I am way excited about my new Easter printable! I was originally going to just tie it together with some cute ribbon and make it into a bunting for my fireplace, which would be really cute, but I decided to use each individual letter and put them in painted pots and look at what I came up with!
I used to decorate for all the holidays when my children were little, but since they have all grown and moved out of the house, I do not do as much but I still have to decorate a little bit for the grand kids. St. Patrick’s day is not one that I usually do too much for. But I decided that I could decorate my repurposed tray that sits on my kitchen counter. This is what I came up with:
I made these printables to share with you. There is one cutsie one, and two modern ones. You can just print them and frame it like I did here.
When I was a little girl, only 4-5 years old my mother took me to a yarn shop called Hiendselman’s, in Provo, Utah. They taught me how to knit! It seems hard to believe now, but I can still remember the lady telling me “In – around – and through” and I remember even at that early age how I loved all the colors and textures of the yarns that were in slots on the wall! So I guess that I have my mother to blame for all my craft making. Even though she is no longer here, she started it! Thanks mom!:)
It seems like every winter that I get the urge to start knitting these dishcloths. They are the most wonderful things because they are made with all cotton yarn and they absorb the water when you are wiping your kitchen counters. They are also a nice big size for washing dishes! I have made so many different colors and styles, but this is the pattern that I always come back to. I use the Sugar and Cream yarn and I can get two dishcloths out of one skein. Although the with new “twist” Peaches and Cream yarn, I could only get 3 dishcloths out of 2 skeins of yarn, even though they are the same yardage and weight, it is a finer yarn. (They are the red and green ones.)
Woot, Woot! My rss reader has had a post teaser on it that I could not seem to get removed, but it is now off! Yeah! I think that I might have actually jumped up and down and shouted for joy!
So let’s celebrate with a little chocolate!
I saw these in an ad that came in the mail and I decided to give it a try and see if I could make some on my own. I liked the results and my family loved these!
They are beautiful to look at and oh so yummy and wouldn’t these be a fun little Valentine gift for that special little someone?
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I made these for our princess party and they look so stinking cute in this little pink bucket! I have been making these for many years. They are great as a cookie bouquet for someone special or for a fun centerpiece!
Do you want to know why they are magical?
Because there is no baking involved!
All you need is the striped shortbread cookies with a hole in the middle, some gumdrop or Ju Ju hearts and wooden skewers! Push one of the hearts down onto the skewer, then the cookie, followed by another heart. So stinking easy and so cute.
Then tie a bunch of ribbons below the gumdrop and you have a Magical Cookie Wand. If you want to make this into a cookie flower bouquet just add green ribbons or tape silk or paper leaves to the “stem”. Add a note that says, “Love you Bunches”
Put into a container with some floral foam and grasses or moss etc.
It doesn’t get much easier than this to make a “Magical Moment” for someone special in your life!
Is it too early to put out Valentine decorations? I know the stores had them out the day before Christmas, but that is just plain crazy! I know that there are a few of these already out there in blog land but I wanted to create my own version of a Valentines subway art. It was fun to create and I think that perhaps I shall have to try my hand at this for Easter!
I found this frame at the dollar store and I spray painted it with a Krylon, red gloss paint. The color really adds to the overall look of this project.
Here is the printable for you to use! Just right click and go to copy, then open your favorite program like Word, or Presentations and right click again and go to paste. The original is 8 x 10, but you can re-size it to whatever you would like. I had mine printed on glossy card stock and I think it looks great!
I have mine on my kitchen counter and it really brightens up my kitchen on these cold, dreary, winter days and makes me happy! :) These would be a great little gift for teachers, friends, sisters, SELF etc!
One of my best friends, Kathy, gave me this for Christmas! What a dear friend she is to go to all the time and trouble to make this! I absolutely love, love, love it! She told me that she and her husband worked on these together. They took an old cupboard door, took out the inside part and replaced it with the bead board center. Painted it these darling colors, distressed it and added the handles to each end! What a cute idea! I cannot believe how much time it must have taken to make. I truly do appreciate all her efforts and talents. She is my most talented, crafty friend!
I put a candle in my glass apothecary jar and put the Almond Joy pieces 
Then I added a bag of the Cutie oranges for another pop of color! I love how it brightens up my kitchen!
I also love the fact that my 2 year old grandson loves these oranges so much that he ate 2 in the car before I could even get them home! He kept saying he wanted “Moe Num Nums” (translated into English…More yum yums!)
I linked this to “I heart naptime.”
I have been in a bit of a funk lately and I just could not seem to shake it. I just kind of felt like I was spinning my wheels and not going anywhere. I don’t know if it is just this time of year, with Christmas over and the start of a brand new year and thinking of all the expectations that come with that.
I tend to set a lot of resolutions every year and then they seem to fall by the wayside after about a month or two. I think that as women, we tend to beat ourselves up for all the things we think that we do not do. I was reading a post the other day from here, and she talked about setting goals in reverse and how instead of listing all of the ways that we failed to accomplish last year’s goals, we should make a list of all of the things that we actually do right during the year. Well I thought about that quite a bit and decided that I really liked that idea, but I wanted to take it one step farther. I made a journal so that I can record the things that I have accomplished or overcome every month and then I can realize all the things that I did do, and not beat myself up for all the things that I did not do. I would not make a “to do list” of resolutions but rather an “I did list!” I would then concentrate on the “half full glass rather than the half empty glass”. I think it will be a great thing to be able to look back at my achievements each month. Then I decided that if I dated my entries I could look back over several years at a time!
So do you want to make a journal to record all of your goals that you set in reverse!
Start with any notebook. I used a good old composition journal, but you can use any type of journal or notebook.
Cover the front and the back. I put the book on top of the paper and just traced around it. I just went to the black strip with my paper. Ink the edges if you prefer and then adhere paper to the front.
Next cut your tabs for the dividers 1 1/2″ x 3 “. I used six coordinating patterns and cut two of each, so that I had twelve tabs, one for each month.
I wrapped ribbon around the front of my journal and glued it to the inside cover. If you want to add ribbon you will need to do this step.
Next, cover the inside of your journal. Again I just put the cover on my paper and traced around it.. You want to leave a very little space on the inside, so that your book will close properly. Cut out and ink the edges. Adhere to the inside cover. Repeat this step for the back cover.
To add your tabs to the pages, fold tabs in half to make a 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ square. Ink edges if desired. Put one sheet of paper in between the tab and glue it so that about 1/4″ is sticking out beyond the page. The tab is showing on the front and the back of that page. Space evenly so that you can space 6 tabs down and then 6 more behind that. I had a 100 page journal, so I spaced the tabs every 8 pages. That left a few more at the back, but that does not matter. (You could add a title of “NOTES” to the last few pages if you wanted to.) Then number the tabs from 1-12 for each of the months.
Decorate the front anyway that you would like. I wanted to make this a fun book that I would want to use over and over again, so I decorated it up by adding this flower and ribbons, which are pretty dimensional, but I am going to keep this book out on my desk, so that I will see it often and try to remember the purpose of this book. If you are going to keep it on a shelf, you will want to keep the front pretty flat. But just remember that the outside of the book is not what is important, but what you write in the inside!On the inside cover you will want to add this label. It tells you how you should use this journal in setting your goals backward!
Here is a printable for you to print for the inside cover of your journal. I kept it pretty simple so that it would match with whatever color you use. I matted this label with a green to match my book. To print, just right click and go to copy, open your favorite program, like word, and right click again and to to paste. The original size is 4″ x 6″.
Now I need to go and record that I got my closet completely dejunked and cleaned out and donated clothes to a worthy cause. I spent time with my husband, and some of my grandchildren, which is time very well spent. I also exercised 3 times this week! So instead of beating myself up, I am going to try to look for all the good around me!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
My Christmas wish for you is that your day will be filled with love and hope and that you will be surrounded with happiness!I
I love this saying, so I decided to make it into a subway art and frame it!
If you would like to print one, just right click and go to copy, then open your favorite program like word, right click again and go to paste. The original size is 5 x 7, but you can size it however you would like. (I ended up printing mine 8 x 10)
Happy Holidays!
If you are looking for a quick, cute, easy, inexpensive neighbor gift…I have one for you. My daughter and I found this print on pinterest and had them printed at Alphagraphics on glossy cardstock. Then found frames at the dollar store and spray painted them red, and glittered some of them. And look how cute they turned out. Quick, easy, and a great message all in one. Tie it up with a big bow and you are done!
You can print the picture from here. We did 8 x 10, but you could also do 5 x 7 frames. I paired my up with a cute little angel and it makes a darling setting.
I hope that you will all have a great week this week and that the true meaning of Christmas will be with you and your family!
We celebrated our Christmas, last night with all of our families, because this is our off year with the married kids and it was great fun. The kids did the nativity story, a post that I will have for you tomorrow. We exchanged gifts, which the kids loved because now they all have something to play with all week while they are out of school! And it is kind of nice to be done with the bulk of my Christmas shopping, the wrapping, the food and candy making etc etc etc. So now this week I can relax a little bit and just enjoy the season!
Happy Holidays!
