Kudos to my k-5 teachers

Julie, Shannon, and I wanted to give something to our team of K-5 teachers. So, I made up a little digi scrap quote that we framed, a KUDOS tag, and added some Kudos bars.Here is the teacher quote we used. Our adminstrator told us this quote at a meeting once, and I thought it was perfect for us to use.

Here is the Kudos tag that I just folded over the ziploc baggie.

We added these necklaces to the gift and called it good. Now we all have matching necklaces! I love my team!

Mother's Day Peak

I've seen these glass tile necklaces floating all over blog land. I had to make some! Shannon from Shenanigans and I made it a craft night and finally did it!

You can use pictures or scrapbook paper. You will see both examples below.
Rachelle told me where to find the tiles, bails, and chains. They are sold way cheap from CandyTiles2 on etsy! I could NOT find them in any craft store in Southern Utah, so I ordered them online.

This will be a piece of my mother's day gifts. I also used them to go with some teacher gifts we made.

Latest Health Obsessions

I am trying new and different things constantly to help me feel better and to

help me stay motivated to live a healthy lifestyle.

(at least that is how I am explaining my "always trying to lose weight" obsession)

My newest obession: #1:

I mix 2 tablespoons of Chia Seeds in with my Protein Shakes in the morning.

It is actually really good. They taste like nuts.

Why you ask? There is some

in depth info about Chia Seeds below.

I just really like the way they make me feel. Just clean and fresh!

The CHIA SEED IS featured IN THE BOOK:
"YOU - STAYING YOUNG"
WRITTEN BY DR. OZ
:
-Chia Seeds are THE BEST source of
Omega-3 & Omega-6 essential fatty acids!
-These seeds are perfect for diabetics &
people watching or trying to lose weight.

-Chia Seeds are also very beneficial to the
heart and extremely high in fiber, calcium, high
quality protein, slowly processed carbohydrates
and loaded with vitamins & minerals and antioxidants!
-The chia seed is THE BEST source of Omega-3.
CHIA SEED IS BETTER THAN
FISH OIL & FLAX SEED!
-Chia seed is high in protein with 18 grams per 100 grams of seed
and high in calcium. 5 times the calcium of milk, 631 mg per 100 grams of seed.
-Chia seed is hydrophilic.
Absorbing up to 14 times
(Mix @ 9-10 times) its weight in water.
This helps extend energy and endurance.

And see here: It gave Berkely the motivation to get all geared up and yell "I'm Ready to Jog Mama!"

Obsession #2: 30 day shread

I like it because it is only like 25 minutes.

No matter what, I feel like I can find 25 minutes to work out. It is a KILLER workout and designed with 3 levels of intensity.

So, my friend Angie and I made a goal to complete the 30 day challenge (taking Sundays off), and here is the chart I made for us.

This is mine, of course. Going out of town kind of put me off track, but I am back on again.

That's all for now.

Something for those darn remotes

I hate the remotes. They fall everywhere, get put everywhere, and of course we can never find them. Hopefully this tray will help a little.A little yellow mustard paint, inked edges, modge podged paper, hot glued ribbon and buttons, this n' that letters, and NOW I have a tray I am proud to stick them in. I want to add a small vase with some flowers or greenery, and call this end table GOOD to go!

Pretty in a PillowCase

At 9:00 last night I was doing laundry. I was putting away a plain white pillowcase when I remembered a tutorial I saw about a pillowcase dress. Instead of finishing the laundry, or doing anything else I was suppossed to do last night, I busted out the sewing machine and made this.

This is ABSOLUTELY the first thing (besides one simple blanket), that I have EVER sewn. I am pretty proud of myself. It took me till 1am (LOL), and it is FAR FAR FAR from perfect, but it definitely works.

I added a cute material flower, which you can find the tutorial for here.

And this morning, the first thing we did before breakfast, was a fashion show!! Berkely loved it.
Sorry about the messy table, I didn't even think about cleaning it all up last night.

NO JOKE, if I can do this, ANYONE CAN!!!! I am heading to the thrift store sometime to find some vintage type pillowcases, with lace on the bottom, to fiddle around some more.

Tutorials for the dress found here, and here.

Primary/ Sharing Time Craft

I am in the primary in my church. This month, it is my turn for Sharing Time! We had our lesson about translating the Gold Plates. I decided to look through my pantry and see what I could find for my own gold plates.

It was my GOLD FIND! Gold wrapping paper, gold glitter paint, gold gems, and gold raffia! It was meant to be.

Cut out some lettering.

There they are. The Gold Plates, hidden in the EXACT box that they were orininally found in. :) Easy to make, fun, kids loved it, and now they sit in my closet waiting to be used, so please call if you need them for FHE or a lesson!

Tide Box Ribbon Organizer.....

I have the worst habit of ending my crafting efforts in a wham-bam-thank-you-mam, type of clean up. That means I just throw EVERYTHING into a tote (I am a tote-a-holic), and put the tote in my closet and move on to cleaning the rest of the toddler mayhem that is always waiting for me. Well, these ribbon totes have been screaming at me to organize them.

I kept staring at my Giant Tide Box from Costco, wondering what to do with it. I decided to cut a side off, modge podge some paper and ribbons to it, and think some more. I was going to turn it into a barbie house, but that didn't work. I need something bigger for that.

Here is my ribbon in all it's GLORIFIED, HORRIFIED mess.

And here it is in the tide box. A few holes, a few dowells, and now it is organized. It is not too fancy, I know, but it was basically free, and provides me with a little sanity.