Mindful Monday is a weekly series that explores the present status of my world. There are often weekly meal plans, website updates, family events, links to crafts and recipes, and whatever I find useful and meaningful. Hola! This week has been a pretty calm week around the house. After last week of being stuck inside […]
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Ninja Turtle Party Ideas
Ninja Turtle Party Ideas featuring crafts about Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. DIY TMNT masks, decorations, and cupcakes.
Echo Park Boy’s Life Layout
Another layout from my stash! My newest shipment of scrapbook goodies was delayed due to weather but it arrived on Saturday. The feeling I get opening that box is awesome! This one is titled “Rock and Roll”. This one incorporates papers and embellishments from A Boy’s Life collection from Echo Park. I wanted to convey […]
TMNT Free Invitation Printable
Hola! Yay, freebie printable! I have been working very hard on getting everything together for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Birthday Party. Today I am going to share a printable invitation to the party. Its based on the T-phone used in the Nickelodeon television series that started in 2012. The file is a .jpeg and is […]
Candy Pouch for Valentine’s Day
Hello there! It has been an insane week here in real life and crafty land. Today I have another Valentine’s Day craft. It is a valentine candy pouch. I made another video tutorial! This one is for making a simple paper pouch that kids can rip open like a piñata to get the candy inside. Kids […]
Easy But Big Impact Valentine Idea
In my own personal experience, I have learned that appreciation ranks high among men. Speaking in broad stereotypes, men want appreciation the way women want romance. With that in mind, I came up with a simple but meaningful valentine idea. I made a cut-file with my silhouette cameos of 10 hearts. I made a list of […]
2014 and My Big Plans
Hello! I saw a great challenge over at the blog from My Mind’s Eye. It asked us to interpret “14 things in 2014”. I am not a “new’s year resolution” type of person. I’ve never purposely thought “How can I expand my personal growth this year?” as if it is something I can specifically focus on. […]
My First Video!
Hi there! Very exciting news today! I got my first video uploaded today. I will admit that I am not the greatest public speaker but I think it went ok. And…my December daily album is done, complete, finished! 2013 December Daily Album: Doing the video and seeing the finished album gave me some thought about what I learned […]
December Daily Album Cover and a Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great holiday week. Hubby and I spent our New Year’s Ever driving 13 hours back from visiting grand ol’ Nashville and my family. We got back exactly 5 minutes after midnight. It was a great trip visiting both sets of grandparents and our families. We spent Christmas […]
