Cookie Jar Re-Do

I threw a baby shower back at the begining of this year, the theme was "cookies & milk"

I picked up four of these goodies at good will for $5 bucks for all of them!

They've just been hanging out in my garage since the shower, getting no good use!

UNTIL...

I had a crafty idea of what to do with them!

yep you guessed it, something for the nursery, making all the bows I've been telling ya'll about, I needed somewhere to store them! So I painted those nasty wood tops in bright colors to match all the rest of the goodness going on in the nursery, had hubby put up a shelf, and VOILA!!! Bow goodness :)! Now go to the thrift store and find these cookie jars and start painting away!

Diaper Clutch and Wipe Case

I am so excited about this project because they both turned out SOO CUTE!!

I know I am gonna have the cutest baby on the block, and she is gonna have the cutest accessories :)

For the wipe case I followed this tutorial exactly, with the exception of adding ribbon and a singed flower to the top.

As for the diaper clutch, I guess I am gonna have to make a tutorial, because I kinda winged that one, and it looks fantastic! I just love it. It fits 6 newborn diapers, but is wide enough to go all the way up to size 4 diapers.
I also added a singed flower to spruce it up a bit, will be posting more on those later because I have been making those up a storm, she is gonna have so many bows for her hair! Can't Wait!!! Just 2 weeks left and we will be adding a new member to our little family!!!

Bird Mobile

One day I will learn to take pictures like the rest of the bloggy world, but for now these will work. However I must say this bird mobile looks SOOOO MUCH cuter in person!!!

I *gasp* when in Babies R Us and I saw the prices of mobiles ... oh my!! So I made my own for about $5 bucks! Getting my inspiration here but making it a tad different!

Don't you just Love it??

Again bear with the pictures, but here is a better close up of one of the tiers. so cute!! I think its fun and whimsicle!

This is what you need to make it:
1 small embriodery hoop
1 large embriodery hoop
paints
scrap book paper
ribbon
fishing wire

I took the hardware off both embriodery hoops (making 4 hoops when taken apart) be careful not to split the wood of the hoops when taking off the har ware, then I painted them several times each and let dry. In the meantime I just free-handed the bird onto scrapbooking paper and cut out, when hoops were dry I hole punched the bird, put a ribbon through, and hung it onto the hoop *I hot glued the ribbon into place* I then tied the hoops together with ribbon, and hung from ceiling with an eye hook and some fishing wire.

Go On Go make your own now! You know its too cute to pass up!

Baby Shower Goodness

Warning: Picture Overload :)

My baby shower was a little over a week ago! It was wonderful and I am so Thankful to all the women who shared in that day with me! Thought I would share some pictures with you all.

I had an "Ice Cream Social"

It was too adorable, with all the toppings in waffle bowls and the table to the right *had ice cream on it, which we put it there last min so it wouldn't melt."

The Centerpieces were absolutley ADORABLE, and all around the room was "ice cream garland" which is pictured around the tables and above her name. Aslo in this picture in the background you can see "Little ice cream cones" They are actually the favors, bath fizzies on top of ice cream cones with a pom pom cherry on top!

We played silly games

giggled ALOT!

And of course we ate some ice cream!

I wish I could have got a picture with everyone but with over 25 wonderful women there it was nearly impossible, but above is my mom, 2 sisters, and of course Little Lu who is wearing her big sister shirt :)

And pictured here are the 4 wonderful women that threw the shower for me (plus myself) but I didnt do a think I just sat back and relaxed they did all the hard work!
Thank you to all the wonderful women that did such a great job and to all the women that supported us in our new adventure!!! Just a little over 5 weeks and we will get to meet the newest member of our family we are soo excited!
Stay tuned later this week I will post nursery pictures and all the goodies I have been making!

I'm Still Here ...

Can you believe that Lu and I still actually do crafts and have fun?? My camera skills are getting weak though and I haven't been taking to many pictures, heck I've been sewing up a storm too for my friends baby shower gifts, I know SHAME on me for not posting, however recently I have gotten a few emails asking how we are ... so heres an update :)

I am 29 weeks pregnant, OH yes and I have the belly to prove it!

And heres all the bellies to prove all the baby showers I've been attending LOL! Lot of bibs, burp cloths, blankets and I have even whipped up a few wrist rattles:)
Lu is enjoying her summer, attending camps, and having fun with good ole' mom! I hope to be posting more soon!

Lots O' Meatballs!

Yesterday we took a trip to visit my sister and after hours of playing together the kids needed a little more hands on interaction so we put them to work rolling meatballs for our speghetti dinner, now neither my sister nor I had ever let our children touch raw meat before, so there was EXTRA handwashing involved!

But they actually loved it!

Lu picked out the meal bc thats her favorite!

Lis made itty-bitty meat balls

while Aidman made giant meat balls and they all enjoyed the fruits of their labor at dinner, Lu and Aidman had 2 giant helpings Yum Yum!
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Kids In The Kitchen 4th Of July Goodie

I found this really great treat here when I was browsing the net the other day!

Looked nice and simple and delish, so Lu and I set out to make it!

We had most of the items on hand, and added a few of our "own" touches

We used pretzels *a couple handfuls*, about 12 oreo cookies, a handful of choco cheerios and a handful of honey nut cheerios, almond bark and M&M's ... YUM!

As pictured above Lu broke all the pretzels in half, and the oreos into small pieces, & threw on the cheerios. The Above picture is what is should look like before the almond bark goes on top!

I melted the almond bark and Lu put some red & blue M&M's over top, she was 3 steps ahead of me :) I wasn't done pouring the almond bark before she was already putting on the M&M's silly girl!

This is what is should look like now, let dry for about 30 mins or more THEN ....

Break into pieces, put in a nice big mug and let your guest have at it!! It was SOOO Yum and alot better than I expected! And to think, you can make so many variations :)
If you have a Kids In The Kitchen post please link up in the comment section!