March 9, 2013 by Krista

Weekend Wander #116

Welcome, everyone! I’m glad you’re here! I hope your week went well. Mine was a bit on the crazy side, but whenever is it not?! We were able to host some friends last weekend that we hadn’t seen in a while. It was good to see them again. We definitely had a house full though!

A few quick features from last week’s party. Click the images to see the full project or to pin or bookmark.

Mouth-watering Pineapple Coconut Yogurt Cake

at And Sew We Craft

Super cute St. Patty’s Pillow & Free Cutter File

at Burton Avenue

Upcycled, frugal wall decor
at Restoration Beauty

Snickerdoodle Cookies Bar

at Craft a Spell

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Let’s get this party started!

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March 8, 2013 by Krista

{Friday Freebie} Lucky Printable

Are you feeling lucky? Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. Grab with fun little printable and bring some luck to those around you.

Click to get this Lucky printable.

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March 7, 2013 by Krista

Top Three Thursday {Happy Birthday, Gator!}

I have been so crazy busy the last few weeks and haven’t gotten to share these yet! I did a photo shoot with the boys a few weeks ago for Gator’s 1st Birthday. These are some of my faves:

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March 6, 2013 by Krista

Cork Board Jewelry Organizer

I have a thing for corks. Not like obsessive, crazy collecting – I just love the natural feeling they can give a project. However…. I don’t drink. None of my family does. Or my friends. So, my cork supply was limited. I ended up buying a bag of them off of Amazon for about a quarter a cork. I didn’t really have a specific project in mind, but I did want to figure out some way to make my jewelry easier to use.

Then, one day, I was trying to sort through my knotted mess of necklaces and I knew it was time to get to planning an organizer. Enough is enough. I started brainstorming and before long, this masterpiece was born.

CORK BOARD JEWELRY ORGANIZER

Materials:

– 39 Corks (You can collect them as you drink wine or do like I did and get them from Amazon, affiliate link)

– 11×14″ Picture Frame

– 11×14″ Cardboard Piece

– 12×15″ Burlap

– Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

– Razor Blade

– Sharp Knife and Cutting Board

Directions:

– Soak your corks in water for approximately ten minutes. I told my husband about this and he just laughed at me. Supposedly, it’s supposed to make the corks crumble less when you cut them. I did soak mine, but I don’t know if it helped or not… so I guess this is optional.

– Cover the cardboard piece with the burlap. Use hot glue to secure the edges of the burlap right to the back of the cardboard piece. Insert and secure the burlap-covered cardboard into the picture frame.

– Take a cork and score around it lengthwise with the razor blade.

– Use a sharp knife to slice the corks in half, using your score line as a guide. (I used both a bread knife and a chef’s knife. There was a little more crumbling with the serrated bread knife than the clean edge of the chef’s knife. But the serrations were kind of nice to break through the cork in the middle where the razor blade didn’t reach to score the cork.)

– Repeat the last step until 24 of the corks have been cut in half.

– Using the hot glue gun, glue the halved corks to the burlap. You should have 48 halves. I did 8 rows of six cork halves in the top half of my frame. The rows will not line up perfectly, as not all corks are exactly the same size. You can lay out your corks first and get an idea of placement.

– I then cut five corks into thirds (ish) and glued the disks in a chevron pattern underneath the cork halves.

– I took three whole corks and glued them the disks about an inch or so below the disks for my bracelets.

– Under that, at the very bottom edge of the frame I glued eight more whole corks. If you have a lot of chunky necklaces, you may want to do fewer corks on the bottom edge. My long red and black necklace doesn’t fit super great because the beads are so big.

– Hang and put all your jewelry on the organizer. All DONE!

I love this organizer! It has made my life sooo much simpler and better. AND I actually wear my jewelry now because it’s easy to see, easy to get to and easy to put away. AH-MAY-ZING!

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March 5, 2013 by Krista

Not Just a Cake Mold

Sometimes, I have a hard time getting GatorBoy to eat. He is smack dab in the midst of teething (oh, how I loathe that whole process) and the only thing he will eat is Jell-O! Not much nutritional value… but at least it’s a little something. We have been cutting shapes out of Jell-O with cookie cutters and the boys have een having a total blast with that. Then I found these awesome silicon molds at WholePort Craft Supplies.

I was impressed with their variety of products! Baking supplies, beads and jewelry findings, fabric, molds and other tools and supplies for making soap, paper crafting and more. Prices are great too and shipping is totally reasonable. The only downside is shipping time.

I got one of these fun little truck molds and filled those babies up with some yummy Jell-O and my boys ate it up… literally! Okay, totally corny. But they loved it! I’m super excited to use this with some cake. Cake trucks!? Yum, and my kiddos would just die!

YUM!!

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