Tuesday, February 17, 2026

diy easter plate




How about we make some cute Easter plates?
These are so sweet and easy. 


Head to the Dollar Tree and pick up some of these clear
dinner plates.  They also offer smaller salad plates too. 


Get some Easter napkins,  I tend to go to TJ Maxx or HomeGoods to find mine. 


The easiest way I have found to do this are as follows:
take your clear plate and turn it upside down. Using a piece
of copy paper lay it over the bottom of the plate and using your hands
push around the rim to get a "trace" of the inner circle of the plate like
you see in the picture above. 


Cut your circle out and trace it over the napkin.
Once you cut it out, separate the to layers of the napkin. 


Use modge podge to adhere your napkin to the back of the plate using
just a little bit of the modge podge on the plate, to much will make your napkin
tear. 

Once the napkin is dry, grab some white acrylic paint and paint
the back of the plate with the white paint.  I will give you more
of a definition of the image showing through the glass.


So cute!!


Sunday, February 15, 2026

Galentine's day!


Happy Valentine's day/Galentine's day!
This is our fourth year of celebrating galentine's day with friends.
This year one of the other gal's hosted, she truly blew us all away
with her decorating and creations!
We started with a fun craft of tin punching hearts, then off to food and 
gift exchanging. 


This was some of her table decor.....


I brought these heart strawberries with blueberries. 


We had yummy salads and lots of laughter!
Do you celebrate your friends for galentine's day?
It really is a fun time!


She even made heart cut out garland which were adorable! 



Thursday, February 12, 2026

Baby card


Happy thursday!
Baby's are arriving!
My sweet goddaughter will be having her first baby this month!
Time for some card making. 
The above sage paper is actually the wrapping paper I purchased to 
wrap her gifts.
I love to use the wrapping paper to make coordinating cards.


I chose pistashio and white cardstock cut to a 5 x 7"card. 
I've showed you in the past this baby vintage photo stamp that
I have literally had for YEARS.  It's too good to let go....


The baby face is stamped in soft suede and layered up the wrapping paper
piece and cardstock, added some gold twine and there you have. 
Cute little card for mama and baby boy. 



Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Mini Coffee cups


Now available in my Etsy shop!
I've added two other mini coffee cups, 
now available are the mini Starbuck's, Dunkin Donuts and Chick fil A.
You pick!


Chick Fil A cup 


Etsy shop mini cups Here






Sunday, February 8, 2026

Valentine's


Happy sunday!
I know I showed these tins before, but I wanted to share the chalkboard and another
take on how I used them.
These were the tags that I found at Ross, They had the gold hearts on them, I just stamped the message. 
I made these up for the ladies in my women's group. 



You can find these tins at Hobby Lobby, they had them
on sale for $2.40 for 10








Thursday, February 5, 2026

Dollar Tree pump bottles


So check out these cute little pump bottles from the Dollar Tree.
I happen to be in store and came upon them. 
Have you seen these before?  They are great, you fill them up
with any type of lotion you like, facial, body, etc.
They are a smaller size, so great for traveling or to keep in your car. 


Holds 1 oz of any lotion


I filled mine with this favorite lotion that I get at Target.
Love the vanilla smell and its a nice thick lotion. 


fill it up and attach the lid, then when you use it, you just give
it a pump!  It holds  quite a bit. 



Go get a few, great Valentine gift idea too for the girlies in your life!










Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Pickled veggies


I picked up this mason jar at HomeGoods to make some
pickled veggies to have on hand in the frig.

 
Start with a brine on the stove in a stock pot
This recipe is an easy fridge pickled recipe which
makes your veggies, crunchy, zesty snack.
Prepare the brine as follows and bring to a boil before cutting up your veggies.
Brine:
1 cup of white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 cup of water
2 garlic cloves 
1 teaspoon of sea salt
1 T of sugar (to balance acidity)
or use a alternative sweetener and adjust to taste.
1 teaspoon of oregano 


This quick and easy recipe does not require any complicated
canning process, making it perfect for anyone seeking fresh
and healthy veggies for your meals. 


Take a look in your frig and see what veggies you have to pickle.
You can do this weekly when you have an over surplus of veggies that
need to be used up. 
I chopped up cukes, red peppers, celery, red onion, cauliflower and green olives. 
Chop them all to the size of your liking and put them into your jar. 

Now that your brine has boiled, pour the warm brine over your veggies in the jar/
Allow the jar to cool to room temperature, then put into your frig to chill.
After a couple of hours, your quick fridge are ready to enjoy!