I love me some upcycled baby food jar crafts! Last year everyone got lighted Christmas Trees from Big Girl’s leftover jars and now that Little Baby is going to be trying baby food soon I will have a big pile of them again. They will go next to the big pile I still have from Big…
My Favorite Creation
It all started when I was asked to help plan and officiate a wedding for a good friend. Their theme is…wait for it…The Nightmare Before Christmas!!!!! EEEEEKKKK!! How FUN is that?! Of course I started scouring Pinterest immediately for ideas and inspiration. Did you know the hours go by even faster when you’re searching for…
Instant Burn Relief
Tell me I’m not the only one who has totally burnt the crap out of my fingers with a glue gun. Right? It hurts. A lot. I have two settings on my glue gun – hot and melted magma. For some stupid reason I always put it on the hottest setting to quickly warm up…
Barrel Cake
As previously mentioned, my daughter is having three mini celebrations for her 2nd birthday instead of one big celebration which means I get to make three different types of cakes/cupcakes. =) We did Elmo & Cookie Monster cupcakes for the first celebration, and then I decided on a chocolate & peanut butter barrel cake for…
Cookie Monster & Elmo Cupcakes
Last year we went all out and had a huge rainbow theme bash for my daughter’s 1st birthday. It was fun and we had A LOT of people attend. Since then we have moved to a very small town that is 1-2 hours away from the majority of our friends and family. This year for…
Breakfast Ice Cream
Little Miss asked for ice cream for breakfast today. Of course I told her no, ice cream is not for breakfast. But she was VERY persistent. So I decided to be sneaky and make her some ice cream that would be acceptable for breakfast and everyone was happy. 😉 I didn’t measure (sorry!) but I took…
Oreo Poke Cake
Of course I found the idea of Oreo Poke Cake on Pinterest. (Where else?!) I ran to the local grocery store to get the simple ingredients. (Chocolate cake mix and oreo pudding mix.) Well, who would’ve thought that our little grocery store DIDN’T HAVE OREO PUDDING??!! So I grabbed what I felt would be a worthy (and…
Drab to Fab: Upcycled Cereal Box
Okay, so this here is what I call a “slop craft”. I have very little patience or desire to follow patterns, measure precisely or take TOO much time. Terrible, I know! This is not to say I don’t do those things with more important projects but for those that I just want to get done, or…
Baby Food Jar Christmas Tree
As soon as I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. Correction. BEFORE I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. =) Twenty-plus years ago I watched my mom upcycle baby food jars into this…
Delicious Veggie Salad
I don’t mind most vegetables but I have never eaten enough on a regular basis, especially raw, which is supposed to be the most nutritious form. Don’t even get me started on raw broccoli…I distinctly remember a time at the grocery store when I was little when I was given a piece of raw broccoli to…
