My obsession: TUTU'S

Okay, I have made many tutu's before, but lately that's all I want to do.  My girls love to dance and twirl and I'm so sad they are growing too fast and aren't 2 anymore.  I told the hubby I'm gonna start dressing up the boys...haha, um, that's a No Go!  What do I do wih all the Tutu's that are filling up the house? 

 

This one turned out really cute.  It's a double layer tutu with pink and orange and I embellished with some cute ribbon ties.  I made the onesie to match using the lovely Cricut Expressions and some fabric I had on hand!  I made it for a Baby shower gift and I'm so happy with how it turned out!  I can't wait for more baby girl showers.  I think this is such a fun gift to give!

Painted Shirts and Tulle Bows

I know it's been a while!  I often feel the need to create everything!  LOL!  But Lately I just haven't had the time and also trying to enjoy the summer doing fun things with my kids and maybe getting the whole house organized..that has been a huge project in itself....LOL. 

 But, I ended up making these ADORABLE shirts for the 4th!  I just love how they turned out!  I saw THIS blog and used the idea.  I think it would be fun to paint some shirts for many other holidays and things as well.  On some of the shirts and on the backs I used good old fabric and the cricut.  Just use Heat and Bond, Iron on to your fabric shapes or letters and then Iron on to the shirt.  So easy and I think it turned out good.  

I also made the girls' Hair bows.  I made them out of Tulle.  I'm addicted to Tulle....LOL, just one of the many things. =)  Just tie the tulle in knots onto a french clip, it's so easy.  After I tied all the tulle on I then tied a few ribbons on as well, just to complete the overall look!  I love them.   

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*FLIP FLOP Season*

So, I have made a TON of flip flops over the last couple years. This is the season that lot's of people ask me to make them and my own girls are just waiting for me to make theirs.....LOL....yes, I will get to it, I promise!

Just check my sidebar link under flip flops for a few of my designs over the last couple years.

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But, this is a great tutorial showing you how to make your own to interchange them with any clippies that you want....flowers or bows. Don't you love it! I love Interchangeable stuff!

~With Flowers~

~With Bows~

Ahhhhh, so many colors, so many ribbons, so many possibilities! Let me know if you try a pair!

{Also, you may have seen this other cute way to make them interchangeable}

My Handmade Beads

Alright I'm loving making beads lately. I'm addicted to beads anyway....LOL. It is quite a long making process. But, aren't these so fun!? My daughter had a B-day party to go to and the little girl likes Hannah Montana so I threw one of my bottlecaps in there for a nice little touch. Check out some more Jewelry on my Jewelry blog. I don't have anything else made with my beads on there yet, but I promise it is Coming! Lot's of cute & exciting things are so coming! I can hardly sleep at night...because I just want to make, make, make....LOL!
{My favorite thing is to make Jewelry in case you couldn't tell =)}

*Our Family Board & Our Family System*

Okay....I am IN LOVE with OUR FAMILY BOARD project I just finished! WOOHOO!

I had so many ideas of what I wanted on this board, cause you know I LOVE organization and chore charts and behavior charts, etc, etc. So, I took my ideas to my sister and she helped me build it & bring my idea to life.

I just Love, love, love how it turned out!! These pics DO NOT do it justice... =)I have a section for each child, I made little chore magnet gems with pictures and words that they can move from "To Do" to "Done." Those are their everyday things that they need to do. I also have other gems that I can put on there for extra jobs for that day or saturday jobs, etc. The paper covered part is also a magnet board for extra jobs, school papers, b-day invites, etc. That is also where I put whose turn it is to have a Date with Mom or a Date with Dad. We switch between my hubby and I and between the kids each month. I made a special magnet for those.
Also, my smiley faces and sad faces you see there....here is how it works:
I made the little Arrow magnets and it has each kids name on their own.
If they do something bad, not listening, hitting, etc. (whatever it may be) they get moved to the middle face (that is their warning). If they do something bad again they get moved to the Sad face and they go to TimeOut. They can also move back to the Middle (okay) face, then the Smiley Face by doing something good, in example: listening, picking up their toys, saying sorry etc.

At the End of the day if they did their Daily Chores They get 2 Point Cards (the ones with the Yellow Smiley Faces, they are worth 1 point each which it says on the back). They may get an extra point for extra jobs that they are given. If they end up on The Smiley face at the end of the day they also get 2 point cards. If they end up on the middle (okay face) they get 1 point card. If they did something extra special Mom or Dad may give them a Reward Card. (This has things like Stay up an extra 10 minutes at bed time, play the computer or video game for 30 minutes, it also says the point value of each reward, they can also buy a reward card if they have enough points, or they can save up their points to buy stuff in the family store that we have every other weekend. I got the original Reward Points Idea and Family Store idea Here
The top part of each childs section has plexiglass that you can use a dry erase marker to write messages and I put a cute picture of each kid from the month underneath. It just screws on and off so I can change out the picture whenever I want

We also give the kids an option between 3 point cards or 25 cents for doing chores each day {(they're young kids, they think 25 cents is awesome ;)} They put their money in their own individual piggy banks and once a month or every couple weeks we count up what they have and put 10% for tithing and they can put some in our big family jug for our family vacation if they would like, and they put the rest in their section of the Family Bank. Whatever money they earn from b-days, Grandpas and Grandmas or chores will eventually end up in the Family Bank and that is their money to save up or buy a little toy or treat, a jump rope from school, etc. When they want something we look to the family bank to see how much they have to spend. There is a section for each kid with their name and in the very front we keep tithing slips and envelopes.

I have thought about every detail of our family system and This board has every detail in it and keeps it all organized. It is quite big, It measures 28 inches (2 feet & 4 inches) from top to bottom and 53 inches (4 feet and 5 inches) across.

My sister made one with just 3 sections so it's a little shorter.

So, that is Our Family System and Our Family Board! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions!!

I may revise it every now and again, but

I'm loving our board and our system & I know we will use it for years!!

~Angela

Fun File Folder Games

I am loving File Folder Activities lately. They do take some time because it's a lot of cutting out and coloring. But, they are so great to take to Church or the Doctor's office. Anywhere that you need to help keep the kids quiet and occupied =) There are a lot of free resources online, just search for "free file folder games" and you'll find some. There are many more that I want to do, but I started with the ones from HERE because you can print them out in color and they are very cute!! There are also many more links on that page. So, it is a great place to start! I also found a few good ones from HERE for my older daughter because it has some reading and math ones.

I used my trusty laminator that I got from Target for around $25 about a year ago. I love this thing, it has come in very handy for my music class and church callings, etc. {Well, pretty much any office supply item can get me very excited. I love notebooks, my laminator, my label maker, I love office supply stuff...LOL.}

Here is an example of a few of the File Folder games that I made for my kids
I put about 4 of the folders in each binder
and I used a laminated piece of cardstock for the pocket to hold the little pieces for each game. You can also just use a ziplock and maybe just put it right in one of the the binder holes with each folder.


I also used my lovely label maker to put the name of each game on the folder tab.
I love how they turned out and my kids love them also. The next ones I make I will probably take the file folders to get laminated as well just so they will last longer.

Love it! Great Organization Tips!!

I so LOVE organization {although I'm not always organized...LOL} & great ideas to make a better functioning household. I've always been sorta that way of making millions of lists, planning each step out, taking notes, I've made plenty of To-do lists for myself and charts for my kids, etc. etc.

My most favorite site lately is Meck Mom. She has so many great Organization tips and SO much more than that!

Check out the top 20 readers choice ideas HERE

Very Soon I plan on making my own kinda unique version of each of these:

The Family Big Board

The Mom Game Plan Chart

The Important Documents Binder

Simple ways to control Mail Clutter

Homework organization

Under-Bed Daily Clothes Organizer

There are SO many more great ideas there, I never have time to check it all out. Do you know of other similar sites with great ideas? Or what are somethings you do to keep your family more organized?