This year we made our gingerbread mini village using some rectangle cookie cutters. They were not perfect but were lots of fun to make. I just kept pushing my perfectionist side down and saying, it’s not for a contest, it’s for the experience and fun…. and it was. we used a recipe for “building gingerbread” [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Holidays'
Gingerbread Houses
December 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Family, Food, Holidays
Tags:baking·Christmas·cookies·Gingerbread·Gingerbread Houses·Holiday·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie
December Picture a Day p3
December 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Family, Holidays, Photography, scrapbook
Here are more of our picture a day photos: Day 8, two Me: day 2 of advent calendar Jalen: Kung Fu Panda 2 Jordan: 2 earth skylanders Troy: Jalen’s 2 eyes Day 9, Twelve Me: safety inspection sticker Jalen: day 12 on the advent calendar Jordan:12 skylanders Troy: 12 cups in a display case Day [...]
Salt Dough Ornaments
December 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · craft, Family, Holidays
I saw a blog post on my friend Allison’s for the boys blog talking about making salt dough ornaments with her boys and I thought that looks like fun! It certainly looked easier than icing sugar or gingerbread cookies with the boys so we did it. We mixed up a batch of salt dough, rolled [...]
Tags:Allison Waken·Christmas·Holiday·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Kid Craft·Ornaments·paint·Salt Dough
Two Peas Tuesday v11.18.11
October 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · DT, Family, Holidays, scrapbook, Two Peas in a Bucket
Happy Two Peas Tuesday friends! I have been so happy to be caught up with my assignments, and finished with my Halloween Sewing project, I actually have a few layouts to share that are early! :) Welcome Home Dad Pin It Sample Pack #24 – 12×12 Templates by ChrissyW Lined & Lined in Color – [...]
Tags:Angie Kovacs·Carina Gardner·ChrissyW·Erica Hernandez·halloween·Jalen·Jen Martakis·Jordan·Joscie·Kenner Road·Troy
Hello October
October 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Creative Charms, Design House Digital, DT, Family, Hawaii, Holidays, navy life, scrapbook
Hello October! I can’t believe it’s already October, can you? but then again, I seem to say this every month as if I expect time to pause while I get my stuff together? anyway. My ear problem recurred on Wednesday night so I called early Thursday morning to get a same day appointment and miraculously, [...]
Tags:black glitter·Creative Charms·Design House Digital·halloween·Jalen·Jen Allyson·Jordan·Joscie·Pearl Ridge·punpkins·sewing·Troy
Halloween on the Horizon
September 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · blog, Family, Holidays, sewing
Hello friends! We have been going back and forth on our Halloween plans for this year. The past two years we have been gryffindors but have decided to make a change for this year. I’ve been pinning costumes for a while. We discussed Lego Mini Figs, Source: coolest-homemade-costumes.com via Joscelyne on Pinterest superheroes…. but whatever [...]
Tags:costumes·Family·halloween·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·sewing·Troy
December doings
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments · blog, Family, Holidays, scrapbook
we forced some paper white narcissus for the first time since we’ve been back home in the islands. we baked a lot of gingerbread and sugar cookies. we made gingerbread houses. made some cake pops made goodie bags for my mail carrier and garbage man. got a thank you from the garbage man when i [...]
Tags:Christmas·Family·Holiday·House·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·MarnaLicious·Troy
Two Peas Tuesday v11.30
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Creative Charms, DT, Holidays, house, scrapbook, Two Peas in a Bucket
Hello friends! I hope you’ve had a great Thanksgiving long weekend! We had a great time at my mom’s house with my brother and his family and a few others. We made custard, pumpkin and chocolate cream pies and ham to go along with my brother’s turkeys and rib roast… needless to say, we all [...]
Tags:cardmaking·Club Creating Keepsakes·Dianne Rigdon·digiscrap·Divine Twine·Edeline Marta·glitter·hybrid·Jordan·Lauren Reid·martha stewart·PaperTrey Ink·Sizzix·Tim Holtz·twopeas
Happy Thanksgiving
November 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Family, Holidays
Today I am thankful for waking up in our new comfy bed with my husband of almost 15 years our 5 year old who makes an almost daily early morning migration into our bed our 10 year old who is a great hugger and avid reader many many pies that we will consume today time [...]
Tags:Family·giving thanks·pies
Family Fun: the Faux Fall edition
November 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Holidays, scrapbook, Silhouette, Tattered Angels
Since we live in Hawaii and we don’t get colorful leaves so we decided to make our own. I used my silhouette to cut these leaves out of plain white cardstock. I mixed up some paint and Jordan worked his art. I added a little spritz of New Glimmer Mist too. so pretty! later that [...]
Tags:adventure·fall·Family Fun·Glimmer Mist·Hawaii·Jordan·leaves·paint·silhouette
