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My Halloween pennant garland was inspired by a cute book called Bethany Lowe's Folk Art Halloween. I love it so much! It has so many cute ideas in it. I would defiantly recommend buying it.

You want to make one of these well I will tell you how! :)

What you will need to make this:

1. Mat board
2. Modge Podge
3. Black card stock
4. Rick Rack
5.Wire
6. Drill
7. Hot glue gun


How To:
1. Cut out a pennant shape onto mat board.
2.Trace the pennant onto scrapbook paper.
3. Modge podge the paper onto the pennant.
4. Modge podge the Halloween images onto the pennant. 
5. You can find the images on Google. 
6.Print them out and trace them onto your black card stock.
7. Hot glue the rick rack onto the pennant. 
8.Drill a hole into the pennants for the wire.
9. Last but not least hang it up! :)

 So cute and I love the VINTAGE feel to it!! :)

Happy Halloween!

April Fools Day

While I was visiting my family in Utah, my Mom's daycare and my kids celebrated April Fools Day with a fun  joke. All of the kids loved it so much!! I love the kind of April Fools jokes that are cute and fun!! So when I saw this idea in blog land I had do it!!I wish I could remember where I found it!

Materials:
1. Gummy Worms and Swedish Fish.
2. Small pull the lid fruit cans. $1 a can!
3.Wrapping tissue paper

How to:
1. Empty the fruit from the bottom of the can.
2. Clean out the cans and let them dry. I used a blow dryer to dry the cans.
3. Type up a note that says April Fools!! Love, Mom
4. Put the note in first then the candy, and last of all the tissue paper.
5. Glue on the lid with a glue gun.
So much fun!!!

Homemade Easter Buckets

Here are my kids Easter buckets filled up with Easter goodies!! Both of them had SO much fun with them!! It will be fun to let them take their buckets to the beach this Thursday :) I hope all of you had a fabulous Easter!!

The Shabby Nest: The One Where I Talk About Having a Bloggy Identity Crisis~

The Shabby Nest: The One Where I Talk About Having a Bloggy Identity Crisis~
Every blogger out there needs to read this post from The Shabby Nest!! I feel this way a lot and it feels good to know I am not the only one. Just the other day I was feeling bad about my blog and comparing myself to other bloggers and how my blog is not great like so many bloggers out there.

I HEART FREEBIES!!!

Click and get your freebie!!! http://kikicreates.blogspot.com/2011/03/fun-freebie.html
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! Kiki for this ADORABLE freebie!!! My little girl LOVES this!!! What a FUN St. Patricks Day treat for your little ones :)

If you want to do yours like mine I will tell you how:
1. Go to Lakeshore and get your paper dolls lamenated so they last for a long time! Lakeshore has the best prices.
2. Get a roll of magnetic strips. $1 at Lakeshore
3. Go to the Dollar store and go to the bakeware and get a platter.
4. Buy some green scrapbook paper and modge podge it onto your platter.
5. Cut out the dolls and clothing and adhere the magnetic strips to the back of your paper dolls and clothing.

Another fun thing the Leprochan left my kids was a bag of chocolate GOLD!! I told my little girly girl to draw a picture of a rainbow and lay it next to her shoe and just maybe the Leprochan will be tricked into thinking it's a real rainbow and leave his gold in her shoe. She LOVED it so much!! She thought it was so funny that she tricked the Leprochan. Heehee!! I love holidays!! Especially because I'm a mom and I get to see all of the joy and excitment in their EYES.

Here's my little guys shoe.

How CUTE is this!!

Make Your Own Canvas Art

Materials:
Go to Walmart and grab the 8x10 Canvas's they come in 2 for $4.
Get your favorite 8x10 print printed at Costco! They have the best prices on prints


Modge Podge
Scrapbook paper
Sponge brush
How To:
Cover your canvas with modge podge and adhere your picture to it.
Modge podge ribbon around the edges of your canvas
Make a rose out of scrapbook paper and adhere it to your picture.


All Done!! Doesn't it look so CUTE!!! I LOVE it!!


Go and make one of your own! I would love to see how yours turns out!! I would also love any comments or new followers it makes my day so happy. :) Thanks for stopping by and come again.


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Homemade Easter Basket

I was looking at a Pottery Barn Kids magazine and wishing so badly! that I could afford to buy my kids one of their EASTER BASKETS. So around the same time my fabulous mom told me that I should print off a Beatrix Potter print and make a cute basket of my own. I have a AWESOME MOM  full of GRAND ideas. This one is defiantly way less damaging to my WALLET and just as cute!!

Materials:
Sand Bucket. (I bought mine for a $1 at Michaels Craft Store.)
Cardstock
Rick rack
Modge Podge
Pendant sticker letters (Michaels Craft Store)

How To:
Print out a Beatrix Potter 5x7 print
Modge podge it onto your bucket
Modge podge on your rick rack
Put your banner on your bucket. I used a glue gun to glue on the letters to the rick rack. I tied the ribbon from one end to the other end.

I am exicted to fill this cute buckets up with EASTER goodies. When I get those put together I will show all of you!!  Now go grab some Easter PEEPS and make your kids a cuter and affordable EASTER Basket.

HAPPY EASTER!!