Seahawks Mantle

Since January doesn't have a holiday (other than Martin Luther King Jr. day), it is a challenge to come up with ideas for a January mantle. We don't really get wintry weather here so that idea is out.

Thankfully, I found inspiration from my team, the Seattle Seahawks. I'm glad that I like their colours, What if we lived in Wisconsin? I'd have to embrace mustard yellow. Ugg. This mantle has been the works for a while. A bit of a challenge, but I'm up for it.

I am still working on painting a sign but I probably won't finish it before the big game on Sunday.
So, without further ado, here it is:

Details. Click on photo to see it better:

Tissue Paper Pom Poms. I made them. They are so simple! I wish I'd discovered them sooner. I found great instructions here.

Pennant. It cost me all of four dollars at a sports store at the mall. I got the last one they had in stock!

Paper Hawks (Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson). Printables from the Seattle Times.

Paper Seahawks bus - printable from Bellingham Herald.

Little Marshawn Lynch. I found it here. Tough to put together!

Seahawks printable. Found by googling.

Go Hawks Banner. Ben Franklin craft store in Redmond had the sample and the instructions. I used their die cut machine to cut out the letters, triangles and stars.




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One Thousand Gifts #494 to #499

(these are typically done on Mondays but since yesterday was a holiday, today is my Monday.)

494. So many sunny days in January. I don't take them for granted.

495. Although my hubby suffered through a cold two weeks ago, I didn't catch it and neither did the boys.

496. Downton Abbey is back on.

497. Listening to a fascinating audio book to make my drives more interesting.

498. My football team is going to the Super Bowl. Again!

499. Holding warm dishes from the dishwasher.Pin It

The Seahawks weren't the only team to win this weekend.

My hubby's robotics team had a great day Saturday at the SemiFinals competition.

At the end of the day his team (Robogators Team 1) had the 2nd highest score in the robot competition. They would've had the highest if they hadn't forgotten a single piece of Lego. Ouch! They won an award for Robot Mechanical Design. My oldest son is on the team (far right on photo above) and my youngest son was a helper. A is doing programming and C can build Lego like nobody's business!

J and his co-coach Dave.

Only 10 teams advanced to the State competition and they are one of them. This competition will be on January 31st. It is the best 30 teams in Western Washington.

The other team from our school was 5th in the robot competition and they won an award for Strategy and Innovation. They are also going to the State competition.

This is what it looks like at the table, during the robot competition:

The kids wore custom lab coats with their names on them and gator tails made of foam.

I'm happy that this year the competition will be on this side of the mountains, unlike last year when the meet was in Ellensburg, and in February.



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New Year shelf

I like to change out my little shelf by the front door for each season or holiday. Since it is a new year, time for a New Year shelf.

The numbers are paper mache, from Hobby Lobby. I painted them and then glued scrapbook paper on top. The last step was a coat of mod podge over top.

This little vintage card was found at an antique mall.

Yesterday on New Year's Day we went to Tacoma. J and the boys went to the Model Train Festival at the Washington History Museum. I went antiquing. I found a View Master! I have been looking for one since summer.Pin It