Happy 10th Anniversary!!

Wishing my sister and brother-in-law a Happy Anniversary today!!

Hope you guys have a wonderful day! Love you guys!

Wordful Wednesday - Memorial Day Parade

Thankfully, this year was a bit cooler than last.  Last year was HOT!  We learned our lesson from last year and went a bit later and staked out a spot in front of McDonalds. 

While waiting for the parade to start, Lily played with her ponies.

Then we saw him coming....he is the sousaphone on the left in the photo below.

  Then as quick as they came, they were gone again.

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, The InfoMouse , Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy. 

Polymer Clay Dog Tag Tutorial

I meant to write this tutorial last year, but got distracted.  Not a shock.  Oooohhh  look something shiny.  ;)

Items I used:
Square Cookie Cutter
Letter Stamps
Stamp Pad (I used black)
Polymer Clay in desired color.

First condition your clay (smoosh and warm it up) and then roll out your clay to the desired thickness.  I use my pasta machine to do this.  If you do not have one a brayer tool works great.

Then cut out a square with the cookie cutter.  I then cut the squares in 1/2.  You could also cut the rectangles by just cutting along a straight edge with an exacto knife.

I then rounded the edges a bit with my fingers.

And added a small hole to the one end.

Then I used my mini letter stamps and the black stamp pad to stamp sayings into the clay. 

The sayings are endless.  :)

You can also add some embellishments.  Then bake them following the instructions on the polymer clay packaging. 


I turned one into a necklace by adding a pearl accent and chain.

One of my customers (Little Bow Peep Boutique) uses them on her bows.

You could also add them to a photo frame with your favorite soldier's photo inside, key chain or scrapbook. 

Linking to these parties, here.

Wordful Wednesday - Work in Progress

Princesses in need of heads and castles in need of glitter...

A few done, many more to go.  ;)

Dreaming of Disney.  °O°

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, The InfoMouse , Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy.

Fanasy Island Music Festival

Yesterday we went to the Music Festival at Fantasy Island.  The kids had a blast.  It wasn't as hot as last year.

We got there early and the kids had fun running around riding the rides.  

After a few hours it was Ian's school's turn to perform.  First we went to watch the chorus sing.  Ian didn't join chorus this year, but wanted to watch his friends sing.

Next was Ian's turn.

Then Jeff lugged the HUGE HEAVY tuba case back to the car and the kids had fun running around riding the rides.

 Ian at the top.  Um yeah, you will definitely not catch me on this ride.  I am terrified of heights.

Here is a video of them riding it.

Softball + Artshow + Bookfair = Great Night

Whew what a busy day!  

This is how our day ended.

First we went to Softball practice.  (Lily is playing softball (ponytail division) this year.)

Brothers do silly things while waiting for softball practice to end.

Then we rushed over to the bookfair/artshow, grabbed some books and checked out Lily's artwork.

What a great way to spend a Friday night.

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen these. :)