Apple and Dip Thank You Gift. Father's Day Gifts for the Grilling Dad. Clover Lane: My Very Own Cookbook. Friendship bracelet kits. We have a fun project to share with you today and it would also make a really cute gift for all the girlies in your life. friendship bracelet kits back in june, we took a trip to the craft store to pick up the stuff for friendship bracelet kits and since then, the girls have spent several hours making colorful knotted bracelets for everyone they know. to make a kit to keep or give as a gift, you'll need: a DMC craft organizer (ours came with plastic floss bobbins)a pack or two of embroidery flossa small clipboard (6x9)large elastic (to wrap around the box)tag download we covered our clipboard with some patterned paper and the friendship bracelet kit tag.
Newlywed’s Front Door Surprise DIY. Apr 12.
Pass the Cereal: Fitnessgram. This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and at our school each class is assigned a second teacher/person (those who don't have one set class) so that everyone is showered with appreciation this week.
Jack's class has our wonderful Physical Education teacher, Mr. Hoffman. You've seen the (super cute) candy gram idea, right? Enter the Fitness Gram... In short, it's a bunch of goodies for the health & exercise-minded teacher matched up with some cute cheesy sayings to tie it all together. Sew in Love - Marriage Survival Sewing Kit. Wedding bells are ringing again - so it was time to make a different survival kit.
This one was for a bridal shower gift - "Sew in Love" marriage survival sewing kit. I bought a sewing kit along with a few other items and put the following tags on different items in the kit: (right click on image, copy and paste to your favorite publishing program and print) Thread: Love is the thread that binds you together. Momma Bird Card. The Ultimate Hairstyle Handbook. Hayley leaves for her mission to England in about 3 months.
Yay! I am so excited for her. Having just finish with all of the wedding stuff, it's time to shift the focus to getting Hayley prepared and to steal as much quality time with her as possible. You remember Hayley, right? Gorgeous, long, red hair?? 21 Best Teachers Week Homemade Gifts. Celebrating teachers week with thoughtful homemade gifts can be easy and so much fun!
Here are some amazing teachers day messages for teacher appreciation week. They include edible treats, beautiful fabric bookmarks, handmade cards, bath salts, ruffled tote bag, hand quilt, and monogrammed mugs! When is Teacher Appreciation Day? 1. Homemade singing telegrams. The following is a post from Kristen.
My inspiration for this project came from the movie “The Sound of Music,” where receiving a telegram from somebody sounded special, more special than just receiving a letter. Being a musical person myself, I find it very important to incorporate music into the lives of our children as much as possible. Therefore, I came up with the idea of crafting singing telegrams.
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If you're reading this, you must have stuck by me through my long bloggy-vaca... so THANK YOU! And thank you for all of your sweet comments about our newest addition. I truly believe that everyone's prayers helped make this little miracle happen. You are the best ever! I managed to do like.......1 craft during my first trimester. Christmas Traditions: Three Gifts. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
Just as the Christ child received three gifts from the Wise Men each of our children receives three gifts. (Of course they also receive gifts from grandparents and friends but from our immediate family the number is three.) Two come from mom and dad and the third comes from the sibling gift exchange. Those sibling gifts are always homemade. It is so delightful to help them as they secretly scheme and plan, sew and build the perfect gift for one another. The gifts we give as parents usually fall into two categories: one that is meaningful and one that goes along with their interests or talents. 12 Days of Gift-mas- Gift #9. Homemade Detective Kit! Make Christmas Clutter-Free with Consumable Gifts. A guest post by JessieLeigh from Parenting the Tiniest of Miracles Last Christmas, I was bound and determined to not bring more clutter into my home.
Having just recently pared down the playroom, the last thing I wanted was more, well, junk filling our house. I decided to chose a couple of needed articles of clothing and then only gave consumable gifts. Consumable gifts are a great way to have something to put under the tree to rip open on Christmas morning, without cluttering your home or the homes of others. Here are five of my favorite consumable gifts to give or receive: 1. Think about some of the purchased treats your kids love and ask for all the time, but don’t usually make the “budget cut.” Truthfully, my husband and I do this for each other, too. 2. My sister-in-law once gave my children a three-pack of those “fizzy bath bomb” balls that you drop in the bath tub. Hostess Gift: Good-With-Everything Thai Sweet Chili Sauce.
Page not found « A Thrifty Mom – Extreme couponing the right way. We are having a company Christmas party this weekend. Fabulessly Frugal: Extreme Couponing Blog: Coupon Classes - Learn how Extreme Couponing Works. Woot! Check out these super cool hand tattoos! Children love tattoos, especially these fun Animal Hand Tattoos for only $3.95! Gingerbread Playdough. Coaches Thank You's. I updated my soccer coaches gift from last year. I put a bunch of movie goodies (twirlers, raisinets, junior mints and microwave popcorn) and 2 movie tickets into a personal popcorn bucket and inserted the tag. 2011 gift guides: skip the stores, use your hands. I spent all weekend dreading today because this morning I was supposed to finish up my first gift guide for this week. Every year I write gift guides based on price (they’re still coming tomorrow) but I started to feel less and less excited about them today because they didn’t feel like they really fit my mood or the mood of the season.
With all that’s going on in the world and most of our lives these days, sometimes the idea of buying something or dealing with shopping can seem a little hollow. Handmade Hair Bands and Gift Tags (Tutorial and Free Download)
DIY Glass Magnet Gift Sets. Baby Clothes Closet Dividers. Want2.jpg 640×420 pixels. Tutorial: Felt Cut-Out Cookies with Frosting. Popping Fun Door Bell Ditch. Giftwrap Using Pipe Cleaners. Theknights.jpg 1,600×902 pixels. Day 26: T-shirt Bracelet. One of the few problems I have with Pinterest is that you can't always trust that the description underneath the picture is an accurate one. I'm guilty of this -- I use that section as a kind of notebook to write where I would use that idea, what I would use it for, how I would adapt it, etc.
Unless you click the link and read the actual post, you can't be exactly sure what you are getting yourself into. That is what happened with today's inspiration project: The description said "t-shirt bracelets" and I thought, "yes, please". But when I actually went to The Pink and Blue Blog and tracked down the post it turned out to be a necklace project. The fabric of my shirt was pretty thin so I used twice as many flower "petals" to make it cute and fluffy. Vastly improved, I think. It is harder than you might think to take a picture of yourself in a mirror, without showing too much of your double chin and messy hair, and still have it be in focus.