Fantabulous Friday! 4/29

Welcome to this weeks party!  Here are a few features from 2 weeks ago. 

(sorry again about missing last week-oops!)

This sign by All Things Fabulous is Fabulous!  I love it and couldn't help sharing it with all of you!

And these Popsicle Stick Bracelets @ Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom are just too cute!!

Now let's see what you have been up to this week!

Kraft Recipe Finder

One of the places I always find good, easy recipes is the Kraft website. They even have a place where you can type in the ingredients you have on hand and see what you can make.  It has saved me several times!

My favorite new recipe is the Triple Layer Peanut Butter Brownies

Go Check it out!

Hoo are you and an apology....

Wow!  What a week!  Or long weekend!  It was spring break here Thursday-Monday and my blog got some serious neglect.  I even missed Fantabulous Friday.  So sorry to all you fabulous ladies who link up every week.  We WILL be partying this week and have our 2nd Handmade Show and Sell on Monday as well.  And you are all invited!

Here are my answers for this weeks Hoo are you!

1. Do you plant a garden or flowers, or neither?
I really am not much of a gardener, but i do plant a few flowers and occasionally a tomato plant or some strawberries.

2. Does it bother you to have your blinds or curtains 
open after dark so people can see in your house?
YES it does!

3. Do you like to go camping?
If camping includes a cabin and bed and flushing toilet....I do like to be outdoors but like to sleep comfortably too.

4. Do you have a laptop or a desk top computer?
I have a netbook and desktop as well.

5. What time during the day do you have your most energy?
Late mornings and I usually get a burst of energy early in the evenings as well.

Homemade Oreos for Spring!

All you need is a little food coloring and you can turn some of your favorites into fun for Spring treats.

I just did this with my cake mix oreos (recipe HERE) and now I can call them Spring Oreos!  (so the picture doesn't show it well but the frosting is blue and yellow)

Hoo are You Tuesdays!

After a little break, so Leslie could have her baby (CONGRATS!!!!!) Hoo are you is back!




Here are my answers!

1. What are your plans for Easter?
It is also my kids Spring break Thurs-Mon so we are going to go visit family!

2. Do you die eggs for Easter?

Yes!  Even though I think it always makes a huge mess, the kids love it!

What is your favorite Easter candy?

I love Black jelly beans!  And marshmallow peeps!
 

4. Do you celebrate the make believe part of Easter and/or the 
religious part?

We celebrate both! The Easter bunny comes and we hunt for eggs and also celebrate Christ's resurrection. 

5. What is your favorite part about the Easter holiday?

Being with those I love!

Scrappy Hair Scarf Tutorial

I posted yesterday about our Easter Skirts and the matching scarfs I made.

I totally pieced our scarfs together.  I had scraps and made the most of them.  For each I used 3 pieces of fabric 4 " wide. You can make it wider if you have more material.

The middle piece was the longest and approx. 12-13" (mine was on the longer side) and the 2 side pieces were about 10-11"

 (apologies ahead for the lack of any great pictures as I still have camera issues and have to rely on my ipod)

Just pin the pieces together to make 1 long strip ( or if you have a long enough scrap that works too!) and sew together.

Next fold in half length wise with right sides together.  Pin.  Slant your ends by cutting at an angle.

Sew the length and 1 end but leave the other end open for turning.  Turn right side out.  Fold in the edges on your open end and sew shut.

What WE wore today....

I've seen lots of 'What I wore...' posts, and thought I'd do one today just for fun. I was able to finish mine and Miss Ks skirts for Easter so we wore them to church today. Yes, I made us matching skirts!  I was originally  just making me one, but realized I had just enough fabric for her too.

These skirts are made from the same Circle Skirt Pattern I made HERE

My shirt is from Express (and is really a dark pink, the pictures make it more red)

And shoes are Born, from Dillards

 Her shirt is from Walmart

And Ariat boots

I had a last minute thought and whipped the hair scrafs out this morning using the leftover scraps.  I barely had enough but made it work!  I will post a tutorial tomorrow!

Fantabulous Friday! 4/15

Welcome to another Fantabulous Friday!!!

If you haven't already, please take a minute and enter my 
1000 Follower Giveaway!!! 

Last week we had a tie for the most viewed links!  Here they are!

(please grab your featured button and display it with pride!)

 

Cereal Box Purse @ Pinkapotamus

Peep Specimen Art @ Choose to Thrive Blog

For this weeks Party, link up any crafty thing you've made this week!  Check out some other links, leave comments and have fun!

(remember no selling, giveaways, ect and please keep it family friendly!)

Double Chocolate Birds Nests!!!

If you know me at all, you know I love chocolate! Milk chocolate. Not a fan of dark chocolate or white chocolate though.

So I made my Chocolate No Bake Cookies and added even more chocolate and call them Double Chocolate Birds Nests!

Joy's No-Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup margarine

1/2 cup peanut butter

3 Tbs Cocoa

Bring this to a boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring frequently.

Remove from heat and add:

1 cup marshmallows

 3 1/2 cups rolled oats

1/3 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup rice crispies cereal

1 tsp vanilla

Mix well.  Drop by TBS-fulls onto wax paper lined baking sheet.

  Press a chocolate Easter egg in the center of each cookie.

Let sit in refrigerator for 1 hour to set up.  Enjoy!

Momma's Tool-box!

I am so tired of not being able to find a phillips screwdriver when I need one. We have a small 'junk' drawer in the kitchen that I like to keep spare tools in.  Of course, I have 2 boys who think they can fix things and love tools.  And then there is the garage, where tools 'hide' and 'get lost.'

So the other day while at Walmart I found me a toolbox. And not just any toolbox, a purple one! So I had to buy it. Now there are no tools in the junk drawer and I cleaned the garage up a bit and made sure I had 1 of everything I might need in MY toolbox.

Then I used my cricut to fancy it up a bit. I love it! And it fits right under the kitchen sink!

1000 Follwer Giveaway!!!

 Did you see my GFC followers slowly pass the 1000 mark!!!    Squeeeeallll!!!!

So I am offering this giveaway  for all of YOU who made it happen!  If you don't already follow on GFC, its easy.  Just click the button!

This Giveaway is Sponsored by  a bloggy friend of mine, Heather.  You may know her from her very fun blog, Me Making Do

Heather owns a sweet shop called So Chic Crochet Designs & More

Be sure to hop on over and check it out!

She is giving away a Turquoise Knot headband and bangle!!

(choice of size on the headband)

They are both simply gorgeous!!!

And you get 4 easy ways to enter!

1.  Follow Me Making Do Blog

2.  {heart}  So Chic Crochet Designs & More on Etsy

3.  Follow MKC on Facebook

4.  Help spread the word by blog, Fb, ect about this Giveaway!

Giveaway open for 1 week only!!!  Winner announced early next week!

Good luck and thanks to all who enter!

Fantabulous Friday 4/8

Welcome to the PaRTY! I am loving looking through all the links each week! You all are so amazing and talented!

The most viewed link last week was this adorable Crewcuts Tea Cake Dress from With love by Rach!

and another favorite, just for fun.....I love PEEPS!  And this wreath Lori @ Paisley Passions made is so much fun!

Featured?  Don't forget your button!

I also want to take a minute and tell you all about a fun 

NEW Recipe Linky!  Hosted by Big K, little a

So any of you who are linking a recipe today, might as well hop on over there and link up too!

Now for the party!  Show me what you have been working on!  Anything crafty goes!  And if you are wanting to link up to something you are selling, the Handmade Show & Sell is still open!!!

Spring Burlap Wreath

Spring? Where are you????

It is still snowing here....and I am looking forward to the colors of spring!  This is a re-post of my last year's wreath.  I don't think I will get around to making a new one this year and I still LUV this one!  (and since switching over my blog a while back, a large # of my posts lost all the pictures so I wanted to update this one anyways)

Spring is the one time of year I can add some PINK to my house. (me and my daughter are totally outnumbered.....even the dog is a boy)

I have been looking all around for the perfect one and finally just made my own.

I used a 14" straw wreath, 4 strips 3 1/2"x 48" burlap, and 3 strips fabric 3 1/2"x 45"(one of these is a contrasting piece for hanging)

And my hot glue gun!

Wrap the entire wreath with burlap. Just hot glue the ends of the burlap strips in place as you go.

Then take your 2 pieces of printed fabric and wrap around leaving spaces so the burlap shows through.

Then I made these darling burlap flowers using this tutorial by Alisa over at The Tidy Nest.

I just adjusted the size a bit and made a bigger one and 2 smaller ones and I didn't cover the centers like she did. And then just hot glued them in place.

Tie a loose knot in your last fabric strip for hanging!

Enjoy! I can't wait for the sun to be shining and the feeling of  SPRING in the air!

Handmade Show & Sell #1

 Welcome to our first Handmade Show & Sell!!!

 We hope this party helps you advertise your shop & find some fun new shops to browse and support!

Our Handmade Hotshot this month is 

 Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop!

***Spring Sale: All patterns are Buy 2 Get 1 Free!

I LOVE sewing for little ones and Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop is home to all of my very favorite patterns!

Every pattern comes with a full photo tutorial and I'm always just an email away if you need help:)

Here's some of my favs:

I hope you'll stop by and find a treasure for your little one!

~Amy @ Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop

Now for the Party and Rules!

Link up your favorite items from your store or boutique.  You can also link up directly to your store.  

Please follow both of your hostesses.

  Momma's Kinda Crafty

&

Nap Time Crafters

Check out some other links, heart a new shop, and have fun shopping!

Grab a button and help spread the word!

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