tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568624435995627692024-03-04T20:58:55.943-08:00ScrappyRNMy happy place on the web.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-87130574282993099382012-03-31T15:21:00.000-07:002012-03-31T15:21:15.254-07:00Happy Saturday and some yummy cookiesOk those that have been interested in my once a month cooking. I have now added some new arsenal to my stock. Pre-packaged cookies. <br />
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You know those days or night when you want a fresh homemade cookie but don't want to go through the whole deal of making them? Well here's a simple and inexpensive way to go about that urge.<br />
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I found the recipe for this oatmeal with chocolate chips (instead of raisins) here at <a href="http://fakeitfrugal.blogspot.com/2012/02/fake-betty-crocker-cookie-mixes.html">Fake it Frugal</a> and thought I would try some out.<br />
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I set up a bunch of quart size bags and set up adding all the ingredients assembly line fashion. Then put them in a storage box for use later.<br />
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Wouldn't you know it though, about an hour after putting them safely away for another day, the men of the house decided they wanted a cookie.<br />
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So not only did I get to see how easy it was to set up a few months supply of cookie mixes today, we are also going to be able to tell you first hand..............are they really any good? Are they really easy to whip up a batch on a moments notice?<br />
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Here's the answer to that first question<br />
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Yes they ARE THAT GOOD, my whole house smells like cinnamon and warm cookies and they taste as good as if I had taken an hour to make them.<br />
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Easy? It couldn't get much easier than this (well it could if you had paid for the package at the store) but I have to tell you, these cookies taste FRESH HOMEMADE, those mixes always leave a little after taste in my mouth. They do in a pinch but they are NOT homemade, however, these mixes here that you make yourself....................NOTHING BUT HOMEMADE GOODNESS.<br />
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And I have to tell you they are so easy to make and quick that Craig who likes to take cookies to work for his morning break even said he could do a batch while he was having his morning coffee before he went to work. I think that's a wonderful idea, all his friends would think he has an awesome wife at home that gets up at 4am to make him fresh cookies LOLHappy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-8235047478084078272012-03-26T11:20:00.001-07:002012-03-26T11:39:59.018-07:00Monday and time to try a new snackI have seen several posts for homemade mozzarella cheesesticks using string cheese. Well sometimes that hot yummy gooey stringy goodness is too hot and hard for little ones to handle.<br />
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Plus we all know buying block cheese is always cheaper right? So I decided to try to make some little cheese bites the boys and I could enjoy for an afternoon snack.<br />
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Ingredients I used:<br />
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Some mozzarella cheese (diced into small cubes)<br />
1/8 c plain bread crumbs<br />
1/8 c panko crumbs<br />
1 egg<br />
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese <br />
flour for dredging<br />
1/2 cup Ragu spaghetti sauce <br />
a pinch of dried oregano<br />
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Slice cheese about 1/2 thick, then cube, dredge in flour and place in egg bath (I did use a slotted spoon to help with this part since they were so small and I didn't want my fingers in there getting all eggy and slimy) , then transfer to the bread crumbs and cheese mix. Place on non-stick foil lined pan and bake on 350 degrees, turning once with tongs if you want the pretty golden brown color (original recipes called for spraying foil with cooking spray and I think this would help even more with the browning but I was trying to keep it as healthy as I could for the boys) Bake about a total of 7 minutes<br />
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Enjoy, just like the "big" ones, without the hot stringy cheese burning little chins. And they loved using the toothpicks like a fancy dinner party, plus, boys being boys - under close supervision we got to have a mini sword fight when we were done.<br />
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Everything needed to make the cheese cubes<br />
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about 1/2 inch in size cubed<br />
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using a slotted spoon helps keep the fingers cleaner<br />
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All done in just 7 minutes<br />
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YummyHappy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-30444165670038938262012-03-09T08:13:00.000-08:002012-03-09T08:13:31.509-08:00Opened for business ........... soonSo I had to hide the blog for a little while due to the safety of the family regarding the adoption. I feel that at this point I can start using it again.<br />
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How I am going to use it, I am still trying to decide. I am thinking of dividing it up, have some crafting, some food stuff, some home tips and maybe some general life. Still thinking and hope to have a plan by the start of the week.<br />
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I will say right now you will likely see most craft products now done with the Cameo (yay).<br />
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Hope to see you soon.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-52775151931327119662012-01-16T05:20:00.000-08:002012-02-03T10:33:09.286-08:00If you have some time today (and for the next 6 days)Drew and Craig are in a contest to win Drew a college scholarship, so if you could click on the link and vote for our video it would be awesomeHappy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-50077186800565801192012-01-07T13:58:00.000-08:002012-01-07T13:58:13.753-08:00more cooking and stuffOk so I find myself with a little bit of time and decided to add some more today. Along with extra time, I also see that I find myself with a little bit of left over ground chuck, I just smashed it very thin in a few bags and will either use these to reshape for some burgers or some off the wall meal we might want this month. Smashed this flat they will be soft enough to shape after running under hot water (in the bag of course) for 2-3 minutes.<br />
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Also I had told some folks I would show you how simplistic I make my meals, one example here, our beef and gravy over noodles. Let's say I am sick in bed or lucky enough to get out of the house for the evening, I can tell Craig it's beef & noodle night. In the freezer is very thin sliced and cubed, stored flat in a single layer, some beef I cut off our roast before freezing, with instructions on bag to run under hot water for 4 minutes, flour and brown in pan, put in crockpot with stuff from B&N bag in cupboard. So as the meat is browning he can read the instructions written out on a card in this bag, recycle your instruction card for another month. You won't need the cards for yourself I am sure, but you never know when something might come up or you might not feel well, with this set up there is NO reason someone can't get dinner on the table for you.<br />
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it spells it out step by step, and it really don't need to go in the crockpot but it's better than him "accidentally" burning it on the stove. If I were home, I would do it on the top of the stove. You will see that I have egg noodles in a separate plastic bag inside of the big one. For our flavored pasta I do the same thing, only I will include the things we like, a little baggie of Parmesan cheese, or maybe a spoon of chicken bouillon and then add both to a larger bag. I boil up the noodles, toss with a little unsalted butter and top with the topping of our choice, or if it's bouillon I add that to the water when boiling and then quick shave a carrot into them when they are done. Let your imagination and family taste go wild here, you can also do the same with rice.<br />
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I also like to get the bacon for the month out of the way, I really do NOT like cooking bacon, but I LOVE to eat it. Now I really don't like spending half a day cooking it, but worse than that....waking up on the weekend in the mood for a full breakfast, kids and husband waking up all yelling for food and still having to cook it. This is much easier and also handy when I want a late night BLT :) Bacon is good in the freezer cooked for 3-4 months and only takes a second in the microwave to warm. Yep you can buy the microwave bacon, but it costs more (especially if you use coupons or price match) and also I will buy 2 types of bacon, ONLY Oscar Meyer center cut for breakfast and BLT's, I will use a cheaper or store brand for things like bacon to top cheeseburgers with, or crumble and throw on a salad or top the twice baked potatoes since there are so many other flavors already it doesn't have to be the absolute best (and it's my blog, so NO arguing, OM center cut is the BEST). Just place on paper towel to absorb some of the grease when done cooking, then let cool and place between sheets of freezer paper.<br />
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This also goes great with pancakes made up (this is really easy) and stored two small to medium sized in a bag.<br />
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The frozen fruits and veggies I just break down into portion sizes and freeze. The fruit I will make my own blend with since you get more and can have what your family likes. (This week here in town I was able to score a really good price match) The bags are small in size you say? Well since the boys are offered fruit with each meal they don't need to be huge, also with this size, I can pull out the fruit when I am pulling everything else out, dump bag on a plate and sprinkle just a bit of sugar and by the time I am ready to put dinner on the table they are soft enough, still cold but soft enough for a 2 yr & 4 yr old to eat. They are even handy straight from the freezer to toss in the car if you might be out running for a while, the kids can nibble on them and you won't feel guilty for stopping at McDonald's and they like the sweetness.<br />
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The picture of the large bag is how I mix it up (yep I am LAZY and don't like to even have to wash a bowl out, don't be shocked, I told you in the beginning I was lazy)<br />
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I still haven't started the empanada dough so I might not get to them tonight after all, but I am going to try so I can be done, done and done for the month.<br />
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For those that don't want to commit to a whole month, I think you will see there are still somethings that any family can use to save some time and just by spending a few minutes glancing at ads, you can save a boat load on price matches even if you live somewhere that doesn't double coupons (like me) this week though I was able to get all my chicken half priced without having to run all over and just to find out that one of the stores were likely to be out of it anyway (isn't that how it always happens when they run a killer sale?)Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-28965230210832734152012-01-07T09:14:00.000-08:002012-01-07T09:14:13.558-08:00Once a month shopping/cooking and preppingI recently tried to shop just once a month and prepare as much in advance as I could. Quite a few folks asked me how I did this so here we go, I am going to give you this months menu and shopping list and some of the steps along the way.<br />
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In our family we have pretty simple tastes so the menu is pretty basic, but even changing it up to your family's taste I am sure you can save a lot of money and time through out the month.<br />
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I will tell you right now I am not the "greenest" prep person, so you might see a little waste going on, if this bothers you I am sure you can work around it easily enough, but one of the reasons (outside of the big one: saving money) I am doing this because I am LAZY and also some times indecisive, so this makes it very easy to decide at the last minute what to have for dinner.<br />
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Here is what my meal plan started out like ( the little X a number means how many times in a month we will be having that meal)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Meatloaf, twice baked potato, veggie and dinner roll x 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">Roast w/potatoes, onions, carrots – dinner roll –caramel apple empanada w/ ice cream</div><div class="MsoNormal">Leftover roast pulled and BBQ, chips, pickles and fruit</div><div class="MsoNormal">Grilled cheese and tomato soup x 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">BBQ chicken, flavored pasta, veggies and dinner roll x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Baja Hawaiian chicken, flavored pasta(or rice) veggies and roll</div><div class="MsoNormal">Smoked sausage, corn, pasta and fruit x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Burger steaks, twice baked potato, salad and roll</div><div class="MsoNormal">Egg taco – applesauce x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Taco bake – fruit salad</div><div class="MsoNormal">Spaghetti garlic cheese toast salad x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pizza – salad – fruit x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ham mashed potatoes veggie and dinner roll</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chili & crackers fruit ice</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hot dogs, chips pickles and fruit x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Veggie soup dinner roll</div><div class="MsoNormal">Taco pasta shells – salad x 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Irish beef pies – salad</div><div class="MsoNormal">White chili</div><div class="MsoNormal">Beef and gravy over homemade noodles, veggie and fruit</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chicken/cranberry salad rolls sweet potato fries and fruit</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">80/20 ground chuck – 16lbs</div><div class="MsoNormal">saltines – 1 box</div><div class="MsoNormal">eggs – 2 doz (with 1<sup>st</sup> trip) 2 doz middle of the month *</div><div class="MsoNormal">onions – 1 large bag</div><div class="MsoNormal">western dressing – 1 lg bottle</div><div class="MsoNormal">potatoes – need 38</div><div class="MsoNormal">butter</div><div class="MsoNormal">milk *</div><div class="MsoNormal">frozen green beans</div><div class="MsoNormal">frozen corn</div><div class="MsoNormal">frozen peas</div><div class="MsoNormal">frozen mix veggies</div><div class="MsoNormal">dinner rolls – 24</div><div class="MsoNormal">large roast</div><div class="MsoNormal">sliced American cheese *</div><div class="MsoNormal">tomato soup – 4 cans</div><div class="MsoNormal">chicken breasts – 16</div><div class="MsoNormal">egg noodles – 1 wide 1 thin</div><div class="MsoNormal">spice bags</div><div class="MsoNormal">flour</div><div class="MsoNormal">carrots – 1 large bag</div><div class="MsoNormal">celery</div><div class="MsoNormal">smoked sausage – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">soft taco shells – 1 from deli area</div><div class="MsoNormal">taco seasoning pack – 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">lettuce</div><div class="MsoNormal">tomato – 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">sour cream</div><div class="MsoNormal">crescent rolls – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">applesauce</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ragu – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal"><st1:state><st1:place>Texas</st1:place></st1:state> toast – 1</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bagged salad – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mozz. Cheese – 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pizza dough kit – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pepperoni</div><div class="MsoNormal">Canned fruit/frozen fruit</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ham</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chili beans – 1 lg can</div><div class="MsoNormal">Stewed tomatoes – 2 cans</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tomato sauce – 2 cans</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chilo mix </div><div class="MsoNormal">Cheddar cheese</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hot dogs – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hot dog buns </div><div class="MsoNormal">Hamburger buns</div><div class="MsoNormal">Manwhich</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chips – 3 regular<span> </span>1 BBQ<span> </span>1 sour cream and onion</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chip dip – 3 large</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pickles</div><div class="MsoNormal">Veg-all 1 lg can</div><div class="MsoNormal">Big pasta seashells</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cream cheese</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sm head cabbage</div><div class="MsoNormal">Fridge pie crust</div><div class="MsoNormal">Apples lg bag green apples</div><div class="MsoNormal">Caramel candy</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lemon juice</div><div class="MsoNormal">Northern beans – 3 15oz cans</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chicken broth – 3 cans college inn low sodium</div><div class="MsoNormal"><st1:state><st1:place>Mont.</st1:place></st1:state> Jack cheese </div><div class="MsoNormal">Cream of onion soup </div><div class="MsoNormal">Brown gravy pack</div><div class="MsoNormal">BBQ sauce – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chocolate syrup – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Iced tea – 4 gallons</div><div class="MsoNormal">Case of bottled water</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bacon – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sweet potatoes – 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">Coffee – 2</div><div class="MsoNormal">Creamer – 3</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sugar – 10lbs </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then with shopping list in hand I will sit down on a Sunday and view all the local grocery ads online, all the ones in our area also allow you to make a printable shopping list, which includes the item, size and sale price. Wal-mart will accept this printed list instead of taking all the ads in on shopping day. Then I look at one of the many blogs that will tell you what coupons are coming in Sunday's paper and decide if I buy a paper or not, I also look through my coupons that I have on hand.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Once everything is together I settle Craig and the boys in and head out on my own. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Once back at home all the cold items go into the fridge, only frozen fruit and veggies go in the freezer, don't want the meat freezing before I have time to work with it. Make sure the kitchen and dishes are done and I have my Dollar Store supplies on hand. I use the freezer bags, garbage bags and foil from the dollar store. They might not be the best in quality, but they WILL keep your food safe and fresh for the 3-4 weeks it's in there (no point in doing all this work to save money and blow it on expensive bags when they are not needed)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">To do the meat loafs I throw on the ground chuck, make a little well, toss in the rest and mix it up right there on the bag</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Oh ya another thing from the dollar store, tin pans. I line these with crisscrossing plastic wrap and fill with loaf mixture, fold in the wrap and mark. Since the burger was already cold, it can go right in the freezer and won't drop the freezer temp. You can either leave them in the pan as is and they will last 4 weeks if wrapped good, or if you are doing more than the number of pans you have you can freeze in pan for a few hours and then transfer to a foil wrap and mark.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yep they are thin little things, but this is one of the PREP meals, so I want it thin so if at 2pm I decide I want meatloaf I can take it out of the freezer and still have dinner on the table the same night, or I can put it in the fridge the night before if we are really sure we are hankering for meatloaf.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The chicken is also mostly prep, wash and put single layer amounts in a bag and freeze for our baked BBQ chicken, or make up the marinade in bag, add chicken and let sit in the fridge while you finish the rest of the meals so the marinade soaks into the chicken</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This menu and shopping list was made for two adults and two small boys, so more like 3 adults. We are not HUGE eaters and when I serve a meal I like to have a lot of choices on the plate in case the boys decide they don't like something there is plenty more to choose from. So while 1/2 potato, one dinner roll and some meatloaf don't sound like alot, there is also the veggie and fruit on the plate too, more than enough to fill you up for sure, especially since it's really not good to eat 2 Big Macs, large fry and chicken nuggets, this may be the way the media has sent us in recent years, but you DON'T need all that to survive.</div>Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-90289332305253368932011-12-25T00:01:00.000-08:002011-12-25T05:31:42.948-08:00No resolutions, only memories to makeHello. I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.<br />
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It's almost time for the new year to start. This year instead of making resolutions and then feeling bad when I can't or don't keep them I have decided that I will only plan to make some great memories this coming year. Part of this is due to the fact that we had to make a "Year in the Life" type book for our adoption hearing. Sadly that book became part of the perm. court records because I really liked having that little snippets of life.<br />
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This calendar has spots for monthly plans, which are things I hope to be able to do, even if it's just a trip to the beach, build a snowman or something as big as Feb. 1st - stop smoking (this is a plan, not a resolution, I am going to give it my all, but I am not going to beat myself up) <br />
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There is also a place for some photos (of course not all from the month as I will still be doing scrapbooks) just some from the month that were standouts. A place for funny things someone said and also a place for documents, drawings, ticket stubs or what have you. (Anyone have a good word for this? I used Docs in this copy of the calendar but I am not liking that word)<br />
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To help out with that I thought a new calendar would be a great way to do this. I had this great vision in my head, and things started out as planned, but then I hit a few snags along the way, along with the stresses of the holidays, well it didn't come out as I had visioned (and I will be redoing this) but I still want to share because I love the concept.<br />
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Part of my problem was that earlier this month I got a hair up my bottom and tore apart all my stacks and tossed papers that I didn't think I would use, between that and having been on a spending ban my paper choices were very limited. After the beginning of the year when things settle down I will go pick out the exact papers I want for this.<br />
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My other issues were:<br />
1. A soon to be 2 yr old that wanted to help each step of the way.<br />
2. I used the chipboard book boards in 12x12 for the cinch. These are covered in a white paper and I found out when you use wet adhesive (such as Beacon's 3n1) is causes it to pull away from the chipboard center and wrinkling (next time I will use plain chipboard, which I actually had on hand but thought the white would be nice), also these boards are not all the same size and nor are they a true 12x12 (or the papers I used were not 12x12)<br />
3. When doing a project like this you will need at least 4 NEW mats for your cricut, I actually had one split in the machine (I could see it coming but thought I could do "just one more" sheet, silly girl)<br />
4. This really is not something to try to do in one week (especially a holiday week)<br />
5. Long ago on the Cricut MB a gentleman gave the tip to hide the score marks and score yourself to avoid paper lumpys (right now I can't think of a better way to describe it) from showing. Well I remembered this tip AFTER I cut out all my pockets, and having limited paper, I just had to roll with it.<br />
6. If you have small children in the house, they WILL bump you when you are trying to write, line up calendar squares or anything else that is going to stand out like a sore thumb, do small parts during nap time or after they go to bed.<br />
7. Folding 48 library card pockets is a pain, don't attempt them all in one day.<br />
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So now onto the concept and my ill-fated first attempt at my 2012 Memory Calendar, wait, are you still here? Ok just wanted to be sure after blabbering on so much.<br />
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This is how the calendar will stand on the shelf once I make the new one. It will be held together with book rings so after the year is done it will be year in review book.<br />
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Here is January<br />
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The 3rd picture shows a picture of the tags that are in the "plans" and "you said" pockets, as soon as I dig out my stamps I plan to stamp them with some lines.<br />
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I am not going to do all 12 months of photos because I think you get the idea, but I will show some of the ones I like and also some that will show some hints. Such as March, I thought this shamrock paper I had was the cats meow for March, UNTIL I folded the pockets.............Make sure you either have a nice double sided paper or nothing on the back, here you will see the back of this sheet had the DCWV logo all over it :(<br />
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I really liked this one for August since we have lots of BBQs and also the family is usually all up for the Annual MooseFest in August.<br />
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I liked this one because September is the start of my favorite season FALL. The last picture shows those "paper lumpys" that I was talking about if you don't hide the score lines before you cut. When you have a pretty straight forward fold like this it really is best to hide the score marks to avoid those little things sticking out.<br />
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I used my Gypsy to set this all up and cut with my Expression.<br />
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Library pocket is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More at 11.5 inches (you get 2 a mat) after cutting them, I used my paper trimmer to cut off the top a smidge so they fit 4 to a 12x12 sheet. The tag is also from TBBM cut at 5.60 inches.<br />
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The calendar itself came from Designers Calendar and cut at 6.25 (height) some of the months I used the outline, some I just laid the outline down and then glued in the squares that cut out.<br />
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The font on the pockets is from Nifty Fifties at 1.25 inches and welded. The font for the months is from Winter Woodland (shadow) at 1.25 inches also.<br />
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Next time I want to cut little candles for all the birthdates and special things for the holidays or at least get some neat cool layered stickers like the ones I put on the December pages in this one (need to hit Walmart up tomorrow so I can score some of the same ones on clearance LOL)<br />
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I promise to come back and show you all the one I make to replace this one, because I really love the idea of handy something like this to remember the year. We all have those times when something was said or done and we say "I will write that down or scrap that" and we just don't get to it, but by having this right out in the open and being able to take care of it just a month at a time I think it will not only be a nice book at the end, but it might also help you recall some of the information you need for full scrapbook pages you don't get to until later.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-34145325181895631562011-12-24T16:24:00.000-08:002011-12-24T16:24:15.435-08:00Merry ChristmasJust want to jump in here and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope that Santa is good to all of you.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-54199937978678052502011-12-09T06:34:00.000-08:002011-12-09T06:34:13.791-08:00Ebenezer ScroogeWell this is one of those posts that I said I might make, just a little bit of thoughts. <br />
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With the classic Christmas movies playing and time to reflect, did you ever wish that you could have the time like Ebenezer had, to visit the past and future? Just to see the choices you made and ones you have yet to make, and have a chance to change your mind and do something different.<br />
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I guess I am just in a mood today wondering if my past and present choices are good ones or not. Hmmmmmm<br />
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I have no Christmas ghosts though, so I will have to do like the rest of the world and just wait to see what happens and make my choices with the best intentions and hope all turns out. <br />
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If you had the opportunity, would you like to see what your choices today are going to mean later? Or would you rather make them with the best intentions and love in your heart and let the pieces fall where they may?Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-28728740868845351212011-12-07T12:45:00.000-08:002011-12-07T12:45:55.347-08:00Well would you look at thisI can't believe this poor little blog is still hanging on here in Cyberland. With the move this summer and settling into the new place I have to admit, blogging and even crafting to a certain degree have not been a priority, ok who am I fooling, they haven't even been a mere thought.<br />
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But, I have made a few things and we are beginning to settle down nicely so I think that I might find some time for this little blog since it held out waiting for my return.<br />
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I will say though, that I think this is going to be a pretty well rounded blog from now on, a place to share ideas other than just crafting and of course maybe even a daily thought or two, bet that scares you huh?<br />
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Well I will say that today I did a month of meal preps (some cooking and others were just prepping to cook), if there are others out there that also do this I would love to see some of your blogs to get ideas. I have to say that today went rather well considering it was really my first time from start to finish doing a whole month.<br />
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Now off to see about changing this background as I don't think Spring is anywhere to be found right now.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-91370486710110140432011-05-27T23:59:00.000-07:002011-05-27T23:59:00.391-07:00Relaxing on the BeachHi this is Dawn and I wanted to share with a very simple project. My aunt absolutely loves sitting on our beach here in West Michigan, but because of the drive time she doesn't get to do it as often as she likes. So I made this layout minus pics so that she could hang it up and remember what it is about the beach she loves.<br />
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I started with plain blue CS from DCWV and used some sand like printed paper from DCWV loose from the LSS hand torn to look like the sand hills at the lake.<br />
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I then used LIFES A BEACH Cricut Cartridge for the umbrella and chair out of white and medium blue CS from DCWV, the chair and layer cut at 4.5 inches, umbrella and layers cut at 5 3/4 inches. Fancy drink also cut from LAB at 1 3/4 inch with all layers at same size and cut from DCWV CS. <br />
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Seagulls cut from LAB at 2 inches from white CS and seashells are also from LAB and cut from tan CS at 1 inch and chalked with shades of brown and pinks.<br />
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The title was cut from blue and white CS from DCWV at 1.5 inches from LYRICAL LETTERS and welded in Design Studio.<br />
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Sun is a simple circle in yellow CS from GEORGE AND BASIC SHAPES and placed a bit off the page. The cattails are a Jolee sticker I had hanging around in a sticker box.<br />
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The picture "frame" is also cut from LYRICAL LETTERS at 5 1/2 inches and turned on it's side, and placed on top of the picture which was matted on a piece of blue CS in matching colors.<br />
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The first page is pics of the guys headed to the bunny. Thumper is NOT Disney colors but I wanted him to match the bunny in the picture. First one was cut at 3 inches, then 2 7/8 inches and the last one was 2 1/2 inches (not really recommended unless your eyes are better than mine and hands are much thinner than mine)<br />
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Eggs are from Doodlecharms and cut out of white CS then inked so that they might have that "dyed" look<br />
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Title is from MS All Occassions Cake Cart because I thought the letters looked like they had little eggs cut out of them.<br />
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The next page I cut Thumper at 5 inches, much much easier. Eggs and basket from doodlecharms, made a mistake and tried to draw the basket lines while the kids were awake, they always want to touch me or grab on the table (silly woman, what was I thinking)<br />
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Little chocolate bunny was from Easter 2010 at 1 inch, after the boys are in bed, I am going to add Glossy Accents to make him more chocolate looking. The "grass" is the MS branch punch.<br />
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<h2>Monthly Challenge!</h2><a href="http://cricutcircleblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/MonthlyHeader.png"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-758" height="155" src="http://cricutcircleblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/MonthlyHeader.png" title="MonthlyHeader" width="404" /></a><br />
On the first day of each month we will announce a new Monthly Challenge. The challenges are designed to inspire you to stretch your creative wings. Have fun with it! You will have the entire month to create a project for the challenge. The project must meet the challenge requirements in order for your name to be entered into the prize drawing.<br />
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<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: magenta;">MAY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Tic Tac Toe Challenge!</span></span></h2>Tic Tac Toe . . . Three X’s in a Row! That’s the goal in this challenge. Look at the tic tac toe board below and choose three squares in a row. Use the challenge prompts from all three squares to create your project! In Juliana’s sample project below she used the bottom row of the Tic Tac Toe Board; Flower Image Cut, Cuttlebug Folder, and Imagine Papers. We can’t wait to see what you do! This month, in honor of National Scrapbooking Day (May 7th) we will be giving away a <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Brand NEW Cricut Expression 2: 5th Anniversary Edition to FIVE WINNERS!!!! Yep! You heard me right! FIVE WINNERS!!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>The Challenge</b></span><i>: Create a project of your choice using the Tic Tac Toe board above to choose THREE challenge prompts in a row. Project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.</i><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Rules and Guidelines</b></span><i>: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. You can create any type of project you would like (tag, altered project, mini album, etc.) but your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. </i><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>How to Enter</b></span><i>: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your <b>full name</b> along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Monday, May 30th, 2011. </i><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Prize</b></span><i>: This month <span style="color: magenta;"><b>FIVE winners </b></span>will be selected from the entries to win a </i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Brand NEW Cricut Expression 2: 5th Anniversary Edition. Yep! FIVE WINNERS!!!! </b></span></b><i>Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery from winner announcement.</i><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Winner</b></span><i>: The winner will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using <a href="http://www.random.org/"><span style="color: #00aedd;">www.random.org</span></a> and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011.</i><br />
<b><span style="color: #888888;">Note: We want to be sure that everyone knows that you DO NOT need to have a blog to participate in the challenges here on the Cricut Circle blog. When the InLinkz tool at the bottom of the Challenge Post asks you for the URL of your blog, you can also type in the URL of a gallery you have uploaded your project to, a direct URL to the image (Photobucket, TinyPic, etc.) or even a message board entry where you have inserted your photo. If you receive an error while submitting your entry, look at the top of the screen and there will be three tabs to choose from. One of them will give you the option to upload your image directly from your computer. We are really enjoying your submissions! Keep them coming!</span></b><br />
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I chose the sun, Gypsy welded shape and the buttons.<br />
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I welded an upside down cloud from Pooh & Friends to a 5x5.5 square from GEORGE that would be glued between a white and blue 5x7 square from GEORGE as my card base.<br />
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Then I cut Boo from BEST OF PIXAR at 5 inches will all her pieces (except her little leggins crumpled so he has brown leggins) I had a bit of issues with the skin also so that got cut from vinyl.<br />
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The grass is also from POOH & FRIENDS 2 of them at 1 1/8 inches and 3 at 1 inch.<br />
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The sun is from CREATE A CRITTER at 1 3/4 inch.<br />
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The #2 and it's shadow was cut from BIRTHDAY BASH at 1 inch.<br />
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The sun and Boo were pop dotted. <br />
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Everything was cut from scraps so I have no idea on paper color or brand.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-21944602376853196912011-05-05T15:12:00.000-07:002011-05-08T04:40:37.583-07:00THANKS MOM BLOG HOP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIwl59JqegX1BXNJbZhyphenhyphenacgxn6tNmMmCMKXZVmWMHHjom0s5gVC6HaH_Y2edcSnRJBH_ilabYWpsEpNV2tyAzPGMZ0dLVA-J_uihIrj_kd4wqFB4ikVdQ9FEVF-UXT4fgck-8KioewTc/s1600/thanksmom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIwl59JqegX1BXNJbZhyphenhyphenacgxn6tNmMmCMKXZVmWMHHjom0s5gVC6HaH_Y2edcSnRJBH_ilabYWpsEpNV2tyAzPGMZ0dLVA-J_uihIrj_kd4wqFB4ikVdQ9FEVF-UXT4fgck-8KioewTc/s1600/thanksmom.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Welcome to the <b>THANKS MOM BLOG HOP</b>. Thanks for joining us to enjoy all the wonderful crafty inspiration in honor of mother's everywhere from the talented designers in this hop.<br />
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You should have arrived here from<u><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/">Brenda's Blog</a></span></b></u><b><u>.</u></b> If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the start of the hop at <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/">Deb's Blog</a></b></span> <b><u> </u></b>to start so you don't miss any of the projects. There is a Grand Prize Blog Candy offered so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win.<br />
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HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY to all you women out there and men too that step in when needed.<br />
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I am really sorry about todays project. I did not take pictures of the inside until I had completed it and the person it is going to has asked that I not print the info inside.<br />
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I made a small journal book from CAMPIN CRITTERS at 7.5 inches for the cover, inside pages and layers, I used hide contour on the front cover so I could add my own shapes and words. This book is such a nice little book that goes together so easy and yet has a well put together look when done.<br />
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I used STORYBOOK at 2.347 inches and 2.451 inches and MOTHERS DAY 2019 for Mommy and Shadow at 1.5 inches.<br />
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And again added one of the 3D flowers I had made for the other two items. <br />
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The inside pages were a combo of the pink, dark purple and white since the Mother I gave this to had 3 children. I used various shapes from A CHILD'S YEAR for each page, on one side I added a mat for a pic of mommy and child and then on the opposing page I added some journaling about the picture making it sound as if it were written from the child.<br />
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Today I will show you the card I made to go in the bag with the gift. <br />
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I cut the doily from MOTHERS DAY 2010 at 4.377 inches and since I had run out of the coordinating paper stock I went to vinyl thinking that the intricate cuts would do better with vinyl anyway (I was right :) ) The card is 5x7. The oval as well as all cuts on the card came from MD 2010 and was cut at 2.221 inches, Happy Mothers day was cut at 2.024 with no shadow. The flower was made in the same way as yesterday but cut at 1.5 inches. The colors do look better IRL for sure.<br />
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Today I have a gift bag to show you, and will show you the contents on Saturday and Sunday so make sure you come back to see everything.<br />
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I started with a 7.5 x 5/25 brown craft bag (the kind you can buy in a pack of 12 at Joann's) on the front I used some printed paper from the DCWV Spring stack from a few years ago. I then cut Happy Mother's Day from MOTHERS DAY 2010 Cricut cartridge at 4 inches in white and the shadow at 4 inches in a deep purplish color. I tried to get all fancy and add a few dots to the letters to make them stand out a bit more.<br />
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The flower is cut from MOTHERS DAY BOUQUET Cricut cartridge at 1 7/8 inches, I cut 8 of the scalloped flowers in white and inked them up in a softer shade of purple, misted them with Glimmer mist and while still damp, I crumpled them up, opened them, stacked them and used a sharp pointed tip to put a hole in the center and then held them together with a small white brad, fluff to your liking.<br />
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The leaves are also from MDB cut out of some scrap shades of green at 2 in and 1 3/4 in. I scored about 3/4 of the way up with the MS scoreboard and then misted with Glimmer mist<br />
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using Beacon's 3N1 craft glue placed the flower and leaves on the bag and finished it off with a small pink ribbon on the handle.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in;">Thanks for hopping along with us. Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the Blog Candy that our THANK MOM BLOG HOP hostess, Debbie, is offering as a Grand Prize.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in;">Next up on the hop , is the talented <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/">Chrissie</a></b></span></div>Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-62712385552082779672011-04-27T12:22:00.000-07:002011-04-27T17:50:09.684-07:00Wall-eOk so this little guy is a real bugger to put together, this is number 4 today and I finally have his layers right. Later tonight when the boys are in bed, I will post step by step pictures and all the details of him. He was cut at 4 inches from Best of Pixar.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope this helps anyone that is having trouble layering this little bugger.</div>Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-40825963429385684072011-04-25T11:09:00.000-07:002011-04-25T11:09:01.286-07:00Bunny trailsWell the bunny came to the house, and the boys were all ready for him with his carrots LOL<br />
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In the morning Chance said he "heard" the bunny going "boing boing boing" bouncing around and he also said he had to get up and tell the bunny to stop "eating the carrot with his mouth open" LOL<br />
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They loved that the bunny left foot prints<br />
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Timing was perfect that day as we were telling the boys the bunny comes back when it's light out to hide the eggs outside Chance got a view of our resident rabbits hopping around the back yard and just knew because there were two of them that they were hiding eggs, so I had Craig keep the boys away from the window and went out to hid the eggs. Then the "bunny" called to tell us where Chance might find his and also where Drew's were (this way Chance wouldn't go for the easy ones) We only had one "egg-ident" when Drew fell on a real egg, all others survived LOLHappy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-48594133216877456702011-04-23T09:45:00.000-07:002011-04-23T09:45:12.966-07:00Fun with the bunnySo we went out to eat early for breakfast, then to the mall to see the Bunny, Chance even took him a carrot to eat LOL. I don't know who had more fun, Chance giving the bunny a carrot, Drew strolling the mall like he was all grown up or Craig chasing them down LOL<br />
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Ok big duh on my behalf this was supposed to go under pages, not posts, see I really am blog challenged LOLHappy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-58296374141502626082011-04-05T22:06:00.000-07:002011-04-05T22:06:10.378-07:00All for ChanceThey say that little ones like and need schedules and security. Well we are pretty much on the same schedule everyday, yet I admit to sometimes getting tired of hearing "is it lunch time yet" "is it bath time" and so on.<br />
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So I came up with this project that I think will not only help him with the schedule, but also some security of "knowing" what is coming next, and help with his colors and numbers, maybe some word memorization, and maybe even telling time.<br />
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We have one of those huge vinyl wall clocks in the living room, you can't see in the picture but on the numbers are a very small dot of black velcro, to which I will attach the circles I made.<br />
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The circles were cut at 3.5 inches on George and the numbers are from Nate's ABC's at 2.5 inches.<br />
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And his little flip book (well it will be a flip book once all the stickles dry) was cut at 3 inch real dial size from George also. They are going to be mounted on 3.5 inch square coasters I have and sealed with ModPodge.<br />
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All the various cuts are either from CHORE CHART or A CHILD'S LIFE (it's so late, I hope that is what its' called, if not I will fix this post in the morning LOL) all cut at 2.5 inches, the bathtub and bed I stretched to fit a little better so I am not sure of those sizes.<br />
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Sorry about the picture quality I am dead tired after working on this for 4.5 hours and the cat was trying to walk through the stickles so I had to hurry. Sorry that I didn't sweep the floor before pictures either, I was just too stinkin tired and my eyes were burning, back, shoulders and neck are killing me also.<br />
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Again, so happy these are random winners so that I might have a chance.<br />
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I found some cardstock (the light blue) laying on top of the craftroom garbage can (so no yuckies in there it's all paper), I used some newspaper from today's paper (adhered to the dark blue cardstock before cutting) and re-purposed an old button off of one of Craig's shirt that is headed to the flannel graveyard.<br />
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I used 3 different flowers from the new Mother's Day Seasonal (Thank you again Allison)<br />
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I also used the ribbon threading punch and a small piece of white ribbon I had laying around so that I could fit this into Doxie's Sunday challenge too.<br />
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Not sure where the stamp came from. The whole card took about 10 minutes. You say WHAT??????????? 10 minutes for that silly thing, well let me tell you that about 7 of those minutes were spent sniffing the Staz-on ink, man I love that smell.<br />
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<b><em>Mine is a layout of Drew just being his normal goofy self, he loves to play make believe and loves to imitate those around him.</em></b><br />
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<b><em>I used up some of that blasted loose printed paper I had laying around for the upper background and the mountains. Cardstock is DCWV. </em></b><br />
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<b><em>The mountains are from PAPER DOLL DRESS UP and were stretched to fit the full 12x12 mat and then rotated to fit within the cutting area.</em></b><br />
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<b><em>The wanted type signs are from OLD WEST and again they were just stretched to fit my pictures and one just guessed at that would be a bit smaller for the tag.</em></b><br />
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Clean and organize this mess................word has it that Okie is willing to come and help (oh heck who am I kidding I will gladly be out in the kitchen keeping the kids busy and cooking for her as she does it all on her own)<br />
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</div>Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856862443599562769.post-25410704093778582832011-03-19T05:17:00.000-07:002011-03-22T06:02:44.880-07:00What it means to Love you Blog HopWE HAVE OUR WINNER: CONGRATS TO <br />
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<dl id="comments-block"><dt id="c3736436161773624703"> <img alt="Anonymous" class="comment-icon anon-comment" src="img/blank.gif" /> <span dir="ltr">patricia</span> said...</dt>
<dd>its refeshing to see a couple working together. thats what love is all about.very nice
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</div><div class="comment-timestamp">Please contact me for your prize. </div></dd></dl><br />
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Good morning and welcome to the Hop. Most of you know that we are trying to adopt some of our grandchildren and we have a hearing coming Monday. To help keep my mind busy and stress levels low, I put together a hop to show just what it means to love that special someone in your life. I hope you enjoy all the layouts the wonderfully talented ladies will share with you today.<br />
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I will start by sharing one that I made of me and my husband. This picture kind of symbolizes how we live our live, we do everything together as a team. Even those simple mundane tasks that would only require the work of one is always better shared.<br />
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All the paper is from DCWV and cut with my Baby bug.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The title was cut from Jasmine in the blue and green with a white shadow, all cut from Cricut vinyl since Jasmine is such a thin cut it cuts much better in vinyl. I cut the letters at 1" after welding them together. Since I couldn't just do an auto shadow to my weld I had to eyeball it by laying the shadow letters on top of my welded word and "nudging" them into place and then welding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bird cage is from french Manor cut at 3 inches and again I used the white vinyl for the background and blue paper for the top layer, but I only glued down the 3 horizontal lines so that the others would cast a shadow, giving it some depth. And again, another symbol, you will notice there is no door on the cage, meaning I am free to come and go at anytime, yet always have my safe haven to return to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Below is a list of the bloggers taking part of the hop, if at anytime you get lost along the way, just click on the blog button (which will be appearing later) to bring you back to here and you can find your way back to where you were headed :)<br />
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<a href="http://scrappyrn-scrappyrn.blogspot.com/">Me <------------------you are here</a><br />
Roberta <a href="http://somethingformee.blogspot.com/">http://somethingformee.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Liza <a href="http://www.hooscrafty.blogspot.com/">http://www.hooscrafty.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Vicky <a href="http://sassysscrapinblogin.blogspot.com/">http://sassysscrapinblogin.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Kymberlee <a href="http://papermidwife.blogspot.com/">http://papermidwife.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Sue <a href="http://www.lifesgr8whnbugged.blogspot.com/">http://www.lifesgr8whnbugged.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Bobbi Jo <a href="http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/">http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Michelle <a href="http://paperaffair.blogspot.com/">http://paperaffair.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Sara <a href="http://www.snugasabugdesigns.blogspot.com/">http://www.snugasabugdesigns.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Misty <a href="http://www.abusyplace.blogspot.com/">http://www.abusyplace.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
Kate <a href="http://www.sassyandscrappykate.blogspot.com/">http://www.sassyandscrappykate.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Liz <a href="http://liz-lavendarandroses.blogspot.com/">http://liz-lavendarandroses.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Laura <a href="http://lauras--piece--of--paradise.blogspot.com/">http://lauras--piece--of--paradise.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Michele <a href="http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/">http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Shawn <a href="http://shawnsfiresidecraftingroom.blogspot.com/">http://shawnsfiresidecraftingroom.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
Mary <a href="http://www.marebearscraps.blogspot.com/">http://www.marebearscraps.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Cindy <a href="http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/">http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Have a great day all, and make sure you leave some love for the ladies.Happy Mofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09528192317581486763noreply@blogger.com31