Memory game

DIY Memory game.

I was trying to search for the best Christmas gifts for my niece and nephews. I also wanted to make sure it was a little on the cheaper side. So I came up with memory game. I was so excited to do this because I can personalize it to what they like and enjoy.

I bought just two 12x12 sheets of paper and a few sticker packs. I realized that they don't have to be the same exact sticker, at least the same character. Such as both being Buzz Light Year not both Buzz Light Year flying.

 I also used a great new "toy" I bought... A laminate machine!!! I am so excited about this!! I also used a 12 inch paper cutter and a 6 inch paper cutter. Super easy to do.

 I cut the sheet of 12x12 paper into 2 inch square then added stickers to the back of them. This is a photo of a whole sheet of cards.

 If you don't have a laminate machine your local Kinko's store would laminate for you.

 And there you have it. Just trim the cards down to size, gift wrap and there's your easy Christmas gift!! I can't wait to play with this with my daughter. I hope that this is inspiring for you to hand make your Christmas gifts this year.

Ribbon Wreath for Christmas

So I saw this in the Women’s Day magazine (December 2011) issue and thought to myself “I can totally do that”. It couldn’t be too hard right, just some ribbon and a ring. I did some things a little different then what the magazine instructions were, but I was very pleased with the turn out.

Here’s what I did. I used 3-4 spools of ribbon – roughly 4 yards each. Then I got a 14” ring in the bead section of Hobby Lobby. I cut the ribbon down to 10” pieces and simply double knotted them around the ring. Make sure the knots are close together and tight around the ring. The magazine said to hot glue a piece of the ribbon to the back of the wreath to hang it, but I just cut a long piece of ribbon and tied it around the ring like all of my other knots. I think it looks good and hangs just fine.

Here is the finished product:

Easy Pumpkin muffins

I love fall, and I love pumpkins!! I saw this on another website and thought I would give it a try. I changed a few things to make it my own.

What you need...

1 box white cake mix
1 can pumpkin

Just mix them together in a large bowl. I then made mini muffins with my mix. cook at 350 for about 15 minutes. Time will change depending on if you make mini muffin's or large muffins, or just a pumpkin cake. There is SO much you can do with this simple mix! Adding powered sugar to the top or cream frosting is also a great treat. We have been eating them for breakfast, snack, lunch and whenever else.

Enjoy this super simple pumpkin muffin mix.

Daily Workout

I saw plenty of different workout tips and tricks on Pinterest, but I wanted something that I would do. I'm not a motivated person in just working out. So I found an idea that I made my own. I looked for many different workouts that I would do. This is what I came up with...

 

What you need to make this super simple daily work out plan is...

2 Plastic cups
1 sharpie marker
35 pop sickle sticks (I do 5 sticks a day 7 day's a week)

I wrote TO DO on one cup, and DONE!! on the other cup so when I finish a stick I can move it to DONE!! and feel very well about it just being done!

So I've been doing this for a few weeks now and I seem to be working out more now then I have every in my life. There are some day's that I might not do all 5, but I don't let that bother me. I do what I can for the day. No stress!

I hope that you can also find motivation to do a work out everyday.

DIY Quoted Canvas

My husband and I are expecting our first child in March, so the brain storming has begun as to how to decorate the baby's room. As I was thinking, a Bible verse that we pray over the baby everyday came to mind. This was it. I'll put the Bible verse on canvas, paint it and hang above the crib. 

Here's what I used:
Canvas - I bought a 20x24 size
Paint - I used Mysteria
A Cricut machine
Vinyl

I used the Opposites Attract cartridge. I tested a few letter sizes until I got the one I wanted. There were two words within the verse that I wanted to have stand out from the other words, so I cut them out in a different font and made them a little bigger.

Once I had all of the letters cut, I placed them on the canvas. Then I painted the whole canvas, including going over the vinyl letters. I used two coats of paint to make sure it was all covered and no white was showing.

Once it was all dry, I slowly peeled off the vinyl letters. The paint did bleed through a little bit, but I think the effect is pretty cool, so I'm going to keep it as is. If you don't like it with the paint coming through, I would think that getting a small paint brush with some white paint you could paint in the letters and it would look good.

Pumpkin Poppers

Here's the recipe for another successful Pinterest recipe. I got it off of http://hwescott.blogspot.com blog. Hope you enjoy.

Pumpkin Poppers
recipe from Domestically Speaking

• 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. allspice
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup pumpkin
• 1/2 cup milk

For Coating

• 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F and spray mini muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.

Combine flour, baking soda,salt, and spices in a bowl and whisk until combine.

In another bowl, mix oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin, and milk.  Pour in flour mixture and mix until just combined.  Fill mini muffin tins until almost full and bake 10-12 minutes.  

Melt butter in small bowl.  Mix sugar and cinnamon in a separate small bowl.  After popper cool for a few minutes, dip them in the butter and roll them in the sugar mixture.  Enjoy.  :)

The only thing I would say about these is that they are really sweet, especially with the coating on the outside and the pumpkin taste is minimal. I think next time I'll add just a bit more pumpkin. Otherwise, we really enjoyed them. Here's a picture of my finished product:

Easy Burlap place mats

Material:

Sharpie marker

Scissors

burlap

I had a wedding shower to go to in a rush. I had no idea how she decorated her home, or what was on their wedding registry. I took a huge risk and made these easy awesome place mats.

I simply used another place mat as a guide to the size. I cut four mats out.

I then got a large sharpie marker and wrote their initials in the bottom right corner.

When she opened her gift, they both fell in love with them. They loved that it was personalized and that it was home made. Something they use everyday.