{SH} Sundays #34

When it rains it keeps raining here looking forward 
to the end of school and hopefully a summer full of sunshine and bike rides.

Summer

Loving the endless supply of daisy wildflowers, spring time in NY.

Dance

2 beautiful ballerinas from my lastest Mommy and Me photo session.

Laughter

Eco giggling as she tries out our homemade tree swing for the first time...
the kiddos were surprised my knots held up them. 

Helper

My little kitchen helper making her first batch of cheese crackers with Mommy.

Water

Puddle riding has become a must so we try and get out for a ride between the breaks in the rain and have fun.

{WW} : iphone photo dump

Sometimes the phone captures a moment better than my BIG camera as my kiddos refer to it, the incorrect color, the
overly contrast photo and the washed out sun flare really seem to create a mood that a dslr just can't..

riding through puddles

little door step present

new love -vintage milk crates

shopping at tj maxx

daisies from my little girl

backyard beauty

vintage schwinn streamers

beauty in my kitchen

we have cherries growing 

my new commuter around town

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

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June Photo Challenge: Summer Fun

 (taken at 1/40 shutter speed while standing on the spinning merry go round)

Oh how we enjoy spending time at the park during the summer months.

Really wish it didn't involve getting dizzy in order to take this photo, but it was worth it.

www.rocktheshotforum.com

Father's Day Gift Ideas:

We always fun coming up with Father's day gift so I thought I'd share our 2 favorite ideas:

http://www.ramblingsfromutopia.com/2012/06/fathers-day-gift-idea.html

 I made this for Father's Day for my Dad last year, since there's 5 of us we each came up with 10 reasons we loved him and then one from the cat and dog to get our 52 reasons.

view entire post here....

And of course this monster of a card for Dad's sweet tooth:

http://www.ramblingsfromutopia.com/2012/06/sweetest-fathers-day-card-ever.html

view entire post here...

This year's ideas won't disappoint but I'll keep it under wraps until we deliver the big surprise!

{SH} Sundays #33

             

Wow! It's Sunday already, only a week and a half left of school so many teacher thank you gifts to make and 

final class projects to finish but oh how I can't wait to have all 4 kiddos home again, the past 6 months was challenging
 I really miss homeschooling and crafting the day away together.

 Sunflare

It's been raining all week so this is as
 close to seeing the sun as we got, just spending the afternoon with our
 head in the clouds dreaming of warm summer days.

Expression

Self expression is the best!

Sticky

June 7th was National Doughnut Day so we
made up a batch of semi-healthy donuts, I love adding greek yogurt to recipes!

Dishes

These make me smile every time I walk into my kitchen.

Favorite Color

Mine is Orange.

Take an old cheap 70's mirror and paint it
 your favorite color it will be sure to brighten your day.

DIY: Burlap Flag Banner

WHAT YOU"LL NEED:

Craft Designer Jute 4 Ply 1lb 135 Feet-Natural

2 yards Oatmeal colored Burlap

Hot Glue Gun

Black Craft Paint

3 1/2 inch Plastic Stencils Letters & Numbers

Foam Stencil Brushes

Make a template of the size flag you want to make, fold the burlap in half and leaving the

 folded top edge uncut so it will create a pocket for the flag to slide along the jute cording.

     

I ran a bead of hot glue around the outer edges and just below the jute cord on one side of 

the burlap flag cut out the folded over the cording making sure the flag was able to freely

 slide along the jute cord, be sure not to glue the flag to the cord.

Nows the fun part , after all the flags were glued lay out the banner and using 3 1/2 inch 

plastic stencils , black craft paint and foam stencil brushes spell out what you'd like the banner

 to say, once the paint is dry just hang and enjoy!

I spelled out Happy 80th Birthday as we celebrated my Grandmother's  birthday  over the weekend and since the flags are removable I'll be swapping out the #80 for #7 when I use it for my daughters birthday party next month and in the spring swap birthday for Easter.