I love making little Valentine’s for my kids to take to their classes. I remember doing it with my mom and loving it, so I’m doing it with them. Here are some that I have made in the past couple years. Clothes Pins Valentines Ipod you rock Valentines Super hero sucker Angry birds Valentines Star…
Archives for January 2013
Pretty Promenade Necklace GIVEAWAY
Who is ready for a giveaway? It’s been awhile and I know that we all like winning stuff. Before I get to the giveaway, I want to share with you a fun and cute etsy shop called Pretty Promenade. There is a ton of super cute and fun stuff and at AMAZING prices! The shop…
Crab Won Tons
This Super Bowl is this weekend, will you be watching? Will you be hosting a party? I answer yes to both of those! I love to make yummy appetizers for the game, so I had to share one of my favorites! Crab won tons. I just love them and they are so yummy! You will…
Glitter Candle
Who doesn’t love glitter? I am seriously loving it right now, so I decided to make this fun glitter candle. This is how I made it: I cut out some vinyl with my Cuttlebug. Somedays I just get plain lazy and I don’t want to get out my Expressions 2 to cut vinyl, so just…
Motivate Me Monday #158
Hello everyone! I hope that you had an amazing weekend and week. It was a really busy week for me, lots of getting ready for my son’s 4th birthday party (that was on Friday) and then I am going to the chiropractor once a week to work on my hip because it so out, which…
Easy Homemade Valentine: Train Valentine
My youngest son is obsessed with trains. He just loves them, so I had to make his valentine into something to do with trains. And here is what I came up with. This is how I made it: I used a box of conversation hearts, two boxes for nerds and a Hershey kiss. Using a…
$1 Heart Garland
Can you believe it, I actually decorated for Valentine’s Day? I can’t believe it either because I personally can’t stand pink, I just don’t like the color. But this year I said, what the heck and made a few decorations. When I was at the dollar store the other day, I saw this super cute…
Textured Tissue Paper Pom Poms
I love the look of the tissue paper pom poms, but I wanted to do things a little differently and give the tissue paper a little texture, I did this using my Cuttlebug. Before I get to the pom poms, I wanted to let you know about these awesome embossing folders from Anna Griffin. They…
Easy Homemade Valentine: YOU ROCK Valentine {Free Printable}
Who doesn’t love pop rocks? They are so much fun! This is a very easy and simple Valentine to do and if you’re short on time, it will only take a few minutes! This is how I made them: I created a little card to put on the pop rocks. You can get the free…
Motivate Me Monday #157
Hello everyone! I hope that you are all having a wonderful Sunday/Monday. I had another ultrasound this week and I found out that my placenta is just fine and has moved up, so that was exciting. But then he told me that I protein in my urine, so I get to go back in another…
LEGO Video Playlist
With three little boys at home, we spend a lot of time playing with LEGOS. Saying that we have an obsession with LEGOS is an understatement. We love them! I really love that they can sit there for hours and just build and build with them. I also love that it gets them to get…
Valentine’s Day Pillow
By now you should know that I love making pillows. I think when people come over they expect to see a different pillow every time. I realized that I didn’t have a pillow for Valentine’s Day, so I decided to make one real quick. I love the look of subway art, so I put it…
Saturn Valentine {free with printable}
My oldest son is obsessed with outer space right now. His favorite planet is Saturn and so I wanted to make a Valentine that involved space. Here is what I came up with. This is how I made it: I took some foil and then painted it brown. I cut out a piece of foil…
Winter Decor Ideas using Vinyl: Plate, tile and snowflake decals
This post contains affiliate links. Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to start thinking about the next three months: winter. It’s a hard time and sometimes depressing, so I like to decorate for it with bright turquoise and red and try to make the best of it. I decided to whip out my awesome…
Ruffle Heart Shirt
Valentine’s Day…. I’m not a huge fan of the day. I don’t usually do much for it, but this year creating is what is keeping me going, so I decided to make a fun shirt for my little girl. I wanted it to be for Valentine’s day but not so much that she couldn’t wear…
Motivate Me Monday #156
First off, I want to thank all of you for all of your wonderful comments through out the week. I really appreciate the time you took out of your busy schedules to write me a little note. It totally made my week and I’m feeling MUCH better! Although I’m not not completely over it, because…
Easy Boys Valentine: Mustache Valentines {with free printable}
There is a huge mustache trend right now. I personally don’t understand it, but there are some things that I think are cute and hilarious. I guess that in November, they are a symbol of prostate cancer, maybe people like it so much that it just kept going. Having boys, it’s something that works great…
Hand Stitches {Melly Sews}
Hello Keeping it Simple readers! Today I’m going to talk with you about hand sewing. What, you thought just because you have a sewing machine you never have to hand sew? Well, I guess you could go that route, but a little time for hand sewing often makes the finished garment that much better. There…
Easy No Candy Valentine: Valentine Pencils {with free printable}
Is it too early to start thinking about Valentine’s day? This year I have to extra prepared because I don’t know when the next time I will be able to get to a Walmart to get supplies. This year I wanted to make each one of my boys’ valentines to be something that they really…
Homemade Slurpee
I am 5 1/2 months pregnant. And like every pregnant woman, I get cravings. One day I had a HUGE craving for a slurpee. I love slurpees, always have and when I have a craving for one, I want one right now. Well I also happen to live in the middle of nowhere, so I…