Newborn ornament keepsake

What you'll need:

•big plastic or glass (I used plastic) ornament. This is not your standard size ornament it's a little bigger. I found these at walmart for .98.

 

•Paint Pen/Sharpie Marker

 

•Newborn hat, bracelet and a picture cut into a small square.

How to:

•on one side of ornament write babies name and birth info. Let dry.

 

•stuff the ornament with the hat first and then add the bracelet and picture to the opposite side from the baby's name and info. 

 

•Arrange the bracelet and photo how you'd like and hang on the tree.

 

I love this because otherwise these items would be hiding away in a box all year. Now, these items are on display once a year and adds a special touch to the tree.

Easy no sew DIY Christmas shirt

This is a cute easy cheap shirt idea I done a few years back. 

What you'll need:

•plain colored shirt. Mine was purchased for around $4 at walmart.

 

•2 brown, 1 black, 1 red, 1 white, & 1 green (or dark brown) felt sheet. These are really cheap and can be found at walmart.

 

•fabric glue/adhesive 

 

•scissors 

 

•piece of cardboard or something thick

How to:

•I used the initial idea so we done the letter B for Braxton and Broox. You may also do a normal reindeer head if you'd like.

 

•Cut out the letter or rein deer head and the ears out of brown. 

 

•Cut the antlers out of green or if you'd like you could do brown.

 

•Cut big circles for the whites of eye and smaller circles in black for the pupils.

 

•Also, with the black you want to cut smaller ears for the Inside of the brown part of ear and smaller mouth piece for the inside of the red lips.

 

•With the red cut out the nose and the mouth/lips.

 

•place cardboard or thicker material inside of shirt to avoid glue seeping and sticking to the back of shirt.

 

•After everything is cut and cardboard is inserted then position felt on shirt how you'd like to get an idea how it will look before you glue.

 

 •Antlers should be on the bottom so apply adhesive and glue those down first. 

 

•Then Glue the ear pieces and the head.

 

•After that glue on the eye whites, pupils, nose, red mouth/lips and the black center of mouth.

•Let dry

Snowflake picture ornaments

What you'll need:

•snowflake ornament (or any other ornament you'd like) I bought a pack of 6 from the dollar tree for $1.

 

•pictures

 

•Foam paper or something thicker to glue the picture on. I bought a pack of glitter foam paper from the dollar tree it was maybe 12 in a pack for $1.

 

•Glitter glue (optional) I wanted to add a little something to the edge of the circle

 

•Spraypaint (optional) if you'd like to change the color of your snow flake.

 

•Mod podge 

How to:

•cut your pictures out in a circle. as you see mine are not perfect.

 

•using your picture as a guide place it on the foam and cut just enough so it shows around the edges. You may cut 2 for each picture if you'd like one on the back to write the year.

 

•use the mod podge and glue the picture to the foam and let dry.

 

•if you want to change the color of your snowflake spray paint both sides and let dry.

 

•once dry use mod podge to glue the foam piece with picture onto the center of the snowflake. If you want to add one on the back glue it on as well and let dry.

 

•once dry apply mod podge to the snow flake and foam/picture. Let dry then do the opposite side. 

 

•Once completely dry tie on the string and hang on the tree.

I got this idea from http://thecraftingchicks.com/2013/12/snowflake-photo-ornaments.html

It's the most wonderful time of the YEAR!

Now I know I'm about 2 weeks late with this post but I have spent the last 2 weeks with sick kids and a sick me. I've been extremely tired and extremely busy. So here I am at work catching up on my blogging so I can bring you some good DIY posts this week. I hope you all are looking forward to trying some of these ideas out and I'm hoping to see some of them on my instagram feed here soon!

 

I love December how about you? I'm sure we all feel the same way about December. It is such a beautiful month with all the holiday cheer. The decorations are spectacular, everyone has their best scented holiday candle burning, the trees are decorated. Everything really puts everyone (me at least) in a good mood.

 Sadly along with December comes money spending. Luckily I had some extra cash last month and got majority of my shopping done at that time and then I ordered a few items online. I cannot wait until Christmas morning I know the kids will be pleased. 

 

It is always fun playing Santa year after year and I love that my kids still believe. Last year Braxton was questioning Santa being real and he didn't believe the elf on the shelf was real either. At that time I told him he didn't have to see Santa at night for him to be real but if you want Santa to visit you then you must believe otherwise you will no longer receive presents from Santa. With this I also enforce that just like we believe in god and we cannot see him that is how Santa came about was from the birth of baby Jesus and how we believe in god. We believe in both Santa and god to keep the holiday spirit alive in our house hold.

 

With that said i'm finishing this post up at home and the baby is hungry so i'm hurrying off.

Sending positive holiday wishes to all my readers!

A week of giving thanks: DAY 5

I know it's actually been 2 days since I've posted. I ended up working a double on Monday and was busy with the fam and catching up on sleep yesterday. Today I will end up having 2 posts for day 5 and day 6.

Today is our day 5 of giving thanks post!

Today we are thankful for family date nights. Unfortunately they do not happen as often as we would like because sometimes we are just so busy or low on money or both so we tend to spend a lot of time together in the house. When we actually get out and do fun stuff the boys are so excited. 

Last night we surprised the kids by taking them out to eat at zaxbys (can't go wrong with chicken tenders & grilled cheese) and then we went to watch the new movie Big Hero 6. The movie was awesome and I'm hoping there will be a sequel. It was obviously Berrans first time at the movies and he done great! He watched almost all of the movie. He ate for 10 minutes in the middle and then fell asleep the last 15 minutes. I think that's pretty impressive for a 5 month old.

Broox wanted me to take this picture because he said he is thankful for the baby swing which he thinks is his swing to sit in and watch cartoons. 

I'll be back later with the day 6 post!

A week of giving thanks: DAY 2

Today I am thankful for cloth diapers. I wish I would have known more about them when I had Braxton I would have definitely saved a ton of money by now. They are so cute stylish and colorful. The one pictured is an alva and it is one of my favorites. My other favorites and the cutest prints are Sunbaby diapers. They are one size and grow with Berran, they are easy to wash and has saved me a ton of money. For more info on cloth diapers and where to purchase the ones mentioned click the cloth diaper tab.

Today Braxton is thankful for his Kindle. His nonnah got him one for Christmas and I am thankful for it as well for days like today when I need to get some rest and he can watch movies or play games on it while laying in bed with me.

Today Broox is thankful for toys. They kept him pretty entertained today while I was catching up on sleep. I woke up to a huge mess. I on the other hand am not thankful for little boys who make messes and don't clean up...luckily he decided to pick up, drum roll please... 3 hours later.

Today Berran is thankful for his vaporizer and his medicine. He is not feeling well today and the medicine has helped keep his fever down and the vaporizer has helped with his congestion. I'm hoping he has a better night tonight especially since I will be at work.

Stay tuned for day 3 tomorrow!

A week of giving thanks: DAY 1

 

For the countdown to Thanksgiving I decided to do a week of thankfulness. I got this cute idea from the lady behind www.todaysthebestday.com she has been posting pictures on instagram through the month of November. I thought it would be cute to get the boys involved so they could tell me what they are thankful for and as for Berran I figured it is pretty easy for me to guess what he would say he is thankful for if he could talk.

 

Today I am thankful for food and that I am a pretty decent cook. I cook almost every night of the week. Tonight we had cheddar bacon fried chicken, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and yeast rolls. It was my first time making this type of fried chicken(maybe a new blog post?) and I must say it turned out delicious!

 

Today Braxton is thankful for football. He has an a great first football season and was picked for the All Stars team that plays in the All Star game on Saturday. Wish him and the East Side All Stars some luck if you don't mind.

 

Today Broox is thankful for our dog Blaze. Blaze has been in our family for almost 3 years. He sure does get on our nerves at times but he is a sweet loving dog and is good with the kids.

 

Today Berran is thankful for his pacifier. His paci soothes him when I am busy and cannot nurse him immediately, calms him when he is fussy and helps him get a good nights rest.

 

tune in tomorrow to see what we are thankful for on day 2...