10 Years

For my birthday awhile ago, the people over at Gingerscraps gave me an awesome birthday 'package' with lots of coupons. While perusing the different stores, I found a kit I just knew I had to have and I knew exactly what pictures I would be using them with. The kit was called R and R Cafe and it was perfect for our 10 year anniversary pictures.

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KIT: R and R Cafe by Gingerscraps Designers

TEMPLATE: Project Journalcard Vol. 3 by Connie Prince

FONT: Copasetic

Disneyland

Yay for Fun Font Fridays at the Trixie Scraps blog. I absolutely love making these posts. Check it out here. And here's a look at the layout.

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TEMPLATE: Bursting With Photos Vol. 2 by Trixie Scraps

KIT: Mr. & Mrs. Mouse by Trixie Scraps

FONT: California Skies

Marbled Easter Eggs - The Edible Kind

Years ago when I was part of a Stampin Up! card club, our demonstrator showed us a cool trick using shaving cream and ink. I loved the effect it created, but never used it again in my life. So when a friend and I were talking about using the same idea to dye eggs, I was excited.

But then...it occured to me...putting eggs in shaving cream makes then unedible afterwards. DARN IT!

The only reason my husband doesn't grumble about this Easter tradition is because he knows devilled eggs will be his to enjoy afterwards. So being edible is a big thing in this house.

I was kind of bummed out because I was looking forward to doing something a little different in regards to egg dying this year. But just before I got completely bummed, I saw a Pinterest Fail on my Facebook feed about edible marbled eggs. After looking into it a bit more, I found the original post.

I was super excited because this looked super easy and something even my 3 and 5 year old could do with a little bit of help. I was determined that this was how we were dying eggs this year. So I gathered all the things I would need.

The original post says to just use one container and from what I gathered they just added different food colors to the same container. I decided that I wanted my kids to be able to switch up colors as they wanted and so I bought 3 large containers of Cool Whip. I also bought 5 different plastic containers so each of my kids had their own. This allowed us to rinse out the mixture each time we wanted to change colors and because it's just cool whip and food coloring, a few of my kids may or may not have just ate the extra cool whip before switching to a new color.

Because I had originally found the idea on a Pinterest Fail, I made sure I followed the original poster's instructions. We finished our eggs around 6 at night and I wasn't going to stay up until 2 or 3 just to check the eggs. So after my baby went to bed around 1, I checked one of my eggs. It wasn't quite ready. So I let them sit overnight and decided to clean the eggs off around 7:00 the next morning.

Here are our results.

My 3 eggs that were left over from what the kids did...

...I think the pinkish egg in the middle is the one I cleaned before I went to bed...

My 13 Year Old Son...

12 Year Old Daughter...

9 Year Old Son...

(He likes to do things in a hurry, thus the same colored eggs)

6 Year Old Son...

...I was wondering what his 'gross' colored eggs would turn out like, but they looked pretty awesome when all was said and done...

3 Year Old Little Girl...

...She had so much fun I let her dye all the cracked eggs...

The Final Result...

I was extremely pleased with our results. I was really worried that we'd end up with a failed result as well, but I was pleasantly surprised. I think we've found our new Easter Egg dye.

I loved that this was so easy, didn't smell up the house and that it left the eggs edible in the end. The clean up isn't too much worse than regular egg dye (at least in this house) and how pretty the eggs turn out. It was also something the older kids could do on their own, which was a major bonus. It was nice to only have to help 2 kids out.

My Indoor Garden

I don't garden. I can't keep anything alive. We've had a garden area since we bought our home about 7 years ago and we've YET to keep anything alive in it, it just becomes a weed garden.

However, I have this weird love of garden gnomes. It's kind of funny, but it's true. We've bought a few throughout the years, but they always end up broken.

Then a couple months ago my husband brought home a gift. He knew I had had a rough day and wanted to do something to cheer me up and make my day a little brighter. This was the gift:

I didn't want to put the cute little guy outside because our garden was a weed garden and I'm also afraid of him breaking. So he's been kept inside since I got him.

When I went to Wood Connection around Mother's Day, I knew I needed to get something to keep this little guy company and to make an 'indoor garden' of sorts. I decided to go with the letters to spell the word 'GNOME'.

I also happened to run across a trio of ladybugs. Ladybugs have been huge in my life FOREVER. My parents nicknamed me 'Bug' and always associated it with ladybugs, so I kind of have a love of ladybugs as well.

It took me almost a month, but I finally got around to finishing up my projects.

Here's a look at GNOME:

A look at the ladybug trio:

And now, here's a look at my 'indoor garden'... It's on the highest shelf of our armoire thing so that the kids don't mess with pieces and break any thing.

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GNOME LETTER SET 

Letters - Found at Wood Connection

G - Paper: The Paper Studio - Chevron Pink/White, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: Fuchsia

N - Paper: The Paper Studio - Texture Orange, Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Tangerine

O - Paper: The Paper Studio - Hibiscus Flowers, Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Black

M - Paper: The Paper Studio - Tiny Polka Turquoise Tonal, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: North Sea

E - Paper: The Paper Studio - Chevron Mini Lime/White, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: Gecko

Green Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza #277483

Purple Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza Plum

Blue Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza #284125

LADYBUG TRIO

Ladybugs - Found at Wood Connection

Body - Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Black

Wings - Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Dark Red

Large Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Textured Polka Red/Cream

Medium Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Red W/Black Polka Dots

Small Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Red Gingham

Wire - Found at Wood Connection

Dot Stickers - Mix of The Paper Studio Gemstones: Monochromatic Black and The Paper Studio Gemstones: Jeweltones Mosaic Random Assorted Stickers