This past weekend I went to a baby shower. As one of my gifts, I usually make up 20 thank you cards that they can send out (I wish I would have made some for me too :D). They both are having boys, so I made some cute boy cards. Both of them are about…
Archives for September 2010
CSN Stores Review
CSN Stores is one of my favorite stores right now, it is just so awesome!!!! I literally spend hours and hours looking at what they have and they never cease to amaze me what they have. Every time I go to their websites, I found something new that I want to have!! If you haven’t…
Whatever Wednesday: Paper Pumpkin
I saw this cute idea here and had to make one! Instead of using 6 inch strips, I used 24 1″x12″ strips to make mine. I punched a holed in each strip and connected them on with a brad on the top and the bottom. Then I added a paper stem and some raffia. Super…
Tutorial Tuesday: Autumn Blocks
Do you remember this post? Well I finally made my autumn/winter blocks!! This is how I made them: 1) I took a 2×6 and 2×4 and cut them into various sizes and then painted them white 2) I then cut out scrapbook paper to fit each block 3) I then cut out the letters to…
Motivate Me Monday #37
Hello everyone!!! WOW, what a great week for links. There were so many great ideas, I really enjoyed looking at them!! Here are a few that caught my eye Krista from While He was Napping made this fun menu board!! Suzy from Joy is at Home made this great dishwasher magnet out of an old…
Scrapbook Thursday
Here is a two page spread. This was one of those times that it didn’t look as cute as I thought it would in my head. I just had to finish it, put in it his scrapbook and go back and look at it. Although not my best page, I like it and I’m just…
Whatever Wednesday: Chicken Chow Mein
Just like my crafts, I like to keep my cooking simple and easy. I don’t love to cook, so I only like meals that take about 30 minutes from start to finish and are super easy to make. But most of all, they taste really good! Here is one of my favorites growing up, chicken…
Tutorial Tuesday: Super Easy and Cute Pumpkin
This week is the beginning of fall! I’m so excited for fall. I love the weather (especially now that I don’t live in Wyoming and it doesn’t snow) and the changing of the leaves. It’s just a fun season. So I actually like to decorate for it. This is a super cute and easy pumpkin…
Motivate Me Monday #36
Sponsor of the week: A Splash Of Elegance You can find some beautiful jewelry there!! Check out my apron giveaway! Hello everyone!!! Wow what a week of links. There were some really cute and fun ones!! With this week being the beginning of fall (hooray, I love fall!), I thought that I would feature some…
1000 Followers Giveaway (closed)
This past day I have hit 1000 followers!!!! I was so excited when I woke up that I decided to do a giveaway to thank you all for following me and reading my blog!! I have really loved doing this blog!! Do you remember this post, about turning pants into aprons? Well because I’m a…
Scrapbook Thursday
Every time my boys get a new scrapbook, I make a title page with a 8×10 picture and their name. Now that I have three boys, I just do the same design/set up for each of them because it is just too hard to come up with unique ideas every time. I usually change the…
Whatever Wednesday: Carseat Redo
I have several people redo car seats and strollers. I have really wanted to do it, but just didn’t. Well I found the most perfect fabric at Walmart (I couldn’t believe it) and so I decided redo our little car seat. I encounter a couple of problems but overall I think that it turned out…
Maternity Leave at Keeping It Simple
I have decided that I am going to take the month of November off from blogging, so I can have a baby and get used to having four kids! So I am looking for people to do a guest post while I am gone. I would like them to be tutorials, but they can be…
Tutorial Tuesday: Baby Blankets
Now that we know that we are having a girl, I really have started to make some fun things. My kids love those soft, plush blankets so much (so do I!). With my boys, each of them have certain colors. It got really hard to find a certain color with my 3rd son, so I…
Motivate Me Monday #35
Sponsor of the week: Photo Jewelry MakingYou can make your personalized jewelry there!Hello everyone! How is your weekend going? Did everyone have a good week? We have a lot of good links this week, I was so impressed!! Susan from Living With Punks made this adorable ruffle scarf, I can’t wait for cooler weather so…
Scrapbook Thursday
Sponsor of the Week: Aspen Flavor We just recently found out that we are having a girl this November!!!!! So I decided to work on her baby announcements. Before every baby, I half make baby announcements. I do all of the hard work so then when the baby is born I can just assemble them…
Whatever Wednesday: Basement Makeover
Sponsor of the Week: Aspen Flavor For the past few months we have been redecorating and rearranging our family room. I finally think that I have it the way that I like it!! So here is how we have changed it. Before we moved in One month ago Now Before, no paint on the wall…
Tutorial Tuesday: Rocking Chair Makeover
A couple of years ago, I got this rocking chair at a garage sale. So I redid it to make it look like this. Sadly, something spilled all over it and ruined the fabric so I had to do it again. So this time, I decided to have stripes 🙂 This is how I made…
Motivate Me Monday #34
Sponsor of the Week: Aspen Flavor It is the place to get all of your party favors and gifts! So go check it out! Hello everyone!!! How is your holiday weekend going? We aren’t doing much, so it has given me time to craft. I have a lot to get done before my baby comes…