My girls and I planted a Gnome Garden a few weeks ago. They got it as a kit for Christmas. They are having so much fun watching it grow (as are Hubby and I!). Though ours came as a kit, it would be super to make one on your own with your kids.You'll need:a large terra cotta pot base soilgrass seeda few bean seedsrockspainta small housea small gnome (optional)other decorations you wantEverything you need (except the seeds) you should be able to find at your local craft store. The rocks you can find outside. 1) Paint the pot base and rocks and/or other decorations you have and let dry.2) Fill the pot base 1/2 way with the soil3) Plant the seeds mostly around the edges, leaving yourself some open space for decorations in the middle4) Fill with the rest of the soil and decorate your garden as you want5) Water and watch grow!Our seeds were pretty fast growing so after 2 days we already saw sprouts! My girls were ecstatic!Have you ever planted a fairy or gnome garden with your … [Read more...]
Plan ahead cooking- Pinned it, Did it
I have a HUGE surgery coming up, in about two weeks. I am pretty nervous but incredibly excited. I know that it's going to be a ton of work for my hubby to take care of our 4 kids, work, a house, and me for those weeks so I wanted to do as much as I could to make things easier for him. If you're on Pintrest you have likely seen the pins related to crock pot meals. Well, I did it! I'm pretty excited! We've been doing this for a while now but today I finished making 2 and a half weeks worth of meals for the big surgery day!I started with a list of meals I wanted to make: Chicken Wild Rice Soup, Beef Fajitas, Vegetable Beef Soup, Taco Meat, Pot Roast, Turkey Breast, Omelets, Mini Corn Dog Muffins, and I even threw in some chocolate chip cookies to boot! Once I figured out the meals I made a list of items I needed and purchased them.The grocery man came today with my order and I laid it all out on my counter and started to wash, cut, peel, chop and brown.I tossed each necessary ingredient … [Read more...]
See Through Easter Egg Window Decorations
If you've been reading our blog long enough you know that we love to make crafts out of contact paper. We also love to make window decorations for holidays. See Through Easter Eggs combine the best of both!They are fun and easy to make too. The only things you'll need are contact paper and things to decorate your eggs with such as glitter, paper, ribbon, and foam shapes (or really anything else you think might work).If your kids want to make a framed Easter egg, help them to cut an egg shape out of paper. Fold it in half and cut out most of the middle to make a frame. Put the frame on the sticky side of a piece of contact paper then decorate the inside of the frame.If your kids want a frame-less Easter egg, help them to cut an egg shape out of paper. Lay a piece of contact paper sticky side up on top of the paper egg. Decorate the sticky side of the contact paper only where the egg is under it.Once the eggs are decorated, put another piece of contact paper, sticky side down (or … [Read more...]
Tuesday Morning Grand Re-Opening!
Have you heard of the store Tuesday Morning? To be honest, until this past week, I had heard the name but didn't know much about it and I had never been to one. I am now a HUGE fan! All photos in this post were taken at the Woodbury, MN store.I was asked (as a Blogger in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota) if I would help promote the Grand Re-Openings of the Woodbury and Burnsville stores. I almost declined the offer because I didn't think it would be a fit for our blog. Boy am I glad I did some research and changed my mind! Tuesday Morning is a national closeout retailer that has been in business since 1974. They have 840 stores nationwide and 9 stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I had a chance to shop at the newly revamped Woodbury store.Don't be fooled by the concrete floors and industrial shelving, they've got some nice stuff at Tuesday Morning! They've got everything you can think of too, from kitchen stuff to decor, to craft stuff, toys, furniture, clothes, and … [Read more...]
Easter Hot Cocoa and Cocoa Mix Recipe
*jamie had a lot going on this weekend, so our posts are a little disorganized this week...you'll be fine =)This is a "two for one" post! You're going to get my favorite recipe of Hot Cocoa Mix and a little Easter fun too! Here's the recipe just for you! (We drink a lot of Hot Cocoa in our house, we live in the frozen tundra, so we make it in bulk. If you want to make a smaller batch just divide the ingredients in half).3 Cups nonfat dry milk powder (powdered milk)2 Cups powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)1 1/2 Cups Cocoa powder (we use Hershey's cocoa)1/2 tsp saltTo make the hot cocoa stir in 3 Tablespoons of mix with 1 Cup hot milk. Top with mini marshmallows or for Easter fun, top with a Marshmallow Peep! … [Read more...]
Embroidery Floss Eggs- Pinned it, Did it
Jamie and I have always said we'd be honest when we "failed" at something...so here's another one of our honest posts.Here's the original pinhere's mine Here's what you SHOULD do:Blow up a balloon (pretty small), use GLUE to wet your embroidery floss and then cover the balloon with the gluey floss, After it completely dries pop the balloon and remove it. You will be left with a great looking Easter egg!Here's what I did WRONG:Instead of using glue, I used Mod Podge. I thought that it would be OK but it turns out that the Mod Podge left an additional shell on top of the balloon and didn't give me the effect I was hoping for. … [Read more...]
