Mommiedom

Okay after I did my calendar, I wanted to do an update on my menu board. It still needs something but I don't know what. This one I cut vinyl letters out using my Cricut and stuck on. I can always remove them quite easy to update as needed. My last menu board only had week days on it and I was missing the weekend so I added that one on to the new one.

I so love this20x20 chalkboard frame I picked up from the craft store for like 18 bucks after I used my 40 percent off coupon.

The board is nice and big for everyone to see and it helps with a variety of food in the house.

Pinterest is EVIL okay not really but it gives me way to many ideas that I wish I had all the time in the world.  So I saw this fabric banner which is so easy and it takes like 5 minutes to make. I bought some bias tape and than using pinching shears cut out 8 triangles from my fabric stash. I than just sewed the triangles on to the bias tape. That is so easy.

I than decided it needed something and made my ribbon rosettes which also take no time, hot glued them on and there you go.


I made it green to work with both St. Patty's Day as well as Easter. Though most likely it will stay up for awhile. So easy to make 4th of July ones as well.

There is a new Cricut Explore coming out and I really would like it but I need to use my current one more to justify upgrading to the new one so I have been playing with it a
lot over the last few weeks.


I purchased some vinyl and cut out the "STUFF" letters and stuck them on the dollar bucket I got from the dollar store. It sits on our stairs for all the stuff that needs to go up. I have been looking for the right size buckets for the kids for Easter and I plan on sticking their names on those as well.

There is this great Facebook group called Stampin Up Friends and they started doing challenges which I love and lately haven't done enough of so I thought why not.


Here is my creation using all but one SU item (the twine is non-SU).


Here is the sketch inspiration:

I got so many complinements from Mr.  L's and Miss O's Valentine's day shirts that I thought why not make one for St. Patty's day as well.

I picked up the shirts for 2.5 and some St. Patty's fabric and just cut out a tie as well as some hearts to make a shamrock.

Again, I just ironed it on the fusible webbing and ironed on to the shirts. I did stitch around the outside of the tie this time (I also went back and did the Vday one as well).  My hubby also wanted one so I am made him a big tie shirt.

This has to be one of the EASIEST and funniest banners I have done in awhile. I love how it looks for St. Patty's Day.

I found chalkboard cardstock and using my dies and stamps from SU, I created this super easy banner. I am planning on doing one in pastels for Easter.


Over at Pinque Peacock they are having a Banner challenge and how perfect is this banner for it.

I just love the ease of these fun T-shirts for the kids. Today is the Texan?Western shirt for the Rodeo. I found a fun boot print that I traced and cut out. I than ironed it on using bandana fabric and the heat and bond. Finally I stitched around the edge to secure. I washed the girl's already and it washed up so nice.


Now the kids are ready for the Houston rodeo.

I really liked the family calendar wall  last May but everyone and I mean everyone would knock the frames off and because they were dollar store frames, they would break. I think I replaced at least three frames and after the boy knocked one off the other day, I decided I need to do something different.

The kids love having the calendar up there for the week so they know what is happening and where everyone is coming and going.

So for some reason my family likes to dress up for the Oscars every year. Like tow or three years ago, I made an off hand comment about how we should dress up and my husband jumped on it so fast.

So for the last few years we all dress up in our fancy wear and watch the pre show and start of the awards in our best attire. Each year as the kids get older and know more of the movies, the debate gets heated for who is going to win.

This year I so wasn't in it. My husband asked and I think I grumbled something under my breath because I have been sick with a cold (I sounded like death for two days) and I am cookie Mom for the girls troop so between the money being due and cookie booths, I was tired, oh so very tired.

Than my husband asked again about just dressing up and I said okay. The kids than convinced me that we needed to throw a party and they caught me in that moment where I said yes and than I decided to do it as quick as possible.

I decided to make some red velvet cupcakes and while they were baking, we went to Pinterest and found some adorable printables from We Heart Parties. I used some of those as well as a cutout of Oscar. I quickly created the cupcake toppers using MDS. The kids were a big help and here are the pics from our party.