Every Princess Loves Her Hair!

So remember way back when,

when I mentioned Rapunzel hair???

Apparently I don't have that kind of patience.

First, check out how the project was supposed to go...

The Weekend Homemaker's Rapunzel Hair

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Sounds easy enough,

                        buy the yarn,

                                   cut some strips,

                                                   sew to the cap

                                                                 and Wha LA!

Now, um...Here's how mine turned out

She thinks she looks beautiful.

I agree :)

When I tried to put a hat over her "Bald Spot",

She firmly stated that

"Rapunzel doesn't wear hats."

We have since then braided her hair and she wears it

EVERYWHERE!

This project does require alot of patience!

You will need: yellow yarn, an old pair of tights, and a needle and thread.

Oh, and patience, Have I mentioned that yet?

I used one package of yarn, so you will obviously need more than that.

(You know, depending on how big you want your bald spot to be!)

I found that the sewing was where I had difficulty.

It took forever!

I really think that this is a very fun idea,

 If you take the time to stick it out and finish yours,

Let me know! I would love to see it!

Have a great weekend!!

Sarah

Bible Time

After many months of peer pressure, I have finally given in and joined 

 Pinterest.

You can follow my boards by clicking over there.------->

Hint Hint

I must say that it is not nearly as addicting as I had heard...At least not yet.

There are a million and three ideas on there! Everything from crafts, clothing, design...you name it, it's on there somewhere!

I still need to figure out all of the bells and whistles

but I am really enjoying my time with my new best friend,

Pinterest 

(Ya, not addicting at all)

Anyway, while I was spending quality time on my computer the other day, I came across an awesomely creative idea for celery! You can use it as a stamp. Confused?? There's nothing to it.

Just chop off the stalks...

Use a brush to paint directly on to the celery and stamp on your paper.

We worked it into our Family Bible Time and learned a verse to go with our pretty flowers.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers,

the flower fades

but the Word of our God

will stand forever.

Happy Friday!



Growth Chart Gift

Two of our dearest friends had a baby, their first!

I was so excited for them and found the perfect gift.

Right now they are living in an apartment,

So this gift is great because it can be taken down for when they buy a house.

                                          

I found the idea and instructions here at Whipper Berry

http://whipperberry.com/2011/08/diy-baby-gift-portable-growth-chart-kit.html

Box and Rub Ons found on clearnance at Hobby Lobby! SCORE!

Jute Webbing found at Hobby Lobby for $1.50  a yard
Tags and pins bought at Walmart

I pinned on the baby's length at birth

Put it all in the box and you're done!

The Bzzzy Family Organizer

Remember those ugly metal tiles that I ordered from Pickyourplum? I told you about those, right? Well, I attacked them with some crafty papers and modpodge and this is what I got!

I wanted a "Days of the week" calendar that I could just put random stuff on; such as: Piano Lessons or grocery lists.  

I bought some clear rocks from the $ Tree and modpodged those as well with the letters of the days of the week.  And stuck some magnets on the back.

Can you see them? Let me give you a close up.......

There. That's better.

 I used my cricut for the title. (Which, btw, it's very hard to come up with a title for these kinds of projects!)

And I had two bees buzzing around here but one got stolen by little Miss Maddie.

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My handy dandy husband drilled holes in eacht tile for me and I strung some ribbon through and there ya' go!I can't wait to use these and clutter them up with all of the stuff that needs to get done! 

Oh! and I have another little thing that I wanted to show you! It's a piece of cake, I promise......

I saw a long time ago, in my pottery barn magazine,some really cute chalkboard pots. And.......I have been wanting to grow some herbs in my new kitchen window, so off I went to the store for pots and paint. 

All I did was spray paint them with some chalkboard paint and label with chalk! Told you it was easy!

Not much of a tutorial here but I still wanted to show them off! 

Hope you all have festive Fourth!! God Bless!!

Sarah

We Love Our Teachers!

My girls absolutely adore their teachers this year! I saw somewhere this little addition problem and thought I should figure out a way to use it. 2sweet + 2be=4gotten

This one is Easy Peasy, I promise! I decided to make some jar cookies. You remember those from a few years ago right? They were all the rage...Anyway, In one of my craft magazines there was a recipe for Jar Gingerbread Scones.  They looked so good in the picture that I just had to use it. So Here's how ya' do it.

Supplies:
3 small peanut butter jars
Paper
Letter and Number Stickers (If you don' t have a Cricut)
Ingredients for the cookies
Ribbon
Glue

Start by washing out your jars really well. Then move on to the fun stuff. We used black and white vinyl and my cricut to cut out all of the numbers and letters. Have your kiddos help you with this part. Mine love punching in the letters and they even love peeling them off.  (Good for mommy, who hates peeling!)

Next up, Place your letters on your jars. Mae has a male teacher so we switched his up a bit and did 2cool+2be=4gotten

 Get on your computer and type out the instructions:

Gingerbread Scones

Empty the contents of one jar into a medium bowl; make a well in the center of the flour mixture.

In a small bowl, stir together one beaten egg, 2 Tbs. milk and 1 Tbs. molasses. Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface; quickly knead by folding and gently pressing for 10-12 strokes or until nearly smooth.Lightly roll dough into a 6 inch circle. Cut into 6 wedges, dipping knife into flour between cuts. Place wedges 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet

Brush with milk and sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Cool slightly and Enjoy!

You'll have to play around with it a little to get it to fit the top of your jar. (I saved mine for you but it really just depends on what size jar you are using.) Glue, tape (or whatever) your ingredients to the top of your jar and head to the kitchen.

Here's the Ingredients for the jar mix:

Ingredients

3 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

2 Tbs. baking powder

1 tsp. gound ginger

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

3/4 cup shortening

Instructions:

In a large bowl combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cloves and nutmeg. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resmebles coarse crumbs. Divide flour mixture evenly among three 1 pint glass jars. Seal. Store in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month.  Makes 3 jars.

Next up, is making them pretty. Mae picked out some ribbon to tie around the top. And there ya' go! The best part is, except for a couple of the ingredients, I had EVERYTHING to make these, so my final cost was like, $4!!

I think they turned out pretty cute. So, get out your cricut and show those teachers some love!

Have a fun weekend!

Sarah

Mother's Gifts

For Mother's Day this year, instead of flowers or special treats; I made these Heirloom Journals! I found the idea here: Kissing The Joy As It Flies  
You have to click and take a look! Her's turned out just perfect and her grandma filled it all out!!   Anyway, here are the two that I did today...

These are personalized and filled with questions about their lives. Everything from "Where were you born?" to "What advice do you have for our family" (Click on the link above to see some suggested questions.)

Supplies are minimal and just basically whatever you have on hand! I bought two journals, stickers and some coordinating papers. I used my cricuit to cut out all of my letters and some flowers for the inside cover.

I modpodged the front and inside of the cover, to make them shiny. Then wrote the questions throughout the book.
I added some questions that I would like answers to , Such as: "When did you first hear about God?" and "Do you have any pearls of wisdom about being a commited Christian?"
I then put six or so stickers throughout the book just to spice it up a little.

I also found this awesome Family Tree scrapbook page and just had to find a way to include it! It may be my favorite part!!

In order to incooporate it into the book, I made a little pocket out of cardstock and glued it inside the back cover , then folded the page "Map" style and there ya' go!

I wish I could've found plain journals for this project so my color pallete could have been different but I think they turned out very nice and I can't wait to see them all filled out!

My girls are excited too! I told them they could make some bookmarks to go with the book out of my leftover supplies.

How about another look at the final product...I really love them....(sigh)

Mae's Birthday Board

Out of boredom because of my mid-winter blues, my daughter's March birthday always seems to have alot of decorations and planning associated with it. While searching for new ideas this year, we found the neatest thing...A Birthday Board.

I've seen them done all over the place now that we have made one. So hopefully this isn't old hat to all of you because we really love ours!

We started at Hobby Lobby picking out some papers and finding some little clips. Those were the only supplies that I had to purchase. Everything else was already in my cabinet at home.

Supplies:

Mod Podge

Craft Glue

Assorted Cardstock and Craft Paper

Mini-clothespins or clips

8x11inch board

Scissors

Neutral Paint

Ribbon

Cricut (we used this for the letters, you could also just buy sticker-letters)

The idea of the board is to give the Birthday Boy or Girl their choice of Dinner and special activity each night of the week leading up to their Special Day.

At the top of the board is the countdown with numbers; with the dinner choices and acitivity choices below. We did such activities as: watching home movies of the birthday kid, looking through the baby books and other ideas specific to what that child enjoys...For Mae we did a "Read In Night"  :)

And then, At the end of the countdown, they can turn the board over and it says Happy Birthday!

Very simple to do; and other than the drying time for the mod podge, it really didn't take too long!

Hope you all enjoy the weekend! And take some time to make someone's birthday extra special!