DIY: SHARPIE MUG

All you need is a sharpie and a porcelain mug ( I recommend the ones from Target)

make sure to practice your sketch on paper before doing it on the mug

at this point if you happen to make a mistake you can rub it out

Once it has cooled it is ready for use. Just make sure you don't put in the dishwasher or your image will magically disappear. 

enjoy.

I had seen this while I was googling coffee mugs to get Sal for Father's Day and I just had to try it. I saw it over at A Beautiful Mess Blog which is now becoming one of my favorite blog discoveries. This was fun, fast, and simple. Not to mention you can do this for a few bucks or so. There are so many creative things you can do with this and it makes a great customized gift! 

MAKING CRAYONS

I am an avid reader of Miss James and her incredibly adorable family over at her blog: BleuBird. She demonstrated the cutest DIY crayon molds. As an ex preschool teacher, aspiring elementary teacher, and current mommy to a one year old; I was all over this one! I was a little disappointed in myself for not have ever done this before.  Instead of heart molds, Roman and I used star molds since we already had them. It was really alot of fun to do. I was glad that Roman could be so involved with project. Altough I am sure it was unintentional he helped with braking the crayons and was somewhat capable of peeling the paper off of them. He watched them melt in the oven and lastly got to COLOR! Again, I love this project. The best part is you can adjust it to any holiday or theme you want.