And now... time for a quick crafting break.

Heads Up people!  I think a miracle may have occurred!  I actually had time to get a wee bit creative this weekend!  But, I had so many other things to do, I actually felt a little guilty!

I was working my buns off and running around in circles on Saturday morning.  In between checking my lists and nagging the kids to get their work done, I ran out to the garage to put something away (ie: threw it on the giant pile of stuff that needs to get put away!)  While I was out there, I noticed that the items from the last Costco run had not been shelved so I proceeded to unpack the tissue, toilet paper and the paper towels and put them neatly on the shelf.  Then I moved over to another pile that I thought I could easily straighten up when I spied them!  Oatmeal boxes, 3 of them!  I had JUST seen a great idea on Pinterest (oh, the ideas that you can get there... trouble!) and thought, I should do that NOW, before I forget.

I quickly came inside and fired up my trusty glue gun, both of them actually... a super hot, burn the material you are working with type, and a not so hot and will barely hold anything type.  I also grabbed some left over fabric and some ribbon and started working away!  How excited I was to learn that oatmeal boxes are just about 1/4 yard wide!!!!  That was what the width of my fabric was... yay!

I covered the first box with some left over material from another family room project and covered the raw edges with ribbon.  It looked sooooo cool!  I realized that it could not be used for it's original intention, but rather could make a handsome remote control container!  Here it is!  I tried to cover the inside with white contact paper, but it didn't work.  I considered painting it, but feared it would buckle.  I decide to like the look of raw cardboard.

Next, I covered the other two boxes with the material that I bought "just in case" for that family room project.  I used some scrap ribbon and finished the two boxes off.  They are PERFECT for storing all of Ella's headbands.  I stashed extra hair nets, bobby pins and rubber bands in the bottom one and put all of her cloth type headbands in the top one.  Stacked on top of each other, they hardly take up any counter space AND she can see all of her headbands at a glance!  Yeah... I feel like I totally rock.






















On Super Bowl Sunday, we had some friends over.  I got to cook with Andy, which is always fun!  He made Moroccan Sweet Potato Fries and Bacon Wrapped Brown Sugar Smokies and I whipped up salsa and 7 Layer Dip.  We laid out a yummy spread and a nicely stocked bar.  Then I made some homemade frosting for my Football Cupcakes!  Delish and cute too!  Since we had some left overs from Ella's birthday party, we put out a Peanut Butter Sandwich Bar for dessert.  The food was glorious and the company great!  Thanks everyone for a nice Sunday!


















Crafty and Cooking! That is the way I like to spend my weekend, even though it meant that some of my to-do list got pushed to Monday!

Side note:  WOW!!!  I love the new publishing aspect of Blogger!  So much easier!  Yay!  (except that it did not publish the way it looked when I was done.. boo!)