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Red, White, and Blue Projects and Recipes– Create and Share!!

Welcome back to our weekly Create & Share Round Up and Link Party!  This week we want to see all your red, white, and blue projects and recipes. Patriotic Wood Blocks by Family Ever After / Firecracker Cake by Love Bakes Good Cakes / American Flag Pallet Art by Mom 4 Real / Star Spangled [...]

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Summer Party Favors– Create and Share!!

 Welcome back to another Create and Share party with AliLily, Cheap Crafty Mama and Happy Go Lucky! Summer is here and along with it comes lots of fun parties where we can cool off with our friends and have fun in the sun!  If you are planning a soiree this summer here are some adorable ideas for favor ideas: [...]

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DIY Water Table

It has been starting to get pretty warm here in Texas but that doesn't change the fact that my little boy wants to be outside all the time.  I think it's great that he loves to play outside and I wanted to encourage his outdoor playtime in the upcoming summer months by setting up a [...]

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Father’s Day Crafts– Create and Share!!

Welcome back to another Create & Share Party with AliLily, Cheap Crafty Mama and Happy Go Lucky! We are so glad you're here! This week we bring you Father's Day Crafts! 1. Father's Day Photo Art 2. Father's Day Tie Rack 3. Tie Key Chain 4. Father's Day Craft Ties 5. Daddy's Car Wash Bucket [...]

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Father’s Day Plaque

I guess you might have already noticed that I am a sucker for handprint/footprint art made by my little guy.  I am blown away by how fast he grows and want to capture every step along the way! This year for fathers day we made this adorablee footprint plaque.  I think it turned out really [...]

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Delicious Frozen Treats– Create and Share!!

Welcome back to another Create & Share Party with AliLily, Cheap Crafty Mama and Happy Go Lucky! It's finally warming up outside so this week we want to share some fun and delicious treats that will keep us cool all summer long! S'mores Milkshake by The Hungry Housewife  /  Strawberry Ice Cream Soda by All [...]

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“P” is for Penguin

For letter "P" we had fun learning about one of our family's favorite birds, the penguin!  We have always loved penguins and recently got to meet one at zoo school: For our "P" craft we made penguins using the foot-prints of both of my boys, I just love the way the turned out! Materials: black, [...]

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Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas– Create and Share!!!

 It's time to show all those teachers out there how appreciated they are!  This week we are celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week with some fabulous gift ideas for all those AMAZING Teachers.  Ok, I'm a little bias since I'm a teacher but it's still fun to see all the creative teacher gift ideas people are sharing. [...]

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“O” is for Owl

We had some sweet friends come over to do some "O" projects with us and we all had a blast! We used paper plates to make these adorable owls: Materials: (to make 1 owl) 3 paper plates (I painted these with spray-paint) colorful feathers glue scissors colorful paper cut into circles (I used scalloped scissors), [...]

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Hand-print Flower Magnet Clips {great gift for Moms!}

This is a fun and cute gift to make with your kids for the special ladies in your life!

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Love Necklace

I wanted to share this sweet necklace that would make a wonderful gift for the ladies in your life!  It would also be great with the word "mom" or a name! Materials: thick silver (or silver-coated) wire thin silver (or silver-coated) wire silver chain- cut into 8" and 6" sections 2 beads (I used a [...]

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Gifts for Moms– Create and Share!!

 Welcome back to another Create and Share party with AliLily, Cheap Crafty Mama and Happy Go Lucky! Mother's Day is just around the corner but you still have time to make some awesome gifts to melt the hearts of the lovely ladies in your life! Here are some great crafty gift ideas: Canvas from My Blessed Life, Tea Cup [...]

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Recycled Projects– Create and Share!!

Happy Earth Day!! In celebration of Earth Day we are having a Recycled Projects Create & Share Party! Here is a round up of some awesome Recycled Projects! 1. DIY Tire Planter 2. Old Shutters Side Table 3. Wall Mounted Old French Door 4. Lace Wrapped Water Bottle Vase 5. Denim Snack Bag 6. Old [...]

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Shrimp Fajitas

Spring is here, the sun is shining, and I'm ready to start cooking dinner outside while watching my boys play in the yard! Here's one of our new favorite dinners that is much easier to make than it looks!  It is very light, fresh, flavorful, and perfect to make for guests. Ingredients: 1 lb. shrimp [...]

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Bathroom Makeovers– “Create and Share”

Don't you just love a great makeover? Today's Create and Share Party is all about bathroom makeovers. Boy Bathroom Before & After by Being Home / Master Bath by Welcome to Heardmont / Framing a Large Mirror by Remodelaholic / Guest Bathroom Makeover by Live Love DIY / Bathroom Makeover by Remodelando La Casa / [...]

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DIY Mirrors – Create and Share!

 Welcome back to another Create and Share party with AliLily, Cheap Crafty Mama and Happy Go Lucky! We love decorating with mirrors because they make rooms feel bigger and brighter!  Today we want to show you some very creative DIY mirrors! Unique Mirror from All Things Thrifty, Chrysanthemum Mirror from Addicted 2 Decorating, Easy Pallet Mirror from Shanty 2 [...]

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“N” is for Noodle Art

For our letter "N" project we dyed noodles and had a lot of fun playing with them and crafting with them! We used the noodles to practice counting and numbers (another great "N" word)... We used a muffin pan to sort them according to their shape or color... And then we made some artwork (with [...]

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Spring Bling GIVEAWAY!

Spring Bling Week has been a blast! I love all the jewelry tutorials my lovely co-hosts shared and I'm definitely inspired to make more jewelry this weekend.A girl can never have too much bling! Have you seen all the fabulous pieces we've shared this week?  Bingo Marker Spoon Pendant by Holly from 504 Main / [...]

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Spring Bling Week– Wire Earrings Tutorial

Welcome to Spring Bling Week!        Holly from 504 Main Kate from Cheap Crafty Mama Kara from Happy Go Lucky  Adrianne from Happy Hour Projects Rebecca from My Girlish Whims Natalie from North Shore Days Amy from One Artsy Mama What better way to welcome spring then with some new bling!! I've teamed [...]

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DIY Flower Planter Ideas– Create and Share!

I am so ready for SPRING!! Did y'all catch last weeks Create and Share Party? It's all about Spring Projects and Crafts! Now that Spring is officially here we are under a FREEZE WARNING tonight!? What the what? I mean, me as in the AliLily portion of this party. I live in Houston....freeze warning.....the last [...]