4th of July Ombre shirt and 4th of July Custom Star Shirt

So ombre is the BIG thing right now.  From hair to clothing, you’ll find it everywhere.  I ran across a cute DIY on Pinterest one day on an ombre shirt.  I thought I have to add this to my Make Something Monday list for the girls and I this Summer.  And figuring we don’t have anything to wear 4th of July, why not make cute ombre shirts. So that is what we did.
We went to Walmart and purchased the shirts and then over to Hobby Lobby to get this neat spray dye stuff.  And this project is easy! 

The first thing you want to do is line your work area with news paper or something to protect the surface your working on.
Next up lay your shirt out flat and decide how you want your colors to go.  Ours is red, white, and blue for the 4th of July, but you can go with any color combos and you can also choose to do any line of those colors. {RWB, BRW, WRB, etc}
The key to the ombre is starting your spraying closer to the fabric to begin with, thoroughly saturating it.  I worked from the bottom up or top down.  Overspray was really ok with me, and I’m OCD.  :-)  Make sure to spray the back as well.  I did this by working front color, then back color.  I didn’t want to do one whole side and then flip.  So after I finished the blue on the front, I flipped to do the blue on the back.
Once you get your first lines of the darkest color {spraying close}, you’ll pull your hand back a little further and spray it…the higher up you go, the further away your hand will go until you are only spraying a little bit of color for the fade out.

Once your satisfied with your colors allow the shirt to completely dry {we dried them over night}, throw the shirts in the dryer for 20 minutes on high to allow the colors to set.  Your ready to wear your creations.  Make sure to hand wash in cold the first time you wash it! 
Kelsie chose her own style and used a star cookie cutter for her stars. 
We love this spray dye and plan on making something really soon for our beach trips!

Paint with Watercolors, Glue, and Salt on a Canvas {our results}

I have seen it all over Pinterest {the same photo and blog but still all over} and wanted to give it a shot.  So I put it on our Make Something Monday list and bought the stuff a few weeks ago at Hobby Lobby. 

If you’ve ever been canvas shopping at the Hob Lob then you know that it can be a very overwhelming task.  Choosing what brand, size, and then which texture.  Yea, texture {at least that’s what I’m gonna call it}.  I knew for a fact that the girls were going to use watercolors to paint with.  And the first thing I did was let them pick out which size they wanted in the cheapest brand. {yea', well, I’m cheap!} The thing I wasn’t counting on was walking by a set of canvases that were intended for watercolors.  So I put the other ones back and bought the ones intended for the watercolors.  They did cost more, but I figured that the ones made for watercolor would be the best choice.  {lesson number one: don’t always make assumptions}

{lesson number two: not all directions include everything} As the girls were setting everything out today I pulled up the blog from Pinterest.  I wanted to read every.single.word., because I’m highly OCD and I wanted the girls’ pictures to look awesome.  I didn’t want to miss a single step.  The one thing that I was looking for was if the paint still needed to be wet when the salt was sprinkled on and when the glue was drizzled atop.  But as lesson number two rings true, not all directions include everything.  Which meant we were on our own.
Our problem was the watercolors were drying super quick because we bought canvases made for watercolors.  Ack.  Well in my defense the directions on said blog never directed in what kind of canvas to use.  So maybe this is where the whole thing went down hill; before we even left the store.
{lesson number three: paint should be wet for the salt and not all colors will produce pretty splatters}  Yep, we learned that the paint needs to be wet and that not all colors are created equal in the salt sprinkling department. Again, ack.

{lesson number four: glue isn’t as beautiful looking as the blog shows} The glue didn’t want to work pretty globby like the pictures on the blog showed.  But the girls made do with what was going on with it.
{lesson number five: just go with it}  Kelsie finally figured out a method to what she was creating and Kayla, well she wanted perfection.  She wanted to create a well thought out abstract, but ended up pushing paint all over the canvas with the brush because she was just aggravated.
All in all the girls did enjoy this aspect of creating art.  Will we do it again?  Maybe on smaller canvases that are made for oil paints, just to see if that will make a difference.  And if it does make a difference then yep, we will!
{lesson number six: I think her son must be a budding Picaso, because the girls didn’t like their art as much as the little boys from the blog} However, I thought that it turned out pretty good and hung them both in Kelsie’s room.  {Kayla didn’t want hers in her room}

It was still a lot of fun!  But maybe you can learn from our mistakes if you set out to create this on your own.  Don’t buy the watercolor canvases.  Make sure your paint is soaking wet when sprinkling with salt and splattering with globs and swirls of glue.

Banana Hair Mask

My hair is dry.  My hair has split ends.  And my hair is frizzy!  I started searching the internet for hair masks/leave in conditioners, etc.  I found a lot of honey/olive oil or egg/olive oil mixtures.  Then I found where a lady used a banana/egg and I decided, heck I’ll just combine them all!  And you know something, it worked out well.

• 1 medium to large banana
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Mash the banana with a fork until it’s all mush.  Whisk up the egg and then add all ingredients to a food processor or blender.  You can also use your hand mixer. {I did that}
Apply to dry hair, cover with a shower cap or you could use a grocery sack.  Leave on for 30 minutes and then rinse and wash hair like you normally would.  If your banana isn’t completely mashed up, you will have tiny pieces of banana left in your hair after you wash it.  However, you could also buy a large jar of banana baby food.  It would work just the same. 
You could also try washing your hair and then applying the mask like a normal conditioner, leaving on for 30 minutes and then rinsing.
Either way, I did it and really like the results.  I can see myself doing this weekly.  Or how ever often we have an over ripe banana on the counter. :-)

Abstract Art…So Easy…a Caveman can do it!

For Kayla’s bedroom makeover she had one wall that we really had no idea what to put on the wall.  A big clock…some peg hooks…a poster…we were clueless.  We thought about it and Kayla decided she wanted some abstract art.  I thought ok..why not.  We looked and looked and didn’t really find anything that she really liked.  I suggested she make her own. 
So she did.  This is seriously so easy a caveman can do it!  Ha! 
We went to Hobby Lobby and bought a canvas and a couple of more paint colors.  We had a few that we already needed.  We broke out the painters tape and paints/brushes and she painted away. 

She started out by taping all which of ways across her canvas until she was happy with the pattern.  You could also cut the tape into thinner strips to get thinner white stripes.  She then painted a couple of layers until it was as bold as she wanted and pulled off the tape.  Once it was dry we hung it up on her wall.  It was perfect!  Not only am I proud of her but she’s thrilled to have her own art work on showcase in her room!


To see Kayla’s complete makeover including before and afters….click here.

DIY Mercury Glass

After looking at Pottery Barn and falling in love with these guys…

Pottery Barn Mercury Glass Pumpkins…sigh, I knew that I had to figure out how to hack mercury glass.  I googled and googled.  With luck I found a few tutorials and even a few blogs who’ve claimed to diy mercury glass. However, I wasn’t impressed with quiet a few of them.  The one that I knew that was more than likely gonna give me what I wanted was Martha Stewarts Mercury Glass tutorial.  BUT…after trying it..I did not like it at all.  So I tried something different and it worked and I loved the way it turned out.  So I can’t wait until fall to buy some pumpkins and paint away!
Here’s what I did…You’ll need to buy these two things to achieve the look I went for.

I picked the paint up from Home Depot and the craft paint was something that I purchased from Hobby Lobby last year sometime.  You want to make sure that neither of these paints are dull…you want the shiny finish.
You will also need a spray bottle of water.  I just used one of Kelsie’s no tangle spray bottles.  Of course whatever bottle you use, if it had something besides water in it before, rinse it well.
Grab whatever glass piece you want to make into mercury glass and get outside or at least in a well ventilated area. 
first up…spritz the whole piece, all over with the water. Do not wipe the water off!
second up…spray with your spray paint while it’s still wet from the water.  You want a thin coat, and you’ll only want to do this once.  You want that see throughish kinda look.  Now allow to dry. {I have read and even Martha Stewarts DIY was to spray the inside of whatever it is you want to make into mercury glass.  BUT..I tried this and it did not give the metallic look your looking for.  It gave a very dull almost nickel color.  Spray the outside for best results!}
third up…get a sponge brush {or your finger} and get some of the metallic gold paint and sponge away.  Now..hold on a second.  If your glass piece is open on the inside like mine was you will apply your metallic gold paint here and there on the inside making sure that you using a thin, very thin coat.  I sponged it all over and then wiped it off with my fingers to get the look I was going for.  If your piece is not open on the inside just sponge your paint in various places until you get the look your going for.  Make sure that you wipe off any excess, you don’t want thick splotches.  Allow to dry.
This is how my piece turned out.

And with a candle.

You can really see the mercury look at night with the candle.

I have the idea of when I do my pumpkins that I’m going to put a clear lacquer  finish on it to give it a shinier look.  I would have done that to this but I didn’t have any on hand and didn’t think about it until I finished this.
I hope y’all all go about and create a bunch of mercury glass!  Save yourself the money this fall and make your own Pottery Barn Mercury Glass Pumpkins! 

Let’s Make Goop {or slime}!

Ok, so every time I run across a fun sciencey kids activity, it always calls for Borax. I don’t know about any of y’all out there but I never have Borax just stowed away in a cabinet. So when I ran across this stuff, I was like, we can do this right now! Which was good because the kids have been so bored.
It’s been cloudy for the most part of today and we were too lazy to get dressed and go anywhere and it’s just been too hot to go outside to play. I told the kids to put on some play clothes because I didn’t want them to stain their pj’s and we got to mixing up what Kayla calls Goop!

They sat and played for a good 45 minutes! I was shocked that it kept them entertained for that long, but it did. Now they have purple stained hands, because we used lot’s of purple food coloring. But it was well worth it for 45 minutes of “I’m so bored!”.
Here’s how you make it!
Mix the following ingredients in a bowl or other container. It may be all crumbly and what not when you start out but just keep stirring, it will finally all come together. {I even used my fingers to help mix it at the end} And when it does it’s a liquid but also a solid. It’s a lot of fun. But if you choose to use food coloring, I would make sure that your on a surface that won’t stain and that the kids are in play clothes in case some of the liquid gets on it. It was all over the table when they were done but it really does wipe right up.
1 1/2 cup Cornstarch
1/2 cup Tap Water
Food Coloring (optional)
Enjoy playing with Goop!

Felt Halloween Ornaments

Back in July when I purchased my little light up twig tree from QVC, I knew that I would use it year round in my decorating.  So when Halloween was approaching I knew that I wanted to make some felt ornaments.

No templates for me, I just used chalk to draw the basics and then I cut them out and used embroidery floss to sew them together.  I used buttons to add some embellishments on a couple and then ribbon to hang them.  I also had to use some fabric glue for buttons and the mouths etc.  Oh and I did stuff these little boogers with that stuffing stuff. {whatever you call that stuff}

This was EASY!  I am not a person that can sew a thing.  I have trouble sewing a button on a shirt, so if I can do this you can too!

2 ghosts, a couple of pumpkins, a witch’s hat and Frankenstein.  This really adds some Halloween to the branches.

Easy and Cheap Pumpkin Craft

So on Sunday I posted about all the goodies I got from Hobby Lobby and my awesome black feather Halloween wreath.  So today I am going to post my little pumpkins.
We used glass jelly jars and a pickle jar.  I save them all the time because I have created so much with them from the time I used chalk board paint to the time that I painted a peanut jar.
We are trying to be as green as we can be and what else was I going to do with all these jars?!
So with these jars we used Mod Podge and orange tissue paper.  We did one layer all over and allowed them to dry.  I then used a Sharpie to draw jack o’lantern faces on them and added tea light candles. 
Wah lah!  Easy, cheap Halloween pumpkin craft!

Friday I will be showing ya’ll my felt Halloween ornaments!  And don’t forget to link up tomorrow for What’s For Dinner Thursday!

Time to Craft and an Easy and Cheap Halloween Wreath!

I have been out of the crafting loop lately, I had all these ideas that I wanted to do and just never got around to doing them.  Money was standing in my way, bills had to come first.  *smiles*

But last Thursday I made a trip to Hobby Lobby and got some items to do some crafting with.  So this week  and next will be filled with crafty posts!  Except for Tuesday for cookies…and for Thursday for dinner!

Here are the goodies that I got!

Oh yeah!  Some great goodie goodness…From feather boas to buttons and glitter…some fall foliage and glitter!  This was a lot of fun.

First up, I made a Halloween wreath.  This was not hard, it was so easy it was silly!  Plus with 30% off all Halloween decor at Hobby Lobby it was cheap! {this idea came from the one that is at Target for $20.00}

First I spray painted that round wreath maker {love that technical wording} black.  Second I wrapped the feather boas around {2 of those for lots of fluffiness} and then added some spider webs and glittery {made these too} spiders!  A cute gingham ribbon and I’ve got an awesome Halloween wreath!

I have lot’s more coming up so make sure you check back!

Cleaning Sterling Silver with Baking Soda

I admit the color in this picture isn’t all that and a bag of pork skins, but if you look at the toe ring (yep, that is what that is) you can see the black on the outside of it. 
I got in the hot tub at my brother and sister n laws house while wearing my sterling silver…a big NO, NO! 
I didn’t have anything to clean it with and so I grabbed up my trusty baking soda and made a paste with a little bit of water.  I scrubbed it with just my finger tips (I have used an old tooth brush in the past) and it’s as good as new!
   

How Not to Make Cupcake Pops!

Everybody, I am sure has seen or at least heard about the cupcake pops from Bakerella.  Here is a cute picture of how they should turn out…

Photo source Bakerella

We decided to make these for Kayla’s birthday party.  Thinking that they would turn out a huge hit because they seemed to tickle Martha Stewarts fancy and become a “good thing”, we tempted to make these.  Following the recipe perfectly.  We didn’t change anything but the cake…we used chocolate instead of red velvet. 

Our journey….

The cake was made on Friday night to allow for enough time to cool. 

Saturday morning the cake was put into the food processor and the cream cheese frosting was added.  Things went down hill from there.  It was a cake battery mess.  We had to freeze the mixture to get the balls to form. 

The mixture had to sit in the freezer while making the balls.  Things were not looking good. 

Once the balls were formed and the cupcake making began…it was disastrous.  The mixture was too gooey to do a thing with.  So we had to keep the ball forms and go with cupcake balls on a stick.

It took two of us dipping and sprinkling to keep them from melting…Not the dipped chocolate but the ball itself.  We had the styrofoam block but could NOT use it.  The balls were falling off!  No, my house was not hot it was a cool 75 degrees inside. 
Some of the balls could not be picked up they were stuck to the cookie sheet and the sticks came out…SO we improvised.

We drizzled white and milk chocolate on these and crushed up M&M’s all over.  They looked like (as Amanda said) a party. 
They all had to sit in our freezer to keep from melting.

Then it was time to serve….

Standing up in a cute flower pot….They looked adorable! But as we all know looks aren’t everything!
There was only one little girl that ate them.  She ate two, one on the stick and then one of the drizzled ones.
One little girl took a bite, turned to her sister and said “what is in this?” threw it on her plate and said “that’s it, I’m not eating another bite”. 
I do NOT blame her.  They were terrible tasting.  It was like eating cake batter balls.  Cake batter is good.  I love licking the bowl and spoon, but this was grainy because of the cake being done and the flavor was off.  These were just not good and I will never make or serve these again!
We sat and thought and thought about what could have happened and what could have been done differently. 
We thought we should have used chocolate frosting instead of cream cheese.  We also thought about it should be mentioned that the cake should be completely dried out, nearly burnt.  And that if you live in a humid climate that you just shouldn’t tempt these.  We live in sunny Florida, the temp that day was 89 but the heat index was 97, because of all the humidity! 
Those will always remain what if’s!

Sneak Peek at Kelsie’s Bedroom

We are almost finished.  I still have a few things that I need to get done in there. 

We are going to get her new curtains because these, well, they are extremely faded from the afternoon sun streaming in, a new lamp for her dresser…A tree.  I am going to paint a tree on her wall in the corner where the branch is.  I will be using the Pottery Barn images as my inspiration!  Also on the wall beside her bed, it’s been left blank because we are going to do something with a monogram!  I am super excited. 
I almost forgot.  Kelsie says now she wants those pink walls!  Too bad Miss Bug, they will remain blue!  I wanted pink to begin with but she wanted blue, I went with what she wanted since it is in fact her room…
The little tree limb turned out so cute!  For the butterflies….I printed out two different sizes and cut them out.  I then laid them out onto poster board (thicker then the normal poster board) and traced them…Cut those out and then traced the poster board butterflies onto the scrap book paper.  I used just plain old Elmer’s glue to glue the scrapbook paper on.  They dried for several hours between some heavy (Harry Potter) books.  I just bent them how I wanted them, applied 3M double sided tape and placed them on the branches.
The dresser and nightstand will get a fresh coat of paint this summer to match her bed.  Oh and her railings have been removed. *sad*  She is officially a big girl!
Before and After pictures to come soon! 

Painting Your Own Damask

Edited to add...

After searching on Saturday at Hobby Lobby for what I thought I wanted, I couldn’t find anything that spoke to me. What, am I the only one that things talk to?
I thought I wanted a cute little sign that said “Bath” or something similar. But the colors in the bathroom I am redoing, aren’t in any signs that I found.
I thought about it and thought, hmmm, I will just paint my own.
So I headed over to the canvases, cheap ones of course. 8X10 was my preference size. Then I went over to the craft paints. The 99 cent ones are just as great as the ones that cost $2.00. So I grabbed sand and burnt umber. I went for the ones that were closet to our colors in the shower curtain. I knew I already had a blue at home that I could mix up to match the robins egg blue in the shower curtain.
After getting home and thinking on it. I decided to paint Damask. Yes, I said damask. No, I am not an artist. My hand shakes when trying to paint a small little line, but I new that I could do it.
I looked up a damask print that I liked. I went with one that didn’t have so many details in it. I took the image into Photoshop (you can use any editing software) and I enlarged it big enough to print out, I also knew that I didn’t want a whole image of damask on the canvas.
Once printed out….Oh wait a minute…I painted the canvas the sand color first! (allowed it to dry) Then I cut out my pieces of damask and laid them out on my canvas where I wanted them. (Print in fast draft, save ink!)
Once I had them placed where I wanted them, I took a pencil and traced around each piece. Oh and be careful with all these pieces laying on your canvas. I sneezed and lost half of them and had to rearrange once again. And then the air kicked on (the table is below an air duct) and low and behold some of the pieces flew off and I had to fix those too.
Once you have it all traced out it will look like this…
Now the tedious part. You start painting. Using your smallest paint brush, you must go around the edges of each one of your little trace outs. (I had to do it twice)
Once dry grab a brush a little larger and start painting! Once dry you can add a frame, any 8x10 frame will fit it. I chose one that we had in our closet and I painted it white and then stressed it up a bit..I chose to hang it below a shelf in the girls bathroom.
Yes, I did hang it sideways. There is something about sideways damask print that I like. *smiles*
I hope that you all try your hand at this easy and cheap art piece!

THAT Project!

So, Thanksgiving is over and now I can focus on projects and such with more time..  I will say that I won’t take on anything again so tedious.  This took so long and although I love it, my daughter pointed out last night what was I going to do if  a light ever went out…Well, Kayla to answer your question….I will cry! *smiles*

So, last year I saw this lovely “garland” which was made out of ribbon.  In between to two pieces of ribbon was a stand of lights.  I said to myself then, “I can do that"!”  Well, I did that!  After finger pricks, blood and tears, here is my ribbon garland…
Don’t look too close because my sewing skills are horrible and well a light might be trying to poke out as well….And where is this at?  My cedar chest in our living room (this is it’s holiday location), and on top of this I have my Manger scene with this ribbon garland now….And the icing on the cake…
My husband suggested that we buy some fake snow as well to go mixed in…I think he has a good suggestion, so I will be getting some and seeing how it all turns out.  I am very happy at the moment with this because I worked so very hard. 
If you have a sewing machine, by all means grab yourself some lights, (100 on a strand), some wire ribbon (your color choice) and sew one side all together and then put the lights in and sew up the other side.  I don’t suggest that you take this on without a machine, but it can be done.  I mean heck, if I can do it, so can you!

Making Your Own Photo Christmas Cards ~ Digitally, This Southern Girl’s Cheat!

Have you been thinking of Christmas cards this year?  I know that I have, but with money tight, who has the money to pay to have them printed up from some big company.  A little know how will get you a long way! *smiles*
All you need is Photoshop or something similar.  I will show you how to duplicate one of my favorites!   I love browsing sites like, Tiny Prints and getting ideas or even snatching up a few for my own use!  Go looking and find your favorite….I will use this one…

Now you will right click and save it as a jpeg under a name that you will remember what it is.  Now, go and open up your Photoshop or similar. 
Open up your card that you want the one your making to look like.  Then you will also want to open up a new file as well.  I am going to go with 5X7 for mine you can do a 4X6 if you wanted.  It should look like this…

Next you will want to use your eyedropper to capture the color from the original card.  Once you do this, you will then use the paint bucket and “dump” paint onto your new card…

Once you have that, you are ready to really start “making” the card.  Open the picture you will want to use for the card.  I turned mine to black and white, but you are welcome to keep it in color.  It’s your card!  If you look at the original card, there is a border around the picture, of white.  If you want to duplicate this, do it now.  Just go to your rectangular shape maker and put the color to white and draw one up on your new card. 
You will want to drag and drop your picture onto your card.  If you want to crop your picture, do that before you drag and drop it.  You will put it on top of your box that you just made and make adjustments to your picture and the box to get the border looking just right. 

Now onto the goodies!!  You will now want to go to the card and cut out the pretties and put them on your card accordingly… Of course you will have to enlarge the goodies to get them to work right, once you drag them to your card.  This will all look blurry until you commit to your transformations.  At this time you will probably have to adjust the size of your picture and box as well.

It’s starting to come together!  Now all that is left is typing up what you’d like.  You can of course now go with whatever font you’d like or stick to what was already on the card. I think that I will use my favorite font ~ Freehand and add Merry Christmas to the mix! 
You will want to save as a JPEG when you are finished and then you can print these at home, or send them to a place like Walgreens or CVS.  Your family and friends will think you spent a fortune! *smiles*  When your saving, make sure that you save it under the maximum quality!! 
The finished product….of course I whited out our name!

I hope that you all make your own cards this year or at least give it a try. 

How This Southern Girl Made Her Drink Koozie!

***Edited to add***

You have seen those sassy drink koozies in your local boutique, you want one, but dropping nearly $20 is just a little steep. I mean it's only keeping your drink cool right? Wrong! Your making a fashion statement...Mine, well, I'm supporting my team! But, I am still not paying that kinda money on one. I guess I am a little cheap. You wanna make one? It's easy, I promise.

Here is the low down on how to make your very own!

Here is a list of must haves:

~Felt sheets (you can find these in your craft section)
~Fabric of choice for your outer shell
~A Feather Boa
~Ribbons, small ones...I am talking itty bitty, you don't wanna smoosh your feathers! *smiles*
~Little beads or charms to hang from the ribbons
~Velcro Strips
~Fabric spray adhesive
~Fabric glue
~Needle and Thread

My Fabric (shiny blue), Felt (leopard print) and Boa (orange)....(Gator colors were my choice choice)

1. Cut your felt ...I used a length of 10 inches long and 4 1/2 wide.
2. Cut your fabric...You will need it an inch longer on all four sides so that you can glue this together.

It will look like this before you glue it.

3. Remove your felt and spray your adhesive on the back side of the fabric
4. Now lay your felt with the print side up (if you chose a print). Fold all your corners down and make sure they are adhered well. (you may have to put a little fabric glue on your corners.

It should now look like this.

4. Your now going to want to get your feather boa and cut it about an inch shorter
(3") than your koozie.
5.Get your ribbons and start cutting however many you want and whatever lengths you want.
6. Get creative tying them all over and hanging beads or charms on them by tying knots in the end to keep the beads or charms from sliding off. (I used silver beads and little footballs)



7. This is where you will use that needle and thread. And by no means, I can not sew (well I can sew a button on something). So if I can do this, then I know you can! You will start to just sew your your boa onto the top portion of your koozie. Make sure that the needle and thread go through the little rope that the feathers are attached to the boa on.



8. You will now want to take your velcro strips (3 3/4") and use the fabric glue to glue them on...You will want to glue one on the inside of your koozie close to the edge and the other one on the outside of your koozie (on the other side) matching up with the other one. So that when you wrap it around a can, cup or bottle it will velcro together!



And what do you have when your finished?? A super cute drink koozie!

Here is the finished item...Please forgive all the pictures, I was taking them on the wrong setting and didn't realize this until after I had already made my 3rd one! But, I am sure you get the idea of how to do it.



And here is one for the Bama lovers...My lovely niece (Amanda) made one as well! She was lucky enough to find a cute elephant charm to hang from hers, and she embellished hers with a little hounds tooth ribbon!


There are endless ideas you can do with this, so take this tutorial and run with it! If you decide to make something, please share! I would love to see your ideas or team spirit!