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Kid Chatteroo

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I am so super delighted to tell you that my cute friend Kirsten from Crafting Chicks created an app and it launches today!! She has been working her tail off on it and it’s finally done. Not only is she one of the cutest girls I know, but her app idea totally rocks!


KID CHATTEROO is fun to play at bedtime, dinnertime and snuggletime. Easily turn those potentially “time-wasting” moments such as amusement park lines, waiting rooms, car rides,  into meaningful moments. Use KID CHATTEROO anytime and anywhere you want to connect with your kids. Capture those little voice recordings with an easy-to-use recording feature, it’s like capturing time in a bottle.  

Here are examples of some of the fun questions and answers you might experience with Kid Chatteroo:

  • If you ate a rainbow what would it taste like?  
    • Aiden age 5: “Nothing, because they’re clear and when you put your hand on them it just goes through.” 
    • Benny age 5:  “really good burritos”  
    • Delany age 3:  “chicken”
  • If you lived in candy land what would you build your house out of? 
    • Aiden: “For wood, it would be candy canes.” 
    • Delany:  “a rainbow”  
    • age 3: “popcorn”
  • What are you most excited for?  
    • Aiden: “Easy, Halloween.” 
    • Delany:  “my birthday cake”  
    • Benny:  “everything”
  • What is the silliest thing about Dad?  
    • Aiden: “He toots so loud.” 
    • Delany: “He scares me with a {Halloween }mask all the time.”
  • Why are moms so super?  
    • Aiden: “That’s really hard, I think we should skip that one.” 
    • Delany:  “Cuz you’re awesome. And I like Aunt Kristi more.”
  • If animals could talk, which one would you talk to and what would you say? 
    • Aiden:”Ribbit, ribbit to a frog.” 
    • Delany:  “Monkey: Dora has shoes”
  • If you were a princess/knight what would your castle look like? 
    • Aiden: “Like the castle in Brave or a giant rectangle with two towers with lots of squares on top.”
    • Delany:  “Purple” 
  • If you ate a rain cloud what would it taste like?  
    • Aiden: “Rain, I meant water because rain is water.” 
    • Delany “watermelon”  
    • age 3: “Yucky Stuff”
  • Why do dogs have a tail? 
    • Aiden: “To show when they like someone.” 
    • Delany:  “Cuz they um, they swish them around”
  • What is your favorite thing to do with mom?  
    • Aiden: “Aiden time.” 
    • Delany:  “Go on a walk to Circle K to get a pop” 
    • age 3: “LAUGH”

I love the idea of having their cute little voices and silly answers recorded to keep forever. And the fact that it is easy as pushing a button on your phone is a huge bonus! And 99 cents? Please. I spend that on a candy bar in the checkout.

Check out the app and if you like it, tell her by giving her a 5 star rating! Catch them around the web too!

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kidchatteroo 
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chatteroo/506943849332176 
PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/chatteroo/ 
WEBSITE: WWW.KIDCHATTEROO.COM join their mailing list for updates and other fun tidbits!

DIY SITE:  www.thecraftingchicks.com creator of Kid Chatteroo & her four friends share awesome DIY stuff
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Pumpkin Wreath

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I shared this fun pumpkin wreath over on Every Creative Endeavor last week, but wanted to share here for anyone who missed it.
Wanna make a wreath? I am am loving the texture and harvest feeling wreath adds to my wall!
 
It’s not the traditional fall colors, but I adore the neutral theme.

Supplies needed:
Two nesting embroidery hoops
Twist ties
Linen (about 12 in. x 54 in.)
Ten white mini pumpkins
Hot glue or Amazing goop or other super strong glue
Ribbon
Scissors
Cardstock
Fabric scrap
Fabric glue
Wood letters
How to make a wreath:
1. Twist tie the embroidery hoops together as tight as possible to ensure stability.
2. Rip the linen in to 4 inch strips. Hot glue fabric to the hoops ruffling as you go along. Use a lot of glue so it adheres well. Here’s what it will look like on each side.

3. Arrange your pumpkins on the linen. Begin gluing them starting with the bottom of the pumpkin and then attaching any fabric that touches the sides with glue. Make sure they are very secure with hardly any movement.

4. Add additional security and dimension by using the leftover 2 inch strips of linen. Cut them in to four inch pieces and ruffle placing between the pumpkins and securing with glue.

5. Make a mini pennant banner by cutting small triangles out of fabric and slightly larger triangles out of cardstock. I used a pinking shear edge on the fabric for added interest. Use the fabric glue to adhere the fabric to the cardstock. Attach the wood letters to the triangles with fabric glue. Hot glue the triangles  to the ribbon.
6. Attach your pennant to two of the pumpkin stems by tying two loops around the stems in a knot.

7. Hang using a system that can hold a lot of weight. I have a screw in a stud. DO NOT hang on a door or something else that moves. The wreath cannot withstand movement or swinging. 

Enjoy your fun fall pumpkin wreath!

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$50 My Vinyl Direct GIVEAWAY + Eyes That Glow

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I love vinyl as much as the next craft supply hoarding girl. I have a stash. We shall not embellish on the details of said stash. Though I did recently make a fantastic discovery. Have you heard of My Vinyl Direct? I just received my first order and am super excited about it! It included glow in the dark vinyl!! This stuff is sooo fun! 

We decided to put it to good use cutting spooky eyes and placing them around the house on the piano, grandfather clock and in the windows. My five year old is obsessed with decorating for Halloween. No really, everywhere we go he either comments on the decor or asked the closest person why they have not decorated for Halloween. Today while taking a field trip to the hospital to have lunch with Daddy we passed by a room with a skeleton and he got all excited about their spooky decor. It was the community education room, pretty sure it’s there all year.

BTW, here’s a hint, glow in the dark is thicker than regular vinyl because it has shiny metallic back to help the glowing so set your craft cutter accordingly.
Anyway, back to the good stuff…
My Vinyl Direct has much more than just glow in the dark, though I am still geeking out over it. They have 36 matte colors, 28 gloss, chalkboard vinyl, dry erase vinyl, 32 colors of iron on transfer, and transfer tape to make sure they are all placed perfectly! They also sell in four different sizes as to be compatible no matter which craft machine you have. You can check out all the details and order here.
Matte Vinyl Single Sheets
You want some right? Of course you do.
Well, My Vinyl Direct is awesome and wants you to try it out so they are giving away a $50 gift card to one lucky Tipsy reader!

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This is Our Happily Ever After Temple Pictures

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I ran across a cute print on etsy stating, “This is our Happily Ever After.” I loved the simplicity, but meaning behind it and decided that by adding temple pictures they could make really cute wedding gifts.

This is Our Happily Ever After Temple Pictures

I love fairy tales with the prince and the princess living happily ever after in their castle. The temple for me is my castle symbolizing forever so it is the perfect addition. 
I just added the saying on the glass of a shadow box in white vinyl and added the picture of the temple the couple was married in to the back of the box. This gives it nice dimension.

Lucky for us Kristyn from Lil’ Luna searched through and found 20 different non-copyrighted temple images and antiqued them so all you have to do is print them out and add them to the frame! She is so awesome right?!
I love the look of the images and the fact that they are black and white means they go with almost any decor scheme the couple may have chosen. The couple can also easily swap out the image for temple pictures from their wedding day.
I’m thinking I need to create one for myself now!

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