Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!

I just LOVE the idea of passing out Valentine's day cards!! Here are the ones we made last year.

I had seen this idea a while back (probably in FamilyFun) and knew this was a perfect Logan project.

Starting with a bunch of left over crayons, we peeled off the paper and filled up these cute cupcake molds, melted them in the oven @250 degrees for 10-15 minutes and

Voila! a cute little heart shaped rainbow crayon was born.


For the cards, I had Logan design one...he cut out the heart and wrote "You color my world" and then I scanned and copied it...then I glued the crayons to each card and he filled in the to:____ part. He wants to make them again this year but add a warning "this is a crayon not a candy" I guess there was some confusion last year :)

UPDATE: These are the new versions for this year.

For our Valentine's Playdate

For Caden's preschool class

For Logan's class

a sweet tweet

This adorable necklace is from here. She had it in gold too, which I thought was even cuter!

Happy Hearts

I saw this post here and I just LOVED it! If you explore further in her post, you will notice she switches it up for other holidays...flexible holiday decorations, how great is that?!? Only problem, I wanted to make it NOW and a trip to Michael's was not an option. Time to get creative.

I found a font that was big and blocky, it's called Athletic, and a heart from Goggle Images. Sized them to fit my frame, which was an old one, just waiting for a new purpose.

Print and cut out old school (since I don't have one of those awesome Silhouette machines)

Glue and Glitter

Add some ol' dusty scrapbook paper and poof a cute Valentines decoration on the cheap.

Here it is sitting on top of the entertainment center, yep PBS kids is on...that's our before 6:30 routine. The subway art is from here...a super cute FREE printable!


Here are the links again, in case you missed them...

http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-subway-art.html

http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentines-frames.html

♥♥♥UPDATE♥♥♥ I made another CHEAP and EASY Valentine's decoration here! (maybe I shouldn't use Cheap, Easy and Valentine's in the same sentence...not sure I want those google searches finding my blog!)

my mouth is W A T E R I N G

I ♥ Nutella!! I remember the first time I had it...it was on a family vacation in Europe. The hotel in Austria we stayed at offered a pastry and coffee breakfast. I guess you could call it a "continental breakfast" but unlike the motor inns of the US that supply day old muffins and instant coffee, this was fresh baked buttery bites of heaven with the optional spread of NUTELLA and to top it off, served with real European espresso and steamed milk. YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM. Here is where I spottted this mouth watering treat (and it looks super easy! LOVE THAT!!)...can't wait to try it, but I don't really trust myself with a jar of nutella in the house, so I better wait until I have an occasion to share this deliciousness.

Scary yet Sweet

How fun is this!! My boys, including my husband would LOVE to make this. Not sure this would be a great Valentine's day treat but I'm sure we can find an excuse. You can find the how-to info here along with a lot of other scary stuff.

Wouldn't it be G.R.E.A.T!!!

Another Silhouette is up for grabs here and here....think I will win??? Let me remind you of all the wonderful things it does!!!!

Here are a few examples of what it can do...

PAPER/SCRAPBOOKING.....

VINYL CUTTING!!!....

GLASS ETCHING!!!

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PAPER PARTY SUPPLIES!!...



HEAT TRANSFERS!!!!

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Here is another ETCHING example...

Here's another Vinyl example...

When I get this, I'll definitely need to learn how to sew!!!

Road Trip Dreamin'

photo credit
I want my next road trip to look like this!!

Another Birthday Party Idea - Toy Story

photo credit http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-recipes/recipe-857832-green-alien-cupcakes-t/

It isn't like I'm madly searching for bday theme ideas...Caden's bday isn't until May but when I saw these I just thought, "Oh how fun this could be!"

http://www.measuringmylifeinlove.com/2010/09/toy-story-birthday-party-treats.html

http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/06/toy-story-party-ideas-with-free-printables/

http://craftyworkinmommy.blogspot.com/2010/06/toy-story-birthday-partyfathers-dayfree.html

http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2010/06/toy-story-3-fun-facts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeDifferentactNormal+%28Be+Different...Act+Normal%29

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66747260/mix-and-match-toy-story-cupcake-topper