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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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Filed Under: bakers twine, craft room, fabric, home decor, home tour, organizing, paint, sewing, silhouette, spray paint, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape, wood

Holiday Dessert Idea- Pie Bar with Mini Pie Samples

December 21, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ShareTheJoyOfPie #CollectiveBias When it comes to pie, you can never get enough of it!!  Pie is one of those great desserts that is perfect any time of year, especially around the holidays.  I love that there are so many different…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dessert, free printable, New, party, recipe, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

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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Filed Under: bakers twine, Christmas, glue gun, home decor, kids, kids craft, paint, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape, wood

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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Filed Under: bakers twine, Christmas, food, free printable, glue gun, kids, kids craft, paper, recipe, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape

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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Filed Under: bakers twine, Christmas, dessert, food, free printable, gifts, neighbor gifts, recipe, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape

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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Filed Under: bakers twine, boys, food, free printable, snacks, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

SNICKERS(R) Apple Salad Recipe and Halloween Candy Wrappers with Printable Jokes

October 2, 2015 by Kaysi 3 Comments

  This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BooItForward #CollectiveBias Halloween is getting closer and closer and I’m getting more and more excited about it!  Now that it’s October I feel like I can do Halloween related things and people don’t think I’m a crazy person…

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Filed Under: dessert, food, free printable, glue gun, Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, paper straws, recipe, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

Boy Birthday Party Ideas: Paper Airplane Birthday with Food, Games and Printables

March 12, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

Fall and winter is birthday season at our house!!  It’s pretty crazy!  We have 2 in November, then 1 in January, February and March and finally the last one is in April (that’s not including my husband’s in June, he doesn’t get a party, so I don’t worry about him :D).   My second son turned…

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Filed Under: boys, dessert, food, free printable, games, kids craft, paper, paper straws, party, Uncategorized, washi tape

Easy and Cute No Candy Valentine- Chapstick Printable for Valentine’s Day or for a Gift

February 6, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

What girl doesn’t love a good chapstick?  I know that I’m obsessed with it and would love to get something like this :).  I thought it would be fun to make a cute Valentine’s Day printable for chapstick but I also thought that this would be a great everyday kind of gift too.  Perfect for…

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Filed Under: free printable, gifts, girls, glue gun, homemade Valentine, kids, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, washi tape

Easy No Candy Valentine- Straw Valentine with Free Printable

February 4, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

I love puns, they are so much fun.  That’s my favorite thing about Valentine’s Day, is coming up with fun puns and saying for Valentines.  I went to the Dollar Tree and picked up a few things that would make the perfect valentines.  I loved these straws and I knew that I had to make…

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Filed Under: free printable, home improvement, paper straws, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, washi tape

Easy Boys Homemade Valentine Idea- Car Valentine with Free Printable {No Candy Valentine}

January 15, 2015 by Kaysi 2 Comments

I love making Valentines for my kids to bring to their classmates.  I always like to make something that they are into that year.  My kindergartner has always loved trains, cars and planes.  He still does and I love that he does.  So I thought that it would be very fun to make a valentine…

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Filed Under: boys, free printable, toys, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, washi tape

Easy Holiday Food Idea- Snowman Cheese Balls

December 18, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

I love easy and quick recipes, especially when they are delicious.  I have a thing for cheese.  I like it a lot!  So of course I love cheese balls.  With all the Christmas parties happening right now, I thought it would be fun to make some fun snowman cheese balls.  I love how they turned…

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Filed Under: appetizer, Christmas, food, paper straws, recipe, Uncategorized, washi tape

Neighbor Gift Idea: Christmas Soaps with Free Printable

December 17, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

A couple of years ago I made some fun snowman soap for neighbor and teacher gifts for Christmas.  They were such a big hit that I thought that I would make some more this year but this time make more than just snowman.  I made 4 different characters for these Christmas soaps.  Each of them are…

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4th of July Treat Idea: Flag and Star Candy Pouches

July 1, 2014 by Kaysi 11 Comments

The 4th of July is this week!!  I couldn’t not make my candy pouches for the holiday, so I decided to do something really simple and cute.  Little flags and stars.  These are so easy and fun to make.  I love how they turn out too! This is how I made them: I took some…

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Filed Under: 4th of July, food, glue gun, paper straws, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

End of the School Year Gift Idea for Students or Teachers {Free Printable}

May 13, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

I wanted to make one last end of the school year gift for my kids’ teachers. I wanted it to be fun and bright and colorful!  So I made a little tag for a box of crayons.  I also thought that it would work for a students gift too.  I know that some teachers like…

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Filed Under: free printable, gifts, kids, school, teacher gifts, Uncategorized, washi tape

1st Birthday Party Ideas

April 30, 2014 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This past week my baby turned one!!!  It’s crazy.  I wasn’t to do something special for him, but I wanted to something simple.  We just had a little party for our family with a few decorations.  Even though it was simple, it turned out good and he had a blast.   I made some washi…

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Filed Under: birthday, boys, fabric, paper straws, party, silhouette, Uncategorized, washi tape

Birthday Party Idea: Washi Tape Party Hats

April 23, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This week my baby turned one!!!  I’m not sure how that happened.  Even though I knew that he was going to have birthday, I didn’t plan ahead of time.  And since I don’t live close to any stores, I had to use what I had.  I made several last minute decorations.  I just happened to…

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Controlling the Odor with Litter Genie #PetParents

March 31, 2014 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Litter Genie, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #petparents http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV. Every single cat litter that I have bought has had a common thing to it, it’s says that it will control the odor.  The litters all claim…

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Filed Under: cat, Uncategorized, washi tape

Easy Kindle Cover: Book Cover Kindle Case

March 24, 2014 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Nowadays its all about the gizmos to kids. These handheld tablets, computers, and phones are a tiny device which gives them access to pretty much everything! Everything means unlimited educational content but also unlimited trouble. Helping your kids learn how to use devices correctly belongs in another article, but this…

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Filed Under: boys, fabric, glue gun, kids, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

Birthday Card Box: Stocking Up on Hallmark #ValueCards

March 10, 2014 by Kaysi 2 Comments

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. #CollectiveBias Have you ever had one of your kids come up to you and tell you about a birthday party that is the next day or…

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Filed Under: cards, paper, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape

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