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Home made Birthday cards are THE BEST !

ps ... i love the bug sitting on top of the flower. don't you ?!

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Covered Cork Board

I've been wanting to do this ever since I saw the idea on my friend Talia's blog back in August.

Such a cool idea and it was so simple !
I won't give you the tutorial ... you can go to Talia's ... she has explained it all there.

You will need:

A cork board
A glue gun and plenty of glue sticks
A piece of material big enough to go over the cork board.
I chose this happy piece that my Mom gave me last time we were visiting.



Don't waste your time ironing the material ... all the wrinkles get stretched out.

See ....



I added some hooky thumb tacks to the bottom for them to hang stringed items from ...



And here's how it looks in the toy room.



The frames are the kids birth certificates.
Under them are some paintings they did when they were 4 and 2.
So cute !



On the top is a beach scene that Jono painted last year.
And then the two paintings the kids did for each other for Christmas 2007.

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We've had a lovely couple of days at home. It's school holiday time for the kids which means no school for two weeks ! Rory took the first couple of days off and we just hung around with each other. We did a bit of stuff around the house. I worked a couple of early mornings to get caught up while Rory and the kids slept in. We hung a few things on the wall (finally) but have a long way to go with that still ! I did some organizing. Rory and the kids fed the ducks at the lake. We went to see the movie "Up". It's a great movie. I'd recommend it ! We all enjoyed it. There's been lots of playing at the park and just a general enjoying of the Springtime around here ! I heard there was snow in Colorado ... eek ! Anyone wanting to escape the white stuff is welcome to join us here ... :)

Anyhoo ... I'd better get off the computer and get moving. I feel a bit lax since we don't have to get out the door for school but I do have to work a couple of hours this morning. The kids will play in the creche and then we will go do something fun together ! I'm waiting to hear back from a friend ... we had scheduled to do something today but that was weeks ago and I only just remembered last night. I'm hoping she hasn't forgotten as well ...

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{shake shake shake}

You will need :
two tiny, clear, plastic dixie cups
rice
sticky tape
stickers
chunky little fingers to assemble

put rice in one cup
put second cup upside down on top of first cup
sticky tape together



add stickers



voila !

make music (of the shake shake shake variety) to your hearts content !

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ps ... excuse me, this is delicious, shrimp salad

check it out on the beans blog

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{amarillo} {jaune} {giallo} {yellow}

Rory and I are having a night out tonight ! Out ... way out ... in a hotel out ! Woo Hoo ! The kids will be having a fabulous time with Grandma and Grandad !

And tomorrow ... I'm soooooo excited about tomorrow ! You will be excited too but not until Sunday afternoon ... or maybe even Monday, when I post about it ! I know, I know ... it's not very nice to leave you hangin' like that but I'm just a bit cautious about posting 'where we are going to be' on the internet for the whole world to see !!

I'm going to leave you with some neat links to check out ... surely that balances out my previous meanness ! :)

Recycled Scrap Paper Notepads at Khrista's blog.
Check out this adorable clipboard at Creative Organizng.
Hello !!! How cute is this collage ??
This front entry is so cool. I love it and totally wish it was mine !! haha
This post cracked me up. Seriously, if you need a good laugh, go read it !!
Totally want to have An Art Party for Alia one year ...

I'm off to pack ! Here's to a great weekend ... for you and for me !

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{en francais}

was feeling a bit crafty today

made this little sign to go on the door of my pantry

it says

"Tout est question d'equilibre !"

know what it means ?

no ?

come back tomorrow and i'll tell you ...

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