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Show & Share #97

2013-06-19T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!

Hope you all are enjoying the nice summer weather!

Thanks for sharing!

Show & Share #96

2013-06-12T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello there!

One of our favorite family traditions is strawberry picking & I am happy to say that PA didn't disappoint!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the week!

As always, thanks for sharing here!

Show & Share #95

2013-06-05T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy June!
School is almost out here & we are about to begin birthday season. :)
And I can't wait!
Thanks for sharing!

Show & Share #94

2013-05-29T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hope you all are doing well!

Thanks for linking up here!

Show & Share #93

2013-05-22T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!

Hope everyone is keeping up with this busy time of year.

Preschool graduation, dance recital, Mother's Day--it all seems to hit at once. :)

I'm just trying to enjoy the ride.

Thanks for sharing here.

Show & Share #92

2013-05-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hope Mother's Day was a wonderful day for everyone.

I love being able to have my sweet little ones in my life.

I'm finding that time spent playing cars on the floor with my son, brings more joy than I ever dreamed.

Now if only I could slow the growing process down & keep them little for longer. :)

Thanks for sharing here.

Show & Share #91

2013-05-08T08:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks for sharing here!

Enjoy your week!

Show & Share #90

2013-05-01T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy May 1st!

Hope everyone is enjoying this lovely time of year.

Thanks for stopping by!

Show & Share #89

2013-04-24T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello friends!

I am going to be taking a break for a while, since we are entering a really busy time with our family. I thank you all for the wonderful support, I only wish I had more time to give!

Show & Share #88

2013-04-17T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!

Thanks for linking up all of your beautiful ideas.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the week!

{personalized} art clipboard

2013-04-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

With the warmer months approaching, we have some fun road-trips planned for our family.

I wanted the kids to be able to color and do activities while we are driving, so I decided to put together these little clipboard.
I really love how they turned out. :)

I picked up three of these from the Dollar Tree, then painted them white.

Then I printed out lots & lots of pretty patterned pages from the amazing Mel Stampz.

The fun part came with mixing patterns together.

It was kind of a hard decision, since there were SO many options!

I used my Cricut to cut out the fun shape & letters.

I'm truly a sucker for monograms. :)

Then I glued them all together using Mod Podge.

I also printed out coloring pages & activities on cardstock, then laminated them to be used with dry-erase crayons and markers.

I found some great printouts here and here.

They turned out so great, I almost decided to hang them on the wall--

But my 6 year old was patiently awaiting them. :)

Thanks for stopping in!

Show & Share #87

2013-04-10T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello friends!
Finally we have some beautiful weather coming our way!

Time to order that trampoline we have been promising the kids. :)

Hope everyone is having a great week--and having nice weather as well.

Thanks for sharing all the fun ideas here!

{mini} German Pancakes

2013-04-08T08:00:00.000-04:00

Saturday morning breakfast is a big deal at our house.

It's the only time the entire family gets to enjoy breakfast together.

My husband and I take turns--one gets to sleep in, one makes the food, then we switch off for the next weekend.

It was my day to sleep in, so I was so happy to wake up to these tasty little pancakes.

I thought my husband was a genius for making them like this, only to do a little research online and find out that this has been done many times before.

Darn it. So much for an original idea. :)

Mini German Pancakes:

6 eggs

1 cup Milk

1 cup flour

sprinkle batter with cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees

Mix ingredients well

Place a small amount of butter in each cupcake holder

Place in oven to melt

Once melted, remove from oven & pour batter in each holder.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden & puffed up

Show & Share #86

2013-04-03T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hope you all are having a great week!

I am so excited to have one of my very best friends visit this week with her lovely family. It's been too long since I've last seen her. :)

Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas here!

DIY {Striped & Lined} Curtains

2013-04-01T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello friends!
Today I am going to share a project that has been on my to-do list to finish for nearly 3 months.
Remind me to never start a project when I am not 100% committed. :)
I had very little time over all the holidays & events that were happening these last few months.
So happy to finally have these curtains done with. :)

What sparked this whole idea was a big sale I came across at Joanns one day. :)
The duck canvas was 50% off, so I though, 'why not take on this huge task of making my own curtains'.
Ha, I will never learn. :)

Good thing I love how they turned out so much. :)

Let's begin..

My strips were 11.5 inches each, and the top strips were 13.5 inches each

Then came the task of creating the stripes.

I started with the white piece on the bottom, and placed the grey piece on top {right sides together}, then stitched. I repeated that process until I had 8 strips sewn together.

Then I repeated that process 3 times. :)

Press open all of your seams with an iron.

I wanted to line my curtains, so I used this awesome tutorial for help.
The $5 flat sheet from Walmart works perfectly for lining! Who would have thought!

I ended up doing my lining a little different from the one mentioned above.

I didn't want any seams to show, so that is why I placed the right sides together, then stitched.
Don't stitch the top of the curtains, because you will need to flip the fabric right-side out.
Once the fabric is facing the correct way, iron everything really well, canvas can be a bugger to get all the wrinkles out. :)

To close the top, I folded both the flat sheet & the canvas over, and then over again, so there would be no raw edges on the back. Hope that makes sense. :)

2 inches will be gone from that part, to make the top stripe the same size as the rest of them.

Last step and you are done--
I added ribbon straps to the back, using this tutorial.
I was a little leery about using hot glue to connect them, but it worked so well!

Done & done!
Couldn't be happier with the final result!

What a difference these curtains make to our space!

Thanks for stopping by!

{DIY} Paper Sacks

2013-03-28T08:00:00.000-04:00

Oh wow, is it really Easter this weekend?

I am so behind.

Luckily the teacher gift that I put together was super easy--

and still looked like I put some effort into it. :)

{One}

Packing paper from Wholeport

I sure love paper crafting, especially when the paper is so pretty. :)

{Two}

Cut Paper to the desired length, depending on how big or small you want your sack to be.

{Three}

Fold in half, use tape or glue to connect the 2 edges.

I found the adorable Easter tag from Catch My Party.

Pretty simple to assemble, right!

I filled plastic eggs with some tasty treats & special notes from my little girls.

Then delivered to some really wonderful teachers!

Definitely need to show some love to those who educate my children.

Thanks for stopping in!

Have a wonderful Easter!

Show & Share #85

2013-03-27T08:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome Spring!

Actually, I don't think the message was clear here in PA,
it is still freezing--and snowed this week! :)

Thanks for making this party so wonderful.

I hope you all enjoy this special weekend for the beautiful Easter holiday.

{Egg} painting party

2013-03-25T08:00:00.000-04:00

I think we love any excuse to throw a party around here. At least I do anyway. :)
Last year I put together an 'egg painting party'. It was a hit! Our girls were so excited about painting the eggs & eating the yummy snacks as well. I am looking forward to having my little guy help out this year as well. They are young for such a short period of time, so I am trying my absolute best to take full advantage of it.
How long will they actually want to do activities like this anyway??
I wish the answer was forever.

Spring is such a happy time for me. I love the pretty pastel colors, the warmer weather, the flowers blooming. It all makes me smile. I had such a great time piecing this little party together.

The printables are found here

I picked up the pink egg holder at Wal-mart.

And I love using the glassware from the Dollar Tree--to hold utensils, napkins, etc.

I believe we had one casualty of a broken egg, but considering the little fingers that were handling them, I would say that was a success! :)

Bunny bites--little smokies wrapped in crescent rolls, with the edges cut to look like bunny ears.
I love holiday food. :)

Any plans to paint eggs with your little ones?

I love hearing about traditions of other people.

Thanks for checking this out!

Show & Share #84

2013-03-20T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello there!

Can you believe that Easter is nearly here! It was down with our green decor & up with pretty pastels. Life goes by entirely too quickly. I need everything to slow down so I can catch up. :)

Hope you all enjoy your week!

{bunny} shirt

2013-03-19T08:00:00.000-04:00

Don't you just love all the pretty colors that surround Easter? They make me happy.

I felt like my little girls needed some festive new holiday shirts for this year--I somehow misplaced the shirts I made last year. I'll cut myself some slack because we did in fact move, so I may have accidentally purged them in the process. :)

I came across this adorable bunny banner & had an idea. Why not use that pattern on a shirt?

I found some really fun fabric at Joanns & was pleasantly surprised by how well the size of the bunny fit on the shirt.

Supplies needed are very simple:

Fabric--a very small amount

Heat n Bond

Bunny Guide

Ribbon

Shirt--purchased mine at Wal-mart

Iron

Sewing Machine

Iron your fabric to your heat n Bond, securing both pieces together.

Trace your pattern, then cut.

Iron your fabric bunny to your shirt

Stitch around the edges of your bunny, attaching it to your shirt

Attach the ribbon to the bunny's ear--hand-stitch or sew.

Such a super quick project and so very sweet. I can't wait to have my little girls ware these!

Happy sewing!

Fabric Wrapped {books}

2013-03-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

As I was gathering ideas for my bookcase decor, I really wanted to add some 'pretty' books.
I love the idea of using fabric to cover a book. There are so many possibilities with the print & color. I happened to have a lot of scrap fabric, which worked out perfectly, since this project calls for only a small amount of fabric.

Let's begin..

Head to the dollar store and grab a few books

I learned the hard way on this, and had to double up my fabric to cover the color of the book. :)

You will need enough fabric to wrap around your book, so measure accordingly.
You will also want to cut 4 small slits near the spine, so it can lay properly {two on each end}.

Smooth out any bubbles along the way.

And that's it! So super easy. I love the finished result!
I may have to make several more of these to go on another shelf. :)

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Show & Share #83

2013-03-13T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello friends!
Hope you all remember to wear green on Sunday so you don't get pinched. :)
I have already been warned by my little girls.
Thanks for sharing here!

St. Patty's {Green} Party

2013-03-11T08:00:00.000-04:00

In honor of St. Patrick's day this weekend, I wanted to share our 'green' party from last year.

It's easy to print a few things off and throw together a small party for your family to enjoy.

The cute little hat came from the Dollar Tree, which made for a fun centerpiece--all of my little ones wore it through out the night as well, good times. :)

The printables are from Living Locurto, although I see they are not free now, darn it.

I came across this adorable {and free} party set that I may have to print out for this year.

I am a huge fan of little details for any event.

Not so sure if my kids are, but that's okay. :)

Anyone can put together this rainbow fruit tray.

It's adorable & tasty, so you really can't go wrong.

I think this year I will add a fruit dip in place of the marshmallows.

Leprechaun Lunch is so very yummy--white popcorn, white chocolate & green M&M's.

Detailed recipe is found over at Bloom Designs.

I love the whimsical look that tulle can create, so I use it quite often when decorating.

I found that Wal-mart is the least expensive place to purchase the tulle.

Made these last year. I absolutely love festive shirts for little ones.

Found a Shamrock image online for my guide.

The tie onesie tutorial is found here.

And to end the night, we had a mean game of 'Don't Eat Lucky', the printable is found here.

A very festive way to spend the special day.

Enjoy the green holiday!

Lucky 7 {advent}

2013-03-08T08:00:00.000-05:00

My kids are at a really great age where they LOVE any & every holiday. My oldest even asked me as I was putting up our green decor, what fun activities we were going to do for St. Patrick's day.

Talk about putting me on the spot, I really didn't have anything planned.

So I got right to work and came up with a few, or 7. :)

Thanks to this great idea about a countdown to St. Patrick's day for helping me out. :)

Here is what we will be doing, starting on March 11th. Simple ideas, but I know they will be a hit with my kiddos. They enjoy doing almost anything together, which makes my job a lot easier. :)

Hopefully this will turn out to be a really great way for us to get into the festive spirit.

Apparently now these 'countdowns' are kind of expected around here. :)

Oh my.

By the way, how fun is this printable by the Crafting Chicks?? My 6 year old changes it every morning and writes the sweetest things about all of our family.

Makes my day to read them.

Show & Share #82

2013-03-06T08:00:00.000-05:00

Hello there.
My little ones celebrated Dr. Seuss at school last week, so we decided to have a little birthday party for the special day as well. :) I kept it pretty simple, but they still loved it. Elementary school is so much fun!
Hope everyone is enjoying their week.