Make and TakesIdeas and Crafty Tidbits for Home, Family, and Fun

I used to make these with my mother when I was growing up. They would be the special treat that I got to give to my friends for Christmas. They are simple and fun to make, and very festive. These sweet bread trees, wreaths, and candy canes will be a hit with neighbors this year.

Now, my mom would [...] Continue Reading…

Guest Make and Taker

It is time for another Guest Make and Taker. Molly is a fun friend living the life in Arizona. She is a mommy of 2 cute boys and is having a blast with life. Her recipe club is always throwing super fun dinner parties, I love this one. I am happy to have one of Molly’s [...] Continue Reading…

If you remember that at the beginning of November, I entered a blogging contest called NaBloPoMo and posted about it here. I have been blogging every day for 30 days to win a fun prize. Well, today is the last day and I think I will be taking a couple days off. I will catch up on Monday with [...] Continue Reading…

Here are a few more crafting goodies to check out!

Tip Junkie - Great tips for the household junkie. I love a great tip.
My Aunt June - Love the quilts she sews. Especially this one!
Sew Mama Sew - Sewing projects a plenty. Great new ideas.
Dacia Ray - Clean and beautiful crafts. Great tutorials.
Future Girl - Fun tutorials and lots of [...] Continue Reading…

Hands down, the best TV show for young children. Super Why is a TV show on PBS about reading, letters, sounds, spelling, and problem solving. There are 4 darling characters that are always helping someone in need. Usually it is a storybook character that is in trouble or they look to storybooks for answers. I love everything about it. [...] Continue Reading…

I first became aware of IZZE when I was eating at Noodles. I love everything grapefruit, anything sour, so I picked it up out of the refrigerated case and became a fan right then and there. It is a little treat all on it’s own. They have it in bottle form, which I love. There is something so perfect [...] Continue Reading…

I love to count down the days until Christmas. As a Kindergarten teacher, it was fun to do lots of counting with the kids. We would glue cotton balls onto Santa’s beard in number order 1-25. Download the image of Santa here.

Here some other fun Advent Calendars that help count down the 25 days until Christmas. How do you [...] Continue Reading…

Because it was warm at the beginning of November, our lights have been up for weeks. That doesn’t mean they were on yet. We try to wait until atleast the day after Thanksgiving, so they were lit up last Friday. Unlike some of the people in the surrounding areas that have had them up since the day after Halloween. [...] Continue Reading…

The answer: Every shopping center I walk in to. The biggest shopping weekend of the year has begun. It almost makes me green all over, ready to puke. I am not one of those shopping patrons that wake up at 3:00 am to get the screaming deals at Target or the Toy store. I value my sleep more than [...] Continue Reading…

I know the food was out of this world, but did I have to eat at 1:00 pm and again at 4:00 pm and again at 7:00 pm? I don’t know if it is trouble or gluttony genius having lots and lots of food served at Thanksgiving. I know I gained about 10 pounds, but so did everyone else, [...] Continue Reading…