Dog Costumes!

Ok, let me start this off by saying that I would die of joy if I could dress Becky up! Unfortunately, even though she is the cutest dog in the world, she is full of evil! She is nice one moment and mean the next...so it's impossible. Those pictures below are the closest I'll ever get to putting her in a 'costume', Minnie Mouse ears and a bandana from Petsmart.

 

But below you'll see some pictures of cute dogs who do allow their owners to dress them up!

 

 





Let's Chalk the Talk

Hello fellow Bloggers, Blog readers and Bloggettes! Today I have a very Fun post! Brought to you of course by Pinterest the most amazing site ever! EVER! So I've been obsessing on anything involving CHALK! It's just so much Fun here's my Top 10 Chalk crafts from pinterest:

1. Stair Case Steps

2. Easter Eggs with Chalk paint for Kids to decorate with Chalk

3. Plate turned into a Message Board

4. Framed Chalkboard for Birthday Sign

5. Portraits turned into Message Board for Classroom

6. Chalkboard Calendar

7. Chalk paint Wine Bottles

8. Chalkboard for Tracking pregnancy and even baby after Birth! ♥

9. Mini wood tag packs into Chalk Gift Tags

10. Dresser with Chalkboard doors

I really Love all of these crafts and I wish I’d have the time to create all of them! But since I don’t I’m sharing them .. Maybe they might interest you!

These are some more ROMANTIC ideas for Chalk and Chalk paint usage anything from wooden hearts to thinking clouds painted to leave messages! And with Chalkboard contact paper you can even cut out shapes and stick them on to almost anything like empty jars or even Shelf doors!

  

I have most definitely added these 3 to my Crafty wishlist:

Hope you like this POST .. maybe these images will inspire you and you can come up with Ideas of your own!  As a Tip I would recommend any crafter to use pinterest! I know you that you will turn into a Pin-aholic like me!

Fun and Easy Recipe!

Here's a fun and easy recipe to make Beijinhos - kisses in Portuguese -

 

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for pan
• 1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• sweetened flaked coconut for decorating
• whole cloves for decorating

 Directions

1. Bring milk and butter to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Continue to cook, stirring often, until the milk has reduced to half and thickened, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in the 1/4 cup coconut, and allow to cool a bit before pouring into a buttered bowl. Chill in the refrigerator until cold, about 2 hours.
2. With buttered or oiled hands, form milk mixture into tablespoon-sized balls, and roll in coconut flakes. Stick a clove into each beijinho as decoration.          

                  

 

Enjoy!!!

 

Miss S' Classroom!

So this week I've been very Busy but actually got a lot done! On Monday (Sept.17) tomorrow School begins and my Apple Themed Classroom is all ready for the most special and Welcoming 1st day of School! I Know appled themed Classrooms are very Cliche but I think I did an awesome job making something as common as Apples DIFFERENT!

Here's How my Classroom was Last School year (2011-2012) the Theme was "Sweet Bugs": (And just in case you don't notice ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS I Love Trees) I had a pink tree last year with multicolored leaves!!

And this is this year .. (I change it every year) I had an Apple Tree .. Brown with Yellow, Red, Neon Green and Apple Green leaves:

Here are some Crafting that Happened during this week:

This is a Favorite .. My Window wall sorrounding Apple Tree .. Oh yeah! I have a couch in the classroom which I think is super practical and extremely useful too!

Inspirations: Basic Tree and White and Green Tree

This is the Frame Filled wall .. I spray painted the yellow frames. The green and red ones are covered with fake tinted leather I found in the fabric store! Super Fun!

Inspirations: Vintage painted frames and Kids Playroom wall

Here are 2 very cute Crafts some 1st day of School favors (on the left) made with painted Toilet paper rolls (How cool is that?) and Our classrooms' Felt Photobooth (on the right) in Spanish of course "My first day of Class" (Makes more since in Español)

Inspirations for Favors: Dotted Toilet Roll Box and Kids Playroom wall and for the Class' Photo-booth 1st day of School Booth and Carnival Photo Box

And last but not least one of my most recent obsessions a wreath .. Apple Themed of course!

Inspirations: Crayon wreath, Toilet paper Pillow favor 

And here's Miss S! (Me, lol) Just 1 day away from what I know will be an amazing and very FUN school year! By the way I adore this PURPLE maxi dress my cousin Angelica got for me from her trip to Panama!

Hope you liked this Post .. I was pretty excited to blog about my Classroom and had been holding it up for this day! Enjoy the few hours left of the weekend and Have an amazing rest of the week! Can't believe how fast Time Flies!!

Crafty Ideas

So it's no secret that I'm not the most creative person out there but I loved this blog, The 36th Avenue, the moment I stumbled upon it! It's such a fun blog full of crafty ideas for any occasion.

Here is the link for the blog but more specifically for: '25 Handmade Gifts'.
 

 http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1rfPdh/:Xc-AExd8:blClcbTa/www.the36thavenue.com/2011/11/25-handmade-gifts-under-5.html/

This picture below shows what you can do with spare earrings, make them into cute bookmarks! There's always that one earring that you can't find resulting in a broken pair and you don't know what to do...throw the surviving earring away or keep it? and you always tend to keep it. Now you know what you can do with that lonely earring.

Another great example is the one you'll find below. I love candles, so I thought this idea was great. I really like when candles have prints or phrases on them because it gives them a unique and personalized look.

 

 

 Hopefully you guys will get creative, I'll definitely try to do so. :)

The big "B" ..

I will begin with this ..

This week has been hectic for these two Bloggers .. Luci has been so Full with school work and I have been packed as well with HOMEWORK BOMBING (There's no other name for this madness) and since school starts in a Few days I've also been getting (or at least trying to get) my classroom done (You will get a post this weekend on all the Fun crafting that has been going on in Mrs.S classroom)! On top of having my hands-full with well .. LIFE, I just can't seem to get the big "B" word out of my Head! These last months have been probably filled with MILLIONS and millions of Baby thoughts! I though that once I  got started school and work I wouldn't have time for these THOUGHTS! Don't get me wrong I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A BABY .. But it's so scary to me, because it has become such a huge CRAVING TO ME it worries me! I guess what I'm saying is that letting it out is relieving and comforting .. God's plans are PERFECT and I'm sure that many of you can understand me when I say I'M STILL A HUMAN and on top of that I'm a women! I've been very sentimental and can't seem to get this out of my Head .. SO I WILL ADMIT THIS: I WANT TO BE A MOTHER, I WANT TO HAVE A BABY! I believe that God is involved in everything even in your thoughts .. So I'm sure I'll get this resolved .. in the mean time my plans are to enjoy life! I feel so rich! I have and amazing Family, husband, work, home everything .. And I will NOT ALLOW anything to overshadow how amazing God has been to me! I'm in LOVE with Life, MY LIFE! I'm Blessed! So my point is that 'til I get that miracle I wont let myself worry or be sad about it anymore! I WILL JUST enjoy! I Hope that when you read this it makes you feel as well as it made me feel while writing it!

God Bless & Good night!

Color Palettes!

One of the funnest aspects of planning a wedding is picking out your color palette! The color palette pretty much defines how your wedding is going to look, the theme, centerpieces, bridesmaids' dresses, and more.

You can have fun with your colors because there are so many options. You can go from bright colors like turquoise to a light delicate lavender.

In my wedding there was lots of lilac, rose, and ivory.

-My dress was ivory
-Bridesmaids' dresses were lavender
-Maid of Honor dress was a pale lavender
-Roses in lilac, rose, and ivory filled the room

Meanwhile...in Sirane's wedding:

Was filled with white roses, damask print, black and teal!

-Her dress was ivory
-Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids' dresses were teal
-Flower girl dress was  black with a teal Bow
-White Roses filled the Garden site (Her favorite flower)

I'll leave you with a web site that is dedicated to wedding color palettes, enjoy!

http://www.theperfectpalette.com/