New in the shop Let it Go necklace

Sometimes you just need to let it Go! Leave the distressful things of your past behind you. This dainty piece holds a powerful message.

The Let it go necklace is a 5/8th inch sterling silver round disc that has been hand stamped in lowercase font and includes snowflake stampings, each snowflake is unique and one of a kind so yours may look different than the one pictured. The necklace also includes two swarovski crystals, clear and light blue. All charms hang on your choice of either a 16 or 18 inch sterling silver bead ball chain. {ALL COMPONENTS ARE STERLING SILVER INCLUDING THE RINGS}

You can find the Let it Go necklace HERE

Minecraft Birthday Party Ideas

I have been meaning to post all the details from Will's Minecraft party, but life gets in the way!  This was the first year we hosted a party at the house so a lot of preparation went into this party.  We hosted 15 boys!  Let's just say we were exhausted!

When the boys arrived they each had an opportunity to make a Minecraft sword and mask.  For the swords we picked up heavy poster board at the dollar store and traced this sword and cut it out with a razor blade.  The masks are just squares cut also from heavy poster board.  The boys decorated the swords with markers and squares of paper.

 

The cupcakes I ordered from Sam's Club and these cute cupcake toppers came from Berry Sweet Parties on Etsy.  You can find them HERE. 

For this game we used Will's Nerf bow and arrow gun and the boys shot down plastic cups from the dollar store.  We covered one of our many moving boxes with construction paper and just added a Minecraft creeper.

 The most popular game was the mining.  We covered moving boxes with construction paper and then hid candy under the boxes and sent the boys down in small groups with a list of items to mine for.  TNT = Red Licorice, Gold= Rolos, Diamonds = Hershey Kisses, Coal = dollar store coal chocolate.  We also had Swedish Fish.

This last picture we covered the wall with green and black construction paper to look like a creeper and created a spider on the wall with a black balloon and black crepe paper.  The Minecraft Creeper, Steve mask and Endeman all came from Thinkgeek.com where you can find many minecraft items.   We also streamed Minecraft music and had the boys taking turns playing Minecraft in our family room.  So there you have several ideas for a fun but simple Minecraft party!

New Not all those who wander are lost keychain and necklace for him

New in the shop!  Not all those who wander are lost keychain and necklace for him. 

 The necklace is a sterling silver oval plate that measures 1 1/4 inch long by 1 inch wide the piece also includes a pewter compass charm the charms hang on a 30 inch stainless steel ball chain, a truly manly chain!

The key chain  is a sterling silver oval plate that measures 1 1/4 inch long by 1 inch wide the piece also includes a pewter compass charm.

You can find the entire Not all those who wander are lost collection HERE. 

Yummy Apple Crisp {simple}

One of my favorite desserts to make is Apple Crisp and it is so easy to make. Do you have a favorite dessert to make?

Apple Crisp Recipe

6 apples peeled and sliced
1 c. dark brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 stick butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. uncooked oatmeal (sometimes I leave it out)

Place apples in bottom of 9x13 inch pan. Blend sugar, butter, flour cinnamon and oatmeal together with a pastry blender. Streusel over apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve warm or cold but is especially good with vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!!!!!

Let all that you do be done in LOVE New in the shop

Let all that you do be done in love, 1 Cor. 16:14

The Let all that you do be done in love necklace is a sterling silver oval tag measuring 1 1/4 inch long by 1 inch wide, the piece also includes a sterling silver swirly heart charm and both charms hang on a 18 inch sterling silver bead ball chain you can find it HERE.

Every Child is an artist....display your child's artwork

We have a very large wall in our family room so I thought it would be nice to create something to display Will's art work.  This is a really simple project.   I purchased a 6 foot piece of wood from Lowes and then stained it with two coats of stain.  I purchased vinyl letters from  Old Barn Rescue Company,  and then just attached a curtain rod to the board. Next I just arranged Will's artwork and viola you have a nice way to display your child's artwork!  This is one of my favorite things in our new house!  Will likes his artwork being on display for all to see.  How do you display children's artwork?