Love this {Crayon storage}

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I just love this idea of storing and sorting your crayons by color! My kids are always ripping off the papers too. This mini loaf pan is so cute too! One of my favorite things to do is to use something for some purpose other that what it was invented for. Like in my living room on my coffee table I have a vintage baking pan I use as a tray for books and magazines.

Chocolaty Easter nests

One of the other things Valerie and I made were these yummy chocolaty Easter nests. SUPER easy to make! Start by coating chow mein noodles with melted milk chocolate. You scoop a little bit out onto wax paper, add candy eggs & there you go!

Home made marshmallow Peeps

My good friend Valerie came over to make Easter treats with me the other day. One of the many things we made were home made marshmallow Peeps.
They didn't turn out looking at all like Peeps though. In fact we couldn't stop giggling because they looked more like marshmallow poops.

Peeps or poops you decide! He he he.
:)
While we cooked we listened to our current favorite music...

...And while the mixer was beating the marshmallow for 12 min. (yeah I know 12 min.!!) Of course we spent that time taking pictures! Valerie blogged about it too, right here and here. Obviously the photo below is one she took of me, the one after that is the one I took of her.

What a FUN day! We'll have to do it again sometime. I'll post photos of our other goodies at a later date. Have a very Happy Easter

new dress and knickers for Easter

I just finished sewing these today (barely in time for Easter). I sewed them useing 25 cent vintage patterns I found at the thrift store. The dress is made from a Swiss dot vintage fabric my grandmother gave me. The fabric I made the knickers out of was an old pair of pants my husband had ripped beyond repair. I just LOVE how they turned out!

red color party theme

It was my older brothers birthday on Monday so My sister and I threw him a surprise party. We made the party hats and the paper bag starburst with what I had laying around the craft room. We had angel food cake and strawberries with home made whipped cream! Then we went to the movies to see this , and then did this as an added bonus! Basically it was a super fun day!

Easter eggs

My husband brought Easter candy home from his trip downtown today and I had to take photos. (See more here)

Love this {boys birthday from mer mag}

My sister Merrilee (of mer mag) just threw the cutest party for her son. I loved it so much I had to share! Don't you just love the red feathers she put on the favors with a clothes pin? And speaking of clothes pins, aren't those cupcakes just awesome? I love the table spread it is so simple and perfectly arranged. It is just the thing I have been wishing to do for my parties but have never really achieved. And that pirate ship cake! Wow what a cool party, I wish I could have been there. Thanks for posting these Sis! You're a super woman!