the different things in the basket.

For the DIY games, I just came up with a few sexy/fun things to do with the frosting and silly string! These are very much adult only index cards. You can create your own games or use the ones I have below!

There you have it! My DIY Laugh Basket for my husband! What would you put in a laugh basket for your spouse?!

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Mini Canvas Art

July 1, 2014 - 5 Comments

I have seen some really great Sharpie paint projects floating around pinterest and if you’ve been following me for awhile, you know I have a ~~slight~~ major addiction to sharpies. So, naturally, I had to try these out. Normally when I’m trying something for the first time, I like to start small. I ran to Hobby Lobby over the weekend to grab some craft stuff and I came across the markers and I quickly threw them into my cart, then I was trying to figure out what I wanted to try them out on. I was going down the canvas aisle because I want to start painting again and I came across some little canvases and I just couldn’t resist getting them. That night I decided to play around with the sharpies and the small canvases and I liked it so much that I plan on making a set to either hang on my wall or put on the ledge behind the couch.

This one is really simple, but I plan on doing ones that are a little more complicated, but for now; here is what you need for this mini canvas art.

Small canvases.
Sharpie paint markers in gold, silver, and red.

First, do a little border. On one I did simple little squiggly lines in gold and silver, on another I did a heart border in silver and gold.

Second, find a small saying you want to put on it. Since my motto and my blog is Live.Laugh.L0ve., I decided to go with that. I alternated between red and gold with each word.

Last, I simply drew a few hearts in silver and red to finish it off.

What do you think? Easy, simple, and cute huh? I can’t wait to make more!

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DIY Advent Calendar

November 26, 2013 - 10 Comments

Hey y’all! Before I get into this tutorial, I wanted to let you know that I am getting my injection today for my back. Please say a prayer or send positive thoughts my way that all goes smoothly and that the injection works. I would greatly appreciate it.

This is the first year we are doing the advent calender. I have seen it the past couple of years, but for whatever reason I didn’t jump on board, but I knew I had to this year. Instead of buying some of the cute ones I have seen, I decided to make ours. A couple of weeks ago I went to Hobby Lobby with my momma - it’s one of our favorite places to shop - they were having a 50% off sale on all of their Christmas items and I found some adorable felt stockings and felt candy canes that I just had to buy. I didn’t know what I was going to do with them at first, but I bought them anyway. Well, a few days ago I was looking around my house trying to decide on what to use for our advent calender and I remembered I bought those and I knew I had to use them for the calender!

To make this super easy Advent calendar..

you will need:

Felt stockings
Felt candy canes
Sharpies
A pencil
Card stock
Scissors
A pen
An 8×10 picture frame
& something to trace 25 circles, I used a shot glass, it was the perfect size.

Trace and cut out 25 circles.

Place the felt stocking on one of the circles. They were already made to stick to something.

Write the number you are working on, on the circle next to the stocking.

Continue to alternate between the stockings and the candy canes until you have done all 25. Don’t forget to number them as you go so you know which one you are supposed to be doing next.

I just used glue and made a slanted design on all four sides of the frame and sprinkled silver glitter on the top and bottom and then used red sprinkles on the two sides. I love the way it turned out.

I didn’t take pictures of this part, I apologize, but it’s still easy I promise! The back of my frame has staple looking holders, I used really thin mint yarn and tied four pieces of the yarn onto the holders on the back. Then I used paperclips to hang them. I just poked a hole in the top of the circle with the paper clip and then hooked it onto the string.

As you can see, it is only the second piece of Christmas decor on my fireplace so far. I am working on more and can’t wait to share more as I go along. You can see how I made the Joy sign here. Here is a few more pictures to show you the prettiness. I love looking at it!

Oh and before I put the calender on the yarn, I flipped over each one and wrote something on the back of it. Make s’mores. Watch Christmas movies, sing and dance to Christmas music, drink hot chocolate, etc. On a few of them I also wrote candy and that day they will get a candy cane or some other fun Christmas candy. I will placing everything that can be drank, made, or ate in little boxes for them to open on that day. For example, drink hot chocolate – the hot chocolate bags will be in little boxes for them.

What do you think? Do you like it? Have you made an advent calender before or are you thinking about making one this year? If you have made one and blogged about it, I would love for you to leave the link to it in the comments section below!

I’m linking up to Inspiration Monday, A night owl blog, Craft-o-maniac Monday,

DIY Fall and Halloween Mantel

October 14, 2013 - 4 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Anybody else have a three day weekend? We did and it was absolutely wonderful. I am not ready for it to be Tuesday and for life to be busy during the week again, but we got plenty of rest this weekend and spent lots of time just hanging around. It was nice. Today I wanted to show you my DIY fall and Halloween mantel. The only thing I bought that is on my mantel is the spider candle & the boo sign & of course the candy corn. Other than that everything else I made!

Please ignore the tape on top of my mantel, normally no one can see it and it’s hold my leaves, bats and sign!

For the leaves, i just googled fall leaves, found a template I liked. I then printed them out, colored them with sharpie and added a string to them so they would hang from my mantel. I did the same thing with the bats, except I didn’t color them since they are already black. The fall banner, I just made a triangle, cut out enough for the words FALL + drawing pumpkins on them. I used sharpie writing the words and drawing the pumpkins too. The white, black & orange thing {I really don’t know what to call it}, I used coffee filters and just folded each piece a few times, colored the tips orange and black, glued them all together and wa-la, an extra cute decor for free!

If you have shown off your fall mantel, leave a link in the comments below so I can check it out!

April 24, 2013 - 1 Comment

The other night I went a little sharpie crazy all thanks to Pinterest of course. I was browsing sharpie DIYs to do around the house and I got sidetracked by the amazing sharipe tattoos I saw! This leads me to today’s post of the fun little sharpie things I did. These were all free handed. No planning, no tracing, nada. I simply went with what was in my head or what I saw.

I wanted to start with something small so, I grabbed a vase and drew a triangle banner on it. All the way around it and it adds a nice little touch of cuteness to a boring ole vase.

Next up, I tackled what I like to call my laptop setter oner.

Really though, I use this thing when I need a hard surface to write in my notebook, both books were started on this and I use my laptop on it daily. I wanted to put quotes all around it. Quotes that inspired me.

Last but not least, this bar stool/end table. I saw this design and fell in love with it. I pictured it in my head and went with it. Turns out I didn’t do too bad and my husband really likes it. He thought I had used a stencil and painted it on. #winning That actually made me happy because I was over analyzing the spots I messed up on.

I see many more sharpie products in my future. Would you ever Sharpie designs on something or have you?