Another year has come and gone. It’s hard to believe how fast they are going. I remember as a kid thinking that the school year lasted for ever and went by so slowly. Well it doesn’t anymore, it just flies by! And the more kids you have, the faster it seems to go. I thought…
Archives for December 2012
Motivate Me Monday #154
Hello everyone!! Welcome to the last Motivate me Monday of 2012! I love this party and I’m so grateful for everyone that participates! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! 5 out of 6 sick of us was sick with the flu this week, so we really didn’t get the relaxing week that we…
5 Must Have Sewing Supplies {Melly Sews}
Hello Keeping it Simple Readers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and you’re taking a chance to catch your breath before New Year’s celebrations. I’m also wondering if any of you got a new sewing machine for Christmas? Or maybe you know a new sewing machine owner? If you do, you might be wondering…
Amazing and Easy French Bread Recipe
Amazing and Easy French Bread Recipe I am NOT a baker, I do not love to cook. I do it because my family needs to eat. But when I find an amazing recipe, I just have to share it with you. Being out in the middle of nowhere, I’m going to have to do more…
Snowflake Wreath
Wreaths are so much fun to make and decorate with. I found that here is windy Nebraska I can’t have a wreath on my outside door or it will blow away. So I’m just putting them in my living room and love how it adds to it! For my winter décor, I’m sticking with red…
Motivate Me Monday #153
Merry Christmas!! I’m not going to be on the computer much the next couple of days, going to spend some much needed time with the family. So I will have Motivate me Monday go through Tuesday. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas!! I didn’t have the link party last week because of…
Christmas Bingo and Candy Pouch
Every Christmas Eve we play Bingo. That’s how I grew up and I loved it so much that I wanted to continue the tradition with my kids. Since my kids are still really young, I make up my own Bingo cards (free printable at the end of the post). This year I wanted to do…
Root Beer Reindeer Neighbor Gift
This week I finally got around to making my neighbors gifts. I have been planning on doing this for at least a month, but just haven’t sat down to do it until this week. I decided to make them some Root Beer reindeer along with some reindeer droppings. This is how I made it: I…
Christmas Party Game -Bowling Cans
My kids have loved the Angry Birds cans and the Halloween cans that I have made for them. So I decided to that these would be perfect as a Christmas party game. It’s fun because both kids and adults like to play it (there is something about throwing something and trying to knock things down…
Square Circle Christmas Skirt
I wanted to make a cute Christmas skirt for my little girl. I came across this idea and I loved it, so I decided to make something similar to it. This is just like the circle skirt, but instead of making the bottom circle, it’s square. So for the measurements, you will need to measure…
Blogger’s Day of Remembrance
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Seam Finishes {Melly Sews}
Hello Keeping it Simple Readers! Today we’re going to talk about seam finishes. What is a seam finish? It’s something you do to the inside of a seam to keep it from raveling. We’re going to cover 4 popular options below. This stitch is done with 3, 4 or 5 threads on a serger. It…
Nativity Blocks
With all of the commercial things about Christmas, Santa and gift giving, sometimes we forget why we celebrate the season. My sweet friend made me a block like this last year and I loved it so much that I wanted to make some for my friends. There are 6 sides that go with the story…
Christmas Ladder Decor
I have this ladder that I like to decorate for every season or holiday. I couldn’t not decorate it for Christmas, since it is by far my favorite season! I had fun making it and love how it looks in my living room. This is how I made the décor: I took some wood and…
The best Christmas Neighbor Gift -Snowman Soap
Do you make neighbor gifts? Or teacher gifts? Every year I try to come up with something little, just so I can show people that I’m thinking about them. When it comes to gifts, I like to do something practical (I can blame my mom for that), something that they will actually use and not…
Motivate Me Monday #152
Happy Sunday/Monday! Are you loving the Christmas season? I love it! And now I’m done shopping, so I can really just sit back and enjoy the things that I just love about the season! I had so much fun looking through all of the links from last week party. You guys are amazing and…
Christmas card holders
It’s time to start thinking about making a cute way to display all of your Christmas cards that you will be getting. Here are a couple of ideas that I have done in the past: Ribbon card holder Card Holder
Christmas Plate
By now you should now that I like to make plates for every holiday, it’s just so easy and fun to do. Plus, it’s super cheap :). I just love how they look on my piano. Here is the one that I made for Christmas: Here is what the plate looked like before. I…
Viking
Do you have an office or a craft room that needs some awesome furniture? Viking has some great and unique styles! Viking specializes in office furniture, but lots of their stuff would work for craft rooms too! For example, these awesome and comfy chairs: I love the fun colors and the high…
Birthdays
November is always a really busy month for our family, we have two birthdays and Thanksgiving all within two weeks. This year I have decided to not do huge birthday parties like I normally do. I’m keeping things simple this year. I still wanted to make both of my kids a fun shirt to wear…