FIRST DAY

It was the first day of Preschool for my little guy. He is lucky to be in the same class as his big sister.

 Sissy was happy to be back at school. Buddy was very shy on his first day. Hopefully tomorrow he'll be ready to play!

HAPPY HEARTS

To get ready for Valentine's Day, I made these cute little heart pillows. They are bright and happy!

The best thing about this craft is it is inexpensive and easy.

I have a big stash of embroidery floss. It's cheap and comes in a variety of cool colors.

Felt sheets are also very cheap.

the little guys

a bigger guy

i heart u

For Valentine's Day last year we made lots of handmade Valentine's cards. My daughter colored the pictures, and added the googily eyes. I traced over top her drawings with glitter glue and attached them to the colorful handcut cards.

I glued paper letters inside the card. 

They turned out so bright and cheerful!

The kids and I made lolipop flowers for their Valentines.

They had fun handing these out to their friends.

Sissy received her own Valentine from her Gigi, who was vacationing in Paris.

I whipped up a simple and festive heart sash for our front window.

HANDMADE CHRISTMAS

I made these felt owl ornaments for everyone in my family this year.

The kids helped me make a 'wise old owl' cake for Grandpa's 89th birthday.

My brother gifted me with all of these skeins of colorful wool yarn for Christmas. I love the rainbow of colors!!

The first thing I made with the yarn was a rainbow scarf for Sissy.

I purchased these cute hand towels at Marshall's a while ago. While I was at my parent's house over the holiday, I made use of my Mom's sewing machine and made them into pillows. The towels were on clearance and the pillows were $1.99 at Ikea. Cute and cheap!

I saw travel toothbrush holders on Pinterest and knew I wanted to have one. My Mom whipped this one up really fast. She used yellow grosgrain ribbon for the tie.

She found the most perfect hand towel for the job at TJ Maxx. I love it, and If it gets dirty, I can just toss it into the washing machine!

I made these paper stars for my Christmas window decorations this year. I folded cardstock into the star shapes, then painted them with glitter paint. I added Christmas lights underneath to light them up at night. They sparkle.

The kids helped me make these vanilla/chocolate buttercream cupcakes for Grammy's birthday. They especially helped by licking the beaters for me : D

BLANKETS AND LINENS

I joined a knitting circle and knitted Buddy a Wiggles blanket. It was my first blanket, so I kept the pattern very simple.

I have seen these Owls on Piterest many times and knew it would be a fun activity to share with my kids. I let them paint the toilet paper rolls. Later, I touched them up, and after they dried added the faces with a black sharpie.

Every year on our Best Femmes trip, the women in my family share with each other our 'Favorite Things' This year we decided to give handmade gifts. I freehanded and embroidered these for each of my Best Femmes.

 I purchased the linens at an estate sale in my neighborhood for only a couple of bucks.

They are each unique

 I folded the linens and placed them in these mini chinese take-out boxes and topped them with a label and paper rose.

HANDMADE

I started embroidery for the first time and found out I really like it. I flew through a bunch of kitchen hand towels. I free-handed these owls.

I used an iron-on pattern for these cute mixing dishes.

I saw cute glittery clothespins on Pinterest, so I made my own. I used them to hang artwork in the kid's room.

I found wooden picture frames at Michaels for 99 cents. The kids helped me paint them with chalkboard paint. I added pictures and attached magnets to the back. They were very inexpensive to make and look great.

I also found these cute fruity felt stickers on sale at Michaels. I cut and glued on a fabric backing (to cover up the sticky part) and hot glued them to her hair clips.

They turned out really cute and unique. I can't wait to go back and pick out some more cute stickers.

And my super girl likes them!

SIDEWALK CHALK