I really want a Silhouette machine!

I enter every Silhouette machine drawing I see and I have still come up short. 

I am so jealous of all of the projects I see on everyone's blog.

I would love to make things like these:

Cutesy shirts for the holidays for me and my kiddos

(You know this machine cuts fabric, right?)

My Own Road

Decorations for my very, very bare laundry room

Craftomaniac

Pillows to decorate my empty house

Tatertots and Jello

Cute nursery wall hangings

Creative Baby Nursery Rooms

For now I will keep dreaming.  Maybe I will get one someday...

XOXO

Valentine's Treats

So I am a bit behind on my blogging, as usual, but I thought I would share the Valentine's treats I sent in for my son's Valentine's party.  I have seen many people do these for V-Day and jumped on the bandwagon.  

Thank goodness I save crayons when we go to restaurants.  My son doesn't color at home yet (he's only 21 months) but he loves to color at dinner when we go out.  My hubby wondered what I was planning to do with these crayons, yet I knew all along.

All the crayons minus the red and yellow ones.

In the heart tin that I finally found at Pat Catans

Popped them in the oven at 200 for 20 minutes

Let them cool then popped them out of the tin.

Bad mommy!  I know.  Had I realized his party was Friday and not Monday I would have put a little more effort into the card portion of the treat.  Well, I guess something is better than nothing and it wasn't candy!

Hope you enjoyed your Valentine's Day!

Coasters

Ok, so don't hate me but I forgot to blog about the coasters I have been seeing all over blogland that I made for Christmas gifts.  

I found a cute ornament at Walmart and put it on top of the little packages

All three package and ready to go.

I found a couple more ornaments that I like at Walmart and eventually unwrapped the other two sets and added the ornament.  It's the perfect little topper on these cute homeade gifts.

Enjoy!

Handmade Gift Exchange

So my partner Brooke from Johnson Bits received her Handmade Gift Exchange, courtesy of Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous, gift this past weekend, so I can now blog about it!  YAY!

These are my favorite gifts for friends and relatives.  

I am never quite sure what to do with my leftover bottles... and we always look for ones with cute labels.

I found a craft that I love to make and it uses those pretty bottles!

It's a wine bottle that has been filled with a mini strand of lights and some filler.  

Then you find a lamp shade, embellish it, if you'd like, and place it on the bottle.

And you have a gorgeous little light!

Love it and I hope Brooke does too!

Quick Holiday Craft

While out shopping at Walmart  I came across these cute monogram stocking charms in the Christmas section.  I grabbed an H and wasn't sure what I was going to do with it.   I didn't really have a reason to shop on Black Friday, but I went out just to check things out.   While at Kohls, I found a gorgeous picture frame and instantly I knew what to do with my "H."

Do you love it?  Everyone that has seen it has complimented me on it and asked where to get one.  My mom even went to Kohls to get some frames to make them as gifts this year.

I think I might make a few for my son's teacher gifts this year.

Cheers!

Teddy's Seussical Birthday Party

I have been searching for ideas for Teddy's first birthday since December and went back and forth between Curious George and Dr. Seuss. Since we had been reading Dr. Seuss books to him since he was in my belly, I thought it was appropriate to continue with Dr. Seuss.

I have gotten quite a few ideas from Kara's Party Ideas and Giggles Galore. I can't wait until this coming Sunday to show all of the ideas I have thrown together! It will be the best party he will never remember. But we will all have fun.

I am going to make a scrapbook of this party with photos of everyone and have them write a note inside to Teddy. More on that to come this week.

Here is what I have been up to so far.

Tissue Poms from Design Dazzle

And the Birthday Banner.

A few more tasks this week and then it's party time! YAY!

Easter Eggs

So I am a bit backlogged on my blogging, so I apologize. This was our first Easter with our son, so I thought I would go all out and decorate eggs this year.

A woman at worked was talking about tie-dying eggs, which le

d me over to a great blog Our Best Bites

So I took a trip over to the Salvation Army and picked up some ties and when to work.

Here is how they turned out.

I really liked this one!

This one was fun too.

Not sure we will attempt this one next year. But it was something really fun to try!

Recyclable Carton Wallet

For Earth Day in March, my son's daycare sent home a paper requesting that you send your child in with a craft made from recycled materials. Well, what can a 10 month old really create except a caterpillar out of an egg carton, and that would even have been a stretch.

So, me being the overachiever that I am, created this wallet for him to share with the class. I googled recycled crafts, and found this one.

Needless to say everyone was super impressed, as was I!!