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2 Little Hooligans

diaper/ wipes bag giveaway

Here is my way of saying thanks for listening to me rant about my house and for having to look at all of the pictures of my garden. Sorry, you are going to see more of them!
All you have to do to win this little bag is leave me a comment. I would love to hear about what you are crafting or picking from your garden. Or if you live in the city, humor me about all the amazing shopping you get to do, while I’m stuck shopping at Walmart!

Oh, and thanks for following me in spite of all of my misspellings and horrendous grammar!



Bag holds 2-4 diapers, a wipes container and a little tube of cream.
GIVEAWAY CLOSED 8.18.10

Wanna come to a tea party?

luvinthemommyhood is having a tea party. Don’t worry coffee drinkers are invited too. Head on over to lovinthemommyhood to check out all the details.

My mornings always start with this beautiful mug filled with coffee (cream and sugar) and with this view from our kitchen. These two things get me through the day. I need the coffee for the caffeine and the view to remind me why we ever bought this house.

It would be rude to go to a party empty handed right?

Homemade doughnuts anyone?

Come join in the party. I’m sure it will be fun!

shirt turns cardigan

Here is a quick little refashion I did a few weeks ago. 3/4 length shirt turns cardigan. So easy and quick. Just cut up the middle of shirt. Turn raw edges over and stitch. Then add a little lace ruffle if you want.


I wasn’t going to share this with you, but it cracks me up! This is why I love photo shop. Before I cropped the picture above this is what it looked like. Note… the kids running in front of the camera, the stickers still our new windows, the floor that was just primed waiting to be painted, and my favorite one yet… I’m wearing a Curious George band aid on my thumb! Yup, this is my life!

Have a crazy fun-filled weekend!

embrace the camera {to the anderson crew}

Grab that camera and join in!

This week we decided to send a little message to

the anderson crew…

May she bring you and your family more craziness
and fun.

With a ton of happiness,

love,

and hugs!

Best wishes from our crew to yours!

Garlic dill pickles

When the garden gives you all of these…

it’s time to make these!

This is by far the best dill pickle recipe we have ever found. I found it a few years ago on epicurious. The recipe calls for either fresh dill or dill seed. We have made it both ways and can barely tell the difference between the two.

Fast Favorite Garlic Dill Pickles: makes 4 pint jars

  • 3# cukes
  • 2 cups vinegar
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 TBL pickling salt
  • 4 heads fresh dill or 4 tsp dill seeds
  • 4 small cloves garlic

Bring brine to boil and pour over hot packed jars. Water bath about 15 minutes.

Set for a few weeks and ENJOY!

fabric coloring book

I love this little book so much, I want one for myself!
Here is how to make your own fabric coloring book. They are so quick and easy to make, about 10 minutes total time needed.
The ideas of what you can put into those baggies are endless.
I keep thinking how cute it would be to use one for all my coupons or as a little first aid kit.
Supplies:
  • fabric scraps ( I cut mine 14″ X 4″)
  • fabric stabilizer (I prefer to use Pellion iron-on)
  • plastic baggies
Cut fabric to desired size. (14″ X 4″)
Cut the stabilizer. Make it slightly smaller then the fabric pieces.
Iron stabilizer onto wrong side of fabric.

Zig-zag stitch wrong sides together.
Fold in half.
Tuck 3 baggies into fold and sew on fold.





Sticker book obsessed!

Are your kids obsessed with stickers? Mine are! While I love giving them stickers to play with, I don’t like finding them all over the house. Here is a little book I made to keep us both happy.


Supplies:

  • fabric scraps (mine were about 10″ long and 4″ wide)
  • laminating sheets (can buy them at Jo Ann fabrics)
  • stickers
Cut 5 pieces of fabric to desired size.
I cut mine 10″x 4″.

Laminate the fabric per instructions on laminating sheets.


After laminating. Take one piece of laminated fabric and fold in half like above. This is going to be the center page.

Trim all the edges.
Sew 2 pieces of laminated fabric together, wrong sides facing. (I zig-zag stitched mine.)
Repeat with last two pieces of laminated fabric.

Should have this now.
Make a book with the pieces and sew together on fold.

Trim edges.




My favorite part about the book is how the laminated fabric allows them to remove the stickers and reuse them, but I have to warn you, beware of this!

I knew something was going on when I heard 3 little hooligans laughing away!

Here is another sticker book we put together by using plastic baggies, scrapbook paper, and a few ribbons. I decided to sew the book together instead of using staples because it is safer.




There! A little book for sticker obsessed kids.

embrace the camera {searching for cows}

Join us.

Searching for Uncle P’s cows always begins the same way. With a trip to Mc Donald’s for juice boxes and an ice coffee.


We sit patiently waiting for the cows to come off the mountain, while rocking out to kids tunes and drinking our drinks.
No sign of any cows today. But we were were lucky enough to find a little treat growing in Grampa’s yard.

While we never know what we are going to find when we set out to search for Uncle P’s cows. The beginings and endings are ALWAYS the same.

There is ALWAYS one happy boy awake, still chattering away…


while she is ALWAYS sound asleep with both juice boxes…

and I am ALWAYS thankful that we are easily entertained by a $3.95 trip to Mc Donald’s and an hour of searching for Uncle P’s cows!