MOPS Valentines Day wreath craft

This week at MOPS we made a Valentines Wreath!  It was so much fun and so easy!
We used a grapevine wreath from Hobby Lobby and felt squares cut into circles and made them into little rosettes then hot glued them to our wreath and wala' a super cute Valentines wreath for our door.  Thank you Debra Lauer for doing the tutorial at MOPS.

For my front door!

MOPS Cake Decorating

In November 2011 we had a Cake Decorating class at my local MOPS group.  We had a local cake shop owner and connoisseur show us how to decorate a cake.  I cannot go a day without sweets....although I'm working on it.  Here is the start of my art.

Sabrina is decorating her cake.

Melanie posing with her cake.

Cat showing us her lovely cake.

My MOPS girls showing off their cakes.

My finished product!!! 

MOPS Umbrella Craft

Joining a MOPS groups was the best thing I could have done for myself.  It gets me out of the house, the childcare is free and I am able to connect with other moms in the same stage of life as me.  Its wonderful!  Last week our craft was decorating an umbrella.  Mine was made for my almost 3yr. old daughter.  MOPS brings out the creative side of me that is buried deep inside.  I don't consider myself crafty or original.  I love that they offer opportunities to explore this area of my life.  It gives me an accomplished feeling, "I did this!  It may not be the best, but I did this!"

Madi's umbrella! :)

All the umbrella's displayed.

Sabrina and I after our craft.

Sabrina's umbrella for her daughter.

My FIRST Painting! :)

Today at our bi-weekly MOPS Meeting we had an Artist come in who shared her talent and taught us how to paint a Pear.  I have never painted anything in my life.  During my childhood years, I'm sure my parents displayed some of my un-skilled artwork on the fridge.  But after that, I knew painting was probably not going to be my forte'.  
The Artist walked us through the steps during her class, but everything above is my own hand.  It was very therapeutic and opened up my desire to pull out the brushes and let my creativity come to life.

I encourage all my mommy friends to check out MOPS, here's a link to the website.  Find the closest MOPS group by entering your zip code on the left hand side.

http://www.mops.org/

For more information on the Artist that taught the class, her info is below:

                                                                http://paintwithclass.com/