Girls Night Out

My Mother in law's ward was having Home Making last thursday, and she invited Mindy (friend living with my MIL), Kari (friend of mine living with me for a short time), and I to tag along. So we left our boys with our husbands and Grandpa for a night of peace and crafting.
***Funny side note: All of us girls have boys. We are surrounded!! Mom has five boys...obviously. I'm married to one of them... Chris, Clayton, Brian, Matt and Jerad. (Oldie but a goodie. Missing: Clayton William)

Mindy has two boys-Carter(7) and Declan (3).

Kari has two boys-Parker(3 almost 4) and Ethan(13 months) and another (unknown gender) on the way.

And then of course my boys, Clay(5) and Cody(22 months). They are all pretty close in age.

So even though it was a "Girls Night Out", it kind of turned into a "Boys Night In" for them. ***
Home Making started at 5pm, but SOME OF US have to work. :) So after work Kari and I picked up Mindy and met Mom at the church. Everyone was just sitting down to dinner. They had a baked potato bar set up with Salad and goodies. It was sooo good.
After chowing down, we got to work. Mom had signed us up to make our own "Welcome" blocks.
First you paint your blocks a base color. Kari and I did white. Mom and Mindy did black.

(Mindy was helping me paint my blocks white)
Then you put your decorative paper in the order that you want it to go on your blocks and cut them to size.

My MIL was having a hard time deciding what order she wanted her paper in.

Optional, you can rub a black ink/chalk around the edges to make the paper "pop" on the blocks. I did this even with the white blocks and I love how it turned out.
Kind of hard to tell but Kari is putting the black ink around her edges here.

When your base paint dries, you put Mod Podge on it and then lay your paper over the top and scrape/squeegee all the bubbles out.
Then place vinyl lettering on top of your decorative paper.

Finish by adding a thin layer of Mod Podge over the top of your vinyl letterings. I used a Mod Podge with a hint of glitter and I LOVE how it turned out.
They all turned out AWESOME!
Top: Kari's
Bottom: Mindy's

Top: Mom's
Bottom: Mine

We had a great time bonding and learning something new.

Afterwards, I added a bow on the first "E" and some bling on the "O". So cute!

I think they all turned out so good....
So good in fact that I made a set for my Mom....

and Jannelle (my SIL)....

I have to add that my brother Evan came into town for one night. He was here to pick up his SIL and two nieces to take them to Texas so that they could be there for when Jannelle has her baby-another story for another time. Anywho, Evan helped me (and Kari) make the "Welcome" blocks for Jannelle and my Mom. I was going to take a picture (AKA-PROOF) but he didn't want a picture of him doing crafts online. LOL!
AND I also made a set for my sister, Erin. She hasn't gotten it yet, but I sure hope she likes it.

Oh P.S. Check out my wreath I made from a pool noodle, scrap fabric, and flowers. The "C" was made from a piece of cardboard and some yarn I just had laying around.