Deployment Hobbies

Well for the past week I have been trying to find hobbies to do to keep me busy during deployment. A full time job does help but when I get home it's a different story. So I figured I would start scrap booking and then send it to the hubby as one of his x-mas presents. I love being creative and I have done it before so I said why not pick it back up again. I recently started looking for scrap booking materials and I came across this neat brand called Tattered Angels. They have a variety of products but what it all revolves around is this cool spray bottle full of ink. They all come in different colors. I was watching how-to tutorials and let me tell you you can make so so many creative and neat crafts out of this. If you want look up a video called something along the lines of "Tattered Angels Fantasy Box" This lady made a beautiful box with these spray inks. I am probably going to have to order some of theses very very soon. That's just one project I have in mind. I will be staying on base for this deployment and luckily my family lives an hour away and that it also where I work. So some weeks I will be staying with my mom at her house. She has given me permission to redecorate my old room and I have this grand idea in mind for it. The hubby won't let me do it here (plus it's hard to do anything on base housing) so I figured why not. My sister-in-law is an interior designer so hopefully she will help me out a bit. The colors I want to use are pinks, black & white. Not everyone's taste but personally I have always loved this color combination. I will post pictures of the ideas I had in mind.

Not too sure about painting the walls that Hot pink color but just something along these lines of design. I just love the Chandelier decor. It just always amazes me. So we shall see what happens with this project. Things don't always come out the way you plan them so I will have to take one day at a time. Oh also I actually got this idea from a wonderful awesome woman called Brittany Barlow. I think I mentioned this before but she does the video blog on milspouse.com. Any who I got this wonderful idea from her to make cake in jar and send it to your deployed love one. All you need is 16oz (wide mouth works best) mason jars or you can also use 8oz if you choose. Cake mix an oven and cookie sheet. You simply spray the inside of the jar with cooking spray they fill it up half way or less. Put the jars on the cookie sheet and put them in the oven. Everyone's ovens are different so you might have to adjust the temp. Some are baked at 350 degrees and others at 400. You just have to kind of test it. The best way is to stick a toothpick in the jar and if it comes out clean your good to go. The best way to seal it is to boil water then put the water in a bowl and put the lids in the hot water for about 30 seconds then simply seal it and your good to go. So those are just some of my ideas. Oh I almost forgot...if you have mot already heard of this cool site called oplove.org. They do pre-deployment, deployment & homecoming photography for military families. They waive all their fees. Go to the site and look for photographers in your area. They book up pretty quickly so take advantage of it early. Well that's it for me. I hope you all found this helpful and have fun with whatever hobby or project you decide to take on :)