The Idea Daybook - what is it?

I wonder how many times a day I something pops in

my head that quickly runs right back out.

Many I am sure. Great ideas, something to take care of, 

something I see on tv, online, in a magazine, or just out of the blue.

Definitely many times.

Well, here is an idea to keep track of those tidbits that 

could be so very important (for real

or in the moment) that we don't want to forget.

Here is the answer that I ran across.   An Idea Daybook.

Next time I go to town I am going to pick up a cute journal of 
some type or fancy it upon my own with some ribbon, etc.

And start journeling this and that and all sorts of ideas that "pop" in my noggin.

Whether or not you do them is totally up to you.

Also read that it would be a great idea to label and have 
specific pages that you put ideas for holidays, parties, birthdays, etc.  
Separate from normal every day ideas.

Too bad I don't already have the book 
so I can make a note to get a notebook.  lol!

Thanks www.homeschooling-ideas.com/homeschooling-tips.html 
so very much for such a fab idea!!!

Link to the article is:

Homeschooling Tips - The Idea Daybook

How Do I Start Stockpiling?

So LOVE this article from Stockpiling mom's website.

Loads of great links to learn lots of tips and tricks to building

a stockpile of all sorts of things and save money doing so.

Be sure to bookmark this site and refer back to it often for

reminder ideas.  :)

Thank you stockpilingmoms.com

Link is:

How Do I Start Stockpiling?

Helping young ones grasp 24 hr time

I have been working with Haylee lately with telling time.

She is doing a super job with figuring it out, but it's so tough for 

young ones to truly grasp what 24 hrs of time really is.

I just happen to be surfing on Pinterest (which is my normal past time :)  

I saw a post on a time lapse ruler.  WOW!

The link lead to a pay for website, which I try to avoid so did a little googling 

- and boom - there it is - a type of ruler that has a 24 hr period 

on it with noon and midnight as reference points.  

LOVE IT!!!

So instantly printed it out and highlited here and there and drew on a sun at noon 

and a moon for midnight, cut it out - laminated it with clear contact paper 

(which is awesome - I use it on everything.)

Can't wait for the next "time" lesson and I think this is going t help so very much!

Here is the printable link if you want to try it out too.

Click on it and save to desktop.  Then print and cut.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&ved=0CHQQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uen.org%2FLessonplan%2FdownloadFile.cgi%3Ffile%3D21504-2-27760-Elapsed_Time_Ruler.pdf%26filename%3DElapsed_Time_Ruler.pdf&ei=7dEGUv_nGIXM2gWBx4DgCA&usg=AFQjCNF1wRfhWERBFhu8ed1uFRaFCdqclQ&sig2=jwGJXuz0xfxMKzAfSjC6LA&bvm=bv.50500085,d.b2I

Adding a little Bling always helps.

Over the past couple of years I have fell in love with adding some 
tiny rhinestones onto even the simpliest of t-shirts.

No matter how cheap the shirt - a little bling here and there 
really brightens it up and makes it much more personalized.  

Here are a few pics of a couple of shirts I added stones to for Haylee.

She is always so excited to see them when they are done. 

It's so hard to get a good close up but here goes.

I used a plain, simple t-shirt

Before stones:

After adding stones:

In person, it makes such a huge adorable difference to spend just a few

minutes on adding these stones to just about anything.

These are the little iron on rhinestones I purchased at 

Walmart craft section.

Directions that I used for this are:

* Piece of a box cut to size to fit inside of tshirt

* Rhinestones

* Lightweight scrap of fabric

* Tweezers

* Iron

I have a piece of a box that I have cut for placement inside 

of the shirt between the front and back of the shirt.

Since the stones are so small, I use tweezers to place in just

a few key places, trying here and there until I think they

are just right.  Not to few - not too many.  

Then cover with a lightweight piece of scrap material and press 

with a hot iron (I turn off the steam feature)

Slowly remove cover cloth and let cool.

After the item has a bit of time to cool off, I turn the item inside out 
and pull over the end of the ironing board and press the back side of the stones.  

Just a bit extra to make sure they have adheared enough.

I usually wait a couple of days before laundering the item.

So far I have had very few ever come off and some have been 

worn, washed and dried many times.

Here is another simple shirt I got at Walmart that I 

added a bit of bling to.  

I love this color of green.

** Caution:  it's addicting!  lol!

Have fun adding more bling to your world too.  

Don't know if you could ever truly have "too much" bling.  :)

New dress for lil Bug

I finally got around to posting the newest lil pillowcase dress I finished for Haylee Bug.

I had so much trouble making up my mind what colors to use in the ruffle and tie.

Even made a big puffy clip hairbow along with a small one for wearing on the side.

Couldn't find ribbon to match enough to use for the drawstring ties, so just cut long

strips of the material I used for the ruffle and made it's own string ribbons.

I have a small stock of materials and Haylee has now informed me that she wants

more and has went through the stack and has a standing order for about 8 more

(as of now at least) made just like it.  Silly girl!

Felt Tic Tac Toe Bag

Recently I saw a post - somewhere (wish I could remember) that had a felt 
homemade tic tac toe game and I instantly fell in love with it.  
I changed a few things about it so I didn't have to sew all the parts - only  
the bag - which could be glued also.

I love little projects that are this simple.  
Two pieces of felt cut into a square.
Two other colors for circle game pieces 
Velcro for closing the bag
and some puffy paint.

That's it.  

Except for some glue if you want to glue the project
If not just stitch the two squares together.

I put a couple of pieces of peel and stick velcro  inside the
edge for closing pieces inside of bag.

Paint on divider lines and x's and o's on game pieces and 
wait.  

I think that is the hardest part of it all.

Once dry, play.  :)

Would be great to pack into any travel bag or in the car for playing with.  
Since the pieces are felt, they almost stick together so would be great fun anywhere.  

Wish I could remember what site I saw this on so I could give credit to them.  
Thanks to whomever.  LOVE the project!

Knowing When and How to Stockpile Groceries

Great article on creating a home stockpile when you are using those coupons and price matching.

Here are couple of pics of my lil beginnings of a stockpile from sales matchups and coupons.



Thanks stretcher.com for a great article.

Link is:
Knowing When and How to Stockpile Groceries