Friday Etsy Favorites

I absolutely love this week's woodland inspired Friday Etsy Favorites! ♥

1. Needle and Felt ► White and Grey Owl
2. MAU studio ► Kawaii Squirrel Adjustable Ring
3. cherry time ► Amigurumi Bunny
4. Graphic Spaces ► Fox Wall Decal
5. Nature Mandalas ► Winter Bird Print
6. Monkeys On The Roof ► Woodland Animal Gift Tags

Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids - Part 1

My kids love coloring, cutting, glueing...you name it, if it's something crafty (and messy) they are all for it! :)

This is Part 1, of a two-part series, of inspiring Valentine's Day kids crafts that I really like.



Sticky Hands, Warm Hearts. I love the use of yarn, cornstarch, glue, and a heart-shaped cookie cutter to make these masterpieces!




Cupcake Goodies. What a great use for cupcake liners and scrap paper, magazines, and any interesting knick-knacks you have lying around the house!




Heart Art. I remember doing something like this in elementary school using a wood board, nails, and embroidery floss to make a flower. So much fun!




Bird Seed Ornament. This is such a cute thing to do with bird seed and heart molds. Not only fun, but the birds will love you too! :)



Lollipop Flowers. What a sweet idea to use lollipops to make a heart flower. Love it!




Valentine Wristlets. These wristlets are great! A fun way to use felt, ribbon, and buttons.


Stay tuned for Part 2...coming soon! :)

Cranberry-Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix

I absolutely love this Cranberry-Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix recipe from Whole Living.

It is a wonderful mixture of almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, raisins. I must have made this at least 4 times already since discovering the recipe through Whole Living's 2012 Whole Living Action Plan at the beginning of January.



This mixture is so good!




The recipe calls for toasted almonds and walnuts, so toasting in the oven I did.




The recipe also calls for toasted pumpkin seeds, so yep, you guessed it...toasting in the oven I did. :)



This is such a great 'go-to' snack when the hunger cravings hit.


Cranberry-Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix

1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds
1/2 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup toasted walnuts
1/4 cup raisins

Combine cranberries, almonds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, and raisins. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Enjoy!

Etsy Treasury - Yellow and Charcoal by A Paper Affaire

So awesome to have my She Believed She Could So She Did wall print included in this absolutely beautiful treasury. Thank you so much A Paper Affaire!

Etsy Treasury - Thank You by CanadianCraftCritter

So fantastic to have my Say Please and Thank You wall print included in this wonderful treasury. Thank you so much CanadianCraftCritter!

Friday Etsy Favorites

Loving this week's fabulous Friday Etsy Favorites! ♥

1. Orly Design ► Rustic Tree Wedding Cake Topper
2. bysol ► Crochet Amigurumi Pattern "Ice Cream" Toy
3. EATPRAYCREATE ► Hello Speech Bubble Wooden Rubber Stamp
4. Raceytay ► Spring Home and Garden Decor
5. Bradens Grace ► Oval Vinyl Chalkboard Labels
6. xxyz ► Peridot Green Pendant Necklace

Month in Photos - January 2012

I'm so excited to be participating in this year's Month in Photos. Rebecca of simple as that has created a wonderful new template for 2012. You can download it here.

Month in Photos is a fabulous way to record your photo memories each month and at the end of 2012, you will have a year's worth of memories to reflect upon. My kids and I love looking at the scrapbook from last year.

Here is my collage for January.



The template is 12x12, but I haven't decided if I will keep it at 12x12 or size it down to 8x8. But what I do plan to do is have a blank white sheet of cardstock on the opposite page of the collage and add my journaling.

Then at the end of each month, I am going to print out the collage and journaling and slip them into the page protectors of a scrapbook album.

You could also replace one of the photo squares and add journaling in place of that spot each month. I contemplated doing that, but I usually have lots to say, so I opted to add journaling on a separate blank page.

Here is an example of what I mean about replacing a photo with journaling -



I think it looks great with the journaling replacing a photo in the template too. I may have to do that for some of the months when I don't have as much to say...but that will probably be a rare occasion when it comes to scrapbooking!

Or for a month that I have lots of photos, I can use a mirror image of the template to add a second page of photos and replace some of the photo spots with journaling.

Thanks so much Rebecca for making such a fantastic and versatile template!