Rethinking the Coat Closet
Being a homeschooler and living in a small space can be frustrating at times. I pretty much turned my living room into a school room, then over time, a couch and love seat were brought in. I needed space but wasn’t sure what else could be done. Recently while cruising a blog hop I found this blog and wow I am soooo thankful I did, so thankful for the inspiration. She had all of her storage bins in her coat closet. I went to work right away! BEFORE: AFTER: Oops I guess I forgot to take “Before” pictures of the closet and “After” pictures of the Living Room. :O)
Easy Tie Dye Shirts
I have always loved tie-dyed shirts, loved them. Bright bursts of color splashed on a sparkling white tee. Pretty! I have wanted to make one for ever but just felt like it would be hard. Until recently. I came across a spray bottled tie dye kit, it looked easy enough so I had to try it. We bought 3 white tee’s for only $3 a piece! The kit was 7.99. We twisted and rubber-banded the shirts then sprayed the tie dye all over, set to dry… we let dry 24 hours… When we took the bands off there was still alot of white so we re-banded it and sprayed some more tie dye on, dried some more……
A Challenge I am Ready for
Ever since I started Homeschooling or researching it, for that matter, I have found really good blogs written by other Moms. Recently, I noticed a few of them began talking about a challenge they were about to begin on. *Flash Forward* Just the other night I was telling my friends that I am starving for the Word, I have not been in it like I want to be. I started working a new schedule in the Fall so I had to stop attending my regular Bible Study. I have been in a study a year ever since He called me 4 years ago, this year has been different. Finding this…
Boys Love This Craft… R2D2!
My boys are crazy for Star Wars, they love it! I just picked up the box set of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi for them for Christmas. It was one of their lightning deals for only $22! Recently, I came across a crafts section of the Star Wars website. They had a fun R2D2 craft made from felt. I had tons of foam squares so we pulled them out and the boys went to work… They used construction paper for his top part and colored it silver. They also used construction paper for his body. The rest was made from foam and they glued…
2 Ways We are Celebrating Advent
I have been looking around the web for ideas to celebrate Advent. In addition to a cute book we purchased a couple of years ago, I wanted another way to add some more fun. The book is the Usbourne Advent Nativity Book. It features 24 really detailed cardboard cutouts and a story. You read a page a day and take out the corresponding days cutout and add it to the 3-D. Christmas Advent Calendar idea from The Rusted Chain blog, she got it from this adorable blog, that has many more ideas from other sites that are way too cute. All the ideas are fantastic and a great way to…
A Mini Candy Buffet for Yummy Fun
As I mentioned in the previous post, my sister-in-law’s baby shower was today. I made chocolate covered pretzels and then added store bought candy to the table and made what I call a mini candy buffet. I have seen some amazing candy buffets on the web and was really wanting to try one. It is not as grand as I would have liked but it seemed to be a hit. ALSO _ you must try to the recipe for the pretzels, sooooo many people loved them! Here are some pics of the spread (the fuzzy little things you see are supposed to be spiders): All in all, it was fun…
Fun with Lunch – Muffin Tin Inspiration
Lunch. Lunch can become boring for kids and they become uninterested and picky. At least that is what has happened to my kiddies. While browsing blogs I came across 2 really cute blogs FULL of ideas on making fun lunches. They are: Muffin Tin Mom and Lunch in a Box; Building a Better Bento Inspired by other blog moms once again, I set out. I had cutters so I didn’t need to get any. I did pick up the muffin tins at the Dollar Tree and then some cupcake liners at my local grocery store. I picked up 10 packs of fruit leather (.50/each), pretzels, crackers, cheese, almonds, turkey and…
How About Silent Saturday
Lately I have seen blogs that have theme days, one theme is to only post pictures for “wordless Wednesday”. Today I want to share more pictures from the Botanic Gardens of Denver. So this shall be my “Silent Saturday”, starting…. right…. now…