Valentine Wreath

I wanted a little bit more than just the wreath.

Not quite happy with the placement of my "word".  Glad I make these things myself. :0)

I don't have much when it comes to Valentine decorations.  But I have become a Pinterest freak and combined a few different things I saw to make this.  It took forever to cut out all that felt, and then pinning them on... what a job!  I tried 3 different ways of gluing the felt on before I gave up and spent 99 cents on pins and pinned them on.  Then I was running out so I had to move them around a lot and then I worried that my wreath was going to come apart.  I made that.

All in all, this project cost me $2.  That's right.  I paid a dollar for the foam to make the wreath and a dollar for the pins to pin the felt on with.  Pretty awesome!  Found the ideas from my new favorite blog Nap Time Crafts.  Go check it out. :0)

Dr Pepper Cupcakes

Can I just say... These are so much better than the Mt. Dew ones.  But I am not a Mt. Dew fan and I'm a big DP drinker.  So these were right up my alley. :0)

I love when I have everything I need to make recipes.  It makes it much easier to try them.  But the frosting, I didn't have everything.  Some, I didn't even know what they were.  So I mixed and matched some of my own things and I love how they turned out.  So did everyone else in my house.

They disappeared much faster than the other cupcakes and I am making more of these this week.  I just hope they last longer than 3 days.  :0)

Got the idea from Pinterest.  Where else.  Check it out here.

Menu Board

I know that I have two other posts that need to be written on and completed but I had to show you what I have been working on all morning.

Do you know how hard it is to craft with a 2 year old?  She's not even two yet and I'm ready for her to be 3.

I forget how much I love to paper craft.  We have started doing a weekly menu in our family and I can not even tell you how much I love it!  I pull all the freezer stuff I need for the week out at the beginning of the week and it is all ready for me to cook.  Just need to pick which one to make.

My husband doesn't like having a set day on what we make so I have numbered them instead.  Then we can just pick which one we want that day.

I need a few more magnets and I want to get a notepad to put on my shopping list with a clip but it's good enough to go on the board.

I will eventually get a different board for this but I like to work with what I have.

I love Pinterest.  I got this idea from here.

I also did this from Pinterest today to.  It's my visiting teaching message for the month.  Now that we don't get the Ensign and Friend anymore this will be great!

New Crafts

Thanks to my good friend Steph and her need to clean out her craft room, I have some new crafts and projects to do.  Some will be put away til next Christmas and some will get going once I'm done with all the new baby things I'm making for friends.

This she had done already and it describes me so well I had to have it!

This sign I got from my Mother for Christmas.  My brother Gerald is in the Air Force and I love this saying.  Now I just need to find a better place to put it.  I'm afraid it will fall on a head if the bookcase gets bumped.

New Years Treats

7-layer bean dip and Roasted Red Pepper cheese dip.  We were so overwhelmed with dips on New Years but it was so worth it!

I made my own re-fried beans and I could have just eaten them with a spoon!  Add to that home-made guacamole and you have me in heaven!

This Roasted Red Pepper dip is a recipe from my Sister-in-law and my husband and I will eat the whole thing ourselves.  Chips, crackers, bread, you name it, we eat it with it.  Now I'm hungry. :0)

Hero

I just had to share this.  My brother is in the Air Force and my baby got this shirt for Christmas.  LOVE IT!

A Fun Call

I got a call last Friday from my Aunt who had a friend over who loved my Kindle cover.  She asked if I would make her one.  Here is what I did.

LOVE IT!  I love this material.  You'll notice its the same material that I made my purse out of this summer.  I hope that she likes it as much as I do.  I loved that someone liked what I did and wanted one.  Most things I make no one but me likes. :0)