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Building our Chicken Coop

C&MB — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:04:33 +0000

(My chicken logo I was working on to put on our cartons for a few that we will sell to those that have locally inquired from us- Did a pen drawing just playing around and my sweet hubby took my crazy pen sketches that were messy, scanned it in and cleaned it up for me... Related posts:Lemon Garlic Pepper Chicken Pasta by Chef Chad Grilled Lemon Herb Chicken Earth Day – April 22nd Fall off the bone delicious — chicken wings!! Chad’s Cheesy Chicken — It’s Crazy...

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Class Gift – Teacher Appreciation

C&MB — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:37:29 +0000

This was a very easy gift to make. We collected money from parents to purchase a gift card to the teachers favorite restaurant. Green bucket came from the 1.00 section of Target Floral Foam Kraft Paper Shreds from Dollar Tree Wood Skewers Favorite Gift Card Flowers were cut out on the silhouette. Green Gift card... Related posts:ABC Sign – Teacher Appreciation 2011 Thanks for helping me bloom – Teacher Appreciation Week 2011 Candy is in the Mail – Teacher Appreciation...

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Our Teacher Appreciation Week 2012

C&MB — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:25:10 +0000

Gable boxes found at Michael’s. Cut out apples on my silhouette machine. Filled it with candy. That happen to be buy 1 get 1 free at Publix. The tag says “Teachers can’t live by apples alone, she needs chocolate too!” To play off the cliché of teachers and apples. This is what we gave... Related posts:Teacher Appreciation Week 2011 Jar of Joy – Teacher Appreciation 2011 Thanks for helping me bloom – Teacher Appreciation Week 2011 Mint to Teach –...

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Make your own Orange Peel Cleaner

C&MB — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:11:16 +0000

Orange Peel Cleaner is great. I just started making some. You save up all your orange peels. We eat so many we can fill it up quickly. If you need to save them up- freeze them till you need the peels. Once you can fill a jar up with peels then pour in enough vinegar... Related posts:Canning Fresh Peaches Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes – Summertime Sweets Homade Fabric Softener Happy Earth Day 2010 Shrimp & Bok Choy Stir-Fry

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Homade Fabric Softener

C&MB — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:40:03 +0000

Another homemade item I worked on this week is homemade fabric softener. Very simple to make. We learned about this too at our church Relief Society night. What a huge savings for this. I doubled the recipe to use 2 bottles of conditioner you need to use. Then filled up a gallon milk jug. Better... Related posts:Homemade Laudry Detergent DIY- Fabric Headband Tutorial {Halloween} How to make Strawberry Jam (not freezer jam) Homemade Apple Butter Shrimp & Bok Choy Stir-Fry

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Homemade Laudry Detergent

C&MB — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:12:02 +0000

My Relief Society sisters at church taught us how to do homemade laundry detergent (plus other things I will share later). I was skeptical. We were able to take some home. I used it and loved it. Cleaned so well. It cost me only about 5.00 to make 5 gallons worth of laundry soap. That... Related posts:Homemade Play Dough Homemade Applesauce How to butcher a fresh pumpkin How to make Strawberry Jam (not freezer jam) Make Your Own Fresh Peach Jelly

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April 2012 LDS General Conference- Kids Party

C&MB — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:53:18 +0000

I am behind posting this. However we did conference with our kids along with another family. So really in total we just had 4. Ranging in ages 3-12. We haven’t ever really had our kiddos watch conference and we want to change that. So we decided to have a conference party. That got the younger... Related posts:Leap Day 2012 – Family Dinner Party Easter Carrot gift – great for kids Princess & Frog Party – Decorations, Candy & Games Mardi Gras 2012 Princess...

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Easter Peeps on a stick- Great edible centerpiece

C&MB — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:37:00 +0000

I am still catching up on my blog. I have so many things to post. Since we have moved we have been working on alot of projects I apologize. I will catch up one day I know I had purchased some cute Easter Bunny Peeps and wanted to use them as a center piece. I... Related posts:Driving Miss Peeps – Easter Treat Hanging with my peeps Easter shirt Paper Plate Baskets with Paper Tape aka Washi Tape Hoppy Easter – Peep Treats Easter Carrot gift – great for kids

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Earth Day – April 22nd

C&MB — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:22:37 +0000

Earth Day is coming up April 22nd I love this holiday just as well. I feel like lately we have been working on Earth friendly things around our home. Starting a compost pile , chicken coop and raising for our own eggs, being more aware of recycling etc. We will be starting our garden... Related posts:Almost Free Earth Day Bookmarks Earth Day Water Bottles (File included) Earth Day Poster – Freebie Earth Day 8×10 Printable Freebie Happy Earth Day 2010

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Easter Carrot gift – great for kids

C&MB — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:48:59 +0000

These carrots I put on the kids table were so easy. I found the triangle bags 25 of them for 1.99 at Hobby Lobby Got a huge bucket of cheese balls at target for 4.99 (I was able to make 25 carrots and have a few cheese balls left) Green curling ribbon I also used... Related posts:Crepe Paper Easter Carrot Easter Treats – Some Bunny Special Carrot Napkins Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Mardi Gras 2012

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Paper Plate Baskets with Paper Tape aka Washi Tape

C&MB — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:35:29 +0000

These cute paper plate baskets were so much fun! Extremely easy. I got the idea from – Sarah Hearts Check out her site. Because she has a WONDERFUL video. You don’t want to miss that video it explained exactly the HOW TO MAKE this basket. All I used for this I got at Target Paper... Related posts:May Day Lollipop Flower Basket Crepe Paper Easter Carrot Easter Treats – Some Bunny Special Easter Drinks – Free Tags Angry Birds Blue & Gold Cub Scout Banquet- Part 3

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Easter Treats – Some Bunny Special

C&MB — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:28:11 +0000

I gave each person that came to our Easter dinner one of these treats. I even gave them away to my Visiting Teaching sisters at church I simply printed my own pink gingham paper on card stock. Used my silhouette to cut out a bunny and the outside rectangle. Folded in half. Used a 3×4... Related posts:Hoppy Easter Bunny Treats Easter eggs for our tree Rice Treat Bunny Pops Hoppy Easter – Peep Treats Easy Treat Gable Boxes – Christmas

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Strawberry Pink Lemonade Cookies – YUM!

C&MB — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:16:40 +0000

I made these a few weeks ago. I really meant to post about them. They were quite delicious. What I did do- was read the comments on the blog I got the recipe from- a few mentioned cutting back on the pink lemonade powder. I did that and they were great. I can’t imagine... Related posts:Lemon Ricotta Cookies Cheese Salad – AKA Pink Stuff perfect for Valentines Dinner Strawberry Bread Summertime Cupcake – Strawberry JAMboree MB’s Lemonade Pound Cake

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Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926 March 14

C&MB — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:44:19 +0000

March 14th aka 3/14 is Pi Day π = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 I also know Pi is ROUND however I didn’t have time to make a pie for dessert tonight for my kids. So I got the next best thing. A McDonald’s apple pie. Decided to make a little slip cover to go around it to celebrate... Related posts:Dirt for Dessert – Earth Day Treat Our April Fool’s Day Lunch 2011 Angry Birds Blue & Gold Cub Scout Banquet- Part 3 Happy 108th Birthday Dr....

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St. Patrick’s Day Treat Toppers – Free Printable (great for Visiting Teaching)

C&MB — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:22:57 +0000

I am sorry this is so close to St. Patrick’s day. I just designed this last night for me to go visit my church sisters for Visiting Teaching. However I created one for regular use as well for all of my readers. I made this tag that will fit on a sandwich size zip top... Related posts:Visiting Teaching February 2012 – Free Printable Penguin Smartie Pants Treat (printable) Pumpkin Poop – { Free Printable } Free Printable – Football Cupcake Wrappers Earth Day 8×10...

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