How cute are these?

I was browsing through some of the things on Etsy (I just love that place) and came across these.

Are those the cutest things ever, or what?

They are sold in this shop.


I don't even know how much they cost, what else she has in her shop, or anything else. lol I just saw them, thought they were adorable, and had to share.


I only wish I knew anyone that was still having babies!!

It's the little things.....

Do you find that sometimes the silliest little things can make you just giddy?


That's what happened when I saw this cute little whisk.

Can you see the little hearts?

And it's small.....maybe 6 inches long? I just think it's adorable.

Of course all three of my girls think it's super cute too. It's my son and my husband that think I'm nuts. LOL

But, hey, if a $1 purchase can thrill me then that should make every one's life easier, right? How about you? Do you get giddy over silly little things like this?

Quick finish

I promise that I really am working on things, even if it has been a little slow here on the blog.

I had a few orders from whoopdwhoop that I had to get done. One of them was for felt bow-tie pasta and the other was for the name shirts that I make.

Here's a picture of the shirt.

She was hoping for a dark purple shirt but would be happy with white if I couldn't find one. Obviously I couldn't find one. And I would have thought that would be easy since the local high school's colors are purple and white. I was clearly wrong!! I went to just about every store in town and couldn't find a dark purple shirt. I'm sure the one store I didn't go to has an overstock of them and has marked them down to clearance prices. lol

For the love of cookies

...and easy cookies are even better!!

I bake cookies every morning to put in my children's lunches. They each get two cookies so one batch of dough will last for the week.

If I made all of the cookies at once, there wouldn't be any left by day 2!!

I know I've posted about the recipe using a cake mix before (one box cake mix, 1/2 cup oil, and 2 eggs--that's it!!) but they're sooooo versatile that I couldn't help bring it up again.

For these I used a red velvet cake mix and white chocolate chips.

Talk about good!!

New bracelet

I made this cute bracelet in a jiffy to wear at Addison's soccer tournament this weekend.

It's made from a strip of fabric cut from an old t-shirt and some pony beads. And when I say quick, I mean it. It took longer to string the beads than it did to crochet the bracelet. lol

You can see the tute for it over at The Stuff of Success.

She knotted hers together at the ends but I just left mine so that I could tie it in a bow when I wear it.

And, although it did look super cute and I got lots of complements, it didn't bring Addison's team any luck on the field. They lost all three games. As a matter of fact, they didn't even manage to score once over the weekend. *sigh*

Something else....

I've decided to participate in a stitch along over at Feeling Stitchy (like I need something else on my 'to do' list.)


But I can't help myself!! Look how cute this pattern is:

Click on over to her site and download the free pattern and join in!!

Mug set

I made the mug mat for this set quite some time ago. It's part of a craft pay-it-forward that I decided to participate in at the beginning of the year. But after I got the mat finished I didn't know what else to make to go with it.

Why it took me so long to think of making a cozy with more fabric from that collection, I may never know. I guess things just come to me sloooowwwwly sometimes. lol I mean, it's not like I haven't read a lot of blogs with lots of people making these. It just didn't click for me.

But once it did finally click, it only took about 30 minutes to knock this one out.

 I love this button. It's from a tin of really old buttons from an estate sale that a friend of mine bought for me.

I didn't have any coordinating elastic so I dug around a little. I had these little strips that I had cut from an old pair of my girls' tights (I use them to twist their hair up to curl it) and decided it would be perfect. It's got plenty of stretch but is nice and soft too.

Here's the mat, again.

 And the set together.

I'm putting it in the mail today. I hope she likes it!!