Neighbor Gifts

Put with cookie dough and a little bag of oatmeal mixed with red glitter! Easy and quick!!!

12 Day of Christmas

http://blog.myheartandhome.com/?p=2911 They have some cute ideas for the 12 days of Christmas. I like to leave something on their pillow every night for the 12 days of Christmas!!!

NOEL sign- adorable

From Frugal with a Flourish

Just more 2x4 Projects

http://www.howdoesshe.com/2x4snowman

Another variation of wood. So simple! Found it on the Oopsey Daisy Blog.

These made me think of Jana and all her wood projects :) 

from http://wmcraftgoodies.blogspot.com/p/wordof-month.html

Marshmellow Snowmen

I am totally doing this for the preschool party!! (Just skipping the chocolate dipping part)
From the Speckled Egg Blog


Supplies:
Large marshmallows ( 3 per pop)
Long lollipop sticks (these are about 7" long)
White chocolate candy melts (available at craft or baking shops)
Mini M&Ms
Waxed Paper
Cellophane Bags & Ribbon


1. Push 3 marshmallows onto the sticks. The stick should come about 3/4 of the way through the top marshmallow(the head), but should not poke all the way through. The marshmallows should be touching each other (no gaps in between). The flat sides should all face up.
2. Melt white chocolate according to the package directions in a medium bowl.
3. Working quickly, dip marshmallow pops into the white chocolate. The marshmallows need to be completely covered, or they will get hard and yucky. Shake slightly to allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper. While the chocolate is still wet, add M&Ms for eyes, nose and buttons.
4. Allow chocolate to set. Peel from waxed paper and wrap in cellophane. Tie with ribbon and store in a cool place.

Tips:
*If the chocolate starts to get too thick, you may need to re-melt it.
*Add some other decorations to the snowmen. Maybe pretzel stick arms or a scarf made from a fruit roll-up.

Here are the necklaces made out of a bottle cap with that glaze stuff that you have Miss! There is just a hole punched in the bottle cap! I think they would make cute Christmas presents

My neighbor made these!!! You can find everything at hobby lobby! You buy a base round piece of wood, a wood candle stick, jars with a flat bottom and flat top, and then the wooden finials. Paint and glue together. She said the one she saw in the blogging world said boo on them. Then she changed them out with Thanksgiving stuff. I do not have a cricut so mine will be plain!!! I thought they were DARLING and so easy!!!

skirts

http://www.polkadotchair.com/2009/03/skirt-tutorial.html

here is the skirt I made for the wedding I did change it up a bit

Mummy Juice Boxes

I wrapped them in Crape paper and put on googly eyes! Easy, simple, and I thought they were a cute idea for the class parties!

Book Shelves

Cupcakes

Halloween Cupcakes

Food Nanny

The other day I was flipping through the channels on tv and stopped on the BYU channel (oh the joys of living in Utah:)  I saw this show called the food nanny. It's all about making meals and getting everyone to the table and eating the dinner. You can watch her on BYU tv online or here is her website. Her basic idea for planning is that everynight has a theme like Mondays are Mexican, Tuesday Italian, Wednesday are Comfort foods. She has an online meal planner that you can print along with recipes and a grocery list. I liked some of her ideas so I thought I would pass it along for those of us who struggle with what to have at 4:00!

http://www.byutv.org/foodnanny/ -this is her website and the one below is the quick link to her planner!

http://www.byutv.org/foodnanny/plan/

From Snuggle Luv- Missy I want to do this for Ken's pumpkin costume!

Time for Halloween Ideas!!! Anyone seen anything cute out there? Start posting your ideas :)

from  Kraft foods.com

Console Table

So here is the finished product on my console table from www.knockoofwood.blogspot.com! I love it! Now what to put on it?

Sunday Lesson

So on Sunday I was preparing my lesson. It was about wise King Solomon. Well I got to the point of reading some of the scriptures he wrote in Proverbs and it told me to have the kids read them and discuss what each one means. As I read them the thought came to me that these sayings sound like something you would find in a fortune cookie! I remembered seeing a recipe for them on the www.ourbestbites.com website so I gave it a try! They were pretty simple (even though I did get burned a little) and they were a hit with my class! They were all asking me how I got the papers inside the cookie! I was pretty proud of myself, I have to admit! They actually tasted pretty good too!

Missy

You totally need to go to the prepared not scared blog and do the project on there for Megan! It is a solution for all the school papers!

I am loving the vintage shabby chic of these headbands. They are from http://www.etsy.com/shop/daffodildoll

A girl in my home ward posted about a give away for this cute doll! I think "tens" would love one :) http://chrisyleecreations.blogspot.com/

I thought Shawna might like these even though I don't know if she ever looks at this :)
http://vintagerosewraps.blogspot.com

Debbie this is what I was telling you about a while ago. This girl I went to highschool with celebrates everyday and teaches her kids about whatever they are celebrating and they do something fun to go with it.

The Most Recent Projects

This is the six dollar wood project! Total with paint and nails was about $11.00!

This is a scrap wood project! Total cost was however much the spray paint was!
These are the two book shelves that are now in the toy room and hold alot more than I thought they would! Total cost for everything was about $60.00 which isn't too bad and about what she said it would cost!

Ruffle Flag Shirt

I found this shirt at a little of this, a little of that blog maybe I will make for my girls.

Just a Tip!

Just so you know, I finally tried something that worked! I think I have tried it before, but it didn't work as well or maybe I didn't do it long enough! So, to remove the smell of onion from your hands, simply hold a spoon under cold water for 20 seconds! The spoon with the cold water will remove most of the smell!
Courtesy of Haley's Hints

maybe I would love to do laundry if my laundry room looked like one of these babies :)

I thought these were darling also from whippycake.blogspot.com