quiet book pages

Here are some more quiet book pages I made...mostly for my record. :) But this is a easy way to make a quiet book if you aren't a sewer and aren't worried about them lasting through several children.

 I love this car puzzle. Boo doesn't quite get how to get them pieced together yet but puts them in the vacinity of the right color.  someday she'll love it, I just know it.

I made this page for a friend. I have a page like this except a girl for boo and I'm not quite sure what to do to make it "silly". For her, She has different kinds of lips but I didn't think that worked very well with a boy. I tried putting ears or noses on and it looked, well I guess "silly" but too weird. Any ideas?

Thats all for now.

I'm going crazy!!..crafting crazy

No, really I am. I've been visiting Pinterstt and my mind seems alive with ideas...not my ideas of course...somebody elses. (See told you I'm crazy). So not only am I collecting ideas from blogs but from Pinterest which is blogging on steroids...???(not sure about that analogy).

Here is a headband I made that I got the idea from Pinterest. It originally came from Alisa Burke's blog.

 I love it because braids are all the rage in hair...at least from what I can tell on Pinterest...(I'm crazy I told you). But I have a difficult time braiding my hair cute like everyone else does. So ahh, perfect solution...I just have to make sure my hair is teased big(and stays that way) so this headband doesn't look huge against my flat hair. :)

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Last night I made Orange Chicken, that I got from Sister's Stuff. I love this recipe but it didn't have all the veggies that I want in a good sweet n' sour/chinese recipe. I've been on the look out for a good one for a couple months now. And then last night, I said to myself, "why not?" I threw in half a green and red pepper and half a can of pineapple and it was delicious. The best I've come across so far. I seriously don't feel like I need to eat out at a chinese resturant. I love this recipe.

Serve it over rice. And we like to eat broccoli with it. So yummy.

Here are some other someday crafts that I wanted to show some my friends:

http://www.creationsbykara.com/2011/09/book-page-pumpkin-tutorial.html

I don't sew but I want to think that I might figure it our for this bag. It would be perfect for church!

http://iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/2011/09/tohoku-tote.html

http://choosetothrive.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-lentil-frames.html

Here are some links to some quiet book pages, if anyone is interested. Sorry this is really for my future reference-this post was a file of things I was interested in.

http://jaysonandashley.blogspot.com/2011/04/quiet-book.html

http://jaysonandashley.blogspot.com/2011/09/puzzle-page.html

http://jaysonandashley.blogspot.com/2011/06/food-pages-for-quiet-book.html

That's all for now, there is more but we'll leave that for another day. :) Toodles.

Someday Crafts

Well somehow I accidently hit publish post. So this post is out there...I was using it as a file of crafts I think I might like to do. If you want to do any of these....lets have a craft day!!! :)

...ooo and at the bottom is something I did!

Burlap Wreath from Craftaholics

She makes it so you can switch up the flowers easily for other seasons...I'm not sure what to. Maybe different colored flowers.
Halloween Wreath by Craftaholics

She also made a Christmas Wreath using white burlap and some cute buttoned red flowers.

Braided chain Necklace with Flower posted on Ucreate by Happy Go Lucky

Look how cute this girl's beaded necklace is! From the Idea Room. I'm totally making these!

I also want to make these little peg dolls. I wonder if Boo will even want to play with them or not but I want to try. I can't find the original blog that I found them but I found this blog that shows you what they look like...not as cute as the ones I saw but close enough. The blog I saw them on even made super heros and other dolls that were appropriate for boys.

So I've been working on a quiet book for Boo. I've been making it using paper, foam and felt sheets. I knew that if I tried making a sewed quiet book I'd never do it. So far it has helped out Sundays out TREMENDOUSLY! And I need any help I can since its just me during sacrament meeting anymore. I just make a new page every so often, stick it in a sheet protector, slip it into her quiet book binder and were good to go.  I know they won't last forever but thats ok, its doing it job now and that is what my sanity needs. :)  SO here is my favorite page that I finished up last night.

I just use magnets, so it isn't absolutely pretty but it works. I haven't let her play with it yet but hopefully she loves it. (wishful thinking maybe) :)