quick tip

want the tastiest mashed potaters in town? add a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to the pot while mashing. so yummy. and i say more butter less milk please.

starting up a wellness challenge. if you want to join in find more info here.  spread the word. the more the merrier, and the greater the motivation. because of what happened last time i did something like this ( bad check that bounced, girls never sent a new one and winner was out $20) i'm thinking it is going to have to be a cash only entering fee.

dollar store wreath

ps. head over to making the world cuter so i can tell you how i made my quick and cheap $2 wreath.

I am super excited to have tiff from making the world cuter blogswapping with me today. i'm sure you have all been to her blog before, but if you haven't go now i'll wait...  alright now isn't she the best? tiff has fabulous ideas and is super sweet. i'm excited to try her smore cupcakes!


Yay! Jackie is so much fun, I am excited to be here introducing myself today!


My name is Tiffany, since we are now friends, you can call me Tiff...I have 3 insanely cute kids that make my world cuter, and me and my adorable husband are expecting another little boy this fall. This picture cracks me up with my two boys being so darn serious! :)

I blog over here at Making the World Cuter. I am on a mission to make the world cuter, one kid, cupcake or crafty thing at a time! I hope you come over and say hi!I also love photography and have a little photography blog called Pumpernickel Buttons. I seem to getting lots of newborns lately, which is great for me to ease my baby hunger until my new little guy makes his appearance!

Here are a couple random things about me...

• My favorite food is the sandwich-yummy deli style sandwiches are the best, but I love just about anything between two pieces of bread!
• I'm a student right now, studying web design-but my true passion is photography and Photo Shop so I will probably get my bachelors in Photography when I'm done with this degree.
• If I wasn't pregnant I would be eating a spoonful of cookie dough while typing this, it really is a wonder that I don't weigh 1000 pounds.
• Now that Lost and Glee and all the other great shows are done, we went and bought the first couple of seasons of The Big Bang Theory, a show I didn't know existed until just recently -I can't get enough of that hysterical show. Too funny.

I love to do anything and everything creative, especially if I can do it with things I already have on hand. Here are a few of my favorite projects I have put together...

This wooden tiled mirror...

I like to do furniture makeovers, this glider is my favorite-it was so hideous before!

I generally do easy and cheap projects (and no I am not either of those things-just ask my hubby), like this burlap wreath with fabric scraps and salt dough buttons.

One of my favorite things to make are napkin rings, just because they are easy, and fast to put together and are so dang cute! These ones are made out of a tinfoil tube and burlap.



This is one of my favorite projects-easy towel ponchos, I made this one for my boy while it was still winter, thus the footie jammies and the bed head! :) These are great as bath towels, but even better for the pool or the beach, with a pocket to keep their sunscreen, goggles or seashell treasures in all while keeping their hands free. LOVE these! I love meeting new blog friends and I have a linky party on Mondays as well, I really hope you come by for a visit!

Thanks for having me Jackie, you are the cutest Mama Monster around!

-Tiff

summer decorating to do list...

*dye some mason jars... as seen on IDIY

*dollie-fy some things.

*make a canvas chalkboard

*paint my kitchen cupboard cream and  buy a different knob for each one.

*make a outdoor daybed ( i have been wanting an outdoor daybed forever. even at walmart and target they are at least $400. yay for anna and knock off wood!

*pallet bookshelves for my kids rooms, my room, hallway, and wherever else i can fit them. love them so much! this is cool too!

can i get an amen??

 “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”  Anna Quindlen

how cool are these LOST posters seen over at craftpad? maybe they will help get me out of my depression over lost being over.

 i can't believe it... so sad. the other day the finale was being rebroadcast. i just caught the last couple minutes but when jack and vincent were laying there and jack closed his eyes...it was all i could do to keep from sobbing like a baby in front of my husband.

pretty pathetic huh? but i am truly having a hard time getting over it. i think re watching the entire show and getting these posters might cheer me up.

have you ever checked out burda style? its a great resource for sewing patterns and tips. i am dying to make the darling high waisted kasia skirt, and it is even a free pattern. bonus!


here are some of my favorites-

all images from burda style

tomorrow i will-

not eat any sugar(because lets face it i ate way to much this weekend)
finish an unfinished project
get a intense workout in
make something with my boys
hang something on the wall
finish a tutorial i have been working on forever ( but probably not post it yet)


what will you do?

(pic from my kitchen cafe)

 i went to dairy queen tonight with my boys. i remembered that a friend had told me about their frozen hot chocolate so i thought i would try it. oh my goodness was it good! I'm pretty sure I'm addicted. if you want to try it out at home this recipe from on of my favorite food blogs my kitchen cafe looks really good!

What foods are you addicted to?
  

have you noticed that when you have kids you become obsessed with making them happy? including collecting toys and things that they like? like when my oldest was a baby and burger king kids meals had the cutest ever star wars toys. we ate way to much burger king for weeks to collect them all, i don't even like burger king one bit. then it was the Disney "cars" toys. we got a bit crazy collecting them. the most recent obsession is anything toy story. have you seen the new toy story Lego's?  cutest things ever! we have the train set and the buzz pizza planet truck. i love getting them out and setting them up even more than my boys.see more Lego's here.

any other fun toys i should be collecting?

i go through stages where i am obsessed with music. my husband got me an itouch for mothers day ( yay!) and i am in music mode again. right now I'm loving-

*afi crash love. all the songs are good, really the whole album
*matt and kim. so happy and fun to listen too, my favorite is daylight
*weezer raditude, can't stop the partying and put me back together are my favorites
*the darkness i love me some butt rock
*less than jake, they remind me of being in high school and going to shows every weekend with me friends

what music are you loving right now?