My kids don't have a sandbox, nor do I like sand, but maybe I could convince my husband to make it and we could have a corn box. More fun to play in and no yucky sand. He could make it much cheaper than the cost of this!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Pinterest Picks of the Week 9/29
My husband is hating Pinterest. Why, you ask? His honey-do list is getting longer. Too many great projects that I want to make that I need his handyman skills. The first of which is this great project:
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Creating a Chalkboard from an Old Picture Frame
I needed a place, to write all my goals, in my craftroom.
Did I mention, I didn't want to have to go buy anything?
Well, I did it! I made a wonderful chalkboard out of stuff I already had.
What do you think?
This was so easy to make and it turned out wonderfully. Here's how you do it...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Deployment Gifts
On Friday, my son's teacher contacted me to help her in honoring a student's step-father who is being deployed this coming weekend. I was more than willing to help out. The only problem is I was recovering from a nasty sinus infection and all creativity was out the window. Thankfully, I asked many of your wonderful followers who were on Facebook for help. The ideas that were shared were fantastic. Thank you most of all to Sarah Hasse for giving me the ideas for the gifts I made! I really appreciate it!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monogrammed Picture Frame Tutorial
I am still in the process of changing out much of the artwork in my living room. It has been almost 10 years with all the same stuff. Most of the artwork were lighthouses. We had one picture that was a lighthouse and then everyone added to our collection and we were overwhelmed with lighthouses!
The first thing I switched out was a long frame that had pictures of lighthouses in it. I found a beautiful collage family picture frame from Hobby Lobby to replace it. I then used that long frame and made my Pray Picture Frame, which replaced another lighthouse decoration.
This past week, I replaced a lighthouse wall hanging with this Monogrammed Picture Frame that I have been wanting to make for a long time.
The first thing I switched out was a long frame that had pictures of lighthouses in it. I found a beautiful collage family picture frame from Hobby Lobby to replace it. I then used that long frame and made my Pray Picture Frame, which replaced another lighthouse decoration.
This past week, I replaced a lighthouse wall hanging with this Monogrammed Picture Frame that I have been wanting to make for a long time.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Versatile Blogger Award
We are so thankful to receive for The Versatile Blogger award from Doodles and Doilies!
We are very excited about our growth as a blog in the 10 months we have been blogging. We both started blogging to share our love for crafting and cooking. We've realized that growing a blog is a ton of work in addition to just maintaining, posting and of course crafting!
Thank you to all our followers on Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest! We love it when you take the time to leave us a comment! It makes us proud of what we are doing and thankful that our ideas aren't just being lost in cyberspace.
Here are the rules to accepting the Versatile Blogger Award:
1. Thank the person who gave it to you.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Nominate 15 versatile blogs you have enjoyed lately
Thanks Erica for thinking of us for this award. We really appreciate it! Check out Erica's blog at Doodles and Doilies!
Let us share about both of us.
1. We both love crafting and thanks to our supportive husbands we each have our own craft rooms. Shannon's husband recently converted one of his three garages into a craft and holiday decoration storage room. There's still work to be done in there but she promises to share it with us soon. Mine is a shared space with a couch and tv, plus I claim other areas and closets for my yarn needs.
2. We are both lucky to have children that enjoy are crafting, cooking, and cleaning "habits"!
3. We are both imports to Georgia.
4. We both have an older brother named Daren (Jill's) Darren (Shannon's).
5. We both have parents that have stayed married, to one another. Shannon's since 1964. Jill's since 1963.
6. Shannon's favorite food is chocolate. She's just as happy with a Hershey's milk chocolate bar as anything fancy! Jill's favorite food isn't a specific food but anything that contains butter, sugar, bacon or cream cheese. You just can't go wrong with those can you?
7. We treasure our friends and family. They add so much to our lives and we work hard to never take them for granted.
Here are the blogs we want to share with you:
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Pinterest Picks of the Week 9/22
It has been another great week on Pinterest. I am amazed at all the wonderful things I can find on there. I used to follow over 100 blogs, but I just don't have the time to keep up with them. Pinterest helps me find the best of the best!
Love this jacket, I think my sweet Anna would look precious in this for the winter! I need to get the pattern.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Banana Bread
The smell of Banana Bread baking in the oven is a childhood favorite of mine. Now, I am bringing that same love of Banana Bread to my kids. If you have notice from my Sourdough Bread and Zucchini Bread recipes, I like bread, especially if it is melt in your mouth goodness.
My Mom has made this recipe for as long as I can remember. She makes it anytime our whole family is together. The recipes makes two loaves and both will disappear as quickly as you make it. My poor mother didn't have a chance to let the loaves fully cool before us kids took a piece or two.
My Mom has made this recipe for as long as I can remember. She makes it anytime our whole family is together. The recipes makes two loaves and both will disappear as quickly as you make it. My poor mother didn't have a chance to let the loaves fully cool before us kids took a piece or two.
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