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Happy Anniversary Mr. Wonderful

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ami Posted in Alice Marie 6 Comments

9 years ago today I married my very own Mr. Wonderful, my Prince Charming, my Noah ( I know a bunch of you just got that one!) 9 years ago today I married David, my “Happily Ever After”

9 years later I’m happier than I ever dreamt I would be. He is a wonderful husband, father and provider. He is more than all the prayers I ever prayed. 9 years later we have the most amazing, wonderful, smart, funny, sweet, silly and beautiful lil girl.

Those are her very first school pictures. Aren’t they fantastic!! I just love her so much!! Her poses are so great! Did you see her princess poses she did for my Princess Crafts Post? You have to check them out!!

Speaking of my Alie… I snapped this picture of her in front of a huge Titanic poster because 14 years ago her daddy took me to see the Titanic for our very first date!!

And speaking of the Titanic, have you seen these? HA!

Yep….there was room for you Jack!

Well, I’m off to go enjoy my anniversary!

Thanks for stopping by!

20 Great Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ami Posted in Craftyness, Featured, I found Awesomeness, Tutorials 13 Comments

Teacher Appreciation Week is from May 7th till May 11th this year. This is the first year my Alice has teachers and the first year I get to create some teacher appreciation gifts with her. I am SO EXCITED! I love, LOVE her teachers. I love everyone at her school! I googled ideas for gifts to make and found so many amazing ideas. I just HAD TO share them with y’all!

You’ll need all the names of the students in the class for this one. See more about this cute idea at Plum Adorable.

I love this crayon monogram from While They Snooze.

Beach towel, sunscreen, magazine and a snack make up this cute gift idea from The Rachel Berry Blog.

Find out how to make this sweet pencil vase at Saga of The Southwicks.

Or you can make it with colored pencils!

You can find the cute printable for this adorable gift idea at Domesticated Lady.

You will also find this cute Smore’s gift idea at Domesticated Lady.

This is just one of several cute ideas at Eighteen 25.

Kim with Today’s Creative Blog was a guest at Skip To My Lou. Click here to see how she made this cute teacher subway art.

I have one of these cups and I LOVE IT! See more about this great idea from Lisa Storms here.

There are a lot of great ideas at Little Pumpkin Grace, including this adorable Sharpies and Smarties idea.

At Fiskars you will find another group of great teacher appreciation gift ideas.

These printable flashcards from Urban Bliss are so cute. You can purchase the pdf file which includes a personalized thank you card here.

I just LOVE this cute teacher appreciation potted plant idea from Giggles Galore. Read how to make one yourself here.

Cindy with Skip To My Lou had the Eighteen 25 girls stop by and show us how to make this cute count down frame.

Also from the Eighteen 25 girls is a tute on how to make this cute teacher subway art.

This candy gram pail with ADORABLE poem is so cute!! Check it out at Simply Savvy.

Read about how this sweet frame was made at Call My Crafty.

I have another Skip To My Lou guest blogger idea here. Becky with Ucreate shows us how to make this cute teacher’s cap using a Silhouette.

Then Kari from Ucreate stopped by Skip To My Lou and posted a tutorial for this adorable gardening gift.

To see all the great teacher appreciations gift ideas at Skip To My Lou click here!

There is also a great list of teacher appreciation gift ideas at Lil Luna.

Have you given or made teacher appreciation gifts before? What did you give or make? I would LOVE to hear your ideas.

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Easy Tutu Tutorial and 10 Princess Crafts

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Ami Posted in Alice Marie, Craftyness, Featured, I found Awesomeness, Silhouette, Tutorials 19 Comments

It’s National Princess Week! Did you know that? As a mother of a princess I feel terrible that I didn’t. So, my appoligies for this being a little late as princess week is already in full swing.

Now, it’s the First Annual National Princess Week, so we are excused a little bit for not knowing ahead of time. I thought it might be fun to find some crafts for Alie and I to do. I wanted a share some of the fun stuff I found. But first up, let me show y’all how to make a simple quick tutu that is PERFECT for Princess Week!

Here is what you need:

tulle

thick elastic

scissors

Cut tulle into strips. Mine here are about 25 inches and I used 3 strips at a time.

Find the middle of your tulle and wined around your first two fingers like this.

Grab your elastic band.

Place the tulle you’re holding underneath the elastic band like this.

Pull the ends up and catch them with your first two fingers, right in front of the loop.

Pull the ends thru the loop.

Then pull it tight to create a knot. The elastic tends to roll when you do this. It’s so biggie just flatten it out. Repeat this for all the strips you have.

And…. VIOLA! You have a fun tutu!!

Those are her princess poses! Too cute, right?

I also found these cute crafts to try…

Princess Tiara Tutorial @ Lu Bird Baby

Also at Lu Bird Baby is a tutorial for that adorable wand.

There is a great step by step tutorial on how to make this castle from cardboard, paper towel rolls and cereal boxes here at All Crafts.

At Crafts by Amanda you’ll find a tutorial for this cute Cardboard Princess Bracelet.

Check out the tutorial for this foam tiara here.

We found these cute paper dolls with Silhouette cutting tutorial at Finding Time to Create.

I can’t wait to try this cute Heart String Wand Tutorial from Dear Lizzy.

You can also print out dozens of princess coloring pages here.

They also have a lot of cut and create printables.

So there you have it! Have fun creating and celebrating princess week!

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Are you going to SNAP?!?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ami Posted in Craftyness, Featured, Jewelry 14 Comments

Are you heading to the Snap Conference ? If so, I am INSANELY JEALOUS!! No really….I am. I really wanted to go. My sister-in-law, Emily isn’t just going, she is a speaker!

BUT…being that I just can’t make it THIS YEAR (did you hear that silent yet in there?) and I LOVE Snap and all the Snap team, I just HAD to contribute some how. So……

I made this…..

It’s for a giveaway being held during the conference. I can’t wait to find out who wins it.

It consists of a “evening” set

“day” set

did you notice??? The day set is made in the Snap colors!! Alie helped me find the colors at the bead store too!!

and a “beach” or “lake” set.

After I made these beauties I needed something nice to package them in. So, I made these cute boxes.

What do y’all think?? I sure hope the winner loves them!! I would LOVE to hear all about your trip if you’re going!!

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