Wednesday night I had sewing night at my house and Krista came wanting to make a few headbands. After looking at one I had I came up with this easy peesy way to make an elastic headband! it literally takes a total of 15 minutes. Seriously if you have a sewing machine you can make …
Last Sunday night we arrived home from our 10 day spring vacation. We live in Kansas City (dead center of the country) and so to get to a beach it takes a while. The easiest option is of course to fly, however now that Max is 2 we just couldn’t stomach the $1000 in airfare …
Hi friends! I am super excited to show you what i have been working on all week. I just finished this adorable fabric alphabet, and i’d love to share with you how i did it so you can make a set for your munchkins. I was inspired by THIS pin on pinterest, which doesn’t go …
Currently i am serving as the Visiting Teaching Coordinator in our ward, since the whole chalkboard thing is so cool right now and even better you don’t have to pay for color copies, i made this bookmark to give out to the sisters in our ward so they know the goals for our ward and …
I wanted to make a special dessert for father’s day so i decided to try to do a copycat of the PfChangs banana spring rolls. Matt and i both agree they turned out delicious! I paired them with Haggan-Dazs pineapple coconut ice cream and drizzled my homemade caramel sauce on top. They aren’t that difficult so …
A few weeks ago I helped plan a Relief Society activity at my church called “Bloom Where You’re Planted” we did a lot of fun things that night and one of them was making these cute garden markers. This is an easy craft that anyone can manage. It was also great to do in a …
I am so excited to finally put these photos up. Yesterday my friend Tara came over and took some more maternity shots of me and these of the Nursery. She did such an amazing job, i am in love with all of them! I’ll put up the maternity shots in the next post. The first …
Our Bedroom after the paint job with cute new bedding from Target! i still have a lot of details to consider to finish the room- curtains, wall decor, paint a bookshelf, etc. but i’m LOVING the results already! Below is the nursery with the new color. It’s called Robin’s Nest by Benjamin Moore and it’s …
I’m sure many of you watched as Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot Friday morning, i for one was not going to miss it. It’s no secret that i love weddings, so for the occasion i dvr-ed it and had some friends over to watch and enjoy a brunch. On Monday i was …
I’ve only been doing this mom thing for a little over a week now, but one of the things i kept looking for when i was preggo was a good list of baby things that were really essential – and from a mom, not from babies-r-us or some other retail store telling me what all …
Last night at our church we had a special activity dinner/devotional for all the women in the ward. It was actually supposed to happen in January and was rescheduled because of all the snow- so when i accepted to do the dessert & centerpieces for the evening i didn’t realize i would be baking the …
I’m really trying to finish up the nursery, especially since we now have all the furniture up & ready to go, so i made these prints this morning. Just thought i would share a few happy thoughts :). Happy Wednesday, i hope the sun is shining where you are! And since i’m a really nice …