Young or Old and Woman or Girl

My friend has a new website and she has really nice flower necklaces and headbands that you can buy or you can host a party and have you and your friends make their own. They are really nice and so check them out.

www.verabelladesign.blogspot.com

Would be a fun Valentine's gift for girls as well.

A Favorite Thing!

So my friend showed me this cookbook that she made. It was sooooooooo cute. She took recipes from both sides of her family, that were family favorites, or traditions. She used the website listed below and had her cookbook professionally done. It sounded like such a great idea. So I got on the website, and I have been typing recipes in, adding pictures that go with the recipe, and a description of why it is important to me. It is really cute and I am so excited to get mine printed. So go to this website and it really is not that expensive for treasuring your heirloom recipes. I gave an example of two of mine.

http://www.tastebook.com/

new cute website!

My cousin found this site and it is really good!

http://www.kmckaydesigns.com/

She directed me to the below summer fun projects, to the all about me book, but don't only check this out, check out her whole site.

All about me book:
after going to the site, click projects and then go to page two and scroll down to Summer fun projects, click on it. Scroll down again and click on any picture and she will give you the template and instructions on how to make. Or just click here:
http://www.kmckaydesigns.com/projects/summer-crafts-for-kids.html

It can be now found in the mom section on the left side of this blog!

Fun Things To Do For Mother's Day!

I really liked this list I found on Yahoo of other people's cheap ideas for Mother's Day. They had some really fun ideas. So go here:


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070509121408AAdWvT3

Homemade Flowers For Mother's Day!

Mother's Day is coming up and I know you all aren't going to have your kids make you crafts from this blog. But you could have dad look at this blog, and you could make these for Grandma for Mother's Day. Anyway these are really cute.

What you'll need:

• Basket coffee filters
• Water color paints
• Green Chenile Stems (1 per flower)
  

How to make it:

1. Flatten coffee filter onto work surface (place some scratch paper or newspaper underneath).
2. Paint coffee filter with watercolor paint. Let the filters dry.
3. Cut about 2” off the end of a chenille stem and set both pieces aside.
4. There are several different ways to make your flowers. You can fringe the ends in thin strips (leaving the center whole) to make the flower that resembles a pom pom. You can cut thicker strips, about 1” wide each, to make the petaled flower or don’t cut the filter at all to make the rose.
5. Insert the large piece of green chenille into the center of the coffee filter about 1.5” in. Hold onto the small end and turn the flower upside down so that the long end of the chenille is sticking up.
6. Grasp the center of the coffee filter and gather it around the small end of the chenille.
7. Twist the smaller piece of chenille around the gathered filter to secure the flower in place. Turn the flower back over and fluff the petals as needed.

Everyday is a Holiday!

I found this website and thought it was a good laugh! I can't believe some of this stuff and I thought some of it would be fun to do with your kids.

February 19 is . . . . National Chocolate Mint Day
February 20 is . . . . Hoodie Hoo Day
February 21 is . . . . Card Reading Day
February 22 is . . . . Be Humble Day
February 23 is . . . . International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24 is . . . . National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25 is . . . . Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt)
February 26 is . . . . National Pistachio Day
February 27 is . . . . International Polar Bear Day
February 28 is . . . . Public Sleeping Day
February 29 is . . . . National Surf and Turf Day

Want to look at all the months? Click here!
http://www.oshel.com/everyday.htm

Then I found this site and I like it the best. It lets you pick: what happens in the month, what happens weekly, or what happens daily. She also updates it all the time.

Here is a sample of hers:

23- National Rationalization Day
23- National Banana Bread Day
23- International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
23- Tennis Day
23- Tootsie Roll Birthday (1896)
24- Nylon Toothbrush Birthday 1938
24- National Trading Card Day
24- Gordon's Birthday Sesame Street
24- National Tortilla Chip Day
25- Let's All Eat Right Day
25- Hudson River Tunnel Anniversary 1908
25- Quiet Day
26- Thermos Bottle Day
26- New York Subway Birthday 1870
26- Movie Cartoon Birthday 1909
26- National Pistachio Day
26- For Pete's Sake Day
26- Levi Strauss' Birthday Born in 1829.
26- Tell a Fairy Tale Day
27- Mardi Gras New Orleans Birthday 1827
27- International Polar Bear Day
27- No Brainer Day
28- Car Keys and Small Change Day 1590 Pockets were Invented
28- Inconvenience Yourself Day
28- Public Sleeping Day
28- Floral Design Day
28- DNA Discovery Day 1953
28- M*A*S*H Bites the Dust Day (1983 Final Episode)
29- Leap Day

Wouldn't some of these be great for a calendar? I think tomorrow I will definitely pull out some Tortilla chips and tell my kids what a funny day it is.

anyway go to:http://www.holidaysforeveryday.com/ to see this site!

Super Easy Valentine Fortune Cookies

Years ago I thought it would be really fun to make homemade fortune cookies for Valentine's Day! It was harder than I thought. But I found this on Family fun this year and it looks really easy. I think because no real mixing is involved. You use Pie Crust for your dough! Anyway I think this is a fun way to announce a baby, or a fun gift for a dad, or a fun gift for grandparents! The trick is letting the kids think of the messages. And letting them be a big part of it, so they know that the gift was from them!
Super Easy Valentine Fortune Cookies
RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Chilled 9-inch pie crust
Cornstarch
3-inch-wide round cookie cutter or drinking glass
Rolling pin or glass.
Nontoxic marker
Slips of paper
Water
Colored sugar
Cookie sheet

1. Lay a chilled 9-inch pie crust on a cornstarch-dusted surface. Cut out 3-inch-wide circles with a round cookie cutter or drinking glass. To use all the dough, roll out the scraps with a pin or a cornstarch-dusted glass. 2. Use a nontoxic marker to write fortunes on slips of paper and place one in the center of each dough circle. Fold the circle in half, then pinch and fold the ends together, as shown. 3. Brush the top of each cookie with water, then sprinkle on colored sugar. Place the cookies on an un greased cookie sheet about an inch apart, sugar side up. Bake them until lightly browned, about 20 minutes, and let them cool before removing them from the pan. Makes about 16 cookies.