Quick Note

If you have already downloaded the "Spring" printable you will need to do it again. I made some improvements on them after I had mine printed out at Costco. The yellow on the "P" got cropped off and the back ground on the "r" was waaaaaaay to dark (it looked more red then pink). AND, the "s" was blurry. Not sure why, but I fixed it. So, now that they have been adjusted, you should have a much better result when getting them printed!

Organizing Toys

I have been trying to get the kid's toys more organized. I bought a bunch of plastic storage bins from Dollar Tree. I whipped out my Cricut and cut out the labels for all the bins. I spent some time weeding the vinyl and putting it onto the bins. Then I helped the kids put the toys into the bins. Here is my finished result.
(Legos, Army, Bullets)

I was really excited because the kids were so excited to put away their toys:) YEAH! A little later my son comes to me holding one of the bins and says, "mommy, what does this say?" CRAP!!!!

All those beautifully labeled bins are pretty much worthless because neither one of my kids can read then! HA! Back to the drawing board. On my to do list this week: making some pictures to go along with those labels.

Say Cheese....

I am still practicing on manual mode with my camera. A few days ago, we took a trip to the park with some friends. Here a few of my favorite pics.

These next 2 shots I love because they were candid moments I captured of my son playing.

 

He just made the slide look so much fun.

 Only this little princess can make the park look this glamorous.

 

 We had a visit from the tooth fairy a few days ago, can you tell. I can't get enough of of that toothless grin and the lisp that goes along with it. It makes me so happy.

I have a weakness for this little man. I cannot resist him. He is the happiest and snuggliest little man I have ever met. 

 

See...... he loves himself some brenbren;)

I am starting to feel like I am getting the hang of my camera. Every picture gets better and better.

Subway Art Printable

I saw this on  Lil Luna. Totally adorable, right!?!

Well, it is vinyl and I figured not everyone has a vinyl machine so I decided to turn it into a free printable for you! Just put it in a frame and you are good to go! I had to change it a tiny bit to make it generic for everyone, but it still turned out cute.

***Click on the image to download***

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5x7

Fairy Tale Posters

I saw THIS adorable fairy tale printable at Love September's etsy store.

They are so inspiring and exactly what I was thinking for my daughter's rooms. Because she is giving all proceeds to a family whose little boy has leukemia I am not offering these for a free printable. BUT if you want to purchase one to help a good cause then check out her etsy store HERE.

So, here is the little girl version I made:)

 

purple: once upon a time

green: a dream is a wish your heart makes

yellow: there lived a beautiful princess

pink: and they lived happily ever after

Photo Shoot

My friend had her baby at my house the other day and we did an impromptu photo shoot. She is GORGEOUS! Can you seriously handle those blue eyes and long dark eyelashes!?! She is scrumptious!

 

 This picture was so tender. I loved that she is enjoying her momma's kisses so much.

Covering a Mistake

I had this really adorable scrap of fabric, but I had a rectangle cut out of it. I really wanted to use it for my sister's changing pad bag. I thought I could sew a rectangle into it, but it was not working out. This is after several attempts and a lot of unpicking.

So, I cut out some circles from some t-shirt vinyl so it would look like a button. I have been thinking about adding string through the small blue holes so it looks like the button is sewn on. Thoughts?

Weekly Menu Printable

I have been working on Photoshop a lot lately;) I wanted to make some printable weekly menu planners. You can laminate them or put them in a frame like me:) The one I did for our family said, "(my last name) Cafe". So if you are a photoshop person change the first word to your last name and you are good to go!

I got the free scrapbook paper from Lolly chops HERE.

For personal use only. You cannot sell any items made from these or any modification. You may not sell this file or any modification of it.

Just double click on the picture and drag to your desktop. Enjoy! I would love to see your finished products.

Or Download HERE

Spring Printable

Here is a cute and simple spring printable. You know the drill, for personal use only!

Click on the picture to download

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Birthday Reminder Calendar

Here is a free printable for a birthday calendar reminder.

These are for personal use only. Do not sell these files or any modification. Do not sell any items made from these files or any modification of these files.

Here is a preview of 4 months. All 12 months have 1 of these 4 boards on the top.

 You can download the zip file for all 12 months HERE.

Printables

Have you ever noticed you can find free printable thank you cards all over the internet? BUT no envelope templates? Or after spending time to make beautiful cards you have to try and find envelopes to fit them? Well, I solved that problem by making my own template. This template can fit cards all of the cards in  THIS post from Tip Junkie.

The final folded product measures
5  3/4 inches  X  4  3/8 inches.

Download HERE

Niece's Dress cont.

Here is another dress I made for one of my nieces. I made 4 dresses total. (sorry the pic is from a camera phone) If you missed the previous post on the dresses, check it out HERE!!



















I am still waiting for one of my sisters to text me a picture of the dress I made for her daughter. I can cut her some slack though because she moved a few months ago and is preggy and due next month;)

Winner

The winner of the Photography giveaway was..................

Kimberly said...

Can I have one of each pleeeeeeeeease? I love them all. The sunset on the bottom right is my fav.

To claim your prizes please email me at brenbren13(at)ymail(dot)com.

I need to know which picture you want, address, and size (5X7 or 8X10)

Exercise

Saturday my hubby was insistent that we go the the gym and exercise. I kept dragging my feet and saying, "I think we will be okay." He wouldn't let off. So, I finally caved and did a 1/4 mile run with him. Now, before you think I am lazy, I knew we would have a large delivery. That delivery was 4 tons of rock. Yep, 4 TONS! I am pretty sure he under estimated how much work would be involved in moving that rock. At 8 pm we were finally finished and hubby flopped onto the couch and said, "I am so glad you won't let us go to the gym today. I am exhausted." See, I was smarter then he realized. Here are some before, during, and after shots.

So, don't judge people. I seriously HATE yard work. I want as low maintenance yard as possible. So, Here is the un-weeded needs serious help before:

 

 

 

 

Notice the dead tree bushes!?! Yeah, there's four of them that were killed by frost a few weeks ago. That's $320 down the drain. I am not bitter at all, just bugged. We are putting ever greens in because they can withstand heat and frost. Much better bang for our buck.

 

Of course a huge pile of rock is any little boys dream. He had so much fun on it. He pretended to be on the moon. Can you see how high he can jump without gravity;) 

 

He jumped off of it multiple times.

 

He used it as a slide, Pay close attention to his face. I left it on so you could see how cool he thought it was.

 

He also pretended it has a huge mountain that he had to climb up. "It was very difficult mommy, but I made it!"

First we laid down Weed Block. Then hubby and I got to work shoveling the rock into a wheel barrow and dumping it all over. We smoothed out the rock and here it is in all its glory. Finished and ready for a few bushes and a drip system. I am soooooooo glad that is over. FYI: buying direct from a rock quarry is the way to go. $20 for 1 ton.

It was dark by the time we finished so we still have a few areas that need smoothed out.

 

 

 

 

 So, for exercise on Saturday I increased the value of home a little bit for under $100:) Hubby needs to fix some of the brick around the boarders, but that is for another day. Our next home improvement project will be a drip system and a few bushes.