Profile For KimiSunshine - KimiSunshine Says Hello
HI,
I am KimiSunshine! I am a homemaker/mother of 1 teen son/artist and crafter from Nash.TN. I try my best to make money where I can selling my arts and crafts but that is usually very spiradic so I have to be Super Thrifty and sometimes even plain ole cheap just to get by.
I paint on wood, canvas, little faces and hands, furniture, walls as in murels and metal. I have been known many times to be caught dragging something off the side of the road and into my mini van just to take it home and re vamp it and then sell it later. I dont always get all the things done I set out to do in a day. My to do list usually gets about 1/5 of it done each day.... so more times than not I am worn out and frustrated at myself and my mounting pile of treasures I have collected in my barns.
I have 3 cats. only one stays indoors at all times. I also have one very spoiled little mixed breed dog "Trixie" who is part jack russel terrier who goes in and out. She looks like the RCA dog! ANd believe me she if you look up "unconditional love" in the dictionary You will surely find her picture!
I have begun trying to decorate and garden in my front and bk yard but am not to good at it so far. I do have roses growing and several other flowers that come bk each year. I had gorgeous hydrangeas blooming for several yrs that were here when I moved here but they did not bloom this yr. Hmmmmm.
I welcome any friends and any tips, hints or help along the way you can give me about selling and making more money or saving more money as I go along this bumpy road of life.
Look here on Thriftyfun for How to make a Tin Man out of Tin cans. I have made one and it gets rave reviews from all of my friends. I noticed they have directions on here after I had already made mine. KimiSunshine ... View related article.
I wanted to mention a few more ideas of my own to add to his one of a kind scrapbook. First of all every kids has piles & piles of artwork that accumulates through the years. Either you can use the actual artwork or color copy it & paste the copy onto a page with a sentence telling what age he was when he drew it & the title. That would make for great interest.
This idea is a gem to my senior citizen scrappers I co-ordinate, that is paint chips which are free from any paint store. You wouldn't want to take WAY too many but taking 15 or 20 paint chips would not hurt a thing & he could cut them into squares & then into triangles. The triangles can then be glued at the corners of his photos or photocopies for interest & added color! Also it is fun to just cut the scraps from those up into small bits rather like confetti & glue along the edge in random to make a border at the bottom & top of several pages.It really adds great interest.
Also if he has a favorite snack say like Cheetos, wash & paste in a bag from Mini Cheetos & put a title "Favorite Snack from age 7-10." That would be something to remember. Also let him put his hand in paint & make a colored hand print on plain paper,then do the same with his foot.That makes a great way to remember how big he is at this age. Also just like from a Baby Book a lock of hair would be great to display by putting into a tiny plastic bag. I used one of my son's Baby Socks on one of my pages just to remember that his feet were ever that small.
Try to encourage things like putting any badges he may have gotten from scouting. All you would have to do is lay the actual shirt with the badges face down on a color copier & it would make a good copy to display or either to cut out the badges to glue onto a page.
If he has 2 or 3 favorite friends & you happen to have photos of them then by all means add those on a "Friends" page.If you do not have photos of them then let him draw them & write their names! If you know the summer he learned to swim & perhaps have pictures from that summer then let him write a sentence saying that & add that picture. Then he can take construction paper & cut out a wave pattern to glue at the bottom of the page & draw a sun to put at the top of the page.
You may have pictures from birthday parties, Christmas photos, pictures where he once rode a pony, pictures with his Grandpa. There are to many ideas to mention.*One way to add some texture is to take metal drink tops, flatten them with a hammer, paint over them with either model car paint, house paint or even your finger nail polish. Then after that he can use a Sharpie to write words onto the caps to put on several of the pages.This makes a great little shape & does not look to girlie.
I know boys like to craft too. My son LOVED anything he could do with Popsicle sticks. So if you have him color some of those with markers, then glue them together he can make frames for several of the pictures on the pages or even the front cover. Also Pipe Cleaners bend into lots of nice shapes like a fish or bugs! Let him use un-wrapped crayons to make imprints of leaves by putting paper over the leaf. He can also do this on coins to show about his allowance or even how much he got from the tooth fairy. Children pick up on whatever opinion you have of this project so if YOU are helpful & enthusiastic about it,often bragging about his natural creativity & talent then he will probably really enjoy doing it to.
Only other thing is split up the work time on this project into many different sittings as his little attention span is not the same as an adults. If you have a card table, it may be good to leave this project out on the card table so that LOTS of time picking up & getting back out will be saved! That right there will make him dread the project much less! Best of luck to you! And enjoy these times while he is still little & home with you! ... View related article.
I wanted to just mention that once I helped out a former student of mine with her wedding as a young bride. I simply took my own wedding album that had been shot by a professional, with me to her wedding and shot identical photos with the bridesmaids, mother of the bride photos, family photos etc. That way I did not forget any special shots and I took several tries at each shot I took so that the bride had extras just in case of closed eyes etc. It turned out great and she was able to make multiple copies for family members etc. I just gave her the film after I was done. It was an honor for me to help and I know she will always remember my input into her wedding. Made for a very special yet inexpensive gift for me to give her for her wedding. ... View related article.
I shop these places frequently so I know when I suggest these. Good Will, Salvation Army, Southern Thrift, or your local thrift store. Also sometimes yard sales will have dresses that they want to get rid of. ... View related article.
I dont know about finding EMPTY bottles but I did see bubble bottles for wedding favors as Dollar Tree. They were just all white. Hope you find them. ... View related article.
If your man or son is a tv nut or a couch sports fan there is always the idea of the pocket that goes over the arm chair to hold the remote control. You can also put the cable book and any extra batteries for that emergency moment that the remote (horror of horrors) suddenly quits working!
Also for young men with their first own truck or car there could be the thing my son loved so much once, a set of fuzzy camoflage dice for the rear view mirror. hahahahah My son likes anything camoflage these days. Or if you do plastic canvas and he has a favorite team you could make the small square boxes on strings with the letters of the team on there in the proper colors.(They are made very similar to fuzzy dice. ) My son hung a pair of those in his room since he was 12. And it was a big hit. Even some of his friends wanted a pair to. ... View related article.
