Story-book dress up...

Today the kids are having a Story-book dress up party at school...
I actually forgot all about this until my friend reminded me early this morning.
Well this is what we put together this morning...

Mission decorate and organize!

I decided I'm going to move my craft room out of the laundry room! Tomorrow I will grab a few new shelves and get started on my mission. If anyone has super ideas for organizing and decorating let me know... I'm working with an L shaped room w/ no windows... time to get creative! I can't wait to get started! I've got the spring cleaning bug. We got our garage all cleaned out! Go us! I also have some before pictures I can't wait to share once I have some after pictures to go with them.

I found a really cool blog http://www.tipjunkie.com/. While browsing the site I found the coolest thing I think I've found on the web yet! A guide to chores by age!!! View the chart here.

Well, I'm going to go check out the Northern lights for a few minutes and then get myself in bed.

New stamps and a hairdo...

So I sectioned of hair and braided it so it snaked around her head... Pinned it all up on the side of her head, though I bed it would make a cute side pony if she had more hair...lol.



























I also got a new stamp set... 2step seasons set from stampin up. I kinda made it more than 2 steps though...embossing and using extra colors where I wanted... really cute set though!

Earth Day Cards

In the mood to play with my cricut... and the product of my creativity...
I think I used the Stampin' Solutions, Going places, and Plantin cartridges. The paper was a combination of cardstock and a freebie paper pack with my last Stampin' Up purchase, I think it was called welcome to the neighborhood.

Card #1...

Card #2... This one was made with my friend Courtney in mind... She loves owls...

dustin pike's freebie and another card...

Dustin Pike put up some new freebies to download! He wanted to thank his 1000 followers... visit his blog here and become a follower too!
The 1000 followers freebie set included a cute little bear with wings leaning over a sign... as soon as I saw this picture I thought of a military wife, thus inspiring my most recent card.
I think I will use this card in the Let's Get Cookie Recipe On DDS Challenge Blog
Recipe = DDS Image, 3 Designer Papers, Ribbon, and Bling...
And here is the finished project...


I had a chance to play with my new favorite crafting tools also... my embossing items. I got the versamarker pen out and used it to color in the wings and then added the kaleidoscope embossing powder. I love the Embossing Heat Tool which I got for only a couple bucks using a 40% off coupon at JoAnns.

Inside the card is the Military Spouse's Prayer...


Lord, Give me the strenth of heart to see, The difference in duty and his love for me, Give me the understanding to know, that when duty calls, he must go, give me the patience to know in my heart, that he is serving his country and doing his part, Give me the strength to carry on, when he's working late or must be gone, Give me a task to do each day, to fill the time while he is away, Give me others who can share, the ups and downs and who'll really care, Give me the wisdom to get me through, And Lord, while our family is here, Keep us healthy, safe and ful of cheer.

Military Appreciation Banquet

I don't really have pictures of the banquet itself, but I do have a few pictures of Todd and Myself. Courtney took some cute ones of us and spent the night babysitting for us! Thank you so much Courtney!
The banquet was great, the food was nice, the place was decorated amazing, and we had a lot of fun getting to know the people of Alaska. General Schwartz and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski gave beautiful speeches, as did all the presenters and speakers. The had a beautiful Musical Presentation by the Denali Brass Quintet that also consisted of a slide show of the local military. Drainer was among the pictured in the slide show to represent the weather squadron.
Over all we had a lot of fun... and I had a lot of fun dressing up. Thank you fairbanks for a wonderful evening!

Laundry Simplified?

Purex just sent me a sample of Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry sheets. The first thing I noticed about this product was that it smells great! They sent me the Spring Oasis scent and it smells very clean and floral... even Todd and the kids approved of the scent.
This product is suposed to work by dropping it into the washer with a load of clothes and then putting it in the dryer with the same load. Ultimatly to remove all the messuring, messes, extra bottles and trash, and make my life a heck of a lot easier!
So far, we have a product that is enviromental friendly, simple to use, and smells great!
Now about price. It costs about $8.99 for a starter pack* which is equal to 20 loads. Compare that to a bottle of Purex Laundry detergent for $6.49 (32 loads) and a bottle of Downy Fabric Softener $7.69 (60 loads). This means if you measure your detergent and softener perfectly and get the said number of loads out of each bottle (which I never do) you spend about .33 cents on each load. With the Purex complete 3-in-1 it costs about .45 cents a load. I would spend .11 cents more per load for simplicity! *note that the refill packs contain 24 loads
I have to say I was impressed by the performance of this product... even getting my sons smelliest clothes clean. Overall a great buy... Thanks Purex!

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