Artwork with drawn portraits (or painted portraits) have been popular for hundreds of years. There is something really cool about hand drawn portraits hanging on your wall! If you aren’t lucky enough to know an artist or have the funds to hire one, having a Cricut BrightPad around may be your ticket to getting a…
Unicorn Free Printable Classroom Valentines
Tween age girls love unicorns. Little girls love unicorns. Heck, I even know adults that love unicorns! It totally makes sense to bring a little magic to the classroom with unicorn free printable classroom Valentines. We came up with these after a trip to Target. I let my son rifle around in the dollar bins…
Mad Hatter Tea Towels with Cricut BrightPad
I love a good Mad Hatter tea party and anything else Alice in Wonderland. So this Christmas, when I told my kids they were going to make some presents for the grandparents and they came up with this “We are all a little mad around here” mad hatter tea towel for grandma, I was delighted!…
Paw Patrol Party Ideas for Moms in a Hurry
Mom! Your Paw Patrol enthusiast HAS to have a Paw Patrol Party for their next birthday! And you need ideas…STAT. Lucky for you, I’ve got your back. Here’s a slew of Paw Patrol birthday party ideas where you can literally zip over to Amazon and get 95% of what you need, have it delivered to your…
How to Throw a Teen Movie Night, Princess Bride Style
Thank you Idahoan® Steakhouse® Soupsfor sponsoring this post. Enjoy the flavorful, slow-cooked taste of restaurant-quality soup at home, in minutes. Part of the fun (total sarcasm) of our kids growing up is that they aren’t quite as easy to please because mom and dad aren’t quite as cool as they used to be. But cool…
Princess Bride T-Shirt free SVGs
Part of what made our Princess Bride movie night for teens such fun was our collection of Princess Bride t-shirts. Blank shirts can be had for around $3 (or less) so not making these shirts was inconceivable. And the teens in attendance could not have loved them more! You can see how to cut and…
Scrabble Wall Art for National Scrabble Day
National Scrabble Day does not occur until April 13, but I thought I’d give everybody a jump on starting their Scrabble craft project to celebrate the day. And seeing how it’s February, you can also use the “Love” Scrabble wall art as a pretty little piece of Valentine’s decoration. Bonus? This is a Craft Lightning…
Free Pokemon Printable Valentines Cards
Pokemon seems to be a favorite that is going to stick around – and there are no shortage of kids that LOVE the imaginative critters in this game. When Valentines Day comes around this year, you can let your favorite Pokemon trainer hand out Pikachus with these free printable Pokemon Valentine cards! Aren’t these the…
Best Banana Bread Recipe with Sour Milk
There is nothing like the smell of baking banana bread! Especially when then end result is as delicious as this recipe. Banana bread was something I used to make out of necessity at my house. When we first got married, my husband would buy big bunches of bananas and then pretend like he was going…
How to Make Tissue Paper Pineapple Pouf & Flamingo [Luau DIY]
Learning how to make tissue paper pineapple poufs is pretty easy. Once you know the basics of working with tissue poms to make things other than hanging party decor, you can move on to making all kinds of other party decorations–like tissue paper flamingos and tissue paper parrots. When whipping up party decor, I…
Monster Valentine Card Box and Monster Valentine Card with Cricut Maker
This monster valentine card box post was sponsored by Cricut. All thoughts, feelings and ideas are my own. Affiliate links ahead–they cost you nothing, but help keep my content free! One of my more popular post this time of year is for a Valentine’s Day card box to use for valentines in the classroom. I…
DIY Pokemon Birthday Party Ideas for the Best Birthday Ever!
Are you ready to ROCK a Pokemon Party for your kids? I’m going to help you get there with a ton of DIY Pokemon Birthday Party ideas and help you be the coolest mom on tPhe block when you’re done! Every page of this post is filled with awesome DIY Pokemon Birthday Party ideas….
Disney Princess Baby Shower with the Cricut Maker
Someone asked me the other day what kind of decorations can you make for a party with Cricut? The answer is really anything! This Disney princess baby shower has so many details I made with the Cricut Maker and its different adaptive tools I really could not have pulled it off without it! Disney princess…
Reusable Gingerbread House Centerpiece with Cricut
Not going to lie. This reusable gingerbread house centerpiece is one time-consuming project, but it’s pretty cool to have in your house for a gingerbread party like this one or just for the holidays. You’ll need a Cricut Maker machine (buy it here) with the knife blade attachment to cut all the pieces out. There…
Easy DIY Neighbor Gift: Chili Seasoning Kits
I love having something small to give my friends and neighbors for Christmas. Because frankly, I love being generous, but I don’t always have fun to do lavish for everyone. A DIY neighbor gift is usually what I end up doing. Something thoughtful and edible usually does the trick to make people feel warm and…
DIY Neighbor Gift – Monogram Blanket
Wrapping up in a fuzzy blanket is like wrapping up in a nice warm hug. What better DIY neighbor gift to give at Christmas to friends than a DIY customized blanket? It’s practically the same thing as wrapping them up in a little bit of love. I gave out quite a few of these last…
DIY Christmas Shirt for Swimmers – H2O H2O H2O!
A funny DIY Christmas shirt for swimmers was a must have this year. If you’ve read my blog at all, you know I have a bunch of really active kids. Both of them swim, one of them triathlons, the other is a super competitive swimmer… as in she went to regionals on the high school…
Gingerbread House Party in a Hurry
I have a confession to make. This year’s gingerbread house party was NOT the result of careful planning and meticulous attention to details. Rather, I it was the result of a long day or two and perhaps a sleepless night. A.K.A. this gingerbread party was thrown at the last minute. Be sure to get to…
New Years Eve at Home with the Kids and Cricut
Being at home on New Year’s eve with the kids always seems like it’s going to be hard. Can you entertain them enough to make this memorable? Are they going to love New Year’s eve because of what you’re doing? Is anyone going to bother to stay up until midnight? What I can say is…
Christmas T-Shirts for your Cricut Machine
There is nothing like a good Christmas shirt to celebrate the season. Snarky or sweet, as long as it gets you in the holiday spirit, it’s a good thing. Recently, I put a whole bunch of great Christmas t-shirt designs into Cricut’s Design Space for you to use and here they are! For each…
Preschooler Christmas Shirt: Snowmen!
Making little Christmas outfits for my nieces and nephews was one of my favorite parts of the start of the season this year. Preschool Christmas shirts especially are super fun, they’re nice and cartoony and you can put their names all over it and they love it. For my niece Lillian, I made her a…
How to Make a Wreath: Wreath Basics
This time of year you see some pretty spectacular wreaths out there–they get really really fancy!! But how the heck do you do that yourself and not have it fall apart??? It’s actually a lot simpler than it looks. Watch the video for a good primer on how to make a wreath. It’s wreath basics…
Gingerbread Tablescape with The Cricut Maker
This gingerbread tablescape post is brought to you by Cricut. Affiliate links included. All thoughts, feelings, ideas and designs are my own. Setting the Christmas tables is a fun part of decorating for the season. This year we are gearing up to have another gingerbread decorating party at our house, so we’re setting a pretty…
Send These Fresh, Hand-rolled Bagels as a Gift to Anyone!
This post about bagel gift bag ideas is sponsored by New Yorker Bagels. All thoughts, feelings and ideas are my own. About this time of year, we all start scratching our heads and thinking up things to give the important people in our lives that take care of the hard stuff for us, like teachers…
Dollar Tree Christmas Craft: Kid’s Lego Wreath
Your local Dollar Tree store is a great source for supplies for fun Christmas crafts! Today I am participating in a Dollar Tree Christmas craft party with some talented bloggers around the web, and my contribution is this super cute Lego Wreath just for kids! I can’t tell you how excited my son was to…
Custom Christmas Shirts for Toddlers and Infants
This Christmas, I’m SOOOOO enjoying being an auntie. I now have three nephews and three nieces to spoil, and lots of babies to pinch cheeks. All these new little family members means I am able to make some custom Christmas shirts in toddler and infant size! You can use these as jumping off points for…
Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dish: Garlic Green Beans
Finding a gluten-free holiday side dish or two sometimes means making a change or two to a recipe to make it diet acceptable during the holidays. Creamy casseroles are a little bit of work to make gluten-free, so I tend to steer clear of those and make lighter dishes. Green bean casserole was long a…
Gluten-Free Holiday Side: Sweet Potato Soufflé
Navigating the holidays with guests or family members with dietary needs gets tricky. In our house, there are several of us with gluten issues, so we make almost all gluten-free holiday side dishes. Besides the bread that most of the gluten eaters demand I put on the table, everything is safe to eat for everyone….
Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dish: Andouille Sausage Stuffing
It’s about that time again where we start digging out the traditional recipes for our holiday meals and start preparing for the feast! Our family recipes need a bit of altering because we have a gluten-free family member, namely me, so I set out to make everything we usually do, but so they still taste…
Six Genius Ideas to Get your Home Holiday Ready
This post is sponsored by Babbleboxx.com. All these holiday ready ideas and thoughts are my own. There is an endless enjoyable stream of company to host, guests to serve and family to create memories with during the holidays. Most of these memories get made at home, so we tend to put a lot of…
Cup full of cheer custom coffee mug for Christmas
This is a paid partnership with The J.M. Smucker Company and Danone. My opinions and ideas for this cup full of cheer custom Christmas mug are my own. There is really nothing like a perfect cup of coffee. Steaming hot, full of caffeine with a touch of creamer and preferably served in a snarky sort…
How to Put Cricut Vinyl on Wood with Your EasyPress 2
Just about everything Cricut produces is amazeballs–their products are really something you didn’t know you needed in your life so badly until you have them. Especially when you learn to do new things like how to put Cricut vinyl on wood with your EasyPress 2 to make cool signs for Christmas (or any other…