Combining food with crafts is the perfect project, especially when the food involves chocolate and peanut butter and a birthday! I made these Scotcheroos for a birthday surprise for my husband in February and topped them off with some easy birthday flags. Using card stock triangles, die cut shapes, and some skewers build some flags … Read more
It occurs to me that I love magnets and I have a lot of them. Particularly on my magnet calendar. And they’re so easy to make. So if you’ve never done it, don’t be afraid. It’s easy. I use my Cricut to cut the basic magnet shape out, but you can trace basic shapes onto … Read more
My embroidery hoop designs were the main part of the wall decor in my boys’ rooms, and this is what I’ve come up with for the other areas. Some vinyl African safari animals to match the elephants in Gus’s room. And some pictures to help our family remember who we are and what we believe. … Read more
I really don’t have much time for scrapbooking anymore, but I do still make cards which I love. And I’m trying to express my thanks to the people in my life more this year, so I have cause to make lots of cards. This particular set I decided to use staples in my embellishing and … Read more
To enter to win a Flirty Aprons apron, Go to FlirtyAprons.com and look at the resource section located at the bottom of the page Submit a paragraph or two that could be used in their new resource section titled “Christmas Gift”! The best/longest submission will receive a FREE APRON and the runners up will receive … Read more
{Photo from cakefineart.com} We haven’t been doing much for St. Patrick’s Day, but I’m dying to try making some rainbow jello…and here are some other festive projects for you! Bib Necklace Leprechaun Cookies and Milk Leprechaun Ruffle Shirt St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake Toppers St. Patrick’s Day Centerpiece
There are three things that I want everyone to know about, not because they are paying me or giving me free stuff (because they’re not), but because I have searched long and hard for these treasures. THE WORKS Our water is really hard and so our toilets were really gross. I went to Walmart looking … Read more
A. The other day I noticed how out of control my grocery bags have gotten without me even noticing. They used to live between the wall and the dryer in the laundry room. Not really a good system. + B. I came across a husband’s shirt with an unfortunate sweat stain around the neck. Gross. … Read more
The winner is #1, Kristie Howe! She said, “I think I would try the Dark Chocolate Mousse Recipe because any form of chocolate is wonderful to me!! Why not make it a little healthy?!”
And the runner up is Natalie, who said, “I want to try the Honey Vanilla Yogurt. Sounds super yummy!”
Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE TUESDAY to claim your prize. Thanks!
Here are our winners of the Blurb gift certificates: Marne – “I would LOVE a blurb book! I blog so much that it was going to be pretty expensive. So winning a book is right up my ally! I would make a blog book. It is my version of our family scrapbook and would love … Read more