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The Love Jar.

I had so much fun working with an empty mason jar and I think you will too. I created The Love Jar . In this jar, both my husband and I add little love notes and some positive inspiring messages to each other. Once our daughter is old enough, I would love for her to participate. I absolutely love when I can make someone's day whether it be with a kind word or two, a hug, or even a smile. So I'm hoping that as you are reading this, I've at least made you smile! :) Materials needed: Empty mason jar yarn glue gun washi tape paint brush any decorative piece you would like to add to your jar paper scissors. chalkboard paint Start off by applying some chalkboard paint on top of the mason jar lid. I applied about 5 coats. Allow it to dry overnight.  Next, apply washi tape around the bottom of the lid. Now that the lid is all done, you're ready to start the next step. Using your yarn wrap it around the mason jar. I applied a few strands.

Joyful Friday~

  "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." Marcus Aurelius   My herbs started to sprout!     While cleaning I came across a painting, I painted while I was pregnant with our daughter. (Brought back so many memories)       I enjoy my morning cup of coffee, so I picked up a new coffee cup (I love birdies)     I baked some delicious oatmeal cookies Our house smelled amazing.     After our trip to the library (toddler time) we went to the park. It's beautiful out! Once we got home we decided to have a nice little tea party. I absolutely love tea time with my sweet little love.   I cherish every moment spent with my daughter Our special moment is when we sit and gather a few books, and read together.            

Coffee? Why of course! -DIY Decorative Coffee sign

The smell of coffee brewing is something I smell every morning in our home. My husband is in love with coffee. I too enjoy my morning cup of coffee, but I can actually go without it on some days. (I love chai tea lattes, and tea. Every morning I can hear our coffee grinder go off, and what comes next is the wonderful aroma of coffee throughout the house. When we bought our house, I had in mind to do something to incorporate my husband's love for coffee into our kitchen. While my husband was deployed on his last tour over in Iraq, I decided to do a cafe/coffee themed kitchen. (I love it) And I'm still finding new items to add to our kitchen's theme. Today as I was in the garage straightening up a little, I came across some scrap wood my husband had stashed away. Of course I thought to myself "I can totally take this and do something cute with it." DIY DECORATIVE COFFEE SIGN (using chalkboard paint) -Scrap wood -Chalkboard paint -paint-color of your

Fun learning, and creating with noodles...& flashcard making

                                             Today we had fun creating art with noodles. In the morning I took some food coloring out. Later we added the noodles and food coloring in a plastic bag, and mixed it up for a few. After I removed the noodles from the bag we allowed them to dry. Simple as that! I actually put them out on my back porch so that they could dry a little faster. Once it was completely dry, we had fun creating some simple noodle art on paper! How fun! My daughter loved it.  We also created some ABC funky and fun flashcards It's simple to make- I made some letters, used some crayons, colored each one, and added a few dots around each letter. I then took my laminate sheet, and laid it over the paper. I used my shape blade paper craft scissors to cut each letter out. And there you go! You end up with some funky ,  fun  and colorfu l ABC flashcards. I'll be putting these cards in my daughter's diape

Little hands texture tour :)

Hello all! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. This morning I took my daughter to the library. They were having Rhythm Fun, with The Percussion Lady, Helen Trencher. It was so much fun. We played with drums, bells, danced, and listened to a few stories. We had a great time. Our daughter loves going through the house and picking a few items out. We do a texture tour with her. This allows her to feel all the textures, and see the difference between each one. We love this and it's something we have been doing since she was about 3 months or so. She loves it. We explain the different textures, and you can even tell them the different colors, and shapes. All you need for this: -Little hands :) -objects with different textures Have a lovely Tuesday

Learning together...

Today was filled with learning, laughter, dancing and painting. Todays book was- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? By Bill Martin Jr/Eric Carle. I decided to do a fun learning activity with this book. (Color and Animal Identification) I traced and colored each animal and cut them out. I also labeled each one. As we read to our daughter we asked her if she could find each animal. Our daughter would then grab each picture and tell us the name of the animal and also the color. It was such a fun learning activity! All you need for this activity -paper -scissors -crayons/markers -book/which ever book you would like to do this activity with {Of course we had art time} :) I hope you all have enjoyed your day~

My card creations

I did some card-making last night and I had so much fun creating a few. I used a few materials for my cards. Card Stock.  Washi tape and  Stamps. You can pretty much use whatever you'd like. I usually use my heart-shaped hole puncher and create different designs with that.  Whatever you do just be creative and have fun!   Enjoy! ~Stephanie

Saturday love...

    Of course it snowed here yesterday.... but it was still a lovely day spent with my family. {Snowy day-Our back deck}    {Bow making} I always get so excited when I take out my crafts.. I love creating new things!    {Prepping some Vegetables for some chicken soup} {Bringing some Spring indoors} I had to pick this cute chick up at the store super cute!        {Painting sun catchers with my loves} We had so much fun painting these little sun catchers. We gave our daughter some kid friendly paint and we used the stain that the kit came with. In the end that turned out great!!    {I love my family so much} They mean the world to me            

Liebster Award

  I've been nominated again! I want to start off by saying a big thank you to Shelby for nominating me, again. Check her blog out, it's so lovely- It's Always Sonny . (I'm terrible when it comes down to finishing up these and actually publishing. I've actually been nominated 5 times, I just never got a single one finished...So here it goes. :)   RULES: 1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves. 2. Answer the questions that the tagger set for you PLUS create 11 questions for the people you have tagged to answer. 3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post. 4. Go to their page and tell them.   11 Randoms about me I always carry hand sanitizer in my bag & I also keep some in my car I'm in love with sunsets I love to dance around with my daughter love aerobics spicy foods are my favorite I can be completely silly at times :) I can never finish just one book before starting the next I

Spring time bookmarks

I was inspired by my soon to be 2 year old daughter, to create these fun spring time bookmarks I've noticed lately she has been sneaking our bookmarks out of our books when we leave them on our nightstand. My husband has even started hiding his books just to avoid losing his spot. How wonderful... Well I figured hey why not create some fun, cute, little bookmarks for my daughter. (Maybe then she will leave our bookmarks alone. (I guess we will see) Anyway here you go, here's a fun, simple craft you can enjoy doing with your little one. Materials need: 1.       Craft paper           2.       scissors 3.       glue 4.       cut out shapes of your choice 5.       crayons/markers-which ever you prefer 6.       & of course a little helper :) I started off by cutting strips for the bookmark (I made each one long enough to fit in a book without falling out).  Once you have done that, start on creating the shapes for your book

Spring things!

        I finally got around to doing a craft to welcome spring. Last night my daughter and I made little chicks hatching from eggs, in a spring garden. Simple and very cute.       Something fun for my daughter to grow. (Picked this up at hobby lobby)       And we actually did this for my daughter's first birthday last year they had some cute Easter buckets at Target in the dollar section. I bought a few and dressed them up a bit. :)  

A new day~ Thankful..

This is the beginning of a new day . You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do to day is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good. - Author Unknown        When I wake in the morning I get kisses from both my husband, and my beautiful daughter. They mean the world to me. (Of course I can't forget about our little pug) He is usually all over me, from morning to night. I thank God for yet another beautiful day. A day filled with laughter, hugs,  kisses, conversation, learning, playing, and so much more. The days go by so quickly...I've learned that we all must slow down sometimes and enjoy these little moments.  I absolutely love life, and I am thankful that I have been given life. -Stephanie   {Breakfast time with my munchkin} My daughter loves helpi

Bubbles, counting, and more!

    I enjoy every second spent with my little one. These days it seems as though the time goes by so quickly. She's growing,  learning, and constantly making mommy proud. I remember the fist time she crawled, then walked, and now she's running and jumping..I'm truly amazed at how she has changed in the past year. I cherish my days spent with my little love, she means the world to both her daddy and I. Our day (in pictures)   {My little love, she loves her bubble machine}       {She made mommy some very delicious cookies} Yum!     {We learned about letters, numbers, and sang and danced} -leapfrog, click-start my fist computer (We received this last year for Christmas)       {Had fun counting and sorting each number out}       {Art time}       What a fun afternoon it was!    

Morning Creativity (Coffee art)

Be Creative! My morning Creativity Materials needed: Old K-cup. Coffee Grinds  Water Paper crayon/optional for outlining hearts. Create Art. This can easily be used for a card, or you can frame it Oh and it smells amazing! Oh and course you can brew a cup while you create your art Enjoy.

Make your own Mini Felt board

We absolutely love doing crafts in our home. I'm always on the look out for new crafts to do with my daughter. I want to keep her busy, and she's so into exploring, and trying new things. Today in the morning we headed off to the library. Every Tuesday they have Story time, with a craft. The librarian reads a few books, and after all the children participate in making a craft. (Parents are usually hands on with the craft as well) Today we made mini Felt boards with cut out shapes.  Materials needed for this project: Cardboard (Cut into a medium sized square) Glue Stick Felt (any color you choose for your background) Scissors Cut  your cardboard into a square shape. After cut some felt, and glue it on your board.  Once you are all done with that you can make some shapes using your left over felt. (Whatever shapes you decided on making, it's all up to you) Once your done your toddler will enjoy placing the felt shapes on the board. Pretty simple, and toddler approve

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