Mommy of 4 handsome princes and 2 sweet princesses

OCM- Oil Cleansing Method

2012-01-12T08:59:00.000-05:00

I love being natural. I love using alternative medicene for my family. I love having a garden and making meals as healthy and natural as possible. But I also have loosened up a lot since I last went "natural" 7 years ago. I was so annoying back then, it was my way or the high way. Now I probably aim for about 80% natural (most days) and I'm good with that. I

Stockings!

2012-01-04T09:51:00.001-05:00

I guess I went on a bit of a rampage with charm squares this year. I've made several skirts for my girls and three big stockings (I forgot to photograph one of them)and I made a bunch of little stockings out of the bits of yardage. I'm pleased with how they turned out and each stocking took 9 5" charm squares. (I used one cut in a diagonal for the heel and the tini top of the toe part) I used

Christmas pjs

2012-01-04T09:10:00.001-05:00

Big brother little sister big brother little brother EVERYBODY! Daddy being silly with some of the kids Every year the "elves" leave nice new pj's and a book Christmas eve morning so everyone matches and looks nice and neat Christmas morning. I've made them all most years although this year I cheated and only made the boys and mine and my hubby's- I found the girls nightgowns (

Thanksgiving

2011-12-03T16:26:00.001-05:00

I've been swamped with life lately, but I wanted to post the outfits I made for the girls. I was very pleased with how they turned out. Simple circle skirt with a dyed waistband and lace at the the bottom and I drew a quick turkey applique for the shirt. I didn't dew it on since I hoped to rip it off to reuse the shirt for Christmas and it ripped right off so that was a

Grl Scout Samoa's

2011-11-06T18:18:00.001-05:00

Samoa's are my all time favorite girl scout cookie. And we don't have a girl scout in the family or apparently don't know any who try to sell to us, there are some years I don't get them at all! So after searching around on the internet I settled on one posted over on grouprecipes.com. It's not a true girl scout copycat since it doesn't start with some sort of shortbread cookie,

Little Red Riding Hood

2011-10-26T15:53:00.002-04:00

Checking out her basket (thrift store find!) Big sister wanted to be little red riding hood this year. We don't usually go trick or treating, but I LOVE to make costumes for dress up and we don't have little red riding hood so I thought it was a great idea! I started out with a simple circle skirt with a thick waistband and lace at the hem. Then I found the perfect shirt

Pumpkin Muffins

2011-10-24T09:15:00.001-04:00

TWO ingredient pumpkin muffins Pumpkin cookie jar hard at work! I've seen the recipe for two ingredient pumpkin muffins running rampant in blog land and on pinterest. When I needed a quick snack to make how our home group last week I decided to make them. They were REALLY good and so easy I'll make them again. I only had a plain yellow cake mix so I added cinnamon, nutmeg

Linky Party # 3

2011-10-18T13:45:00.001-04:00

Oops! I thought today was Monday not Tuesday! Here's Linky Party #3 (I obviously need to come up with a catchy party name!) Feel free to add my button on the side bar if you wish. I LOVE looking at the links and getting ideas. Enjoy! document.write('<\/script>');

McDonald's Pumkin Faces

2011-10-18T08:49:00.002-04:00

I'm sure everyone has seen the pumpkin jars by good ole Martha here. I came across this blog which used acrylic paint which I happened to have to I got started. I basically threw some paint in a jar and swirled it around until it was all covered. I did it twice, the second time with the extra paint that accumulated on the bottom. Mine didn't take too long to dry maybe 24

This and that

2011-10-17T10:24:00.001-04:00

This fall has been crazy busy. My oldest turned 13, soccer, dance, karate and various other activities started back up. Homeschooling activities have started again, plus just the day to day things that are involved having six children. So here is a small preview of what I've been working on. Yes- I know this picture makes it pretty obvious! My second linky party is still

Adding sleeves to a summer dress

2011-10-12T10:35:00.002-04:00

I LOVE dresses for my girlies. They look so pretty and feminine. They are more comfortable than pants or shorts, IMO. Plus my girls are tall but very thin- so pants (even the ones with the adjustable waist) don't stay up. Big sister didn't even own a pair of jeans until she was probably 4 or 5. Little sister has been given a few pair and I had one on her yesterday

Linky Party # 2

2011-10-11T09:32:00.002-04:00

I was gone all weekend with the family and yesterday we did my 13 year olds birthday party at a challenge course. Which was a total blast with 11 teenage/almost teenage boys! So I was a bit behind and didn't post this until today. I need to figure out exactly how to go about featuring the most popular link so hopefully next week I'll have it figured out. Especially since *

StubleUpon and Caramel Macchiato

2011-10-07T09:16:00.001-04:00

My blog is relatively new so I tend to obsessively check my stats most days. And I'm doing REALLY good if I get near 100- usually it's 60-70 hits per day, which I'm happy with. Yesterday I checked it late morning and it was 43 (not bad!) and I checked it less than an hour later (obsessive- I know!) and it was 278!! I was sure something was wrong so I looked around the stats and

Play food

2011-10-05T13:50:00.005-04:00

My favorite- the banana! For my baby girls first Christmas 2010- I crocheted her a bunch of play food. It turned out so incredibly cute. I made her a banana, donut with pink frosting, apple, pear, fried egg and ice cream cone. The apple disappeared (which is too bad, it turned out adorable!) They've gotten played with, chewed on, stepped on, etc and look slightly ragged

I figured out a button!

2011-10-04T08:59:00.001-04:00

L"/> I am proud of myself! I'm not overly tech savvy, but I will spend (waste) lots of time pretending I am. This time I was successful!!

First Ever Linky Party

2011-10-03T10:21:00.002-04:00

I'm trying to figure this whole blogging thing out and I LOVE participating in linky parties so I'm attempting to host one! I don't have a button- so if you'd link back to my blog that'd be great and I'll hope to figure out a button later this week. Please- family friendly only- no giveaways and link to the page and not the main page of your blog. Thanks! Any tips please

Homemade Butterfingers

2011-10-02T10:02:00.001-04:00

I hate eating candy corn. I don't like it's waxy feeling when you chew it, the flavor- nothing about the taste of candy corn do I like. If I were in a Dr Suess book "I do not like it here or there, I do not like candy corn ANYWHERE!" I've seen a few recipes involving candy corn running around pinterest that I have bookmarked since I'm married to a man who adores candy corn. It

Ucreate's Create with Me bag

2011-09-29T08:50:00.004-04:00

I finished my bag quite a while ago (in fact I made one of of fall fabrics for a gift that I forgot to photograph that turned out better!) I had a hard time with the pleat the first time, since you normally don't make the pleat BEFORE you cut the fabric. But I do love the fabric and the shape of the bag. Mine is both narrower and shorter than the pattern do to my messing up

Tutu lamp

2011-09-27T08:49:00.000-04:00

I saw this on pinterest and absolutely LOVED it. My oldest daughter takes dance and the frillier the tutu the better. I had the perfect little lamp to re purpose- it had a white base and a green shade. I spray painted both light pink (although I should have spray painted the shade white first- it's hidden) It took me a bit to get into the rhythm of using the tulle, but I

Mallomars

2011-09-25T16:21:00.001-04:00

I feel like a real blogger lately- I have comments AND followers! How awesome is that. =) Thanks!! I saw this recipe over here last week and they looked SO good! We never had mallomars a lot as a kid, but I enjoyed them whenever we did- the chocolate coating, the marshmallow, the strawberry jam hidden on the cookie. So I had to make these. So very time

Favorite Boy sweater

2011-09-22T12:41:00.000-04:00

I've used this sweater pattern for several baby boys and girls and it's so much fun. This one is my absolute favorite, I made it for my cousins baby and I don't know that she ever used it. I wished it would have fit my littlest man or I'd have kept it for him! I love the colors and it just looks so cute. For this sweater I copied the look of a paid pattern tulips

Hats

2011-09-20T13:28:00.000-04:00

I love knitting and crocheting hats for my family- they are fast and fun and most importantly everyone wears them! Nothing worse that spending hours on something that no one wears, drives me batty! I made Little sis a hat when she was a baby that I loved and tried to find a bigger size, it was a simple crocheted shells design. I came across this (of course I can't find it now-

We are home!

2011-09-19T08:41:00.000-04:00

We are back from a week of glorious sunshine on the sand filled beaches on NJ. The weather was perfect and it's cold way up here in Northern NY and I want to go back! I was a misplaced southern girl born into a cold climate! Here's a picture of us on the bay with the sunset behind us. More craftiness tomorrow- back to real life today. It's hard to get 8 people looking

VACATION

2011-09-08T22:51:00.001-04:00

My family and I are headed out to the ocean tomorrow at 5AM. I absolutely can NOT wait- it is the highlight of my year. So I will not be blogging for the 10 days I am gone, but I will be back- with pictures! So feel free to browse my other posts and check back in a week or so! Here is the vanimal (named by my hubby) that we will be taking. With 6 kids it's hard to

First day of school!

2011-09-07T10:34:00.000-04:00

Today is the first day of school for my kiddos. I have two homeschooling this year, 7th and 1st and two in private school 3rd and 5th. Now I know that's a bit unusual. We homeschooled all the way through untiil my oldest was going into 5th. By then my fifth baby was a year old and I was 5 months pregnant with number 6. Little man was a TOUGH baby to put it kindly and