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Another Quick Contest

Alyssa over at Life From My Laptop is having a quick and fun contest on her blog! Head on over there to enter to win either a KitchenFolio or a MomAgenda Daily planner from the folks at MomAgenda.
I love being organized. When we were doing our back to school shopping I looked for a [...]

Magnetic Snap

I have plans to make a diaper bag for this new baby. I know exactly which pattern I am buying (this one over at Etsy from Craft Apple) and she just posted a quick tutorial on how to put on a magnetic snap. That looks so easy! Okay so I’ve never put a magnetic snap [...]

Meal Planning Contest

My friend Nell has a great contest going on over at her blog Casual Friday Everyday. Check out her meal planning made easy contest. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – groceries and cooking are the biggest things that hold me up in what I do around the house. I try hard [...]

Cakes

Since Alice was three and Jake was one I’ve made them a cake from a molded cake pan – you know, a shape or character. Okay so we’ve just used the same Dora and Elmo cake pans, but hey, it’s the thought that counts!
This year I made a gumball cake for Jake – thank goodness [...]

Party

The party was great. The cakes turned out awesome, the kids had a great time and the adults all visited. I’ve been tired for a couple of hours already and I am SO glad we ordered pizza and I didn’t have to cook!
Be back tomorrow with pictures!

Handmade Toys

I was really lucky to only have one toy from the first recall list – it was the Elmo that was like a potato head, he had parts you could add to him. But the catch was the toy had to be made after May 2007 – ha, we’ve had that Elmo for at [...]

Design on TV

Is anyone watching Design Star on HGTV? I found it during the second show and LOVE it! The last episode had them doing an individual challenge of designing a small’ish room with a couch, coffee table and bookcase in it. And the key was they had to do all of their shopping at a 99 [...]