Valentine's Cards

Last year I joined a card swap group of ladies here in town.  Once a month we get together to swap cards we made for a specific theme.  This last month, January was a love theme.  I made my cards for Valentine's day.  Nice, easy, simple. Supplies I used, cardstock, printed heart paper, adhesive and stickers.

Super easy to make!

My kindergartener helped make these!

And a close up!  Inside the cards are blank, so you could write a little love note to the one you love! When I find my cards I received I will post them!  It could be a while! I have a feeling they grew legs and are hiding from me!

I hope you liked this post and come back again for something fun!  I need to head back to the books and get things done for my math class tonight!

What are you doing for Valentine's day?

Catch y'all later!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I hope everyone has an awesome Valentine's Day with their loved ones! Take an extra moment to kiss the kidos and really listen to them. Hug your hunny and love'm even more. My day tomorrow is going to be busy from early in the morning.

My almost 14 year old is going snow cave camping with his scout troop this weekend.  I am excited for him to go, but trying to get him ready has been a pain in the butt - literally!  He has most his stuff he needs ready to go.  I talked with his leaders last night on what he still needs.  One of them told me about a store about 15 minutes away that sells second hand gear.  We're talking snow pants, long john undies, coats etc.  All the good stuff.  He told me there were barrels of used things in great condition for only 5 bucks!  I'm heading there tomorrow as soon as my kids are all off to school.  I'll post my finds either tomorrow or next week! That is if I find anything!

I have an awesome card for my hunny and I am going to make him a recipe he requested for dinner.
I really hope he likes it!

What are you doing for your special someone? Do you do something for your kids too?

Clean a Little Love!

I don't know what to get my hubby for Valentine's day. Usually we go out to dinner or BBQ.  With him working nights, that wont happen! We might get each other something we didn't get for Christmas because we didn't have the money then.  This year I thought I would deep clean our bathroom for him.  I've always wanted to try something with vinegar.  This is what I found.



Vinegar, Dawn Dish Soap, Laundry Soap.

Here's the website where I found it, pin it too on Pintrest!  Here it is, they call it Blessing in a Bottle.  It's blue and the first one.  I think I might have to try the others too.

This is what it looks like all mixed up.

Here's my thoughts on it.  I mixed 10 ounces of vinegar, 2 tablespoons of Dawn and 2 tablespoons of my laundry soap, Tide Sport for HE (this stuff works great with stinky boys!).  I used it on my shower and in my kids shower tub combo.  It worked great on the soap scum on the walls.  It didn't clean the ground as well as I thought it would.  The smell of vinegar wasn't masked by the laundry soap like it says it will be. With knowing that I will give it a B+.  I really needed it to clean the ground or bottom of the tub.

There ya go!  Clean a little love for Valentine's Day for your hunny!

What have you tried from Pintrest lately??

Cookie Fest Coming soon!

What a day!  My husband works evenings, so when he gets home I am already in bed fast asleep.  For some reason he likes to wake me up. I am not a happy person to be around if I do not get my sleep!  It's true, just ask any of my college roommates!  Ask my kids! My hubby has still yet to be trained.  He woke me up to tell me about the food a co worker's wife made.  He's dying for me to make him something comparable to it.  I am going to try to whip something up this weekend to create what he told me about. Until then I am going to start a cookie fest for Valentine's!  I love trying new recipes.  I can't wait to make some, I better get off the computer and get to the store to buy the ingredients; I don't want to run out of anything I already have!  Did you know you can use jello to color frosting? I read it somewhere online while I was searching for some scrumptious recipes! Who would have thought to come up with that instead of food coloring!!!

What are you going to do for your loved ones for Valentine's Day?  Do you make Valentines for kids to hand out at school or buy them?

Valentine Swap Craft

I've talked about my crafts for the craft swap, but I finally got one in the mail!  I am so excited!  I absolutely love it!  Even my husband loves it and has asked where it came from.  He thinks I should make them to sell.  He says it's an inexpensive money maker! I decided it's perfect for the master bathroom.  I went to work cleaning the counter and scrubbing the sinks, so when my hubby got home from work he would be surprised!

Here it is!!

I wrote a reason I love him on it before I went to bed and this morning when I got up he had wrote me back!  It's like having a lil love letter! Almost like junior high, no make that newlyweds all over again!  I definitely got to keep this away from my little kids that love to draw!

Thanks to Wendy C. in Orange Park Florida!!

Do you belong to any craft groups that swap or trade crafts? Do you trade crafts with friends?

Flower Pens

Since it is halfway thru the month I am happy to report my goal for finishing my daughters quilt for her bed is going well.  I actually measured, cut and sewed the backing pieces for it.  I'm excited to get it finished.  I worked on something fun recently and want to share it.  I joined a craft swap and want to share what I made.  It was tons of fun!  I made flower pens!  Valentine's Day is coming up and who doesn't love flowers?  What's better is flower pens; they wont ever wilt...well maybe they might run out of ink! They wont smell if your allergic to flowers, but if you do want them to smell just spray perfume on them!

Here's what you'll need.

Flowers!!

Duck Tape!!

You'll also need pens, wire cutters and some scissors.

Let's get started!

Use the wire cutters to cut near the bottom of the stem where the bunch all meets together.  Rip off or cut a strip of duck tape, a little more than a foot long.  Cut it in half.  Take one strip of duck tape, a pen and a flower just like the photo above. Press the tape down and start to wrap it. Just like this next photo.

Wrap it all the way down to the base of the pen right before it angles to the point.  If the tape isn't long enough rip off another piece and connect & continue wrapping.  Repeat for as many pens you'd like.

Here's a peek at what mine turned out like.  Now go find a nice vase for them.

My vase I bought at the Dollar Tree was too big so I used this old jelly jar.

I bought the pens and flowers at the Dollar Tree.  Duck Tape came from Walmart.  You could also check Michael's or JoAnn's for supplies.  Now when done go surprise someone you love with a bouquet of flowers!

Have fun crafting!