I’m a big fan of chocolate. I just love it! Sometimes I have chocolate for lunch. I’m also a huge fan of fondue! Chocolate just makes everything taste better!! Velata is a new line of fondue warmers. They are super fun and stylish!! They have a variety to choose from: The warmers work really…
Archives for June 2012
Last Day for the Silhouette Promotion!!
Today is the last day to get the Silhouette CAMEO and rhinestone starter kit for only $269.99!! Hurry and get it before it’s too late!
Cafe Bella Rue
One of my favorite things about Utah are all of the amazing restaurants. One of my favorite ones that I have gone to is called Café Bella Rue (formally known as San Gelato Café) in Daybreak, South Jordan. I have been there a several time and each time I go it has been a good…
Butterfly shirt
By now, you know that one of my favorite things to do is take a plain shirt and put some heat transfer on it and give it new life! It’s super easy to do and I feel like I get new clothes! This is how I made it: 1) With my CAMEO I cut…
4th of July fireworks shirt
4th of July is one holiday that I actually like to make (or buy) shirts for. I like to be able to have them all in red, white and blue when we go to the parade and do fireworks. Well with the craziness of this summer, I was debating if I really wanted to make…
Motivate Me Monday #128
Hi everyone!!!! How is everyone?? I’m actually on “vacation” right now and enjoying some time away from kids!!! It’s always nice to get a little break and have some time with my husband! Yay for a much needed break!! Most viewed link last week: The Creative Imperative
KSL blogger meetup
This week I was lucky to go behind the scenes of KSL!! Seriously, I was giddy the whole time. It was just so cool. There were 40 different bloggers there and we met the KSL anchor team. They are all so nice and really easy to talk to, it was awesome!! Then we all took…
Summer Breeze Tank [Melly Sews]
Hello Keeping it Simple Readers! Today I’m going to share how I made this Easy, Breezy Summer Tank. I went back and forth about sharing the pattern for this, and here’s why: When you’re nice enough to share a free pattern, you’d be surprised (I was!) at the e-mails/comments you get asking you to re-size…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my awesome husband!!
Today is my husband birthday!!! This is the first time in 4 years that he has had to work on his birthday (his other job gave him the day off). So I wanted to surprise him at work. I let all of my kids pick out a balloon to give to him. We all know…
4th of July Shirt
I made this fun 4th of July shirt for my little girl, I love it! I took a shirt and some red sleeves from other shirt that I refashioned. I got the sleeves until 1” strips Then I ruffled them Then I pinned and sewed them onto the shirt. Next I took a 2×2 inch…
My First Attempt at Color Blocking
For the first time in my life, I actually know what is happening with the fashion trends and it’s all because of blogs! I’m seeing all of the different trends, some I like and some I don’t like. I love color as you know, but at the same time I’m obsessed with matching. So when…
LifeStyle Crafts It Kits and Alphabets
I am always amazed by how many fun dies LifeStyle Crafts has. There are a ton!! They have some dies called It Kits, they are a bunch of them in the kit. But the super cool thing about them, you get the dies for the Epic Six, but you also get them digitally and you…
It’s a birthday celebration!!!!
Right now, Expressions Vinyl is having a HUGE birthday celebration!! They were games and giveaways on facebook, coupon codes and they have a bunch of NEW products!! Right now you can get 20% off!!! That is huge! The prices are already low, so with the 20% off coupon, you can get a lot of vinyl…
Shabby Apple GIVEAWAY!!
I know that I haven’t hit 3,000 followers, but I thought that I would start this one a little early because I’m so excited about it!! Plus I want to thank all of my wonderful followers 🙂 I just love Shabby Apple!! I have several of their dresses and every time I wear them I…
Motivate Me Monday #127
Happy Father’s Day!!! I was a loser and really didn’t do much for my husband or dads today. Here is the most the viewed link: Homemade cleaner by Lewisville Love Now for the party!
A Little Glimpse
WOW!!! What a week!! Since we were all sick last week, we didn’t do much. We had to make up for it this week because we did at least one, sometime two or three, things everyday!! Here are some of the major events from the week: I took the kids to the zoo!! We have…
Father’s Day Shirt
Did you know that Father’s Day is THIS Sunday?? Yeah, me either!! Well I did, but then I forgot. So I made this shirt TODAY!!! Luckily it was super easy and quick to do!! Plus it got my kids involved and they got to make something for their Dad!! I like making shirts for my…
Summer Vacation
We have already had two weeks of summer vacation!!! If these two weeks showed me what my summer is going to be like, then I’m going to have CRAZY BUSY the whole summer!! This week we have been going non-stop! We have gone somewhere everyday (more on that to come tomorrow). There is a…
Flirty Aprons Irregular sale
Have you ever heard of Flirty Aprons? Well they have the cutest aprons! Being a mom, sometimes I don’t get all dressed up and don’t do my hair. But the days that I do get dressed and actually do myself up, I don’t like to get dirty again. And when I cook, I get dirty! …
Tea Collection Clothes
My kids seem to be growing like weeds. Every time I turn around they have grown out of their clothes and it’s time to buy new clothes. Can someone tell them to stop growing!! Whenever it’s time to start looking for clothes, I love looking at what Tea Collection has for kids. I have gotten…