4th of July decorations d.i.y.

Twig & Thistle is one of my favorite blogs ever. Click here for their templates of the straw and match embellishments shown above.

DIY 4th of July pin Wheels from another favorite blog, love the day. Click here for a tutorial.

I love the Abraham Lincoln popcorn! These images are from Indie Spotting and I love all these ideas. The only downfall is that you have to pay for these templates, but if I needed to I wouldn't mind helping a young business owner by purchasing one.

I love this banner, so shabby chic. This is from Alphamom.

Another favorite blog of mine is say yes to hoboken, you can find this tutorial there.

v-day freebies part 2

I found some more free printables yesterday. Max and I were on the computer trying to find some "boy" valentines, he liked the robots but the pirates are still his favorite.

the black apple

my personal fave

kaden's corner

the long thread

maquette

ckligore on flickr

bunny cakes

tip: I didn't know this so maybe you didn't either. But did you know that Costco will refill your ink cartridges for $7.99 a piece? Now I only have to spend $15 instead of $45 to refill my printer. It makes projects like this much more cost effective, which is what we all love, right.

v-day freebies

So I am not officially back into the blog game, but I am on the search for some fun free printables for Valentine's Day. I love making them with Max for his class. Here are some I've found that I really like:

rubber punkin

a fanciful twist

givers log

the project girl

These are the valentines I printed off last year. Max really liked the pirate ones. :) They looked really cute with a heart shaped lollypop attached.

go here for the pdf to print them out

free printables...i live for these

As I was browsing some of my favorite graphic design blogs I found these free printables here at How about orange who found them here at Download & Print.

I love free printables, I am sitting here thinking if there is anything I could use them for? Just download onto your computer, put in your own information and print!

quick & easy project...

Here is a cool project from the graphics fairy...love her stuff. And perfect for Easter if you are sending out cards.
Go here for more instructions.

Graphic Fairy does it again...

So this weekend has pretty much been a bummer. Madeline, Henry and now ME has caught Max's cough (although it isn't a "croupy" cough) but it is still very annoying and keeps us all from sleeping.

It is still cold outside, although the sun did shine a little. So you can imagine my joy when I looked at Graphic Fairy's blog and saw this absolutely beautiful, free printable graphic. It really brightened my weekend just looking at it.

If you'd like to download it go here. I know I will download it, now if only I could put it on a pillow or shirt or something. I'm sure they make some gizmo to do that with somewhere.

Valentine's Cards

I just returned from Max's V-day class party. It was so much fun, great job party organizer, MaryElla! The kids were saying it was the best party they had ever been too. ;) For Valentine's I found these awesome free printable v-day cards for boys from Simply Handmade. I just loved them so we printed them out, added a red heart lollipop et voila! You can get the template here for these valentine's, they also have darling ones for girls.

free printable Valentine design!

I was browsing the many blogs on "my idea blogs" list and found this free printable valentine goodie bag at a blog I love, called how about orange.

This is a design from Twig & Thistle (love this blog as well). To get this free download go here. I am in love with it. You could use it for a goodie bag or even a card.