Old CD's to Coasters?

Good Idea - The TV room has become the second dinning area for Sean and I.  We've been meaning to buy some coasters for a long time to add to our little "kitchen."  However, why buy when you could just make one!  For family night Sean and I thought outside the box to accomplish this task.

First...all of us probably have a million CD's lying around the house.  I had albums full of CD's sharpied  Mix #1, Mix #4, Best Mix Ever, and of course  Epic Mix.

Second, we wanted to make this a recycled project, so we found some newspapers which would go on top of the CD's.  We traced the CD's over the newspapers and then cut them out.  The paper was then modge podged onto the CD.  

Third, after it was dried, we used polyurethane to seal the paper so it would hold up a little better.  This was soooo easy!  The hardest part was just waiting for it to dry.  The finished product looks like this!

Whoops!

Good Idea - Last night I had this great idea of making a little craft for our kitchen.  I gathered all of the materials, which might I add cost about $5, and got to work.  I was so excited to finally be doing a craft, I didn't realize exactly what I was doing...

Bad Idea - After A LOT of convincing, I finally got Sean to come to Saver's with me to get some old silverware I could spray paint.  Of course I wasn't going to use our own silverware, so we ran to the store and found the perfect trio.  Sean was preoccupied by a football game, which provided me with plenty of time to complete my project.  However, a midst the  excitement I had laid out several trio's of forks, knifes, and spoons including my own.  I couldn't wait any longer so I grabbed three and ran outside to start painting.  It wasn't until my second coat of paint that it hit me.  The Saver's bag was still on the table forks, knifes, and spoons still inside!  I had painted our very own silverware black.  I guess on the positive side it turned out kinda cute!

Happy New Years!

Good Idea - Spending time with friends and eating lots of delicious food!

Bad Idea - The sneak attack bum shots.  This may have been a good idea to Landon at the time, however, now this shot is on my blog to be viewed by whomever stumbles upon it.

Good Idea - While the girls chit-chatted, the boys were hard at work on a 500 piece puzzle

Bad Idea - Providing me with another embarrassing photo muahahahaha

Good Idea - A string of good ideas

Bad Idea - Jumping in the middle of the picture?!  It was just too tempting wasn't it Seaner?

Good Idea - Spending time we some of the people we love the most.  Thanks everyone for an amazing year!  We love and appreciate each of you and feel so blessed to have you in our lives.  

Happy New Year!!!