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You’re Nacho Ordinary Teacher – Teacher Appreciation Week 2015

You're Nacho Ordinary Teacher - Teacher Appreciation Week 2015

  Teacher Appreciation week is May 4-8th here in Central Florida. May the 5th is also Cinco De Mayo and wanted to make a fun little gift to give the teacher on May the 5th.ย  I got all these items at the dollar tree except for the bakers twine and then printed the tag. Down…

Wood Teacher Name Sign – Teacher Appreciation Week 2015

Wood Teacher Name Sign - Teacher Appreciation Week 2015

Teacher appreciation week here is May 4th -8th. I am going to TRY to post all my projects for this year a week early to share and inspire any of you looking for ideas. ๐Ÿ™‚ย  I made this one very inexpensively.ย  I used a 24 inch piece cut from my broken/fallen down fence in the…

Homemade Fruit Leather – Fruit Roll Up

Homemade Fruit Leather - Fruit Roll Up

This has been so fun to make. I really have enjoyed it!! I love to use my Nesco Dehydrator. It isn’t one of the super fancy expensive ones but I can do up to 5 trays in it with no issues. Works great and easy to clean up and pack away. I had alot of…

Fun with Sugar Cookies

Fun with Sugar Cookies

I have really enjoyed lately working on sugar cookies. I still enjoy making cupcakes and baking however I have always envied (thats a sin I know) People that could make fabulous cookies. A wonderful girlfriend who makes cookies taught me one morning before my birthday. I enjoyed every minute of it. I soaked in everything…

Youth Activity- Mutual – Human Hungry Hungry Hippos

Youth Activity- Mutual - Human Hungry Hungry Hippos

This activity was NOT created by me. The Youth discussed this at one of their meetings and someone suggested it and made it happen. The parents all came together bringing what was needed for the event. Balloons, Laundry Baskets, Helmets (but they tended not to be used but they were meant to be used hahaha)…

Easter decorations made from old fence boards

Easter decorations made from old fence boards

Creating all these pieces listed here– I used the same method from a past post — LUCKY BOARD I wanted something SPRINGY- to have in my home and to keep the true meaning of EASTER in our home. I love the scripture John 3:16 These are all approximately 24 inches long and I cut them…

Easter Egg Display Holder

Easter Egg Display Holder

I had chalkboard eggs that I decorated with my favorite chalk board markers. The Bistro chalk markers are the brightest and goes on the best in my humble opinion. LOVE LOVE THEM!! I wanted a way to display them. We have a rotting fence in the back yard and I am always using the boards…

Cute Picket Fence for Easter – Cheap

Cute Picket Fence for Easter - Cheap

  I was looking through my husband work shed one day and saw his paint sticks he uses for work. I batted my eyelashes and begged for 12 of his sticks. He was confused– but what I saw was something more. They looked like a picket fence to me ๐Ÿ™‚ย  Pulled out my favorite blue…

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Home Decorations 2015

St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Home Decorations 2015

I love decorating for every holiday ๐Ÿ™‚ย  Also creating new crafts for the decorating is also alot of fun for me!! This section of my home is pretty new for me this year. I am happy how it turned out. I love green so I had alot of green things already. Canvas banner- I got…

LUCKY – St. Patrick’s Day Board

LUCKY - St. Patrick's Day Board

I wanted something more less traditional for St. Patrick’s day in my home for decorations. My husband took 2 boards off a weathered pallet in my back yard and screwed them together to make me a nice board to work with. I also have horse shoes a friend once gave me for a past party….

Valentine’s Day Crafts and Decorations for the home

Valentine's Day Crafts and Decorations for the home

Like Christmas– I jumped on Valentine’s Day and created a few pieces for my home to help decorate. Using wood squares then varnished them like Scrabble Blocks (thanks to my hubby) I then added vinyl to my blocks to make this piece. Hobby Lobby had this really awesome burlap charger. I LOVE BURLAP!! I added…

Christmas 2014 Decorations and Crafts

Christmas 2014 Decorations and Crafts

2014 I stepped it up a bit with decorations and crafting. I enjoyed it so very much!!! This photo I used timber and cut 4 pieces for our little family and painted it white, added on fleece caps and scarves and painted simple faces for snowman family.ย  Also my hubby used a pallet I had…

The season of Friendship lasts forever – Relief Society Night

The season of Friendship lasts forever - Relief Society Night

If you follow my blog you will maybe notice something- We were once the “Oviedo Ward” now we are Tuskawilla. We grew and split the ward and now we are Tuskawilla (or at least I am)ย  And since we split there are alot of new people to meet and get to know. We decided to…

4th Grade Frozen Themed Holiday Party

4th Grade Frozen Themed Holiday Party

4th grade holiday parties can be hard. Especially picking a theme that is appropriate enough for all different beliefs during the holiday season. I decided to go with the ever popular FROZEN movie theme. Seemed appropriate for December ๐Ÿ™‚ย  Being room mom I love to have fun little parties for the class. I found all…

Ward Christmas Party #sharethegift He Is The Gift

Ward Christmas Party #sharethegift He Is The Gift

Our Church Christmas Party was very unique and alot of fun! Our Relief Society President put together a video of the event. I am super proud how it turned out. We wanted to keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas. I believe it was achieved. But I will share some of the details of this fun event. A…

Both deaf since the age of 3, Chad and Mary Beth enjoy not only raising their little family but photographing together, cooking & crafting as well. Living in Central Florida with their ... Read More About Us ยป