Ladybug Fly Away

Ladybug, Ladybug, fly away home .... Just not to my home! Was cleaning up the craft room and found 6 lady bugs hanging around. Yuk! So I did the most humane thing I could think of....sucked them up in the vacuum. They'll probably just crawl out and end up somewhere else in the house.

While I was cleaning up I decided to get out my Casio Label Maker. Luv the label maker! Feels great to just label everything. Once I start I can't stop!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Decorating Marshmallows

Saturday was just a rainy, dreary day. We had nothing planned and no where to go which is very rare. So I saw this idea on Green Beans Crafterole website (http://www.thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/) and thought my kids (especially the sugar king) would love these. They are chocolate dipped marshmallows. I was able to find the Strawberry flavored ones at Walmart. Just heat up Candi-Quik and dip. Too easy! The kids (including the big one I'm married to) enjoyed dipping and decorating.

I think the original idea was used as a gift. They are so cute and look great in a clear jar. Our teachers might be getting these at the end of the year.

Little Bit of Heaven!

What a great weekend! Friends, family and IKEA. What more could a girl ask for! Made a trip to IKEA with some girlfriends. Lots of great ideas! Here are a couple I found.

I think its cool how they used the sticks behind the bed.

I have these pillows on my guest bed. They took the cover off the pillows and put them on a canvas frame. You'll definitely see this one pop up around my house soon!

And the creme de la creme! My bargain of the day. It took some patience and effort but well worth it! My pears!!!

Everytime I've been to IKEA I've seen these pears on display and love them. Never bought them because they were $49.99. There was always something I needed more than to spend $50 bucks on 2 pictures. Well this time I just happened to be down in the canvas art and didn't see them anywhere. So I asked Ben (who was my hero of the day!) if they had anymore or were they discontinuing them.

Ahhhh, the words I dreaded...discontinued...no more in stock. Ok think, think. So I asked Ben if he could sell me the ones upstairs on display. Ben got right on it and thankfully he was also someone who didn't take no for an answer very easily. Luckily after several phone calls to people who really just didn't give a crap and didn't understand the urgency of me needing those pear prints Ben tells me he's just going to have to do it himself. Music to my ears! He went and rescued my pears! Of course when he got back I did try to finagle the price. You know...discontinued...display...yada yada. No deal. Couldn't help me there. Oh well! Life is good. I have my pears!!!!

The best news is that when I went to check out the price came up to $29.99. Yeah, got my pears and saved $20 bucks!!!

Whew! What a fantastic day at IKEA. Thanks Ben!!!

Happy Monday!