Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

I used my Cricut Cake!


Lilly had a Valentines Party at school with her classmates that I helped with, so I was excited to use my Cricut Cake!! Lilly and I made the dough, the icing, and she cut the cookies out and while my mom and I figured the Cricut cake out Lilly Iced and decorated the cookies! It was super easy to use and layer the fondant cutouts. I think my hearts and cupids turned out cute! Lilly was really excited to share her cookies she made at her party! I was thinking about the idea of selling some of my fondant cutouts, what do you think?!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Lilly Knitting


Lilly told me she wanted to knit so I thought, Great! We went to Michael's and bought her, her own knitting supplies! I got her circle looms, the set that I got has four different sizes. She picked out her yarn, and I saw the bag I wanted to keep for myself and knew she would love it to hold all her knitting supplies!! She has been doing great with it and its so cute to watch her quietly knitting away! I have even been showing her how to knit with needles which that level of hand motor control and is hard for her at her age but she still loves to try! The circle loom is great because she can do it by herself! She started off on the orange loom because she wanted to make a hat for me but it was taking forever to get one loop on so finally half way threw the day I was able to talk her into going down a size. 

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Bits + Pieces: Our Snow Day


We have had one day of snow. That's it. One. Minus the tiny snow fall that killed all my lettuce but that conversation is for another day! It makes me so Mad! I love snow!!  But we brought out some colored water in water spray bottles and painted the snow! There was a good game of chase, trading colors and the chase continued, and snow angles, had a snow ball fight! It was a good day of playing in the snow!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Bits and Pieces



Pictures 1-11: Just a few of our Countdown Activities! Peanut Butter Cookies with chocolate hearts, Dipped wafers, Cupcakes, Cupids House, Homemade Play-doh bake shop,
Picture 12: Lilly's Valentines Lights in her Room
Picture 13: Coloring
Picture 14: Lilly, Raley, and there cousin Ellie hanging out,
Picture 15 & 16: My heart! Lilly, Raley.. and Remy! I love my daughters but I love my dog too!
Picture 17: Lilly doing the freestyle stroke! I started Lilly in swimming lessons around two years ago and work with her a lot on her swimming a several times a week we go to the gym and swim. Raley is also in swimming lesson and I have had her in them since she was a was 10 weeks old, she is getting ready to go into the preschool swimming group because she is so good! When I was Lilly's age I was a fish in water but Chronic ear infections kept me out a lot, their father is also a wonderful swimmer













Monday, February 20, 2012

Etsy Shop

New things In & Coming too the Shop!!


I have some Vintage Chenille Quilts in the works! Also Hair bands, and some Vintage Finds!

Valentines Chair Backers



I made these chair backers last year for Lilly and Raley and a tiny one for Lilly's doll! I followed this tutorial, http://ourscoop.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentine-chair-back-tutorial.html . She does a great job explaining the steps IN photos!! Valentines morning I had the Chair Backers on the back of their Svan chairs with there presents in them wrapped and waiting! The bottom picture is of Lilly two days after Valentines Day, we were getting ready to do a puzzle! She carried it around with the Valentines her classmates and friends gave her in it for days!