Father's Day gifts

I saw these gun mugs online a while ago, and just happened to remember them while I was thinking of gift ideas for Father's Day this year.

luckily, Bass Pro had them in-store, conveniently at the entrance.  since we didn't have to search the store for them, the boys and I took a ride in the elevator to check out the fish and turtles, and stand by the big dead bear.

I used the boxes the mugs came in as a basket, filled the mugs with jelly beans, and added beef jerky and ammo.

this is the kind of gift basket box that I wouldn't mind getting myself!

Eclair Cake

Friday night, Matt and I watched how to make an Eclair Cake on Cook's Country - it looked soo good!  so I told Matt I'd make it for him for Father's Day, which meant I had to start it the day before so it'd be all set up (unlike in their video... tsk-tsk!).

I added extra graham cracker layers and it almost didn't fit into my pan!  it makes a lot of cake so this would be good for a group of people.  the pudding isn't that sweet (to me!) but the chocolate on top is.  I'm a little torn on it, but Matt liked it so that's all that matters.  I think I'll half it next time I make it for just us, or use two smaller pans and give one away.

from Leo

for Father's Day I searched online for ideas of what to do for Matt from Leo and ended up on this blog.  I loved the hand card idea and on the same post was a painted canvas - I stole used both ideas O:)

I traced Leo's left hand and used the template a bunch of times to make a few more cards to give to his Pawpaw and Papaw.

I got a canvas for Matt (that I painted turquoise) and a wood plaque thing for my dad (purple - his favorite color) and we just went layer by layer with different colors.  I tried getting Leo to paint in different spots, but he liked the middle the best.  I was getting disappointed in Matt's so to save it I decided it needed a hand print, which Matt loved.  we still haven't hung it yet, but there's a lot of things around the house that have been waiting to be done so it's just another thing to add to the list!

more of Leo's cards

father's day sorta sneaked up on me. I made cards yesterday to send out today! hopefully they all get there in time. I got my brown card stock and green paper at Hobby Lobby (on sale :D) and after combing the store... twice!, I found the little gears and sprockets. I didn't think those would be as hard to find as they were. I was hoping to find some stickers or something, but I had my mind set on these so metal was gonna hafta do. I hope I don't find them all in my mailbox marked as "un-sendable" or something.

I don't know where I got this font (nope, it's not stamped!) but I love it :) I'm not much of a stamper - I don't often use the same designs twice so stamps don't make sense for me to have - and I'm so prone to just print something off. I also love textured paper. this is leftover cotton paper I used for my wedding invitations forever ago! can't see it in the picture, but it's got a subtle weave to it. I use it whenever I'm making cards.. and I make a lot of cards, but somehow after 100+ invitations and 7 years worth of cards and crafts I still have 1/4 of a ream left!