Tuesday, October 20, 2009

DIY Day!


DIY Day @ ASPTL

Kimba over at "A Soft Place to Land" is the host of this weekly meme. She says,

"If you're new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I'm really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, an indoor project, some new artwork...heck, even a great recipe could qualify as DIY, right?"

Just this past weekend, our family went on a little getaway to a place called "Center Parcs". You can do loads of activities there including swimming in a huge indoor waterpark, bike riding, outdoor activities like rock climbing, walking on high ropes, etc. They have all kinds of things that you can sign up to do, all for a fee of course, and one thing I signed up for was pottery painting. The place was called "Flying Saucers". I took 3 of the children with me and we had a blast. It was one of the highlights of our trip.

Here is what we made...

Grant's colorful reindeer. Isn't it sweet?


Melanie's beautiful candy dish,



Braaten made this gorgeous pitcher with a winter scene.


And I even got to be creative and made this plate.

God is so very good, isn't He?

He blesses us in great ways and in small and everything in between. It's the little things that make my heart sing like painting a platter with my precious children.

14 comments:

Eyeglasses & Endzones said...

Love them all! What a great idea. I have been waiting for my boys to be old enough to do something great like that!!!

Andrea said...

Awesome...you are very creative.
Blessings, andrea

Kate @ The Gaines Gang said...

How fun!

You just game me a great idea to spend time with my kids!

Thanks for sharing!
Kate

Heart2Heart said...

Carol,

I love everything that all of you created. So much love is poured into each creation much like the love that God pours into creating each of us.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

He & Me + 3 said...

My kids love going to the pottery place and creating. Those turned out just beautiful.

Darcie said...

They are all SO pretty! I love places like this...you have given me a great idea for some quality time with my oldest...she would love a place like this!

You all did beautiful work!

Laurel @ Ducks in a Row said...

They look great and very fun.

Joyce said...

Sounds like fun...so glad you enjoyed your weekend!

Rachel said...

Those are awesome! I love it!

Anonymous said...

They turned out so cute, and how great that every time you see them you'll think about the wonderful time you had making them together!
pk @ Room Remix

fullertribe said...

Everything that you guys made looks great. Gabe and I do this every 4th of July weekend. I have some very colorful bunnies sitting at my desk at work as we speak!

The Lehman's said...

Really cool stuff!! Thanks for sharing. julie :)

McCrakensx4 said...

What a fun place to visit and love all the pottery! A few years ago I took the boys to one of those places for Christmas presents for grandparents!

McCrakensx4 said...

What a fun place to visit and love all the pottery! A few years ago I took the boys to one of those places for Christmas presents for grandparents!