Eye Candy Blog stalking Sunday

Lately I've had what some would say a complete mental craft brain block. Is there such a thing? In my world there is. Wasn't even in the mood. That is until I saw this lovely thing. She's now all mine and is set up in my living room (I even put it together myself while my brother and the mister watched and delegated. Men!-By the way, I completed it without a bad word or scratch.) Props to Leah! Finally got rid of the ol entertainment center and things are actually starting to look like I care about my living room. This got me all excited to start doing cute stuff to it and filling up the shelves. Let the crafting begin again. Pure therapy bliss...And who said $99 couldn't buy happiness. I like to sit on my couch and stare at it...
Ahem, ok this ALSO got me in the mood to blog stalk. Of course I'll share my finds. Enjoy. Comment. GIVE ME SOMETHING PEOPLE! 


Ok really? How adorable can a scripture case possibly be? I want. Someone make me this.

In the process of changing the color scheme of my living room. My next project are some pillows. Regardless of those who think pillows are useless, I plan on making them anyway. Aren't they the thing now a days? I cannot wait. Green. Black. Tan. And white. Those are the colors. Now I just need to find the perfect fabric....until then here's some cute pillows to look at.

Now Im not sure why, but I want to make this. It'd be easy. I love you. Mushy mushy love stuff...my fave...

 I have been on a hunt for weeks. Literally weeks. Stalking the DI and KSL for a chunky frame I can put our temple picture in. NO such luck. Any kind person wants to donate?

 

Last but not least....nothing new to the craft world. But I want one. Where to get it and put it...?

Leah

3 little blankets

Making blankets is one of my favorite things to do. My daughter is super attached to her blankets, so giving/sharing  them with the new baby is not an option. Finding fabric that is both cute and gender neutral is harder than you think. I did the best I could.

The first blanket I made the corners round and added rick rack to the edges. It was my first time sewing rick rack to a blanket, and surprisingly it turned out really good!

I also made 2 Self-binding receiving blankets. These are SO easy to make until you get to the corners. The first time I ever made one of these blankets I had someone there helping me so my corners turned out awesome. This time doing them on my own they were just ok. I guess I need to make more so I can practice. ;)

Harmony

Dishwasher Magnet

Ok so I have a "sanitizing" dishwasher, and in my case the dishes have to be at least 80% clean when they go in or everything comes out dirty. Now don't get me wrong I love the fact that I have one, just wish it worked better.

Unless I'm home to tell Aaron or Lindzie ( my 7 yr old) if the dishwasher has been run they just wont touch it. So I decided to make a sign to help them when I'm not home ( I'm hoping this will result in my family helping with THIS chore more).

So I went to Roberts on 2 coupon Tuesday and got some scrapbook paper, I cut a piece of paper that is 4" x 5" this will be the back and we will stick everything on it. I then cut a piece of green paper 2" x 5" and did the same with the black, glue those onto the piece of paper you are using as the back, ( I did it this way so it would be thicker and could stand up to abuse from the boys). 

 I used Mandy's Cricut and cut out my words, "dirty" in green and "clean" in black then used a glue stick to mount it on the opposite color. 

 I took my little sign to JMart (a copy and printing shop, that does a tone of cool stuff) and had it laminated.

When I got it home I took a sticky magnet strip, cut it in half and stuck one piece to the top and the other to the bottom. Now its done and I love it!

Oreo Icecream Dessert

This is my new favorite dessert. I found the recipe online and tweaked it a little bit.

2 rows of Oreos 

(I found that the cool mint oreos are the best)

1/4 cup melted butter

NOW:

smash Oreos in a zip lock bag and pour on bottom of 9x13 pan. Drizzle butter on top and mix with a fork

2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches 

NEXT:

 layer your ice cream sandwiches on top of Oreos

(I like to let them soften a little bit then squish ( yes, squish) them down until the ice-cream comes out and it fills in the holes so you cant see the Oreo layer...does this make sense?)

1 jar of hershey's hot fudge

 

Spread the hot fudge on top and stick in freezer for about 20 min

(melt in it microwave a few seconds to soften it a tiny bit but don't let it get hot or it'll melt the ice-cream!)

1 container of cool whip

Spread cool whip on top and layer with extra oreo crumbs

I drizzled the extra hot fudge over the whole thing with a fork to make it look nice
THEN: PUT IT BACK IN THE FREEZER CAUSE ITS BETTER FROZEN!

ENJOY!

Name Blocks

Why it has taken me 2 weeks to do this post I have no clue. These were done on our one of many girls crafts night with the besties. (One of the perks to having such talented friends is that they bring the stuff you don't have ex: a Cricut Thanks guys...I mean ladies!) Oh yes, and all paper was found at Roberts on double coupon Tuesday! Roberts Crafts

My favorite letter out of the bunch. The "i". knob was a few cents at the local antique store (can be found at any dept store though) Ribbon I already had and my favorite part. The key. I'm obsessed with keys. Got it at a dollar store in the town next to ours. Yup. $1. it came with key earing too! Score! I kept them and wear them

Bandanna Valentine Dress

I have been wanting to make one of these bandanna dresses since I first saw them on a blog I follow. You can find the tutorial HERE. It really only does take about 15 minutes too! I also wanted my little girl to have something cute to wear for Valentines day. Needless to say, I was excited when I found these bandannas for a dollar each at Walmart! 

(sorry about the pictures. I have been meaning to take some of her in this dress all day, but haven't had the chance until it was dark and late.)

Harmony

Day 4 of Valetines

Today was nothing super special as far as crafting goes. Although I do have to show you my new favorite toy. Nothing new to most of you I'm sure. Ta da!

 

Have I told you how much I am in love with this product? Now if I only I had a Cricut to really take advantage of it... (hmmmm Harmony or Tesha....???) I used the brown paper featured on the front , cut it to size, peel and stick and wham! Nothing else. No messy glue stick. No tape. Nothing. ( By the way the paper I got from Hobby Lobby 50% off! Originally 5.99 and got it for $3)  The rest I cut by hand and wrote it today instead of typing it up. Oh! and the hearts are rub-ons- (that I got at a local super awesome dollar store) Nothing SUPER crafty by any means, but the Mister sure loves food. And what better way to say "I love you" than a big snickers candy bar?

 

(Did I mention that I only got another smiley face response?  hmmmm this better not be in vain....)

Happy Crafting!

Leah