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Glittered Rainbow Frame in 15 Mintutes!

by Vanessa Brady on 15 May 2013 in 15 Minute Craft, Home, Tutorial with 7 Comments

glitteredrainbowframe_mainIt’s time for another 15 minute craft tutorial! Yay for quick crafts you can whip out while your kid is insanely engaged in that new box of Play-doh. You can worry about finding the Play-Doh smooshed in the carpet later because for 15 minutes, you’ll be in glittery rainbow heaven!

Let’s get started…

Glittered Rainbow Frame

Materials:
- 2 cheap frames (you’ll be using the glass from both of them but only the frame of one)
- Glitter Tape
- Craft Knife
- Spray Paint (optional)

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Flip Flop Pops & Summer Bucket List Tutorials

by Vanessa Brady on 7 May 2013 in Tutorial with No comments

flipfloppops07smmainLooking for a quick and easy “End of the Year” gift for your kid’s classmates or teachers? Why not make them some Flop Flop Pops. Tutorial over at Crafts Unleashed also includes the gift tags free printable!

summerbucketlist01smWhile you’re there, you can also check out the reusable Summer Bucket List tutorial I posted! You can write in your own activities, wipe them off at the end of Summer, and use again next year!

Pottery Barn Kids Knock Off Custom Nightlight

by Vanessa Brady on 15 April 2013 in Home, Kids, Tutorial with 1 Comment

Make a Pottery Barn Knock Off Customized Nighlight that likes just like the original!

Want a Customized Nightlight but don’t want to spend $35 + shipping on it?! Check out this tutorial I made for Crafts Unleashed to make your own Pottery Barn Kids Customized Nightlight Knock Off! So ridiculously easy.

Make a Pottery Barn Knock Off Customized Nightlight for just 1/4 the price!

Reusable Washi Tape

by Vanessa Brady on 11 April 2013 in Home, Tutorial with 9 Comments

Make Reusable Washi Tape strips that you can use over and over!

You know how the saying goes that the only certainties in life are death and taxes? Well, I’ve got one to add to the list. I’m fairly certain that if you’re crafty, you’re probably crazy about washi tape. With beautiful colors and fun designs, how could you not?!

In fact, washi tape is so loved, there’s a new blog 100% devoted to Washi Tape Crafts! So, if this tutorial tickles your fancy, jump over to Washi Tape Crafts for even more washi goodness.

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How To Add a QR Code to Yearly Interview

by Vanessa Brady on 2 April 2013 in Kids, Tutorial with 8 Comments

How to add a QR code to your kid's yearly interview! - A Tried & True ProjectYou know how they say time flies when you’re having fun? Well, we must be having a blast over here because more than a year has flown by and it’s time to update you all on Jack’s yearly interviews.

You may remember me posting about his 3 year interview last year. We decided to add a QR Code on the sheet so that anyone could scan the code and be taken to the audio file of his interview. Writing this post has taken so long because I keep on listening to his adorable little voice! You want to see what I mean?

Listen to Jack’s 4 Year Interview right here! (You can hear just how crazy he is about superheroes!)

Listen to your kid's voice during their yearly interview with a QR code. | A Tried & True ProjectFor his second interview, we kept the questions exactly the same and only changed the format of the page slightly. It’s not easy squeezing in 12 pictures, 20 questions/answers, a title and QR code on one page! Jack looks so big in these pictures, it just breaks my heart. Quite a few of you wanted to know if I could give more detailed instructions on how to add a QR Code to any scrapbook page. Don’t worry, it’s really easy…

How to Add a QR Code to a Yearly Interview

Yearly Interview with QR Code

1. Interview and record your kid. I used most of my questions from Reaves, Party of 4, with a few extra superhero ones thrown in for fun. (Don’t forget, you can always buy the original 20 Questions book from Nicole. It’s just lovely!)

Upload audio file to either your website, YouTube or Dropbox. I uploaded to my personal website because it was the easiest and I wanted to have complete control over it but I’m sure there are other options that would work as well.

How to add a QR Code to a page

2. Find a QR generator website. I’ve used QRstuff.com for two years now and haven’t had any problems but I’m betting they’re all essentially the same. Enter information on the website (steps 1& 2 in above picture) and download your code (step 3).

Yearly Interview - Spread3. All you have to do now is incorporate the code into your page. If you are using some sort of digital editor (I used Photoshop), insert the downloaded jpeg file where ever you see fit. You could also just print out the QR code on a separate paper, cut out, and glue or tape onto an existing scrapbook page.

See? Totally easy. Now you’ll always be able to scan the code with your phone and hear your kid’s sweet little voice!

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