Halloween Treat Boxes {tutorial}

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Hello! Hello! How was your weekend? Ours was crazy busy, but fun. :) We had an away football game (2 hours away!) on Friday night that my older two went to. My 11 year old & his Dad had a Scout camp out that night. So I was busy sewing on patches right before they left. ha! Then the younger two & I had a fun movie night. Then Saturday we had the open house for our brand new church building. Fun stuff! I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to break out the fall decorations yet, but I did find the time to play with some cute Halloween paper from We R Memory Keepers. Aren’t these Halloween treat boxes adorable? I love them! So keep reading to see how I made them. :)

DIY Football T-Shirt {tutorial}

Hello! It’s Friday! Friday at our house is all about football! Wahoo! I love football season. It’s so much fun. Today I am excited to partnering with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you a fun football Friday! You’ll see links to their football inspired crafts & recipes at the end of this post. :) For my project I decided to make this easy DIY Football T-Shirt for my little man. He loves wearing it to the high school football games. So keep reading to see how I made it. :)

 

80+ Fall Projects, Ideas & Recipes

Hello! It’s my favorite day of the week! I get to feature some of YOUR fabulous ideas! :) I love going through each link party & visiting your amazing blogs. You are all so talented! I am so impressed with all of the fall décor that has been linked up lately. You guys are so on the ball! I need to get busy & bust out some fall decorations. ha! ;) So today I am excited to be featuring over 80 Fall Projects, Ideas & Recipes. This week’s link party is still going on so feel free to pop over & check out this week’s projects. If you are a blogger I’d love to see what you are up to! You can do all of that right {HERE}. Buuuuut first check out all of this fun fall inspiration. Enjoy! :)

{wow me} wednesday #172

Hello! Welcome to {wow me} wednesday!
I’m so glad you are here. :)

Last week I featured 12 yummy treats.
Make sure you check out all of the deliciousness {HERE}.

Simple Heart T-Shirt & a new Silhouette Promotion

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Hello! Happy Monday to you! Today I am excited to bring you a brand new Silhouette tutorial ~ a simple heart t-shirt plus a brand new Silhouette Promotion centered all around my favorite little machine ~ the Silhouette Portrait. :) This machine is awesome! It can do just about everything the Silhouette CAMEO can do. It just comes in a smaller package & price! So keep reading to get all the details & to see how easy it was to make this cute t-shirt. :)

Captain America Cupcakes #HeroesEatMMs

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Hello! Happy Saturday to you! One of our favorite things to do on a Saturday night is to have a movie night right at home with some yummy treats, of course. ;) If you haven’t heard yet Captain America: The Winter Soldier came out on DVD this past week. I know my boys were counting down the days. ha! They love superheroes! So we decided to celebrate the release of the DVD by making these yummy M&M's® Captain America Cupcakes. You know that #HeroesEatMMs. ;) These would also be great for a Captain America birthday party! So keep reading to see how easy these were to make. :)

Show Your School Spirit with Heat Transfer Vinyl from Happy Crafters

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Hello! Happy Friday! I am so excited about this post! :) I have teamed up with Happy Crafters to bring YOU some fun tutorials over the next year! Yay! If you haven’t heard of Happy Crafters ~  you have got to hop over & check them out right {HERE}. I’ll wait! ha! ;) They carry just about every supply you could think of to go along with your Silhouette or Cricut craft cutter. They have vinyl, heat transfer vinyl, starter kits, sketch pens, transfer tape, specialty media & so much more. So awesome! One of my favorite things to work with is heat transfer vinyl. You have some many crafty possibilities with this stuff. One of my favorite things to make with heat transfer vinyl is to make t-shirts for my kiddos especially for school. So today I am excited to show you how to show your school spirit with heat transfer vinyl with this DIY personalized t-shirt. So keep reading! :)

 

12 Yummy Treats

Hello! How are you? Just a heads up if you have tried to pin anything from my site using your toolbar you might of noticed my pictures come up as broken links. So sad! :( #abloggersworstnightmare Apparently several bloggers are also having the same problem. Pinterest is working on it. So hopefully we will all be up & running soon. In the meantime please use the hover pin button to pin from my site. I really appreciate each pin & visit. Thank you all so much! :)

OK…now on to this delicious feature post from last’s week’s {wow me} wednesday party! I am so excited to be featuring 12 yummy treats today. This week’s party is still going on. So feel free to swing by to check out what everyone is up to & link up if you’re a blogger. You can do all of that {HERE}. I’d love to see what you are up to! Buuuut first check out all of this yumminess! Enjoy! :)

10 Super Saturday Ideas & 5 Tips to Make Yours Successful

Hello! How are you? Last week I was a craft making machine! ha! I am in charge of our church’s craft night or more commonly called a Super Saturday! Ours is actually on a Thursday night so we are calling it a Mini Thursday. It’s kind of scaled down version Super Saturday. ;) I know a lot of you are in the same position or maybe you just want to plan a fun craft night for some of your girlfriends, so I thought I’d share what we are doing at ours. I’m also going to give you a few tips that will help make any craft night successful! So keep reading! :)

{wow me} wednesday #171

Hello! Welcome to {wow me} wednesday!
I’m so glad you are here. :)

Last week I featured 13 Back to School ideas.
So make sure you check out all of that fabulous right {HERE}.

Homework Caddy with #ChalkyFinish Paint {tutorial}

This post is brought to you by DecoArt. #chalkyfinish #decoartprojects

Hello! Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was a great one! Ours started out hot, & then it turned cool & rainy. I think fall is on it’s way. :) I’ve been busy organizing all of our school supplies & trying to come up with a system that works for our family. I wanted something that would serve the purpose of keeping all the supplies in one spot, was easy to get out & looked cute with our home décor. You know that’s important! ha! ;) I think I found the perfect solution. I used Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint to makeover an old basket that I had thrown out in the garage months ago into a fun homework caddy. So keep reading to see how I did it! :)

How to Make a Large Outdoor Hand Painted Sign {tutorial}

This post was first seen on the DecoArt blog.

Hello! Happy Friday! Tonight is our first home football game. So we are excited! That means fall is just around the corner. :) Have you started decorating for fall yet? I haven’t! These pictures are from last year. ha! ;) I usually wait until there is a little nip in the air before I bust out the fall décor & pumpkins. 90 degrees just doesn’t feel fall enough to me. Buuuut it’s never too early to start on some fall projects so you’ll be ready! Don’t you just love the look of large hand painted signs? Buuuut think they look a little too hard to attempt yourself. Well, I’m here to show you how easy it is to make your own custom hand painted outdoor sign using some fabulous DecoArt products.

13 Back to School Ideas

Hello! How’s your week been so far? I’ve been working like a crazy women getting all the example projects ready for our church’s craft night that will be in October. I wonder how I got that job? ha! ;) I’ll be sharing our Super Saturday plans with all of you soon. In the mean time I know a lot of you are headed back to school this week, so today I am excited to feature 13 Back to School Ideas. All of these ideas were linked up to last week’s {wow me} wednesday party. This week’s party is still going on. So feel free to swing by & check out this week’s link ups. If you are a blogger I’d love to see your ideas, too. You can do all of that right {HERE}. Buuuut first check out this feature post full of fun ideas to make you head of the class. ha! Enjoy! :)

{wow me} wednesday #170

Hello! Welcome to {wow me} wednesday!
I’m so glad you are here. :)

Last week I featured 11 DIY Fashion Ideas.
Make sure your check them all out {HERE}.

Monster Tacos with California Black Olives {recipe} #CalOliveCrafts

Hello! How has your Labor Day been? Ours has been busy! Whew! We are using our Labor Day to do just that ~ labor! ha! It’s nice to get a few things done around the house though. :) I’m also working on a ton of craft projects. I’m in charge of our church’s craft night in October. So I’m busy coming up with & making examples of all the crafts we are going to be doing. So fun! Today I am excited to bring you a yummy recipe with one of my favorite foods ~ California Ripe Olives. Yum! Even though we are super busy the kiddos have to eat, right? ;) Annnnd these yummy Monster Tacos are one of my kiddo’s favorite meals! So keep reading to get this delicious recipe that your family will love.