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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Knights Helmet

Activity Village has a great little tutorial on making a Knights Helmet. Something my boy has been wanting to make for awhile, since he and his siblings love to pretend that they are knights and princesses. :)

Princess and Knights Party

Prepare to be amazed by this Princess and Knights Birthday Party by Two Bees Tutus & Events. Click on the Link to see all her fun ideas and stuff. :)

Flower Cake from the idea room

http://www.theidearoom.net/2009/10/marshmallow-fondant-flower-cake.html

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Reindeer Pop

Fun Reindeer Pop for the kids. From The Idea Room

Family Picture Wall Hanging

This is such a great idea and gift for Grandparents.  I remember my Grandmother having all the family pictures on her wall this would be on a smaller scale which takes up less room. I like that idea.

These are from The Idea Room


Donut Snowmen

Here's a cute craft to do with your kids or to give away.


Christmas Finger Puppets


Christmas Finger Puppets from The Idea Room
 You could do these in Nativity form too.

Photo Blocks


These blocks are so cute for Christmas. You could also change the word and do pictures for any occasion.

Pocket Advent Calendar

A fun and creative count down from My Little Mochi


Mini Memory Book and Holder

Cute Memory Keepsake from Clean & Scentsible. :)


Friday, May 27, 2011

Summer Desserts

Some Yummy Desserts from Kraft Foods













Plan Ahead Meat Preparations

I think planning ahead and preparing any part of a meal to make things easier in the future is a marvelous idea. Here's some plan ahead tips from Clean Mama.


How to Avoid Taking Your Stress Out on Your Children

I like this article over at The Idea Room  about avoiding taking our stress out on our children -

it's by Heather Johnson over at Family Volley.

 

I know I take a lot of my stress out on my kids and they don't deserve it. She gives 11 suggestions to helping us manage our stress and putting our kids first.  This is just the simple list you will have to look up the article to get all the details, but I wanted to have it recorded somewhere for me to reference. :)

11 Suggestions to managing stress and putting our children first:

- Don't multi-task - Focus on your children
- See things from our children's perspective
- See our children as people
- Laugh
- Minimize
- Don't over schedule
- Establish routine
- Have realistic expectations
- Manage your time
- Plan ahead
- Play together as a family :)

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Car Seat Cover Tutorials :)

Here are some tutorials for cute Car Seat Covers. :)



Sweet 'n Sassy Girls - Reversible Cover

Friday, May 6, 2011

Fleeting Thing Baby Shoes

Fleeting thing gives a pattern and tutorial for these darling shoes - Mila Baby Shoe

The Bapron

This little bib covers the babies whole front. I love that!  Craftiness is not optional gives a tutorial and free pattern on her site. Go check it out! ;)

Thursday, May 5, 2011

More Cute Subway Art from Eighteen25


Cupcake in a Jar

Have you ever heard of a cupcake in a jar?  I was given one for my birthday and I loved it. I just came across this thank you one on brown paper packages.

Add a spoon with the ribbon and it's ready to give. This would work great for teacher appreciation as well.

Chore Charts

As summer fast approaches I am beginning to think about doing chore charts again. Check out Idaho Mom Of 2 Etsy's shop. She has some really cute ones like those below.




Count down till Summer

Count down clipboards from eighteen25

Teacher Appreciation Cookies

These darling cookies are from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle She even shows you how to make them with cookie cutters that you probably already have around the house. So cute!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Painted Rugs

I have to admit that I have been kind of leary of this painted rug fad that is going around. Does the paint really feel that good under feet?  But then I saw this post from U create...she has a list of darling painted rugs and I thought maybe I have been missing out on something kind of fun and special. I might rethink things and give it a try. Here are some of my favorites from that post...


 Sue @ creative tyrals


Christina May @1581 designs

Britany @ She made it