Monday, March 12, 2012

Great way to display Photo Greetings


So my OBGYN's office has got the absolute best way to display the babys' birth announcements that they receive from patients. It's a metal Christmas tree with all of these scrolling branches. They just punch a hole in the top corner of each of the announcements and hook them on. This would be amazing for all of the photo greetings you get around the holidays! And look - Chase is still up there almost 2 years later!

I Love these Nails!


This is the third set of Sally Hansen Salon Effects I have done on my nails. I seriously LOVE them! I do a top coat of clear OPI to seal them, and every time they have lasted over 2 weeks. My nails grow out before they start to chip - it's truly amazing! They also help keep my nails strong - I have had no chips while these have been on my nails.

Friday, February 10, 2012

5 years later . . .

When Jackson (our 5 year old) was an infant, I saw somewhere the cutest idea of melting broken crayons into heart shapes for Valentines. I bought the molds way back then, but we had no classmates to make valentines for until last year. We tried to make them last year, but we used cheap Dollar store crayons so they did not color well. Also, I guess my mold was not 100% silicone - be sure to use a mold made for baking in - I had to throw mine away after we were done.


This year we made them with our broken Crayola's, and they turned out much better (except the colors since we only used broken crayons). Jackson also wanted to give his classmates the Star Wars valentines that he picked out, so I suggested we make little envelopes to put them in and stick the heart crayon on the outside of the envelope.


I read a couple of blogs that suggested using double sided sticky foam squares to stick the crayons on the paper, but the crayons were too waxy - it was a waste of $4. I ended up using a hot glue gun - it melted the back of the crayon heart just enough that it bonded to the hot glue & the paper.


We used Star Wars stickers on the back to seal the little envelopes - I think they turned out pretty cute.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Sally Hansen Salon Effects


Sally Hansen Salon Effects - I LOVE these! This is my second set - I just took the first ones off this morning after 19 days on my fingers. They held up really well, but my nails were growing so much that they started to look funny. They are a film of actual nail polish that you smooth onto your nails. They are not fake nails & they are not stickers. They are the best thing I have used so far. I do recommend a good clear topcoat over them, though. They come off with regular nail polish remover. When you take them off you can see that they are printed nail polish film. I would love to be able to personalize a set of these - your own printed designs - I wonder if that will ever be possible???

Fun with Instagram


Just thought this was a fun picture - taken at Chili's while waiting to be seated