"Old School" Dallas Cowboys Truck

 I'm guessing if you have followed my blog at all you know that I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan.

I so love when football season kicks off and this year was no different.

I have looked at the "old school" trucks at The Wood Connection and I have

loved them from day one.  They have a truck for every season but

football so I decided to create my own.

Above is the finished project... my son, Josh, loves the Cowboys even more than I do

and we both loved the Thanksgiving uniforms of the blue/white jerseys with the single

blue star on each shoulder and the white helmet with the solid blue star on the side and

2 solid blue "racing stripes" on the helmet ... just like the one here with Tony Romo.

This is a mailbox I did several years ago that was like our favorite helmet...

I painted the whole truck white including the "extra side piece" ... I kept doing back to the

picture and decided I would paint the "fenders" Cowboy blue to add some color to it.

I then decided that I wanted to add some texture since it was so "flat". I had some 

Silver Glitter Blast spray paint from several years ago... so I sprayed the side pieces with

the glitter spray... at first it started to come out "blobby" so I thought for sure I would

be sanding everything down and starting over again.  After it dried, I decided that

I really like the look... it's an "old school" truck so it's bound to have some blemishes.

I had some blue with silver stars washi tape that I have been holding on to for

the "perfect" project and this one was it... just to give it some personality

I had some blue stars I used as the hub cap center and

I added two silver sparkly enamel dots for headlights...

 and... 2 red sparkly enamel dots for the taillights.

Since there was a spot for a "license plate" I added

a "#4" to Josh's and my Uncle Darrell's and

did a "#82" for mine.

 I used my Cameo to cut the star and my Quickutz for the numbers!

It was a fun project ... hopefully this little truck with bring us some good luck!

Go COWBOYS!!!

and... Happy Crafting!

Aggie Pride !!!

We have 5 very special birthdays from June 27th - July 25th ... and we wanted to

celebrate them all!  I wanted to find a fun gift for each of them...and when Todd

and I went shopping at Wood Creations in West Haven...

 this one caught our eye.  I didn't have a lot of time to get the gifts ready so I

bought the vinyl that was already cut and ready to go.

I did two of these... one for Suzette - my "sister from another mister" and our

long time good friend Dave. Dave and Suzette both graduated from USU and

Suzette has been working for USU for over 25 years... so she is a die-hard

Aggie fan! Dave moved back to Logan after several years away and loves

attending all of the Aggie games he can.  Todd and Dave especially love

the football and basketball games they can go to together!

I painted the wood blocks with 3 coats of Ceramcoat navy blue paint... 

then applied the vinyl. I had Todd drill a hole in the top for the wood topper

(I honestly don't remember what they are called) used wood glue to hold it in

place and added 3 different ribbons tied in a bow.

It was awesome listening to the "banter" after they opened their gifts... as to which

school is better... Ahhhh ~ we know the answer to that... Utah State!

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

BYU... Who???

We have 5 very special birthdays from June 27th - July 25th ... and we wanted to

celebrate them all!  I wanted to find a fun gift for each of them...and when Todd and I

went shopping at Wood Creations in West Haven...

 this one caught our eye.  I didn't have a lot of time to get the gifts ready so I

bought the vinyl that was already cut and ready to go.

This one is for my sister-in-law, Rayann.  She graduated from BYU and will always

defend her Alma Mater to the end.  This gift was perfect for her!

I painted the wood block with 3 coats of Ceramcoat white paint... then applied

the vinyl and used some black and blue cream chalking to the sides since

there was a lot of "white space" showing.  I had Todd drill a hole in the top

for the wood topper (I honestly don't remember what they are called)

used wood glue to hold it in place and added 4 different ribbons tied in a bow.

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

Dallas Cowboy & Texas Longhorn Hard Hats...

 The Freshly scrubbed white hard hat...

 Josh and Joey modeling their new hats... minus the insides that hold the hard hat up...

 I put their names inside the brim of each hard hat...

 Joey ~ Josh and Big Al with their new hard hats...

Fireworks West has been in over-drive for several weeks now... for most states the 4th of July celebration is over... but in Utah, we celebrate the entire month of July since we celebrate Pioneer Day... for those of you not familiar with Pioneer Day it is an official holiday celebrated on July 24th. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois and other locations in the eastern United States. Parades, firework, rodeos, and other festivities help commemorate the event.

So in getting ready for firework season... Josh sent me a picture of a Dallas Cowboy hard hat he wanted to see if I could replicate... I told him that if I did one for him... I would need to do one for Joey too... since he's my "adopted" son... and they set up and shoot all of the fireworks shows together. Josh agreed and he and Joey found the "best looking" hard hats that had the least amount of scuffing on them. Joey decided that he wanted a Texas Longhorn hard hat... and asked if I could make one for his dad, Al... aka The Boss. So in typical Vicki fashion I waited until the night before they needed them done to get started. I downloaded the official Dallas Cowboy and Texas Longhorn logos into my Silhouette Studio and worked my magic... yeah... since I use it so often it takes me forever to remember what in the heck I did the last time I used it... I really love my machine... but Pintrest has taken over my life and I don't use it near often enough!

Luckily I had the darker blue vinyl color that Josh wanted and I thought the burnt orange vinyl color was pretty close too!  Then I cut out the shapes... and put them on both sides of the hats.  Inside the brim of each one I put their names... Josh ~ Joey and Big Al.

They stopped by the office to pick them up before the show... and the boys loved them! The last picture is the night of the show... Josh had his sideways so that we could see the star... I love July and I love this men!!!

Josh's Baseball Mitt

 The Mitt...

 The lacing up close...

Josh... and his mitt

2 Weeks before Josh's birthday mom and I had our haircut appointments in Salt Lake which means... we get to make a stop at the Wood Connection.  I kept looking at the mitt each time we are there... but this time I decided I was going to buy it and make it for Josh.  He is such a sports nut it would be perfect.  He loved it (even if he didn't he would never have told me he didn't...) and it looks great in our downstairs along with all of the Dallas Cowboy ~ Utah Jazz ~ Seattle Mariners and NASCAR memorabilia.

Football Rice Krispie Treats

 Cowboy treats

 Green Sprinkles

 Pink Sprinkles

 My boy... The Taste Tester Extraordinaire!

One of our friends at work has been going through a pretty rough time so Josh and I decided to make him some of our "famous" Rice Krispie treats!  Josh, as always, is my head decorator.  He made the laces out of red icing (in the tube) it was the only color I had.  Since he works in the sports department...he decided to be cute... and add pink sprinkles.  Since the treats were for Wade and he loves the Eagles... which is hard for us since we are such avid Cowboys fans... but he needed some extra TLC... so Josh sprinkled some of them in green. He got tired of making laces... so he just made a wavy design on the top of the rest of them.  I brought out the sparkling blue gel to experiment with making a cowboy star on 2 of them.  I really needed a template... my star was in no way perfect... but it tasted super delicious!

Vicki's "Famous" Rick Krispie Treats

1 Cube of butter

1 - 16 once bag of Kraft jet-puffed Marshmallows

10 Cups of Rice Krispies (or generic work perfect too)

In a very large bowl... I have a over-sized mixing bowl from Tupperware that I use.  Melt the butter in the microwave for about 1 minute and 10 seconds... or less if it is completely melted. Dump in the Kraft marshmallows (I have to be honest here... I don't skimp on my Kraft Mac and Cheese and I don't skimp on my marshmallows there is a difference!) in the bowl and stir until the butter covers the marshmallows and place the bowl back into the microwave and cook for another 1 minute and 15 seconds.  The marshmallows will get double in size so make sure your bowl in big enough or you will have a big mess.  Remove from the microwave and stir together for about 15 seconds. Add 10 cups of Rice Krispies to the mixture and stir away making sure that all of the cereal is covered.  Depending if you like more marshmallow or more cereal add more if you like. I have been collecting RK treat molds for 20 years... and have a mold for almost every occasion... and to be honest I don't know if you can still get them or not.  It also works spreading them in a 9x13 pan.  Add a little of flour to your face... do you remember this old time commercial...