tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47833256035184898442024-02-21T04:56:24.184-08:00Honey Bee Buzz2 Craftin Mommas - sharing their love of crafts, cooking, baking and parenting. Stay, relax a while, and catch up on our buzz.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-75737062296197657402013-06-08T08:51:00.001-07:002013-06-08T08:51:15.734-07:00Bellin Run as Wonderwoman. 50 Running Songs to get me pumped!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today is the Bellin Run. My friend Amber and I are running it. After giving up on the idea of running as Snow White, I decided I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I found a running shirt for sale at Walmart. Less than $8 later (for <b>all</b> the material I needed!) and encouragement and lots of help from my crafty friend Sarah, I am ready to rumbo. </div>
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In order to gear up for the run, I made sure to have my phone full of all kinds of music. I put together my Bellin playlist. I'm not sure I'm going to love all of these while running, but this is what I have:</div>
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112- Dance with me</div>
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Daft Punk- Get Lucky</div>
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Nappy Roots- Aw Naw</div>
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B.O.B. - Both of us</div>
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Busta Rhymes- Break ya Neck</div>
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Krewella- Can't Control Myself</div>
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Macklemore - Cant Hold Us</div>
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D-12- Purple Hills</div>
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Daft Punk - Around the world</div>
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Daft Punk - One more time</div>
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Daft Punk vs Benny Benassi - Put your hands up for technology</div>
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Ke$ha - Die Young</div>
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DMX- Party Up</div>
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Jessie J - Domino</div>
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Justin Timerberlake- Don't hold the wall</div>
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Eminem- Till I collapse</div>
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Enrique Inglesisas - I like it</div>
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Flogging Molly- Irish Pub Song</div>
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Flogging Molly - Seven Deadly Sins</div>
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Nelly- Here comes the Boom</div>
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Mumford & Sons- I will Wait</div>
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Icona Pop- I love it</div>
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Pitbull - International Love</div>
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Fun. - It Gets Better</div>
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Run DMC- It's Tricky</div>
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PCD- Jai Ho</div>
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J.Lo- Let's Get Loud</div>
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Ke$ha - Crazy kids</div>
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Justing Timberlake- Let the groove get in</div>
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Chris Brown- Look at me now</div>
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Selena Gomez - Love you like a love song</div>
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Mariah Carey ft O.D.B. - Fantasy</div>
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Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch- Good Vibrations</div>
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Cassie - Me & U</div>
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Michael Jackson- Beat it</div>
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N Sync- Bye Bye Bye</div>
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Missy Elliot - Lose Control</div>
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Dada Life- Rolling Stone T-Shirt</div>
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Outkast- Roses</div>
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Salt-N-Pepa - Push it</div>
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LMFAO- Sexy and I know it</div>
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Shakira- Hips Don't lie</div>
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Sir Mix A Lot- Baby got Back!</div>
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Outkast- So Fresh and So clean</div>
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Katy Perry - The one that got away</div>
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Will Smith- Switch</div>
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Will.i.am. - Check it out</div>
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J.Cole- Work Out</div>
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Yolanda Be Cool- We No Americano</div>
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My sister and I have been working on cutting out our 2.5" squares. We both want to make some version of the Postage Stamp Quilt. While this is a lot of fun, and a huge project I might add, the quilts need thousands of these little squares. I mean, LOTS of squares. Since I want my quilt to have as little amount of duplicates as possible, I recently signed up for my very first swap! Tiffany and I got together and cut out some fabric that we will be swapping towards the end of this month. Then, I saw <a href="http://pnksweethrt.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-25-inch-squares.html">this</a> post and knew I <i>had</i> to join in! </div>
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Check out this blog for this awesome swap! This great swap lets you swap to multiple people and that way you only need 50 fabrics enough to cut out 5 of these little "candy" size squares! Please join up! <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my favorite banana bread adapted from Betty Crocker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Move oven rack to lowest or second to lowest position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of pan of two 8 inch loaf pans or one 9 inch. (or muffin tins)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Mix sugar and butter together until well mixed. Add in eggs and stir until well mixed. Add bananas, vanilla, and buttermilk. Mix until well blended. Add flour, soda, and salt until just mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Divide between pans</span></div>
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Bacon Potato Chowder (adapted from cdkitchen.com)</div>
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I have seen all over pinterest lately baked potato soup. But I didn't want a soup base. I wanted something oh so creamy. I found it, and then of course made it my own. Also, this is a one pot meal. Here we go:<br />
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1 pound bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces</div>
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1 cup chopped onions</div>
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2 cloves garlic minced</div>
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4 cups diced potatoes</div>
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2 cups water (I used 2 1/2 c.)</div>
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I tried this out with my son's birthday party on Saturday and I think the kids loved it. It was easy to set up and easy to get through (he turned 3) but I think we will definitely be trying this one again. (The pictures should link you to the websites)</div>
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One pot macaroni and cheese. Delicious!</div>
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Jesse and I made this simple cards to send off to both sets of grandparents. </div>
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Cookie Dough Egg Roll. Good. But I didnt cook them right. Tried again with marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips. That was pretty good too.</div>
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Now you can see why I love pinterest. I actually try recipes that I bookmark. and I get to look back and see pictures of the things I want to do with the kids. and do it. So, if you aren't already addicted to pinterest, let me know. You can get invited and start pinning!!!</div>
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-64760260689021895092011-07-09T21:23:00.000-07:002011-07-09T21:23:11.849-07:00Quilting Group<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was my first quilt. And my only quilt. I didn't really have to learn a lot. Just cut a bunch of rectangles, sew them into strips, and then sew white strips in between and around. I really enjoyed making this quilt.</div>
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Yesterday, the ladies group at church (Relief Society) had a quilt group night. I was a bit nervous for a couple reasons. </div>
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We were learning a Woven Twist Block. A whaty-what what? We learned how to do a partial seam and this is how my block turned out:</div>
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Its a little ske-wompy, but I was mostly happy with how it turned out. I used fabric from my stash. (you might notice the brown fabric is the binding in the first quilt). </div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-6688885861859964962011-07-04T07:52:00.000-07:002011-07-04T07:52:55.531-07:00Winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Md4C58pjxjY/ThHTXpii-5I/AAAAAAAAB1E/EJp8Ob57mt4/s1600/4th-of-July-05.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Md4C58pjxjY/ThHTXpii-5I/AAAAAAAAB1E/EJp8Ob57mt4/s320/4th-of-July-05.gif" width="320" /></a>'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now, for the winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drumroll please!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations to Katie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9wQE09PCKms/ThHTb9MGzSI/AAAAAAAAB1I/vik4ApNJFjU/s1600/katiewinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="63" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9wQE09PCKms/ThHTb9MGzSI/AAAAAAAAB1I/vik4ApNJFjU/s400/katiewinner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~Melissa and Tiffany</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-58171174156395327122011-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:002011-06-29T11:25:12.541-07:00Loving Summer - In Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMBuvIceK1nFVTAzeFEMNhqKkucU9stjZkRLscTzFZB1BgAsj_nmboDXrv82t3yPbfRmCqXuIzfz3jjR5pSfqC1bkEtrVE3nRRAlECL75702cGmJaLNa4xEDHaC6eZb5B3shLFpvUYE/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMBuvIceK1nFVTAzeFEMNhqKkucU9stjZkRLscTzFZB1BgAsj_nmboDXrv82t3yPbfRmCqXuIzfz3jjR5pSfqC1bkEtrVE3nRRAlECL75702cGmJaLNa4xEDHaC6eZb5B3shLFpvUYE/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a lot of this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g8rsLyja77k/Tgfxlu0BDPI/AAAAAAAAB0g/obPKnhEJCa4/s1600/IMG_2343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g8rsLyja77k/Tgfxlu0BDPI/AAAAAAAAB0g/obPKnhEJCa4/s320/IMG_2343.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a lot of this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and WAY too much of this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zQF-BQductA/TgfyL8Ad-2I/AAAAAAAAB0o/_9SRIiSdK40/s1600/IMG_2419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zQF-BQductA/TgfyL8Ad-2I/AAAAAAAAB0o/_9SRIiSdK40/s320/IMG_2419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and about 2,300 miles. We arrived! We moved to Wisconsin and now we are unpacking, looking for jobs, and trying not to get lost around our new neighborhood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The good news is that Tiffany and I like about 6.5 minutes away from each other. With "traffic". Hee Hee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Comment on this post. Say: Congrats on the big move and good luck unpacking!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Let us know if you follow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. Follow <a href="http://pnksweethrt.blogspot.com/">Tiffany's other Blog</a> and let us know here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. For three additional entries <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/2craftycuties">buy something from our etsy shop</a>. (We are working on a bag pattern and the shop will have more items for sell in the next month or so)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will ship to U.S. and Canada (if the strike ends of course :D). Please either leave your email or make sure it is attached to your blog account. The giveaway will close Sunday July 3rd, just to make sure you have time to enter. Good Luck everyone! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Fathers day from our families to yours.</div>Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710797932239864959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-35542415875178603812011-05-30T14:32:00.000-07:002011-05-30T14:32:12.941-07:00Giveaway WinnerIs number 2 - Cambric! Congrats!<br />
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Make sure to get your entering fingers ready for next month. I'm debating between a purse, or a clutch. Any preferences?? :DTiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710797932239864959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-90992978476457734712011-05-26T06:19:00.000-07:002011-05-30T14:31:26.319-07:00Monthly Giveaway #1 - CLOSEDHello! Happy Friday! Today, we are having our first monthly giveaway! It's easy peasy to enter, and here is what is up for grabs:<br />
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A crocheted flower with a scrubbie center, and a crocheted dishcloth. Both are handmade by me. :D<br />
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~Tiffany and Melissa~Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710797932239864959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-50555895881773339962011-05-25T14:10:00.000-07:002011-05-25T14:10:21.733-07:00MovingMy lovely sister, Melissa, is moving closer to me! About 5 minutes away from the now 3000 miles!! I am so excited! We will have some lovely crafting time in a couple of weeks. To celebrate this, I think we will be starting a *giveaway* tradition. A once a month thing. So check back tomorrow - you don't wanna miss it! :D<br />
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Love to all the followers!!<br />
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_Tiffany_Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710797932239864959noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-2975532653305786832011-05-23T10:13:00.001-07:002011-05-23T10:13:44.408-07:00Bells<div><p>Love these in the garden! </p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is my latest project! <a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/projectdetail.jsp?pageName=search&PRODID=prod180016">The pattern is from Joann's</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I return to work on Wednesday from the best 10 weeks of maternity leave ever. sigh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I am breastfeeding, I have to pump at work. With my first child, I would just take a brown paper bag to store the milk in the fridge so that no one could see it. But sometimes the bag would get wet and the bag would just fall apart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to whip up this quick bag. I skipped the insul-bright because the bag would be straight in the refrigerator after I pumped, and because my commute from work is ten minutes, so I didn't need the extra lining. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used the cow fabric from my stash. Thought it was cute. Kind of letting everyone know not to open my bag in the fridge! :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Number and Alphabet Flash Cards made by <a href="http://notesfromaveryredkitchen.blogspot.com/">Katie</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FromTheRedKitchen">Check them out in her shop here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She just added the Colors set and Shapes set. I bought those today and can't wait to print them out. At $3 a PDF set, they are a steal of a deal! You can print them out as many times as you want and get your kids to learning! :D </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I stole the pictures above from <a href="http://notesfromaveryredkitchen.blogspot.com/">her blog</a>, so stop by and take a look around. You might just fall in love like I did! And hopefully those of you that have a toddler will go take a look at the awesome flash cards too!</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-19405533793751737612011-03-27T17:24:00.000-07:002011-03-27T17:24:13.744-07:00My New ToyDoes this mean my crafting might suffer? Maybe. But I think it's more like - another creative outlet can only help. Isn't that how it works?? ;)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The book is called <a href="http://kristendukephotography.com/">Say No to Auto</a>! and you can buy your own copy <a href="http://kristendukephotography.com/">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been a bit terrified of switching to the manual mode on my camera because I don't know what I am doing. I do know that I just have the "kit" lens, and I still have a lot to learn, but today was my first day. I said No to auto. I just did what Kristen suggests. I took a couple of pictures and didn't worry what they looked like, but rather just played with my settings. Here are some of the pictures. We had a bit of a rough potty training day, so we stayed indoors near the window instead of finding open shade outside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are two straight out of camera from AUTO:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lQ_111tj730/TYA0z1hMxVI/AAAAAAAABwc/oRQPpYND_0c/s1600/IMG_1195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lQ_111tj730/TYA0z1hMxVI/AAAAAAAABwc/oRQPpYND_0c/s320/IMG_1195.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w0j-TxNZNH4/TYA08XK1flI/AAAAAAAABwg/-3TKt7XP3F4/s1600/IMG_1200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w0j-TxNZNH4/TYA08XK1flI/AAAAAAAABwg/-3TKt7XP3F4/s320/IMG_1200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here are two straight out of camera on MANUAL:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c7NRExTPYQs/TYA1IU8K4sI/AAAAAAAABwk/wk88KOwLlPU/s1600/IMG_1194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c7NRExTPYQs/TYA1IU8K4sI/AAAAAAAABwk/wk88KOwLlPU/s320/IMG_1194.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These reflect more of a true coloring of what she was looking like. I still have lots to learn, but it was fun experimenting today. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-17985228199899457612011-03-14T19:15:00.001-07:002011-03-14T19:15:31.927-07:00Quilt in progress<div><p>For a baby in our ward,  kurt and I worked on this together. Will be perfect for the family. :-) </p>
<p>Tiffany </p>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks friends!</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086614242508809967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783325603518489844.post-74862192112409285802011-03-08T07:21:00.001-08:002011-03-08T07:24:43.518-08:00Yummy cookies<div>That's right, cookies for breakfast. But they have Oatmeal so it's okay. Harriet homemaker shared this <a href="http://harriethomemakerstrikesagain.blogspot.com/2011/03/tasty-tuesday-amys-sloppy-joes.html">recipe</a> and I had to try them. Yum! <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnksweethrt/5455479807/" title="Baby Smooches by PnkSweetHrt, on Flickr"><img alt="Baby Smooches" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5455479807_6f36e21c60.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnksweethrt/5456091380/" title="Chuck n Eleanor by PnkSweetHrt, on Flickr"><img alt="Chuck n Eleanor" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5171/5456091380_455e9f56f0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnksweethrt/5455479785/" title="Missy and Eleanor by PnkSweetHrt, on Flickr"><img alt="Missy and Eleanor" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5455479785_431fd46fd4.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Isn't she a cutie? And Missy was right! She was a good solid 8 lbs plus!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710797932239864959noreply@blogger.com3