Rainbow Wreath

Things are slowly coming along for the rainbow party. I managed to get the wreath done, now I'm getting ready to work on her t-shirt. Lot's to do still! But I want to go ahead & share the wreath. I started with a $1 wreath form from the Dollar Tree, some batting & tacky glue.

I cut strips out of the batting (doesn't need to be perfect) and wrapped it all around the wreath.

This is what you will end up with.

I used this super soft baby yarn. It has 86 yards & was less than $3. I knew this would cover it & I wasn't looking to spend much on this.

After wrapping the entire wreath in yarn, you have this. I love how soft & fluffy it looks, almost like a cloud!

And here is the end result!

I don't have any photos of making the flowers, I was kind of playing with them as I went. At the time I wasn't 100% positive what I wanted to do. But the flowers are easy. Just cut a spiral in the felt & roll it up. I used a little hot glue to secure them together.

I haven't decided if I am going to make another bunting for this party (I made one for all three parties last year), so I wanted to add one to the wreath. It's just triangles of felt, glued together.

I strung them on a piece of baker's twine.

I think it turned out pretty cute! I might hang it in their bedroom when the party is over, not sure yet. Oh, and please check out my current giveaway, your choice of bow from Hailey's Bows. There is only one entry so far, so your chances are good!

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Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths

Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe

Catch-as-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life

Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

I'm Crafty at So You Think You're Crafty

Show & Share Day at Just a Girl

Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello

Strut Your Stuff at Saturday Mornings

Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming

Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime

Tute Yourself Tuesday at Little Eme

Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Idea Sharin Wednesday at Women Who Do It All

Whats Up Wesnesday at Sew Woodsy

Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Designs

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee

Looks What I Made at Creations by Kara

Hailey's Bows Giveaway

First I need to announce the winner of the $25 Publix giftcard. And the winner is.... #11, Kaity-Bug Crafts! Congratulations!

Now I want to introduce you to a brand new Etsy shop called Hailey's Bows. It is ran by my friend from way back in high school, Sharon. She hasn't been open very long, but her inventory is quickly growing! And she LOVES custom orders. How cute is this camo & pink bow?


Also fitting in with that cute, country girl style is this adorable John Deere bow!

This green bow would be perfect for St. Patrick's Day.

She even does diaper cakes!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Now for the giveaway! One lucky reader will win their choice of bow from Hailey's Bows!

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit Hailey's Bows on Etsy. Come back & leave me a comment telling me about your favorite item.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES (one comment for each entry):

1. "LIKE" Hailey's Bows on Facebook (You can also check out more of her designs there!)

2. Become a follower of my blog, or let me know that you already are

3. Blog about this giveaway

4. Share this giveaway on Facebook

Giveaway will remain open until Monday, February 28th. Good luck!!

Linked to Giveaway Directory #46 at Someday Crafts

What's That? A Scrabook Page?

Not just one, but two! I used to scrapbook regularly. In fact, I was caught up. Blake has at least 3 complete books. But then Layla came along and things slowed down. And by the time Morgan came, scrapping was a thing of the past. Now it isn't all their fault. Most of the time I don't feel like dragging everything out since I don't have a dedicated craft room. Scrapping means 100 trips back & forth, getting things I forgot or didn't know I needed. Then I have to put it all the way. But the other day I decided to give it another go.


And Morgan officially has her first scrapbook page! Simple, but I think it turned out cute.

How awesome are those flowers? They came from a fabulous little Etsy shop called Dragonfly Expression. Check her sold listings, too, she makes the best flowers! She blogs, too, check it out!

Blake got a new page, too. Gotta love the BB gun. Layla got a pink one for Christmas this year!

I never leave the chipboard raw, or leave the centers in, but I liked the way it looked on this page.

But I did paint a few pieces to add some more blue.

So, do you scrapbook?

Linked to:

Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime

Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming

Strut Your Stuff at Saturday Mornings

Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog

Tute Yourself Tuesday at Little Eme

Look What I Made at Creations by Kara

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Link Party #43 at Tea Rose Home

Idea Sharin Wednesday at Women Who Do It All

Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design

What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy

Frugal Friday #3

Hello again! Sorry I skipped Frugal Friday last week! But it's back this week. I'm going to share some of my freebies for the week as well as a few shopping trips.

The next two pictures are ONE mail day! Nexxus shampoo & conditioner, Tide Washing Machine Cleaner & Tide sample (Facebook promo), Beneful dog food, Wellness cat & dog food & Crest Whitestrips.



A coupon for a FREE box of Clairol Nice & Easy hair dye, a coupon for a FREE bottle of Herbal Essences shampoo or conditioner & a FREE drink from Dunkin Donuts!



This week we also received a pocketknife from Marlboro (I didn't sign up for it & we don't smoke, but they send random things quite often), a sample of organic coffee, a FREE drink from Starbucks and a $5 rebate from purchasing Beauty & the Beast & Campbells soup.

I also got lucky and won a giveaway at House of Hepworths.

Now if only I can find those cookies! No luck yet.

Now for the shopping. The items pictured here are from Target and Walgreens. After coupons, the cereal was $.99 a box, the Coffeemate was $.25, the four boxes of tea came to -.04 and the 7 bags of cat food were $1.91.

Another Target trip here. I paid $9.37 out of pocket and saved $26.52! Here is what I did:

6 boxes of Tony's pizza @ 1.00 ea

5 bottles of Coffeemate Pumpkin Spice creamer @ 1.25 ea

12 boxes of U by Kotex @ 1.01 ea

4 sticks Degree deoderant @ 1.97 ea

$1/1 Coffeemate coupon

2 - $1/2 Coffeemate coupons

3 - $.50/2 Tony's coupons

4 - $.75/1 Degree coupons

2 - $2/2 Degree Target coupons

6 - $2.50/2 U by Kotex coupons

And this was my BEST Walmart trip ever!! $1.50 out of pocket and saved $26.50! Here's how:

7 boxes of Gain sheets @ 1.87 ea

2 tubs of Oscar Mayer Carving Board meats @ 3.48 ea

1 gallon of milk @ 3.25

1 bottle Cremel creamer @ 1.98

7 - $3/1 Gain coupons

2 - $2/1 Oscar Mayer coupons (Facebook find)

$1.50/1 Cremel coupon

Now with this, I wasnt expecting to get overage. I would have picked up the bigger boxes that cost $3.12 if they had them. But they were sold out so I figured I'd try this size. I was very excited to get the overage! LOL!

See what coupons can do? How did you do this week?

Linked to:

Photo Show & Tell at Addicted to Saving

Weekly Totals at I ♥ Publix

Friday Finals at Southern Savers

Mondays Tips & Tricks at Homebody

Planning the Rainbow Party

I'm still working on things for the rainbow party, although not as quickly as I should I guess! Crafts are still a work in progress, so I'm going to share some of the other goods. A little before Valentine's Day, Tiny Prints had a code for a free card from their site. It's gone now, but instead of getting a card to give away, I saw this one and decided to order it to go in the photo collage/ledges. Then I realized it would also work great for Morgan's party!


These guys from Rainbow Brite may or may not make an appearance. Not 100% sure yet. I LOVED that show as a kid, what about you?

The windsock is leftover from my days as a Rainbow Girl. The rainbow assortment of felt is going to be used for a wreath & possibly a cake bunting. I found the rainbow striped paper at Michaels. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it was 4 for $1, so I grabbed a few sheets. And of course, rainbow crepe paper.

A closer look at the paper.

Oops, almost forgot these! Crochet face scrubbies! Only they won't be used for that.

I still have planning to do. Trying to decide on party favors. Just wondering, what are your suggestions?

Publix Italian Days & $25 Giveaway!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Are you ready for some great deals on some of your favorite General Mills products? It's almost time for Publix Italian Days and you can expect some great deals on delicious ingredients to make your favorite italian dishes. The sale runs from February 17-March 2, so you have plenty of time to stock up! To help you save, head on over to ClickCallMail.com, where you can print $8 worth of coupons to use at Publix! And white you're there, don't forget to enter the Publix Italian Days Sweepstakes, sponsored by General Mills. You could win one of four (4) grand prizes of $10,000 worth of free groceries, or one of two hundred (200) prizes of $100 Publix gift cards.

Now, are you ready for the giveaway?

One lucky ready will win a $25 gift card to Publix!

REQUIRED ENTRY:
Leave a comment letting me know what your favorite italian dish is.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES (please leave a seperate comment for each):
1. Become a follower, or let me know that you already do.
2. Share this giveaway via Facebook or a blog post. Come back & let me know you did.

You will only be eligible to win if you have a Publix in your area. Giveaway will remain open until Monday, February 21. Good Luck!

This prize pack & giveaway have been provided by Publix, through MyBlogSpark. Any opinions are my own.

Juice Pouch Valentine's

Since I made crayons for my kids' classes for Halloween & Christmas, I decided to do something different for Valentine's Day. We have a fridge full of Capri Sun drinks that I got on sale, but the kids haven't been drinking them much lately. Of course, if they have friends over, they will drink them. Kids. Anyway, I started by printing "love juice". I could have made it cuter, but I don't have any fancy programs & was short on time.

I punched each one out using a large round punch.

And I also used a large scallop punch to punch circles out of red cardstock.

I could have skipped adding extra Valentine's, but I got these last year for 90% off, and the kids wanted to use them. So I punched a hole in the corner of each one.

And you need a hole in each tag.

Add 33 Capri Sun pouches.

And punch a hole in the top of each one. Just make sure you don't go below that line, or you will have leaky pouches!

Then just take a piece of curling ribbon, and string them all together. Cute, huh? This one is for Blake's class, and the boys in Layla's class.

And this one is for the girls in Layla's class.

I wish I would have finished these sooner so I could have shared them sooner. But you could always stash this idea away for next year. Happy Valentine's Day!

Linked to:

Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog

Tute Yourself Tuesday at Little Eme

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Link Party #42 at Tea Rose Home

What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy

Look What I Made at Creations by Kara

Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee

Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths

Show & Share Day at Just a Girl

Catch-as-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life

Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage

Idea Sharing Wednesday at Women Who Do It All

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

I'm Crafty Party at So You Think You're Crafty?

Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello