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…

Princess & Frog Party – Cupcakes & Marshmallow Pops

My daughter wanted a Princess & Frog party for her birthday. She wanted it also poolside. I looked all over the internet for fun ideas. So I am going to share a few of them  this weekend 🙂 The 1st idea is the adorable Cupcakes. 🙂 We had vanilla cupcakes simply iced either pink or…

Veterinarian – Career Day Idea

Career Day came up for my daughter and she wanted to be a Veterinarian.  I wasn’t sure how to pull that off at 1st with out her looking like a regular doctor. I used my sons real stethoscope he has from his science kit. The jacket we found on clearance after Halloween.  So with those…

Bedtime Passes

I got this idea from The Creative Homemaker. Chad cut these passes out of wood and painted. I used the Silhouette to add the name and bedtime pass on it. Easy Project!! However after we did all that work- we found that our local craft store sold the wood door signs very inexpensively. WHOOPS. At…

May Day Lollipop Flower Basket

  May Day Baskets- The kids and I wanted to make some flower baskets we could give away. We also wanted to be frugal and use things we already have around the house. Were very pleased with our final project. 🙂 We only had to purchase the lollipops 🙂 We had a few left over…

May Day Cupcakes (free printables)

April showers bring May flowers.  May Day  is coming up Sunday, May 1st. What a great way to start off the month with cupcakes!! Any excuse for us to make cupcakes in this house is a good excuse! To make our cupcakes a little more festive we decorated them with a cupcake wrapper and matching…

Kids Foodie Face Plates

For Birthday and Christmas gifts– I loved making these plates. I ordered a kit from HERE.  You draw on the papers they send to you- and decorate with your own washable markers and mail it in. These plates are amazing!! They are not porcelain so they do not break if your kids drop it. They…

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

  I don’t make a lot of cupcakes. However I got some new tips and wanted to try it out. I am super pleased. I been reading about cupcakes on my friends blog. ( From Failcakes to Cupcakes) She inspired me to try.. and I love how they turned out. I posted the other day…

Carrot Napkins

I wish I knew which blog I saw this on. I know I saw it on more than one. I loved the idea and wanted to do it for my party today for my family. We only needed forks for our dinner. I purchased green forks, green pipe cleaners and orange napkins. Rolled up my…

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to you and your family!! Have a great day!!

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 »