{TEACHER Gift - Thanks for the SWEET Year!!}

 

We

{Love}

our teachers!

So wanted to give a little end of the year treat

to say THANK YOU

for all their hard work!!

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I cheated a little bit and didn’t make it entirely homemade

{& I’m perfectly fine with that!}

instead I bought some really yummy caramel dip
from the grocery produce area

some apples

some cute little jars

and some packing supplies

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Put the caramel dip right in the jars

{I added a little bit of toffee bits to the top – mmmm!}

Cover the lid with a cute cupcake liner

tie with bakers twine

pop the jar and an apple in a cellophane bag

tie with more baker’s twine

and add a little gift tag

 

Here’s the tag I put together to add to the gift:

 

** This project was inspired by this yummy idea found here

 

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Excessive Finger Knitting!

 

On our recent cross-country roadtrip, we had a
bit of down-time so decided

to try our hand at a new craft…

Finger KNITTING!!

 

My daughter and I had strings strung all around the vehicle

 

 

In my travel bag of goodies (books, treats, little surprises to break up the ride with a bit of fun), I brought along two skeins of yarn

one pretty vibrant pink with flecks of other fun funky colors

and

a soothing charcoal grey

I assumed my girl would want the pink one but instead she REALLY wanted the grey and left the pink for me

We started with a couple quick stitches and kept
going and going and going

 

She only needed help getting started the first time but then she TOOK OFF and knitted away!  It was a great time filler and she felt so proud of her results!  win, win!

 

And here is the pink

 

Isn’t it pretty??

I figured out how to do this finger knitting thing by checking out this tutorial

 

We now have lots of scarves for teddy bears, knitted strands strung like a banner/bunting and we’re on the hunt for more cute yarn!

this craft was

FUN & SIMPLE & FAST !!

{which is a great combo for kid crafting, don’t you think?}

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Home Is Where Your Mom Is

Spring-time certainly is a time of year that I think of my mom

oh….I miss her dearly!

Though she passed away a year and a half ago, I still find myself picking up the phone to call her like I used to everyday.

But I can’t anymore.

Instead…..

I can look back on

wonderful memories

 

So for all you mama’s out there and for all you daughters out there…to those who have loved & lost as well

just remember to treasure the moments!

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I was playing around and put together this fun little sign:

 

to print out, frame and display to help me remember that my mom is always with me in memory and in heart!

 

Happy Day to y’all!!

 

xoxo

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A Little RED CHAIR

You might have seen my little red chair included in my header pic

{which I’ll probably be changing up soon}

I’ve actually got a bit of a vintage kid chair addiction collection going

This is my newest find:

Here is the BEFORE shot

kinda sad shape:

so I ripped off the horrible seat that was totally trashed. 
{It was being held together with scotch tape!}

 

and in its place I added webbing
{which coincidentally has the red and burlap colors I adore}

It’s a cutie, eh?

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How to Make a Pennant (Banner) in 3 Easy Steps!

 

Did you see

the little Pennant/Banner
on my

 

happy spring mantel??

 

 I thought I’d share how I made it…

#1. Start off by cutting paper triangles to the size you desire

{here the possibilities are endless!!  You can choose to cut them big or small; make them all out of one paper design or go WILD & totally mix it up by using multiple colors and patterns!!}

#2. Cut a length of ribbon

{in my spring banners I used a deep orange ric rac & an aqua seam binding as my ribbon – I used the whole package for each}

#3. Now Hot Glue the paper pieces to the underside of the ribbon evenly spacing them out

{be sure to leave a little tail of ribbon on each end to use for tying up}

do you see our pup in the upper corner of the photo above?
she’s always nearby when I’m crafting!

Voila!!

Now you’re all set to
hang it up!

 

Would love to see your versions if you
whip up a banner/pennant of your own –

just throw me an email to show it off!

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