Whats for Dinner?

Have you entered This Giveaway yet?? If not, you only have 1 more day!


I hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

I did!

I have decided that I am going to become more organized! 

Technically it is still in *The Works*, but you know!

Eventually I will have meals planned for the week, grocery lists made in advance, chores organized (you know the house wife dream)

Well since i'm STILL working on that, I have been pondering over what to fix for supper tonight..

When I cam across this lovely picture:

Source: thecurvycarrot.com via Mandy on Pinterest

Do these not look delish?? I immediately knew what I was going to fix!

These!

So now I am off to cook dinner, and attempt these yummy Mac and Cheese pies!

Did I mention that I have a love affair with Mac and Cheese? Nope, not yet? 

Well I do! I love anything to do with Mac and Cheese!

Yummy!

Friday Favorites!

There are SO many interesting ideas and crafts out there that inspire each and every one of us! I know I see so many out there daily looking at the blogs that I follow, pinterest or even in stores. I see something that I like and I so want to make it! There's just not enough time to recreate all these awesome ideas, so every Friday I have decided that I will start posting my favorites! I will create a theme and then share what I find with all you guys!
*You can find me on Pinterest here*

Today's theme is

Alphabet!!

There are so many things out there created using the alphabet so lets get started sharing!

                                          Source: ohdeedoh.com

I love this idea for a playroom! It's so creative and it brings in different elements along with the  Alphabet!!

Source: ramblyblog.com

            I just love the little bee in this picture, it just adds cuteness to it! :)

Source: designspongeonline.com

I like how you have to look closely at this picture to see the alphabet! Very creative!

 chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com

These would be a really cute way to show your toddler the ABC's! So cute, I want to make some of my own for my daughter!

Source: stitchedincolor.com

                    I just love this quilt! This would be perfect for a boys room!

Source: 

                    And this pillow would be the perfect gift for a teacher!

               Well that's it for this week! Hope you enjoyed all my favorites!

              Also don't forget about my giveaway post here, make sure you enter!

                   Have a good weekend!!

Giveaway Time!!

So I told all you who love to Scrapbook that I had an awesome surprise for you!! Well here it is!! But it's not only for scrapbookers, but anyone!

I was approached by My Memories, a digital scrapbooking website, which, once I started looking around, found it to be awesome! They offered me a copy of their program to try out and to give one away to one of my lucky readers! 
(Eek! It's my first sponsored giveaway, yay!!)

Not only is My Memories easy to use, but it is also rated #1 by Amazon and Top Ten Reviews! I have always wanted to get into scrapbooking, but I was afraid of adding even more stuff to my "collection"(which my husband secretly HATES, he won't tell me, but I know he does hehe), so when I looked around this website I thought it would be perfect! Everything is digital! 


Once I downloaded the program, I began right away! It was just so easy to use that I was able to jump right in. Here are a few pages I created with this program, but the possibilities are pretty much limitless!!

 This page I created with a blank page and added my own designs

This one I created with one of their quirky templates, I liked it and all it took was a couple seconds to add in the pictures!

You can even make invitations!!


The possibilities are pretty much endless with this program!


So now for the good part!
How to enter!
1st (for the mandatory part):
-Go to the My Memories website and have a look around! Then come back here and leave a comment letting me know what your favorite pack or layout is.


Extra Entries (Yay!)
Leave a seperate comment for each extra entry here!

• Follow mndy.made (this blog :)
• Follow mndy.made on FaceBook (here)
• Follow My Memories Blog (here)
• Follow My Memories on FaceBook (here)
• (That is 5 entries total!!)

The Giveaway ends on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 9pm EST

Please make sure to leave your email so that I am able to get a hold of you if you win! You wouldn't want to loose out on this awesome prize, now would you?


So in case you can't  wait  for the winner to be announced because you want to get started right now, My Memories was awesome enough to give mndy.made readers $10 off of the price of the software, PLUS a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store! Click here  and click add to cart and enter this code STMMMS56758, if I were you I would totally copy and paste that code so you won't miss anything :)


Good Luck!
*I was given a copy of this software to review and all the opinions in this post are completely my own*

Rose Ring Tutorial!

I don't know about you guys, but this past weekend seemed to last FOREVER..

I hope you all had an awesome Labor Day weekend!


During this LONG weekend I created a couple little rings for MYSELF :)
I just couldn't help it, I thought these were so cute I had to make a few for me!!

 I think it's very Cute! The possibilities for these are endless! You could add them to a headband, make a necklace and pin... Just think!


Now... Would you like to know how to make these??
Well, here's your chance!


What you will need:
2-10" strips of Ric Rac: (I tried with different sizes of it and the medium size seemed to work the best)
Matching thread
Hot Glue
Blank Ring
Scissors

Cut the ric rac into 2 10" strips

Twist the ric rac together like so (I used a hair clip to hold one end together for me)

Now sew the bottom half of the ric rac together (I would normally use coordinating thread, but for this tutorial I used darker so you would be able to see it)

Take it and start rolling it together, I used a little dot of hot glue every now and then to make sure it would stay together

When you come to the end tuck it under and hot glue it!

When you are finished rolling it, you will have this

Now if you like it like this you can leave it, but I wanted my flower to bloom.

I started with the ends and pushed the petals down so that the flower looked like it had bloomed

I glued a little circle of felt to the bottom of it and then glued it on the pad of the ring, you don't have to glue the felt on, I just like to for looks.

And now you have your Rose Ring!

Have fun creating with these!

I'll see you guys tomorrow!

*I will have these available in my store this weekend!*

September and Such!

So September here we are! Time for fall, new school years and (most importantly) new s(c)h(ool) clothes! If you're anything like me you like to revamp old things and make them new again :)

I just love taking old things and revamping so they look new again. It makes me feel better, because I am saving money and giving things a new life!

And I LOVE saving money!

(It makes me feel better about spending money on those cute little fabrics!)

So whenever I can I love making things new again. Just like here:

Isn't the pleated collar so cute?!

I think it is! :)

I took this plain old short sleeve shirt and with a little bit of fabric and...

 tada..

Totally new shirt!

Would you like to revamp an old shirt that is hiding in your daughter's closet??

Well here's your chance!

(Now you can stop making excuses :) This only took me 10 minutes tops!)

I took a piece of fabric that could wrap around the collar of the shirt 3 times and was 2 inches wide

I then serged around the edges (If you don't have a serger you can just do a tight zig zag stitch around) to keep it from fraying

Then I started at the top of one of the left shoulder seam and went around pinning the fabric in pleats all the way until I get to the other shoulder seam.

Now I know that it has only been 5 minute since you started the project, but it's time to take it to your sewing machine :)

Again I started at the right shoulder seam and sewed to the other shoulder seam, also don't forget to backstitch at the beginning and the end!

And there you have it!

 A brand new shirt for your little using things you have laying around!

I can't believe that it is already September! I can't wait for fall, it is my favorite season! And with fall comes my favorite holiday.. Halloween!!!

I just LOVE Halloween!

Oh, yea! Watch for plenty Halloween tutorials coming up soon as well!!