Category Archives: DIY Project / Crafts

Easter Treats – Some Bunny Special

I gave each person that came to our Easter dinner one of these treats. I even gave them away to my Visiting Teaching sisters at church ๐Ÿ™‚ I simply printed my own pink gingham paper on card stock. Used my silhouette to cut out a bunny and the outsideย  rectangle. Folded in half. Used a…

Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926 March 14

March 14th aka 3/14 is Pi Dayย  ฯ€ = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 I also know Pi is ROUND however I didn’t have time to make a pie for dessert tonight for my kids. So I got the next best thing. A McDonald’s apple pie. Decided to make a little slip cover to go around it to celebrate…

St. Patrick’s Day Treat Toppers – Free Printable (great for Visiting Teaching)

I am sorry this is so close to St. Patrick’s day. I just designed this last night for me to go visit my church sisters for Visiting Teaching.ย  However I created one for regular use as well for all of my readers. I made this tag that will fit on a sandwich size zip top…

St. Patrick’s Day Treats and Shenanigans

My favorite treat I made for family and friends last year comes from Beth Proudfoot – found here Then on St. Patrick’s day- the leprechaun’s left the kids little treats in their shoes – But that is not all he left…… He left quite a mess in the living room. Totally tossed it. The kids…

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner 2011

I forgot that I also didn’t blog about our St. Patrick’s Day dinner last year. Here is a recap of our fun! Yummy lemon bunt cake – recipe here We love this yummy Irish Garlic & Herb Butter –ย  We find it every year at Publix. YUM Irish Soda Bread ๐Ÿ™‚ Rainbow Fruit Corned beef…

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch

I made my kiddo’s a St. Patrick’s day lunch last year. I plan to do the same this year ๐Ÿ™‚ Everything green. ๐Ÿ™‚ Grapes, Pickle, Marshmallows I used food writers to decorate, green fruit roll up, green box of apple juice, and their sandwich I used the food writer on as well. ๐Ÿ™‚ They loved…

Mardi Gras 2012

Again – I apologize for the iphone photos. We were still unpacking into the new house we moved into. But again- never will we miss a chance to party ๐Ÿ™‚ Mardi Gras was alot of fun. We got to teach our kids what it meant and what Fat Tuesday is. We also got to try…

Valentine’s Day 2012

I must apologize for the terrible photos. We had just moved into a new house just the week before and hadn’t unpacked our good camera much less the rest of the house. However that never stops us from celebrating. So if you can look past the yuck photography of my iphone- I would love to…

Dr. Seuss Birthday Dinner 2012

We changed things up a little bit from last year. It wouldn’t be fun to do it exactly as last year.ย  (FOUND HERE) Will start with the dinner. –ย  Green Eggs & Smoked/Cooked Ham – Lorax Grits (yes I made that up but its yellow/cheese grits), Cat in the Hat fruit skewers. Decorations were easy–…

Happy 108th Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Today is Dr. Seuss birthday ๐Ÿ™‚ย  We always celebrate and my daughter insisted she dress up for the occasion for school. She was super excited. Tonight we will have our festive dinner and celebration. ๐Ÿ™‚ย ย  I am also the room mom I will be delivering some fun “Thing 1 & Thing 2” cupcakes to her…

Angry Birds Blue & Gold Cub Scout Banquet- Part 4

Last and final post.ย  This post will cover the GAME/ACTIVITY portion of the banquet. Mentioned before in previous posts- we stacked up moving boxes for the game. We used 10 dodge balls. 5 green 5 red. We found them cheaply at Walmart. We use dodgeball all the time for scouts so they will be used…

Leap Day 2012 – Family Dinner Party

Any excuse to dress up the table and have a fancier/funner (is that a word?) dinner– I am all on it! I love my Silhouette machine. I use it all the time to cut out things in a snap. For this dinner I used it for the Frog Bags, Lily Pads & Flower place mat…

Leap Day 2012

My daughter is going to take this fun little gift to her classmates. Nothing over the top- but something to celebrate the day. After all it only happens every 4 years ๐Ÿ™‚ I got a bag of 8 frogs for 1.00 at my local dollar store ๐Ÿ™‚ Bagged them up added a cute topper on…

Angry Birds Blue & Gold Cub Scout Banquet- Part 3

Decorations were the easiest at this banquet. Since we had just moved 3 weeks prior to this event- I needed this to be a VERY simple event. However, it turned out to be one of our best ones yet. Even better! Lots and Lots of moving boxes came in handy ๐Ÿ™‚ Stacked them up high,…

Angry Birds Blue & Gold Cub Scout Banquet- Part 2

Continuing on with our Angry Birds Blue & Gold Banquet for our Cub Scouts this year.ย  I decided I didn’t want to deal with cups and pitchers of water that could spill. Decided it still met budget we could do bottles of water. I love to relabel our water bottles. They were a huge hit…

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