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Friday Link Party

2012-02-16T16:03:00.000-08:00

What a fun link up party we had last week.
You friends are always surprising me with so much fabulousness.
(Pretty sure that is not a real word, but I have decided I like words that are not real.)
Do you want to see a few of my favorites from last week?

City Girl Gone Coastal embroidery. I love Embroidery.

Live Laugh Love's Cake Pop Tutorial. Yum.

Scattered Thoughts of Craft Mom's cute fabric flower tutorial.

Happy in Red's Bag Tutorial

Mommy for Real's Zipper Pouch Tutorial

Funky Polkadot Giraffe's amazing Juice Valentine Idea

Little Amara Designs' Bunny Embroidered Bib

I am excited to see all your fun link ups this week.

I love what you share each week.

Remember, it can be a recipe, craft, DIY home decor, etc.

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Mickey Mouse Ear Tutorial

2012-02-15T02:49:00.000-08:00

For my son's Mickey Mouse birthday party I made Mickey Mouse (and a few Minnie Mouse) ears for the guests to wear. I got the idea HERE and HERE. It took me a few trials to make them a way that worked for me, but this was my final outcome.

I used black felt and created this little template. I basically used a cup to make a circle and then cut the bottom off the circle.

I cut out 4 pieces for each set of Mickey Ears.

Then on my sewing machine I zigged them together leaving the bottoms open. I then stuffed them with fiber fill and zigged them shut. Then I hot glued them onto black headbands.

Pretty simple and easy right?

I also made one small baby headband for my 2 month old nephew who was at the party. For this I cut a smaller template, but still stuffed it with the fiber fill. Before zigging the bottom shut I put some black stretch elastic that I use for headbands into each piece and sewed it down. They turned out pretty cute and my nephew wore them through the entire party.

I also made a few mini mouse headbands for the girls who would be there that didn't want Mickey Mouse ears. I used some red polkadot fabric I had on hand and created a bow by sewing a small tubing, turning it right side out, pinching the center down and sewing it by hand together, and then gluing another piece of the fabric around the center.

They were a big hit.

I had a few left over, so if you are wanting to do a Mickey Mouse party and do not want to make your own the first person to buy them out of my shop HERE gets them.

Here is my little Mickey Mouse with his ears on.

We just LOVE Mickey Mouse at our house!

I will be linking to some of these parties HERE.

Also, GFC will be going away soon please join me with the new Linky Connect

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

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Happy Valentine's Day to all you wonderful friends out there.

I hope your day has been filled with LOVE.

You inspire me and keep me wanting to create.

I hope you all know how much I appreciate you reading my blog.

Thank you for cheering me on and making me feel good all the time.

I am sending each of you LOVE today.

Ball Valentines

2012-02-13T02:17:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for a last minute Valentine idea I have one for you.

I wanted a more "boy" idea for my son and saw this idea at Dandee HERE.

My son loves playing with balls all over my house.
(Even though it is against the rules and drives me crazy.)

I knew he would love giving a bouncy ball to all his classmates at school.

I also thought I would add in a little heart sucker, because honestly, it just made it look cuter and I knew my son would want to give some sort of candy too.

I came up with these cute heart cut outs and then printed them on my computer.

(Of course my colored ink started running out so ended up doing them in black and white and then printed them on red paper.) I cut out a little extra around the edges to see more of the red paper. I liked how they turned out.

Nothing too fancy, but cute and simple.

Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!

Happy Sunday

2012-02-12T08:07:00.000-08:00

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Friday Link Party

2012-02-09T13:35:00.000-08:00

Wow, there were so many fabulous link ups this last week.

I loved looking through them all.

Here were just a few of my favorites:

Polkadots on Parade's ruffle heart top.

The Crafty Blog Stalker's Felt Flower Scarf

Vixen Made's Hear Pot Holder

(I am currently making ton of these for a special project. Wish, I had had her tutorial! This is fabulous)

Keeping it Simple's Angry Bird Mask

A Pumpkin and A Princess's Valentine Brownie Bites

I cannot wait to see what you will all link up this week!!

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Mickey Mouse Party

2012-02-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago was my youngest son's birthday. He is currently in love with Mickey Mouse and so that is what we decided his party should be. I LOVE that he LOVES Mickey Mouse. Isn't it more fun to plan a party when you are in love the theme as well?

I made adorable Mickey Ears for all the kids (along with a few Minnie Ears for some of the girls)

I also made a cute sign to go with them.

Plus, my 7 week old nephew was there, so I had to make him Baby Mickey Ears to wear. He really did wear them the whole time too. It was so cute.

The party favors were these fun Mickey Mouse Rice Krispie Treats on a stick. I got the idea HERE.

I will be sharing a tutorial later on them. They were easy to make and oh, so yummy!

I also made these fun dipped oreo Mickey Mouses. I got the idea and tutorial on how to do them HERE and HERE. I did them slightly different then either, but love how they turned out.

Cute cupcakes with fun Mickey Mouse toppers cut out on my friend, Kristen's, cricut. She helped me cut out all of the signs, banner, cupcake toppers, and invitations. Kristen is the best!

The cake had Mickey Mouse and a fun little banner hanging behind him. I love that Mickey Mouse!

A simple way to add Mickey Mouse was a platter of veggies using one place and two bowls to look like Mickey's head. Simple, healthy, and cute!

Of course a fun Mickey Mouse Banner also. I just LOVED the banner.

For games we let the kids play around in the back yard. We had "Mickey's Jump House" on our trampoline where we let the kids jump with a bunch of black balloons on it. This was the biggest hit. They played almost the whole time on there and did not want to get off. We also played "Mickey Mickey Mouse" (As in Duck Duck Goose) and also a little relay race too.

Do you see what my son is wearing too? He wore his Halloween Mickey Mouse costume I had made him. He looked so cute dressed up as Mickey Mouse through the whole party.

We also has some Mickey Mouse chocolate covered marshmallows. I got the idea HERE.

It was a fun day and the best part...my little guy loved the whole thing! There will be lots of fun tutorials come up on how I made the ears, favors, and more.

Happy Sunday

2012-02-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

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Many of you may or may not know that my husband is a Marriage Counselor. He loves what he does and he is one amazing husband. He is one of those people that if he is going to counsel someone to do something than he had better be trying to do it himself. A good philosophy if you ask me.

Another thing you might not know is that he has a great Marriage Blog. You might want to check it out.

When I saw this quote I immediately thought of him. You can always start NOW to start doing better. A good marriage really starts with us, not the other spouse. It does take two, I am not denying that, but, I also know if I am not putting in the best of me then I shouldn't expect him to.

Happy Sunday my friends.

Friday Link Party

2012-02-02T17:32:00.000-08:00

Wow, there were so many fabulous link ups this last week.

I loved looking through them all.

Here were just a few of my favorites:

Crochet Necklace by The Little Treasures

Caterpillor Cupcake Cake by Randee's Organzied Chaos

Lady Bug Cake Pops by Kims Kandy Kreations

ABC Valentines by Oopsey Daisy

Word Cloud Valentine's by Art Club Blog

Heart Pies by Nifty Thrift Things

Stained Glass Cookies by Todd and Lindsey Creating

Loving You Hoop by Gwenny Penny

Circus Party by Vixen Made

Valentine Towels by A Pumpkin and a Princess

I cannot wait to see what you will all link up this week!!

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Happiness for February

2012-02-01T14:46:00.000-08:00

Happy February my friends!

Did you know that I love February?
It is my favorite month of the whole year.

It has Valentine's Day

(Which is a holiday I just LOVE)

and it is my birthday month.
Two great things in one!

Plus, it is a short month and somehow I love that too.

I love things that make me happy.

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This last Saturday was my son's Mickey Mouse Party.

I cannot wait to share lots of the fun details.

I a little sneak peak includes these....

Handmade Mickey (and a few Minnie) Ears for all the guests

Some super yummy Party Favors

I just love Mickey Mouse.

I cannot wait to share lots more with you soon!

Valentine Chair Envelope Tutorial Guest Post

2012-01-30T04:00:00.000-08:00

I am super excited to introduce a guest post today by Missy at

Lookie What I Did.

Missy is super creative and shares lots of great tutorials and ideas on her blog.

Today, she will be sharing a darling Valentine's Day Tutorial with all of us.

Personalized Valentine's Chair Envelope...

I received that ever so popular kids magazine a couple of weeks ago in the mail and I fell in love with this picture...

image from Pottery Barn Kids

I knew as soon as I saw this that I could make my own and I did for less than $2.00...Let me show you how!!

Items needed to create the chair envelopes:

Sheets of 12" x 18" Stiff Felt (takes two sheets to make one envelope, $.79 a sheet)
Jumbo and Small rick rack (found in fabric dept)
Hearts (I found mine in the scrapbook section)
Scrapbook letter stickers
Glue Gun
Scissors
Ruler

Start by cutting your stiff felt. Since this sheet is already 18" wide, just cut it in half to 9".

Take your second sheet and make the envelope flap. See below for envelope flap .jpg....

Take one side of your 9" felt and glue the jumbo rick rack all the way around so a little of the curves are sticking out..

This is what it will look like when you are finished....

Now place the other 9" felt on top, like making a sandwich...hot glue down....

Now take your envelope flap and glue a heart onto the bottom corner....

I went ahead and measured my small rick rack out that I was going to use to trim out my envelope flap. Since this rick rack was tiny, I decided to use my Xyron machine and run the strips through it. I have a permanent adhesive cartridge in the machine and so it worked well. I love my Xyron machine and use it all the time!!

This is what the flap will look like after you apply the rick rack. It took one long strip along the top and two of the same size on the left and right.

Hot glue along the top of the flap and adhere to the top of the envelope.

Here is what it will look like after you glue the flap down. I added small strips of rick rack along the edges and bottom to give it a more embellished look.

I don't own a monogram machine but I do have ALOT of scrapbook stickers. These worked out so great.

To attach it to the back of each of our chairs, I glued a strip of ribbon I had left over from Christmas.

And here they are.....my knockoff version of the envelopes...

Each member of the family got one.....

This is what the ribbon looks like on the chair....

This is an easy, easy project that took an afternoon to do. I think they are so cute on the kitchen chairs!

Hope you feel inspired to create a quick and easy Valentine's Craft!!

Happy Sunday

2012-01-29T08:34:00.000-08:00

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and found HERE

Happy Sunday

Friday Link Party

2012-01-26T19:33:00.000-08:00

I hope you are having a Happy week!

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Birthday Traditions

2012-01-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

It is a birthday morning at our house.

Which means starting the day out with breakfast in bed.

We let the kids choose what they want for their special breakfast.

This was my son's choice: a donut with sprinkles, eggs, and orange juice.

We have to come in singing Happy Birthday.

I personally have to sing and say say Happy Birthday all day long!!

We put candles in every meal and blow them out all day long.

I love birthdays

I love fun traditions.

So, my question to you my friends...

What are your fun birthday traditions?

Friday Link Party

2012-01-19T21:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Weekend to you my friends.
I cannot wait to see your fun and fabulous link-ups.

Remember, it can be a recipe, craft, DIY home decor, etc.
I hope you are having a Happy week!

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Kid Valentine Ideas

2012-01-16T03:07:00.000-08:00

I simply LOVE Valentine's Day. I have been pinning ideas for weeks. Here are just a few of my favorite kid Valentine Ideas that you can find on my boards at Pinterest.

Zakka Life's adorable super hero Valentine's. She even shares the free printable to make your own.

30 Handmade Day's "Wheelie" Valentine's. What boy wouldn't LOVE this Valentine. Printables HERE.

Tammy Mitchel Photography's "fishie" Valentines. Such a simple cute toddler Valentine idea.

Edda Photography's Kid Bookmark Valentine idea. I love the idea of sending a bookmark with my oldest son to school.

My Crazy Life's "Stick'm Up Valentines" Adorable. What more can I say. Free Printables HERE.

The Crafting Chicks Bouncy Ball Valentines. All 3 of my boys would LOVE this one. We love bouncy balls at this house. Free Printable HERE.

A Small Snippet's fun Pop Rocks Valentine's. Fun fun fun. She shares other fun Valentine ideas too here.

Fiskars Blog Monkey Valentine's. Simple and fun. You can find the tutorial HERE.

Fry Family "I Dig You" Valentines. My sister did this for my boys a couple of years ago. They just LOVED them.

Dandee's Magnify Glass Valentine. Great none food Valentine.

What are your ideas for your kid's this year for Valentine's Day? I would love to hear.

Happy Sunday

2012-01-15T01:55:00.000-08:00

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Friday Link Party

2012-01-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

Yay, for Friday!
It is here once again.
It has been another busy week in my household.
But, as I weekly tell my husband,
"So, is our life from here on out...at least until our children are all grown up."

I am excited to see all your fun link ups this week.

It is a fun adventure all weekend long seeing the link ups.

You are such creative friends.

Remember, it can be a recipe, craft, DIY home decor, etc.

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Valentine's Day Headband Tutorial

2012-01-11T02:49:00.000-08:00

I shared this headband tutorial last year, but thought I would share it again this year earlier so maybe you could actually make the headband before Valentine's Day. It is simple and easy. Does anyone else love Valentine's Day like I do? I LOVE Valentine's Day. It is just so nice to take time to appreciate the people I love.

Here is what you will need:
Fabric (It is only going to be about 1-2 inches wide but about 44-45 inches long.)
Scissors
Needle and thread
Hot glue gun and hot glue stick
Iron and ironing board
Small pieces of felt
Headband

First you will grab you fabric and scissors. Mine was quarter of a yard of this fabulous red and white polka dot fabric called bliss.

You are going to make a cut that is about 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. I just eye ball it.

Then you are going to tear the fabric. You want to do this along the long edge. In the end you want the torn piece to be about 45 inches long.

Once it is all torn you will iron it out flat.

Grab your needle and thread and start gathering the strip of fabric.

It should look like this when you are done. Tie off the thread at the end of your gather. You do not want it tightly gathered, but more loosely.

Then you will take the gathered strip and make it into a circle like this. Making the fabric overlap each other. Your outer layer should be larger then your inner. You are going to wined it in.

Cut out a circle of felt that will fit under your fabric circle. Put hot glue on it.

Place the circle you made onto the felt circle. Use more hot glue to make sure the whole circle is glued down.

The back should look something like this when you are done.

Grab a few more scraps of felt and cut out two hearts. I folded my felt in half to make my hearts. I made the white heart a little larger then the red one.

They were about this size when I was done. I glue them lightly together. Then I added a button on top for extra decoration.

Get your headband. Put it on your head and find the best place for the circle of fabric you are going to glue onto it. You will be sorry if you do not look first to pick where you want it. I like mine more to the side. Then put hot glue where you want the fabric piece to go.

After the fabric piece is glued on a take another small piece of felt and glue that on also. It helps to hold the fabric piece to the headband.

And now you have a cute Valentine's Day headband to wear.

Mini Kid Pinatas

2012-01-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

At my son's Birthday Party this last month we decided to make Mini Pinata's with his friends.

It was such a fun thing to do I thought I would like to share it with all of you.

They are easy, fun, and what kid does not like a pinata?

First, you need your supplies. You will need two paper lunch sacks per child, some tissue paper, pompoms, crayons, construction paper, scissors and glue. (Or anything else you would like to use.) I cut the tissue paper into strips to make it easier for them.

You put two lunch sacks inside each other and hand one set to each child. Then, you let them go wild creating. (I love seeing what kids will come up with.)

When they are all done you stuff the inside of their sacks with some tissue paper and a handful or two of candy. Then staple them shut on top.

We got some creative and fun pinatas! I think most of the kids at our party made them into monsters.

After they dry you punch a hole in the top, attach some rope and take them outside to knock apart. I was surprised how sturdy they were. It took a little while to break some holes.

I hope you have fun making some mini pinatas with your kids also!

Happy Sunday

2012-01-08T03:03:00.000-08:00

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Friday Link Party

2012-01-05T22:17:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I have been missing in action lately.

Lots of family time has been needed.

(I love family time.)

Along, with a little reflection and decisions on the route I would like to take this blog this upcoming year.

I promise I will not be gone forever.

I am excited to see all your fun link ups this week.

You, my friends, are amazing!

You are so creative.

I love what you share each week.

Remember, it can be a recipe, craft, DIY home decor, etc.

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Happy Sunday

2012-01-01T03:23:00.000-08:00

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Welcome 2012

This wonderful subway art is done by the fabulous Eighteen 25 ladies

You can find their FREE Printable HERE.

Friday Link Party

2011-12-29T22:18:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it is the last Friday of 2011?
I have to be honest and say I am a little bit in denial about it.
I am not quite sure, why, but it is true.

In honor of the end of 2011, I would love for you to link up any of your favorite projects or tutorials of 2011.
You are welcome to share as many projects or recipes as you would like.
It will be fun for me to go through them all.

I cannot wait to share some of my ideas and new projects for 2012.
I hope you all have a wonderful New Years weekend.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the specific post and not to just your blog.
2. Grab a link party button (if you would like) and share this link party with others.
3. If you have a chance stop by and see some of the other link ups and leave a comment. People always love comments and you might even make some fun friends along the way.

By entering your link you are giving me permission to use any part of your post on my blog spotlighting your items. (Please keep items appropriate.)

Happy Sunday and Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T03:46:00.000-08:00

Free Printable found HERE

Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas