Valentine's Day ideas

I have been working like crazy on what Valentine's crafts the kids and I are going to do this year. I will post ideas for you too every day til then but today i one I will definitely be doing!

I got this one off Martha Stewart in her craft section. Its a great craft if you have kids who love to color. If yours are anything like mine you have a ton off broken crayons you can use for this or just pick up a box for less that a buck at the walmart!

Begin with a 12-by-16-inch sheet of waxed paper. Fold it in half along its length; unfold. Deposit wax-crayon shavings (made with a handheld pencil sharpener) evenly but not thickly across one half of the paper. Fold the clean half of the paper over the shavings.

Crimp the three open edges with a 1/2-inch fold to hold the shavings. Protect your ironing surface with kraft paper. Place the waxed paper on the kraft paper, and cover it with another sheet of kraft paper. Iron lightly on medium heat, checking after every few passes. Stop when all the shavings have melted; let cool. Next, trace and cut out hearts of various sizes.

String each heart with a silk thread for hanging.

I will post pics from when I do this at home!

*all photos and instructions from this post are from MarthaStewart.com

Project for Spring

I don't know about you but with three kids under the age of 6 my living room is over run with toys! We have two toy boxes but really what good do they do? They are like these pits that the toys get lost in and when my little angels try to find something everything ends up on the floor.

Well I'm at my wits end with and have decided to get some new kind of organization going. Well after looking and feeling defeated by pricing I stumbled on a blog that saved my life lol.

Fellow blogger Anna has a blog you just have to check out! http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/

She takes designs from great but expensive stores like potty barn and makes really gorgeous "knock off" versions. She has easy to follow plans and gives you a boat load of confidence!

So this spring I will be attempting her Cameron project for my living room! I am tossing around either doing the basic two book shelves with totes or the full on cabinets with room for my tv.

Sty tuned for which one I go with and check out Anna's blog for more really great ideas!

Hybrid Boot Camp!

How exciting! Scrap Matters is going to be doing this next month nd I can't wait! Hope to see you there!

Blues Clues Party 100bucks or less!

I am so sorry for not getting to this sooner...Holidays hit us hard lol. Well i did make it with 2 bucks to spare.

We had a great party and I will post more pics from the final craft project as well as the blues clues cake I made as soon as I get them off hubs computer.

Final tally for the party: 98.02

See you soon!