Take Us out to the Ballgame!

Mr. Awesome is loving baseball again this year... can't believe we are 'full swing' {pardon the pun} into the season and approaching playoffs quite soon!  Mr. A hopes to go Pro someday and this momma couldn't be prouder of her little Big Boy! 

Yes, that is my baby!

Lookin' all grown up there, he's a pitcher, a catcher and can be spotted at 3rd base quite often too! 

I'm lovin' this photo courtesy of Gina from Simply Gifted Photography!

{stop over and show her FB page some "like" love peeps}

Did you know that baseball players get all superstitious?  Yes, even the smaller ones!  Mr. Awesome's team unfortunately lost their first game... I know, so sad.  But, {in his mind} the luck changed when Mommy and Sister wore their lucky Bling shirts! 

Because I'm such a supportive MoM! {lol - really I'm just a big old dork nerd, but don't tell the kids!} I purchased some sparkly iron on transfers from the Bling Palace on Etsy and some $4.95 white tank tees from our local KMart and made some eye poppin' Baseball Tees for us to wear to the next game. 

Guess what!  They WoN that game!

I was then informed that I had to wear that shirt to EVeRY game for good luck!

You got it Mr. A!

Alexis and I also wanted to show some more baseball luv to brother, so we sat down and made these:

from an idea I found on Pintrest!

Source: lonelycactusflower.tumblr.com via Kim on Pinterest

Well, mommy did all of the cutting, but Alexis game lots of moral support!  OUrs are not perfect, and we could not get the leather to straighten out but we love them just the same! 

Mr. A's team has won a bunch, lost a few... but are having fun all the same!

If you haven't done so, please stop here and vote for Alexis to win a special adaptive Bike!
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Vertical Type Sports Sign

So much to do so little time.  Oh how I wish there were more hours in a day!  Yesterday my back wrenched up again so I spent the day in a whole lotta pain!  But, I had things to do, and cannot stand to be stuck in a chair or bed all day.  So in 15 minute incraments I worked on a vertical sign idea I've had in my head for a bit.   For me, girly ideas are quite easy to come by so when I get some inspiration to share with the boys in my life...I go with it before I lose it!

Basketball season here is winding down soon.  I wanted to come up with something for Austin to give to his coach.  I color blocked a vertical strip of thin wood with 'boy' colors.  Then I proceeded to antique, distress, and crackle the crapola out of it.  I sketched out some lettering from a few different fonts to spell the word 'coach'.  The O being the focus of the piece because it is made with a painted basketball - offset and going out of it's frame.

loVE it!

I'll be back shortly with a tutorial for you, for those of you who may want to give it a try for yourself.  For the rest of you, just letting you know that some vertical signs will be listed in my etsy shop soon!


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