Small Things Are Big Things

Halloween is upon us… time to scramble for a costume!! Homemade Halloween’s are the best and not just because you are saving $25 per person! You are also saving the trip to the costume/party store, the 2 hour wait in line and the practically pornographic costumes displayed EVERYWHERE!!!
Here is what we did this year…

Cora was a Prima Ballerina. My mom found this onsie at Big Lots and we all have tights galore already. Done!

I have been (obsessively) checking my giveaway on Blessed Nest. The comments are great and it sure will be fun to see the winner!! The best part is I am able to click on some of your blogs (if you leave your url). I have really enjoyed reading!!! Thanks for your comments back. Isn’t it fun to get comments! I read a lot of blogs and don’t always leave a comment… but I’m really going to try to make the effort now because it is just so fun.
Thank you. And I’ll be posting some REALLY easy do it yourself Halloween costumes later today.

I love paper crafts. I love decorating. I love family traditions.
Lets combine them all for an awesome craft! Grab photos of your kiddos from past Halloween nights. Scrap one page (I did 8.5″ X 8.5″) for each year. Use chip board so the page is super sturdy. Hot glue a ribbon on the back to hang as a part of your Halloween decor.
I’m going to do each of my little ones individually. By the time they are old enough to care about Halloween I’ll have loads of “memory frames” to decorate my walls. And because the chip board is so thin it won’t take up too much space in storage for next year! I thought of doing this at the beginning of the month and I have been so excited to actually do it… I’m thinking I’ll do a family shot also and do something similar with our Christmas card photos! Geeze, I could do a family shot of every holiday and never have to buy new decorations again.
I would love to see how you do this so send me a link!!

• “Why the long face Kara-Noel?”

Well, genetics plays a huge roll and I lost my camera. Yep, gone. Where? Who knows!!!

• “It’s just a camera KN!”

I don’t mind the camera too much it’s that thin little memory card I would sell a kidney for… well that is a bit extreme… BUT that card has some important events on it like my kids being cute AND my daughter and godson’s dedication!!!!!!! Ug, I’m just sick about it. All I have eaten today is cookie dough! Seriously. That might be the reason for the sick feeling too. I did take a multi vitamin. Pity party of one.
I also promised to share an awesome craft yesterday (it really did turn out awesome… way better than in my head). But I didn’t have a camera to take a picture and share with you. Pity party of one.
I also can’t really blog without my camera. Though I think I’m hysterical (ha) I know my writing isn’t all that fabulous so my pictures pretty much carry the story… though my pictures aren’t that great either. Pity party of one.
Good thing I was reading Twilight to pass the time since I can’t blog. Too bad Twilight wasn’t very good. I think I expected a bit too much out of it because of all the hype. But for me the beginning and end were the only good parts. It was a bit too much Sweet Valley High meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets every vampire movie ever made. Pity party of one.

I am pretty excited about the Eli’s Lids Blessed Nest Giveaway!! I can’t believe so many people are entering. I love my Lids (I really really do!), but is sure is encouraging to see other people are digging them too.

OH. MY. GOSH.
My best friend Jami just called (no joke, this is a “real time” post) and I left the camera at her house.
I’ll put up that great craft later tonight.
I can breath again!!!
I’m so dramatic today. Must be the cookie dough… or the multi vitamin!?!?!

Do you get those yummy animal crackers from Sam’s Club? You know, the ones that aren’t that bad for you (unless you melt chocolate chips and dip them in the warm chocolaty goodness). The containers are awesome and I felt horrible throwing them away so I started using them to store small toys (I’m so Green). The actual container is the perfect size but the narrow top can get flustering for little ones (and moms) when they are trying to pull out or put in a toy that just barely fits. I got out my trusty craft supplies and did a little plastic surgery (I think I’m so funny)!!!
You can too…
Cut the top off the bin. I sliced it with an exacto knife then cut it all the way around with my craft scissors. Try to cut it in one fail swoop so you don’t have any sharp edges.
You can be done here, or if you think your bin needs a bit of extra cuteness grab your Mod Podgue and cute paper and have some fun!

I had intended to cover the whole bin with paper. But the clear bin is great for spying out it’s contents. So instead I opted for covering up the animal cracker logo.
I used paper that would show Eli what goes inside. Footballs for the ball bin and cars for the car-train-anything-with-wheels and tracks bin. You can just to a rectangle cut and stick it on (footballs) or you can layer it up (cars). These bins are awesome for organizing sets with small pieces… polly pocket, blocks, legos, doctor kits, animals…
I had fun doing this, I should have done it with the kids because it is such an easy craft. The bin with the lid would also work great for packaging family or neighbor holiday gifts!!

I have an really amazing Halloween craft coming out Monday. I’m so excited…

What were you doing Wednesday?
Mmmm… playdate… get groceries… spaghetti for dinner…
Me?
Well, Hot Hubby and I drove out to Hollywood saw Jay Leno do an hour of comedy then rocked out to Foreigner then got to dance the night away. I’m not gonna lie… it was pretty fun!!

Yes, I am still nursing… I have never met a cupcake I didn’t like…

Not one drop of liquor in us… we are naturally silly dancers…

I was on the Blessed Nest blog and today’s post was on hunger. Donna had a link to Free Rice. Free Rice is a site where you answer vocabulary questions and for every question you get correct they donate 20 grains of rice… I thought I would just do a few… 1200 grains of rice later I had to stop because Eli wanted lunch (so demanding…ha). I also learned that…

bonanza = windfall
slapdash = haphazard
flotilla = small fleet

That was so fun!!!

I’m getting my hair done today. I got it colored brown a few months ago and it has faded to a nice shade of orange… must fix that before Hot Hubby’s swank work event!!!

Blessed Nest will be hosting an Eli’s Lids Giveaway soon, so please stay posted to enter. This is the first one I have done so I’m a bit nervous!!