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Making It Monday: Painting With Bubbles

Posted on May 13, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! Today while eating lunch my niece, Kenzie, was using her straw to blow bubbles in her glass of milk.  And somehow that got me to think of a fun craft to do … …..

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Making It Monday: Turn Toilet Paper Rolls into Pretty Flowers Just in Time for Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 1, 2013
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It’s Monday….errr, Wednesday – I’m just a tad late, but it’s still time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! With Mother’s Day right around the corner I thought it would be fun to share a simple craft that would make a perfect gift for … …..

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Making It Monday: Foot Print Nursery Decor

Posted on April 22, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! For the longest time I have been ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the adorable birth statistic prints I have seen on numerous websites, but being the frugal mama I am I just couldn’t … …..

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Making It Monday: Hair Clip Holder

Posted on April 15, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! Last week I successfully organized the girls headbands by repurposing an oatmeal canister, but then I realized we still had a mountain of hair clips that were all shoved in a little … …..

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Making It Monday: Headband Display

Posted on April 8, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! This week while I was straightening up Willow’s nursery I realized that we have a lot of headbands, but no good way to organize them.  Instead their all shoved into a little … …..

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Making It Monday: Crib Bumper to Wall Art

Posted on April 1, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise! This week I am excited to share how I transformed crib bumpers into beautiful wall art for Emma’s nursery – Willow’s future best friend forever, hehe.  Over the past few years I … …..

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Making It Monday: Yarn Easter Eggs

Posted on March 25, 2013
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It’s Monday!  That means it’s time for Making It Monday.  Some weeks the crafts will be super simple, some times they’ll be a bit more complex, and sometimes they’ll be perfect for toddler participation.  Regardless you can be sure that you’ll always find something adorable with instructions so easy to follow that even the craft-challenged will be able to replicate the project in their own home – promise!  This week I’ll be continuing with the Easter theme and showing how I made some super cute yarn Easter eggs – very similar to the yarn ball Christmas ornaments I shared over … …..

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Making It Monday: Framed Button Easter Egg

Posted on March 21, 2013
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Disclaimer:  I know it is no where near Monday…. but last week I announced that I would be starting a weekly Making It Monday post with fun craft ideas that I have actually completed with picture tutorials.  This week my blog was hacked and got heavily infected with malware.  After a few days down and a good chunk of money spent I am back up and running.  I didn’t want to skip out on this week’s Make It Monday post.  So yes… it is Thursday, but oh well. This adorable framed button Easter egg is super simple to make and … …..

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Making It Monday: Hand Print Easter Bunnies

Posted on March 11, 2013
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My two big girls love to make crafts and I have been trying to do more with them.  And so as a way to make sure that continues to happen I have decided to start a new little feature that will be posted on Mondays… hence the name “Making It Monday!”  Today I’m going to be sharing the adorable hand print bunnies we made this week to add to the Easter décor on the fire place mantle.  I just love how they turned out! The supply list is super simple and you can get everything for less than $10 at … …..

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Decorating Easter Eggs with Napkins Tutorial

Posted on March 3, 2013
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I can’t believe that Easter is less than a month away.  Last year I shared a tutorial for dying Easter eggs using silk ties.  It received such a great response that I thought it would be fun to share another method of decorating eggs this year using another atypical item.  Napkins! Let’s start off with the super simple material list… Before you are ready to start decorating the eggs dye them a variety of solid colors using any method of your choosing.  I used food coloring, 1 teaspoon white vinegar, and 1/2 cup boiling water to make my dyes. 1.)  … …..

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