Category Archives: Holidays & Occasions

Father’s Day – Love you to PIECES

I plan on making a basket of goodies for Father’s day. Different items my husband enjoys to eat. So to start off my basket I added a jar of his favorite candies. Can you guess? He is a major peanut butter lover! I used an empty frappuccino bottle I got from a friend. (I love…

4th of July Pillow Case Dress

One of my very 1st dresses I have ever sew was this one last year. I love how it turned out. The little American flags, and used maroon fabric to accent it. Its great to also wear on Memorial and Labor day.  I also sewed it a bit long so she could wear it for…

DIY- Baby Burp Cloths

Another incredibly easy baby shower gift. I used the same fabric as I did the other 2 shower gifts. (found here) I gave these, 2 binkies and a pair of shoes for shower gifts. They were the hit of the parties. Everyone ooh’ed and ahh’ed over them. Almost made me want to have another kids….

DIY- Baby Binky Leash

Another QUICK and easy Baby shower gift.  I have gotten so many comments back from my girlfriends that received these that these hold on to their son’s clothing far better than the commercial brand. That makes my heart sing. 🙂 Something better than a store brand– ME?? I made?? WOOHOO Sew 4 Home– has this…

DIY- Adorable Cloth Baby Shoes

I used to not be able to sew. Yesterday being Mother’s day I got to reflect on all the wonderful things my mom has taught me. It then got me to thinking that I have been also equally blessed with great friends that are mother’s and they have taught me some really great things. I…

Happy Mother’s Day

To all the wonderful mothers out there- Happy Mother’s Day to you!!

Cheater Spinach & Artichoke Quesadilla

As much as we love to cook- we are just as excited to come up with something “semi-homemade”. But we call them cheaters. Because we felt like she cheated through this dinner. We made this dinner for Cinco de Mayo. Inspired by Tijuana Flats. Pack of 10 large flour tortillas Started off with our favorite…

Thanks for helping me bloom – Teacher Appreciation Week 2011

This is the last gift my kids teachers will be getting. I followed the flower instructions from the website MADE. I loved out it came out. Chad sprayed them all. He is an even spray painter. I would have drips all over the silly thing. My best friend saved me a bunch of coke bottles….

Sweet Teacher candy bar – Teacher Appreciation 2011

Last minute gift. I made a wrapper similar to this for my children’s school PTA. It was on a much thinner candy bar that they gave out to all the teachers and staff this week. I wanted to have one myself that would fit a Hershey bar. I could use it at the end of…

Smart Cookie – Teacher Appreciation 2011

I found this great post for weddings– however I wanted to do another Smart Cookie for teacher appreciation week.  SEE OUR OTHER COOKIE POST. I loved how this looked like a cafe cookie. Very classy! I made the cookie recipe the wedding website suggested. I used a 1/4 cup measuring cup to make sure I…

Apple of our eye – Teacher Appreciation 2011

Isn’t that cute? We just got done making 101 of them!! That is ALOT. We volunteered to make one for the entire staff at our children’s school for the theme “apple” for that day. I can’t wait for them to get them tomorrow. You start off with the basic rice cereal treat recipe. 10 oz…

Grass is greener – Teacher Appreciation Week 2011

I got this idea from Eighteen 25‘s website. I loved the entire thing. So I wanted to do this for our children’s teachers and special staff for teacher appreciation week. I used mugs that came in new dishes set that I didn’t want. I am not a fan of mugs. I have my own special…

Mint to Teach – Teacher Appreciation Week 2011

Teacher Appreciation week is HERE!!  My favorite week. Here is one of the projects my kids are giving their teachers this week. I used plastic test tubes and mint candies. I already know I am going to get questions about where I got my test tubes. HAVE NO FEAR!! I will show you where I…

Princess & Frog Party – Decorations, Candy & Games

Our candy table 🙂 Lots of Pink and Green Candies in various jars I had. Mason Jars, lock lid jars etc. I love to collect jars so creating this tble was fun. We used pink or green starburst, or strawberry whopper candy, andes mint candies, lollipops in green and pink on long sticks found at…

Princess & Frog Party – Goodie Bags

  My husband and I own an embroidery machine- and decided to give out really cool goodie bags to the girls at the party. He digitized the frog we used in her theme, and added each of the girls names on the canvas bags. Inside we added fun items. 1- We made homemade play-dough for…

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 »