Barbie House

I bought this at a yard sale for $4!! I cleaned and sanded it. Then used paint I had leftover from my house and scrapbook paper to wallpaper the walls.

Super Saturday

A "Super Saturday" is a church event where lots of women gather to make things. We also eat, OF COURSE! I used these decorations from my house and made the Pom Poms (that I saved for the Halloween party)

This table was eventually filled with yummy food. The wreath, old window, and glass vase are all from yard sales. The pears I bought at Target last year on clearance. The pumpkins were free from a garden!

Dollar Tree flowers in canning jars with a piece of paper curled inside to hide the stems.

The tissue paper is a clearance buy from Target also.

Halloween Party!

The ghosts are Nutterbutters dipped in white almond bark. The eyeballs are crushed Oreo cookies mixed with cream cheese for the center. Then I dipped them in the white almond bark and used colored chocolate melts to make the "pupil". I also sprinkled red sprinkles for an irritated eye look. The orange pumpkins where just the orange chocolate melts poured into a pumpkin mold.

I copied these pumpkins from the Pottery Barn. I used foam sheets and toothpicks to stick them in the pumpkins.This is a lamp from IKEA that I added to black dots to make it look like a ghost.Disco light that I bought for $.50 at a yard sale.

Black lights that you could barely see.

The Poms are EASY to make. Instructions are found here.
Pom Pom instructions
Pottery Barn pumpkins

Vallances

I made these without any sewing. I used hemming tape to hem the fabric. I used Velcro to attach the fabric to the board. And I used L brackets to attach the boards to the walls. I had extra boards from when my basement was finished. I was inspired by THIS.

Deals

$2

I have been finding some great things lately, but haven't posted many of them because I have them hidden! I am saving them for Birthdays or Christmas. I have also stocked my "prize cupboard" with fun things. But here are some photos of a few things.

Reagan's new shoes were $.50. I love them. (Actually, everything he is wearing is from yard sales.)

I bought six of these old windows for $20. My 4 year old asked me what I was going to do with all those windows. I told her I was going to hang them on the wall. She looked confused. Then said, "And you won't see outside? That is weird." I guess it kind of is, but I am excited about it.

Did any of you listen to Janeen Brady's music when you were little? I found the whole set! The Safety kids, the Stand'n Tall, all of it! I bought it mostly for sentimental reasons. They are old cassette tapes. But the songs have brought back such great memories! When I put the tape in and listened to "See me run" with my kids and kind of teared up. Such sweet songs. I remember "whirling" around to them. Also, look at the right of that picture with all the cutouts. It's Obama! Wow, Janeen was ahead of her time.
A race track that Reagan loves playing with. I can't remember what I paid. It was $1 or $2.

Back to Basic's Night Center Pieces

These center pieces were for our church enrichment activity. It was kind of a back to school night but broader than that to include those with out back to school age kids. We had dinner, a clothes swap, a quilt set up to work on, and mini classes. Some of the classes were:

Quick and easy hair (taught by a gal in the ward who does hair. This was a fun and popular class)
Coupon shopping (taught by two ladies who are experts. They showed us all the cool web sites and tricks)
Back to School tips (taught by a school teacher)
Indexing (taught by some ward members who know how. Our ward has been on fire, indexing over 110,000 names since June 2009. My husband has done nearly 4000 names!)

I also did a display on the stage and forgot to take a picture. I think these center pieces could have been simplified and been just as cute or cuter. I had brainstormed and made a list of all the items that could work. Then I gathered as many as I could find. I used black butcher paper for the chalkboard look. I could have cut up some black poster board if I wanted it to be more substantial. Here is the list of all the items I had thought of.

Lunch boxes

Tins from craft room

School supplies

Old books

Yarn in jars, or buttons or school items

Chalk

Globes

Candles

Wrap books in ribbon

Flowers

Newspaper squares

Or plain newsprint paper stamped big letters & numbers

Peppermint sticks in a jar

Flash cards

Chalk boards

Silhouettes

Black butcher paper for chalk boards/ black poster board cut smaller

Candle sticks

Gimme Five!

I bought this bike this morning for $5!! It didn't even need the tires pumped up. I've had some good luck these last two Saturdays. This morning was pouring rain, but I still had to go. I'm addicted!

Projects to do and finish

I bought fabric to make valances. Need to get it done.

I painted my desk and hutch. I still need to put drawer pulls and fabric on the back of the hutch. Trying to decide.

I need to finish Rylan's baby book. I am hoping to have it done by his birthday in 2 weeks.

I also need to make his first year video. (a tradition I started with my first baby. I didn't realize what I got myself into!) And his first year "quiz".

I also have spent a lot of my thinking time on centerpieces I am in charge of for an upcoming church enrichment activity.

I need to recover the porch swing I posted about right before this post. It is wearing and tearing.

OOHHHH! Abnd I found the perfect idea for my baby boy's room. His walls are still empty. I have dreams of this with this picture:
But, right now, I need to shower!!

My Latest Deal!

Julie, my newest yard sale pal.

This porch swing lays into a bed. It cost $15. I can imagine many memories to come on it. I want to recover it. It is a little worn.

Not sure what to call it.

These are old baby food jars. I spray painted the lids and wrapped paper around them. Then I filled them with candy.

Some Yard Sale Deals

white glass dish $.25, red tray $1.00