Friday, March 30, 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Pinterest Play Day.....

Cards..Cards..and..well...I didn't hardly do any cards!
If you have been following my blog, you might remember, that for New Years, I posted a monthly goal for things to get done each month that pertains to Christmas.
For the month of February the challenge was to make Christmas cards...well this girl ....me...I got done...DRUM ROLL...............................2!!! Yes, you read that right, TWO! How's that for sticking to the program??!!
Thankfully tho, I had done several other cards right after Christmas so I do have a small stack ready to go! But I shall not make excuses for thyself!
Teresa over at 8 Things About Me challenged me to work on 2 of the same cards she was doing, by using the card below as inspiration.
This is the original card that we went off of and you can go to Teresa's blog to see her version!
We found this card on PINTEREST but you can go to Just Give Me Stamps to see the original post as well as several ideas.

This is my version of the sketch. While not my best work probably, I mainly have been trying to use all the scrap papers I have laying around..and at best, it's one more card to count as done.

For the month of March, I am suppose to get working on handmade gifts...so far..I've started on none..someone kick me in the pants please :)


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Winner!! Winner!! Chicken Dinner!!

I am in love with the blog Mich. in L.A.
You HAVE to go check it out!!
She make the most AMAZING jewlery out of some of the most NEATEST things!
She always amazes me with the clever ideas she comes up with!!
She hosts very fun guessing games and I happen to win one!!
My photos do not do her jewlery justice so please click here to see it in a better photo!

This was made out of a barbie doll brush..amazing right!!
Now go look at her blog she rocks!!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

A Family Valentine Dinner

Anybody that knows me knows that I LOVE holidays..big or small..
I love to find fun stuff to do for all of them..
I like to spoil my guys with fun food and little surprises.
This year we had a delayed Valentine's Dinner, but that didn't matter to us it just made the
Valentine's celebration last a bit longer!!
I went simple this year with pizza..besides I couldn't go wrong my guys love pizza!
I also got out that fondue set...which is becoming a holiday dinner tradition with the boys..they love dipping stuff in that thing.!!
I added little choclates and gifts to each place setting..
filled their glasses up with carmel filled chocolates..YUM!

Attempted to take some good pictures of the boys...FAIL...

And even let Carter snap one of Dan and I...FAIL lol..I really should not allow photos when I am in housewife mode!

One of the table setting favors I bought were these balloons in a bag..
You set them on the table, give them a whack and then the bag swells up and pops and flys across the room!
It was neat..and at 4 for $1...it was a cheap thrill...and we laughed when one attacked Dan!

They are still in the bag at this point..just moments away from popping and flying...

And these are the little balloons that popped out of them...Dan was not impressed that I wanted a picture with his little balloon lol..


Caleb said.."hello kitty...really mom!" but honest it wasn't my fault you just don't know what's gonna pop out of those little bags!!
I think Carter got the most excitement out of them!
He was amazed at how they worked and out popped a balloon! (Thank God he got a hair cut!)
And of course we had a bottle of bubbly...grape juice that is..do you know that stuff tastes better when drank out of a wine glass??

Nope..Dan's still not impressed by my camera......

Yummy chocolate dipped marshmellow.....


Anybody wanna play chubby bunny???


We really had a fun time! We don't always get to sit down at the table together, alot of time we are on the run..so it's moments like these when we can catch our breath and enjoy the boys when they aren't fighting and bickering that make putting all this together more then worth it!
You can see last year's Valentine's dinner here and last years St.Patty's Dinner here. I don't have St. Patty's Day planned yet..but I will come up with something..big or small..we will see..but fun indeed!!