They kids got to do their traditional gingerbread decorating before Christmas. It's funny to look back over the years and see how much I had to help them obviously when they were tiny and to fast forward to now and just set them up with stuff and let them go for it. They sure are growing up fast! Greta was sad that I couldn't find a gluten free gingerbread kit but I redeemed myself with a giant GF and egg free sugar cookie for her to decorate and eat.
Greta's new found love in life is tie dying. She watched several youtube videos and then started asking for die and white clothes. We found Goodwill to be a great resource for white clothing. Since she was still learning it's a lot easier on the checkbook to mess up on $1.50 shirts (not that she messed up!). She did great work, very unique colors and patterns. I was getting into it too. She even found white cotton shoes and tie dyed them! She's my crafty girl.
I saw a fun idea of facebook where a gal took an old piece of barn wood and painted a cow head on it. It had a very Christmas feel and I just loved it and wanted to try doing something similar. I searched and searched for old barn wood and couldn't find anything in the right size or without it costing a fortune. Then one day at Menards I found a prepackaged and cut piece of pine that was the correct size. I wondered if it could be made to look weathered without actually being weathered wood. I thought for $6 it was worth a try. I decided to do a Jersey cow head and give it to my friend Jessica (she loves Jerseys). I was pretty happy with it and I think Jessica liked it.
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