More Messes

Wow, I can't believe it has been one week already. Time goes by so fast. I have been really busy with summer activities, field trips, one broken arm (for my eight year old son), stitches (for my one year old), sports and cleaning up more messes. Hopefully things will slow down a little and I'll be able to post some scrapbooking ideas soon!

"Start by doing what is necessary,

then what's possible and

suddenly you are doing the impossible."

-Saint Fancis of Assis

"Wordy Wednesday"

Today, well lived,

makes every yesterday a memory

of happiness and every tomorrow

a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day.

-Ancient Sanskirt Proverb

The rule of a mess

I was reading Creating Keepsakes today and saw this cute quote about messes. I knew it wouldn't be long before I had a picture to go with it, considering my baby makes a mess every two seconds.

"If making the mess

keeps the kids happy

for longer

than it takes to clean up,

the mess is hereby

deemed acceptable."

You know what they say "don't get mad just take a picture!"

Make Some Memories

It has been so nice and warm outside lately, that I decided to take my kids to the farm.

They had a great time seeing all the animals and running around.

And I had an even better time taking pictures!

Take a break from all your daily duties as a mother and go someplace fun with your kids or grand kids! Be sure to bring your camera so you'll be able to have a lot of fun pictures to scrapbook!

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

-George Washington

Sneak Peak

These are a few of the pages from the NEW 8x8 book kit

"Road Trip".

It should be finished and at the store for sign ups in a few weeks.

National Scrapbook Day

 Top 10 Things to do on 

National Scrapbook Day!

1. Go to Mom and Me Scrapbooking for 25% off of your entire purchase
2. Check out the new Quickutz
3. Free Make and Take
4. Last Chance to get the Squeeze with die cuts for only $49.99
5. Stock up on card-stock
6. Replenish your adhesives
7. Stop by the ribbon rack
8. Bring in your photo card
9. Do a scrapbook page
10. Make some Memories!!!
    

Have a wonderful Day!

More Organizing...

I recently cleaned out my refrigerator...

It makes me so mad when I find rotten food in the back of my fridge. It seems that nobody will dig in the back of fridge for food (including me)

A couple months ago I was looking in the fridge and found a bunch of apples, I had bought the previous week. (Not one had been touched!) So I lined the shelves with apples... right when you opened the fridge there they were all staring right back at you. I went and switched the laundry, when I came back my husband and all my boys were eating apples.

I was thinking to myself there has to be a better way!!! I came up with idea, I bought sliding
drawers and I made labels for all my produce. Everything has its place and I'm hoping my fridge
will stay a lot cleaner. My kids are doing better at reaching for a healthy snack and I am too!

I used Velcro for attaching the labels so I can switch them up when I need to. I also made extra labels (watermelon, pineapple etc.) for when other fruit is in season. Make sure to laminate so your labels will last!!!

Quickutz are all 25% off this week, try spicing up your fridge today...

World of Possibilities

National Scrapbook Day

Saturday May 3rd

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Coupon Organizing

I am a little embarrassed to say all of this was in purse! I have recently started coupon shopping more often. Normally when I have a coupon, I always forget to use it. So I made this cute little organizer to help keep track of all my coupons.

It was really easy to make. Take 8 envelopes, use the bind-it-all machine to bind them.

Then decorate. I also used Velcro to hold the black envelope flap down.

My little coupon organizer turned out really simple and cute! And now my purse is a lot cleaner!
I labeled all the envelopes into categories (like grocery, mall, restaurant etc.) I have been really good at using coupons and have found I am saving a lot of money!

It's pretty cute, even my children are now aware of coupons and saving money. Instead of just asking for every treat we see in the store, my 8 year old will say "Mom, do you have a coupon for these?" or "Are these a good deal?"

It has made me happy seeing all the money I have been saving on groceries. You know what saving money on food means? More money for scrapbooking!!!

And the winner is...

Thanks for all the comments! They were so fun to read. We received a total of 82 comments!

Are you ready to find out who the lucky winner is?

I mixed them up really good, and let my 3 year old pick one!

and the winner is

Shanz

Congratulations!!!

please email me at karenpetersen26@hotmail.com with your address and I will get that shipped out to you!

Thank you to everyone who left comments, we love them!!!