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Baby Jesus Walnut Ornament- Easy Christmas Handout

December 3, 2019 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Baby Jesus Walnut Ornament- Easy Christmas Handout This year we headed home for Thanksgiving to be with my family.  While we were there, my mom showed me this super cute baby Jesus walnut ornament that my sister had made (she is the Relief Society president in their ward).  I just loved how cute it was…

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Activity Days Birthday Gift Idea- Candy Jars with Floral Tag

January 15, 2019 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Activity Days Birthday Gift Idea- Candy Jars with Floral Tag I recently received a new calling at my church.  A calling is sort of a responsibility or job to help serve within the church.  My new calling is in activity days.  Activity days is a program for 7 to 10 year old girls, we meet…

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Christmas Truck Popsicle Stick Ornament

December 12, 2018 by Kaysi 3 Comments

Christmas Truck Popsicle Stick Ornament I love making ornaments, it’s so fun!  I was looking for something to make with some preschool aged kids and I saw this awesome idea. I loved it so much that I knew that I wanted to do something similar for my Sunbeam class (it’s a Sunday school class with…

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Father’s Day Tie Coloring Page Printable

June 16, 2018 by Kaysi 1 Comment

Father’s Day Tie Coloring Page Printable For my church, I teach the sunbeams (3-4 year olds) and so I am always looking for ideas that work with preschool aged kids.  Our lessons are about 50 minutes long, which is a really long time for sunbeams, so I like to have lots of activities for my…

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Craft Room Ideas, Organization and Storage {Ikea Craft Room}

May 6, 2018 by Kaysi 12 Comments

We all need a place that we can call our own.  That space for me is my craft room.  I LOVE my craft room and love being in it.  Recently we moved our piano into my craft room and that forced me to reorganize a few things and eventually made me remodel the whole thing. …

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Homemade Christmas Ornaments- Melted Crayon Ornaments

December 14, 2017 by Kaysi 5 Comments

Homemade Christmas ornaments are so much fun!  Just like anything homemade, it’s fun to have something unique and something you can’t just go buy at the store.  Well one of my friends saw my nail polish dipped ornaments and asked if I had ever tried doing melted crayon ornaments.  I hadn’t but it intrigued me…

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Nail Polish Dipped Christmas Ornaments

December 13, 2017 by Kaysi 11 Comments

I have seen so many people make things by dipping them into nail polish and it looks SO COOL!!  Well with Christmas so close, I thought it would be so much fun to do this with Christmas ornaments and boy was I right!!  These nail polish dipped Christmas ornaments are SO MUCH FUN and addicting!! …

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Best Christmas Neighbor Gift – Santa Cookies Plate with Cookies in a Jar

November 28, 2017 by Kaysi 10 Comments

One of my absolute favorite things to give to my friends and neighbors are these Santa plates with cookie mixes.  Not only are they a super cute and fun neighbor gift, they are yummy and gives them an activity to do as a family, who doesn’t love that?!  I have done them in a few…

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Emoji Party Favor with Printable

May 15, 2017 by Kaysi 2 Comments

With a 12 year old in the house, we spend a lot of time talking in emojis.  It seems like it’s one way to really get through to him :).  I love how fun emojis are and all the different ones.  Since my candy pouches is one of my absolute favorite crafts that I have…

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Neighbor or Teacher Gift Idea- Hot Chocolate Mason Jar Snowman

December 14, 2016 by Kaysi 1 Comment

    This post contains affiliate links. When I think about neighbor gifts at Christmas time, I think about all the sweet baked goods and sweets that people give me.  But for me, the one thing that screams winter is hot chocolate. We are having an especially cold winter this year (already….) and so I…

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Snowman Candy Bar Neighbor or Teacher Gift with Free Printable

December 13, 2016 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Every year I try to give out neighbor gifts to all the friends that we have.  I usually try to do something simple and fun so I can make several of them.  I had a hard time coming up with something this year.  I finally came up with something and I’m so excited to share…

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Homemade Valentines- Ring Pop Valentine with Printable

February 8, 2016 by Kaysi 4 Comments

This post contains affiliate links.  My favorite part about Valentine’s Day is coming up with fun valentines for my kids.  I like to make them with my kids each year and come up with something that they love.  My daughter loves candy, but her absolute favorite candy is ring pops.  She just loves them, so…

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Craft Room Decor Ideas and Craft Supplies Organization

January 25, 2016 by Kaysi 16 Comments

I think that every one needs their happy place.  Today I am going to share my happy place: my craft room.  I have been working on decorating it and rearranging the furniture this past month and I LOVE how it turned out!  I’m so excited to have it more organized and a better layout to…

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Scent Inspired Cookies- Easy Chocolate Chip Apple Cinnamon Cookies

December 19, 2015 by Kaysi 5 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HolidayWithGlade #CollectiveBias One of my fondest memories about growing up was coming into our house right after my mom had baked something.  The smell was heavenly and it just made me feel so happy and excited.  My mom is…

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Teacher Christmas Gift Idea- Printable for Target Gift Card

December 16, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

Christmas is coming and this is the last week of school for us.  So of course this week it has hit me that I haven’t done a Christmas gift for my kids’ teachers yet!!!  Ahhh, I always have good intentions to get things done earlier in the month, but it never happens!   I made…

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Christmas Place Settings- 2×2 Wood Santa and Reindeer

December 3, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

I have found that my kids LOVE when I make something just for them, with their names on it!  It’s not very often that we do big fancy dinners, only on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Easter.  I love to do some kind of place settings for those dinners, just for fun.  I made some turkey…

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Fun Christmas Treat- Christmas Snack Pack Pudding Cups with School Jokes Printable

November 18, 2015 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackPackMixins #CollectiveBias Christmas is my favorite time of the year.  It’s so fun to get out the fun and festive decorations and feel like a kid again.  I love eating sweet treats, drinking hot chocolate and having Christmas music blaring…

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Santa’s Cookies Recipe- Christmas Cake Cookies with DIY Santa Plate and Neighbor Gift Idea

November 13, 2015 by Kaysi 12 Comments

Santa’s Cookies Recipe- Christmas Cake Cookies with DIY Santa Plate and Neighbor Gift Idea The holidays were a very special time for me growing up.  They seemed so magical and I loved everything about them.  I especially loved the holiday baking.  I could always count on my mom to be in the kitchen making some…

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Fruit and Nut Snack Squares with Motivational Wrapper Printable

October 27, 2015 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TryALittleGoodness #CollectiveBias    I don’t know about you, but I am my own worst enemy.  I am very hard on my myself and expect too much of myself.  Anyone else feel like that?  I have no problem talking up…

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Get Well Gift Basket with Kleenex Brand and Printable

October 21, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

This post has been compensated by The SITS Girls and it’s advertiser.  All opinions are 100% my own. It is definitely cold and flu season and it’s time to get ready for it.  I’ve already gotten a cold twice this year and it’s not fun!  I know that when I am sick there are certain…

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