Crafty Family Time Part 2

My mom completely surprised me by contributing a craft for us to do. I should mention that is was my mom, Allison and I and my sister in law McKayla doing these projects. Sadly Laura stayed in Utah because she was not feeling well and Julianne stayed in WA to have Thanksgiving there. My other sister in law , Tara, she and my brother went to her parents house. Arkansas is a real long way from Idaho and her parents live closer to where they live.

We were decorating Christmas ornaments.  There were lots of things to put inside the clear ones.

I put snow, cranberries and popcorn in this one

Concentrating. 

I love how this one turned out with glitter inside.

I used a different kind of glitter inside this ornament

Cool one my mom made. I didnt attempt to make this one. Sorta ran out of time!

Crafty Family Time Part 1

When I go to my parents house in Idaho I like to have mini Pinterest parties with my mom and whatever sisters are able to come. I call them 'mini' because pretty much everyone brings a craft. There are no Pinterest foods, decor or swag bags. Maybe someday because those parts are really fun too. Here are some random pictures of the crafting we did when I was in Idaho for Thanksgiving!

My sister Allison brought these frames

And we each got to pick one out to paint

She had lots of colors to choose from

We were not able to paint in the garage so we used the lawn instead.  It was pretty cold so the spray paint took awhile to dry.

After the frames dried my sister cut chicken wire and we used a staple gun to attach it to the frame. 

These will be turned into jewelry holders. Mine is not finished yet but when it is I will post a picture here and tweet and post this link again so you can all see the finished product. 

McCormick Flavor Print

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Biograss - A Local Utah Company

I love supporting companies that are local to Utah and here is one I just heard about recently called Biograss. It was founded in 1979 and is have a few locations around Utah. They sell sod, garden soil and fertilizer and seed mixtures. There are so many pros to using sod and working with Biograss.

Check out this infographic with more information!

Their website has tips for new sod care and how to take care of it. If I lived in a place with a yard that needed grass, I would love to support Biograss.

Check it out & let me know what yout think!

Monster Bash Craft with Cricut

Hi! Today I'm going to be showing you a couple fun things I did with the Monster Bash cartridge from Cricut on my Cricut Mini machine.

First I got in to Cricut Craft Room. If you dont have this program yet , it is free to download from the Cricut website. I picked some images that I wanted to cut and they loaded on my mat. I did not adjust the size. The circle images were 2.5"x2.5". The other images were 2.986"x2.5" up to 4.385"x2.5".

Then I loaded black vinyl on my mat and hit "cut" in the Cricut Craft Room 

I picked up a couple pumpkins. They were $1.99 each and are "pumpkin pie pumpkins" so that is pretty cool! They can serve another use other than decorations.

These are the faces I used from the Monster Bash cartridge. Once the vinyl has been cut , just peel and stick. This would look cool in other colors of vinyl on other colors of pumpkins. Today I just stuck with black and orange.

There are a total of 5 faces like this to choose from

Next I used the circle images that my Cricut cut from black vinyl to decorate these cups for a Pinterest Party on Saturday. I liked the spider web and ghost the best. All of them are great though to get me in the mood for Halloween!

 Let me know what you make with the Monster Bash cartridge! Leave a comment below with the link to your blog and I will come check out what you've made & leave you a comment back. 

Happy crafting - hoot hoot!

BabyBjörn ONE Carrier Giveaway

Welcome to the BabyBjörn

ONE Carrier

Giveaway

Hosted by: So Sew Mama

Sponsored by: BabyBjörn

If I had a baby I would totally want to use this. Since I dont have kids, I will recommend it to my family & friends instead!

The Features:

• The Baby Carrier One is for use with newborns (minimum 8 pounds) to age approximately age three (maximum 33 pounds)
• Four position options. Front carrying in or outward facing. Back carrying in or outward facing.
• Ergonomic design with back distribution and a waist belt for added parental and babe comfort.
• All fabrics safety tested and free from hazardous chemicals.
• Machine washable
• Extra secure

Click Here to read So Sew Mamas Full review.

Giveaway

10/8 - 10/22

One reader will receive the BabyBjörn ONE carrier. The winner must be 18+ years of age and have a US address. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Winner must reply to email to confirm address with 48 hours or a new winner is chosen. The more entries you complete the greater of a chance you have at winning.

Good luck!

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Blinds Galore!

Blinds are great! When my husband & I moved to where we currently lived, downstairs had pretty ugly & old curtains and we knew that blinds would be the best way to go with that window. There are so many different ideas and ways to cover windows and this site has put together some pretty great ideas if you have a window that needs covering. Which ones are your favorites?