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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Little Girl’s Winter Outfit
First off I want to say a HUGE thank you to all of you that commented yesterday. It really appreciate your kindness. I read every single one of them and they really helped a lot. I was surprised by how many of you have gone through similar situations. Thank you all so much! I have…
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…
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…
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…
Wooden Tree
I have seen these awesome trees in blogland lately and I love how they look, so I decided to make my own. I wanted to use a pallet but no one ever told me how hard it to take apart a pallet, so instead I just used some wood that the previous owner left in…
Fabric Presents on the Wall
Last night we put up our Christmas tree. I love that it’s that time of the year! As we were putting up the tree and my kids would not leave the ornaments alone, it made me realize that I wouldn’t be able to put presents under the tree until it’s really close to Christmas. That…
Cricut Mini GIVEAWAY!
I’m so excited for today’s giveaway. It’s pretty awesome and I think a lot of you will really like it! All of us crafters know that having an electronic cutting machine is awesome. And I think that everyone who doesn’t have want, really badly wants one. This is one of my favorite parts about blogging,…
Eat. Drink. Be Scary Plate
I love the look of plates for decorations. I don’t have a plate wall, but I do like to change out the plates for each holiday or season. Vinyl is such a great thing to decorate the plate with too. This plate I cut out the vinyl using the new Cricut Mini. Are you thinking,…