To Do with Baby Pictures

Chris shared this on her blog. This is such a caauuuute idea! My daughter takes these fabulous photos of her darling little girl (my little granddaughter of course!) and they would be so cute done up this way. They are printed on 12x12 pages. Check out her blog and email her about them. Chris isso wonderful at answering questions and helping!

Sunday Snack Bar

I love this idea for taking snacks to church or shopping in order to help keep kids occupied. This mother posted about it here. Isn't she smart?! I love the name she gave it "Sunday Snack Bar"!


Here is what she said -

Buy a craft container from walmart/joanns, etc ($1-3). You can also buy small plastic fishing tackle boxes from your local hardware store.
Fill each empty space with small finger foods for your child (age appropriate of course)

-Chocolate Chips
-Little Fishy Crackers
-Mini Marshmallows
-Raisins
-Fruit Snacks
-All kinds of cereal (cheerios, kix, lucky charms,)
-Peanuts
-Craisins
-Small Crackers

*This really helps my two year old quiet down in church. He loves the variety of snacks to choose from. Life saver...seriously!

*My container is actually "Child proof" so he can't get into it all by himself. It's also nice because it won't spill in his diaper bag. You just need to push in the button on the side while opening the container.

Family Rules

While catching up on my blogs, I found these 2 great ideas for family rules boards. My family is grown and gone, but perhaps you can use the ideas. Actually, I may make up a board with grandma house rules for when the family visits.....1. hug grandma 2. make cookies with grandma...you get the jest :o)

This clever gal shares how she made this one here.

Gal number 2 is super duper talented. Look at her post here!

Why couldn't I have just a teeny bit of some of these gals natural talent?

Marshmallow Witches

These are cute and what kid would love to get their little hands on one? Taste of Home has the recipe here!

A Very Merry UnBirthday

You have GOT to see this blog!! This is WAY too cute of an idea for a birthday party! What a clever girl this mother is and what lucky little girl the daughter is!

Wonky Star

I love stars and this is a GREAT star! It is fast and fun with many possibilities. Look here for her wonderful tutorial.
Here is another version of the same star:

Gift Card Give Away!

I have always felt the strong urge to be prepared for any type of emergency in life....whether it might be the loss of a job or Mother Nature giving us a beating, it just feels good to know that I will be able to feed my family in difficult situations. I have bought things from Emergency Essentials for some time now and haven't been disappointed with their products and their customer service is beyond great!!

Well.....they now have a blog AND they are giving away FREE $10 gift cards! All you have to do it post one of their buttons on your blog and email them. Check it out here.

Snow already?!

No....no snow yet! But I am getting ideas for some fun, inexpensive gifts. This idea came from here! She used toilet paper or paper towels for these snowmen. Clever woman!

Dots & Doodles

I saw these cute, cute towel samples here! What a fun gift idea.