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There’s Gnome Banner Like This Banner!

May 7, 2012 by Cassie 27 Comments

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Happy Monday!  Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  Aside from my car having to go to the shop and changing our plans from it, the weekend was great.  Yesterday we had friends from college over for lunch with their 7 month old baby boy, who is the CUTEST!  He is such a happy guy, too.  I made some pinterest sandwiches for lunch…. spinach artichoke grilled cheese from A Couple Cooks.  I made them for Chris and I last weekend and we really liked them and thought they were worthy enough to share with friends. I used light sour cream, and Brummel and Brown in place of butter, and wheat bread, but they were still DELICIOUS.  It’s like spinach artichoke dip in between two slices of toasted bread.  Here is the picture from the website…
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Try them, try them, you will see.  You will like them in a house.  You will like them with a mouse. πŸ™‚
After our friends left, we played a family game of “H-O-R-S-E” and Daddy won.  Maybe next time.

So…. there are only 11 days left until Ali flies in from Cali and stays with me for a week!  I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!  What does this have to do with this post?  Well, this year we decided to start a little pen pal exchange between our kids so they could get to know each other since we are certain that they will be meeting one of these days!  We wanted to create familiarity.  This past month, Ali’s kids sent my kids an amazingly adorable gnome banner kit that her creative sister-in-law Darcy created.  Darcy sells kits like this in her etsy shop, Smart-Bottom Kids.  Here is the sample of the kit from her shop pictures…
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It’s amazing!  The kit comes with EVERYTHING you need but scissors.  All the pieces have the patterns on them, and you just cut following the lines.  I could have let Emmy do this part, too, but I was a little control freakish about that…. Anyhow, once the pieces were cut, I showed Emmy the order for glue for the boys, girls, and toadstools, and let her go to town.  Then she was able to glue on embellishments that were in the kit, such as buttons, flowers and butterflies, sequins, glitter, ric rac and more.  Emmy had so much fun doing this!  Here she is working on it… oh, and the wax paper to work on was even included in the kit!

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I just love her sweet little concentration face. πŸ™‚  Anyhow, she was very excited to work on this.  We did it over the course of a couple days, so that we could have something to do for a couple of days.  Once she was done with all the glitter and embellishments, I tied them with the ties supplied onto the jute supplied.  And here it is hanging above her bed…

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What I really love about this banner is that it is adorable and looks perfect in her room, and Emmy has the satisfaction of having something she created in there.  I think she did a fantastic job, too!

Thank you so much, Ali, Noah, and Hayden!  We love it!  This would be a great summer rainy day project, too!  Smart Bottom Kids has all sorts of fun projects like that…

Here are some of the other fun kits available.  And I am not being paid to promote this shop- I just had so much fun with my Emmy’s banner that I wanted to share this shop with you. πŸ™‚

Stained Glass Butterfly kit…
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Patriotic Window Star Kit….
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Garden Caterpillar Kit….
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So much fun for you and your kids!
And you may have noticed something on Emmy’s nightstand in the pictures above.  Or maybe you didn’t because you were looking at the awesome banner.  Emmy has a new music box.  She and I went to a thrift shop with Sarah a couple weeks ago. I found this music box, and though it needed some love, Emmy and I knew it had to be in her room…

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As you can see it was missing a piece, and was pretty, well, brown.  But I thought we could fix it up, and it still played music.  When I was a child I had a music box my grandmother had painted for me.  Mine was a girl in a pink nightgown and she was dancing with a teddy bear.  I used to wind it before I went to bed and listen to the music as I fell asleep.  I told Emmy all about it, and now she winds this one before bed.

But of course, it got a makeover!  I primed it with a spray primer, and painted it with more fun colors.  I also glued on one of her snail figurines that fit well and covered the spot where a piece was missing.  Here it is on her nightstand…

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And yes, she winds it before she goes to sleep. πŸ™‚

And now, just to end this post with a funny picture…. Here’s Sawyer.  When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was being a ninja.  I thought it was funny so I snapped a picture.

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After I took the picture he asked to see it.  His response, “Wow, that is so cool!  I am a ninja!”
And I will leave you with that.  Happy Monday!

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  1. Katie @ Wildwood Creek says

    May 7, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Emmy’s banner is adorable, and Sawyer’s ninja comment is too funny!

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  2. Andrea says

    May 7, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    The banner is adorable. What a great project for little ones and it looks perfect in her room. Looks like Sawyer is going to make fantastic ninja someday!

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  3. Dana Frieling says

    May 7, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Yum! Can’t wait to try the sandwich. Glad you were the tester!

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  4. Beth says

    May 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    The sandwich looks fantastic!! We will be trying it soon:)! The banner is adorable…and so is your ninja!! Have a great Monday.

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  5. Kim @ keller-creative says

    May 7, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    That banner is so perfect for Emmy’s room and its so great that she got to make it!

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  6. [email protected] says

    May 7, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    What a sweet banner! And love your title. Do you sit for hours coming up with those?

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  7. Eclectically Vintage says

    May 7, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Hi, my name is Kelly, and I love gnomes!

    There, I admitted my shame publicly! People laugh at me but I’m shouting it loud and proud! After all, a few of the cuties do reside happily in my garden.

    That banner is perfect – only I’d hang it over my bed – forget the kids!!
    Kelly

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  8. Lisa Scibilia says

    May 7, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    How fun is that banner! Nice work Emmy!

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  9. Julia @ 551Eastdesign says

    May 7, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Her room keeps getting cuter and cuter!

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  10. Katie says

    May 7, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    How cute is that banner?! And that music box! Love it! Sawyer is hilarious – reminds me of my nephew who is obsessed with ninjas!

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  11. Maury Kilgo says

    May 7, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    That banner is so cute! it fits in Emmy’s room perfectly!

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  12. Bella says

    May 7, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Oh my that banner is perfect for her bedroom! Can her room get any cuter?

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  13. gail wilson says

    May 7, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    the gnome banner is perfect for emmy’s room! love that face as she worked on it.
    sawyer–too funny!
    I love seeing pics of the kiddos. Glad you had a good weekend.
    my car? ac? cheap! only 111.00 and I have a 30.00 coupon! woohoo! soooo happy!
    wish yours was such a story. πŸ™
    gail

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  14. Ange says

    May 7, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    Ooh, the food looked good and then I saw the gnomes and forgot about the sandwich! I love the gnome mushroomy goodness you got going on in this post. Love it! How fun that Emmy got to help make the banner, that is awesome!

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  15. The Bold Abode says

    May 7, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    How sweet!!! That is such a great idea to create bonds between your children…

    I’m a ninja. Watch out.

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  16. Michelle @ Ten June says

    May 7, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    Is that what I have to look forward to with a boy? “Cool, I’m a ninja!” Ha ha! So cute. Sounds like you had a great weekend!!

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  17. Jessica @ Stay at Home-ista says

    May 7, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    Love the gnome banner and I totally hea ryou about being a control-freak when it comes to crafts. I have to let go and just le tmy daughterdo it herself sometimes, but then it isn’t perfect!?! What to do?

    Jessica
    stayathomeista.com

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  18. Kirby Dunton Carespodi says

    May 7, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    Very cute stuff! And very cute kids!

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  19. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says

    May 7, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    So cute! and you’re going to spend a week with a blog friend. How fun is that!!

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  20. [email protected] Road says

    May 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

    That banner is just adorable! She did such a great job on it. The music box re-do turned out pretty dang cute, too.
    A ninja in a hoodie~cute!

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  21. Allison says

    May 8, 2012 at 1:39 am

    That sandwich looks scrumptious!! The banner is adorable as well as Emmy hard at work on her masterpiece. Love Sawyer’s photo! How fun for you and Ali to have a week to visit! You two will have a ball!

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  22. DecorandtheDog says

    May 8, 2012 at 2:03 am

    Your kids are precious. A sweet little girl and a ninja. You’re a lucky momma!

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  23. Maria @ All Things Luxurious says

    May 8, 2012 at 3:15 am

    That banner is adorable, and I love the idea of craft kits — so great! πŸ™‚ And the music box? So sweet!! I, too, had one as a little girl and LOVED it. It reminded me of my grandfather, who I lost at a very young age, and I always felt close with him because of it! πŸ™‚ Happy Monday to you!

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  24. Carmel @ Our Fifth House says

    May 8, 2012 at 3:42 am

    I didn’t notice the music box right away but I did notice the HORSE sheets!!!! We – I mean my girl- has those same sheets! Wish they came in a king size. πŸ˜‰ I love the gnome banner – too cute and I really want a music box for my girl too. You reminded me of some great childhood memories. I had a ballerina and I used to wind her up at bedtime too!

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  25. Megan says

    May 8, 2012 at 10:30 am

    What a freaking awesome banner, too cute!!! That grilled cheese looks delish!

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  26. Darcy says

    May 11, 2012 at 5:34 am

    Seriously love that title!!!!

    Cassie, I adore the all the sweet little gnomes and mushroom homes that Emmy made. SO CUTE! And it looks so perfect hanging above the bed in her woodland room.

    I’m so glad you (and Emmy) enjoyed the kit. And thank you so much for posting about it! πŸ™‚

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  27. Ali Richardson says

    May 11, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    YAY for cute little gnomies!!! I’m so happy your little Emmy had fun making it, she did a GREAT job!!! I am seriously dying! I will be there sooooooo soon πŸ™‚ YAY MAY!
    Love the music box, and your silly ninja boy too πŸ™‚

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