Cute links and projects for you.

If you have spent even 5 minutes on a really cool blog you would notice there are so many cool links and great places to explore in blogland.
I created my MOMENTS FAVORITES blog to gather some of these sites all in one place. I use google reader as well but I really enjoy seeing a clip of the last post as well as the title and time last posted.

Recently after the move however I have felt overwhelmed and have spent little time surfing blog land. I check friends blogs out for a quick peek, I might browse a site or two here or there but mostly my internet time has resulted to checking email, updating Facebook status, and getting offline.
Today however, maybe because I am not able to walk around with this newly broken toe I spent much time in between school with the girls browsing some links on my google reader I forgot about. Oh the heavenly blog posts I found with such great ideas! Who needs magazines these days?
So today, you get to enjoy a few new links to browse yourself. As if you had no links to browse. If you even log on the internet links scream at you the whole way through.
Today they scream towards you from my blog. Hope you don't mind.

First stop.
How about Orange
Need to, or want to make some cute homamde Christmas stuff?
These ornaments are adorable.

She also has a link to some really cute felt bows made out of a tutorial she posted.Click that link for sure. It is a super cute shop called Twig & Thistle. The felt bows are part of a five days of felt post series. SO cute!
Felt bows for gifts are so cute and totally reusable. I plan on making some for our gifts.


Next Stop on your link trip,
To Juicy Bits, a blog about sewing, design, family, and life. These super cute owl ornaments are on her blog along with a pattern to make the cuties yourself if you feel like more felt crafts.



Now on to a little homemade body goodness.
Koala Brains has a recipe for a super yummy body treat for the wintertime skin.
click here to check it out. I personally wonder what it would be like to make some of this myself. I'll let you know when I do.

I also really want to make my own detergentErin at Sutton grace talks about. She raves about how awesome it cleans and leaves her clothes fresh without too much scent.

Now, For some notepad making fun. I really want to make this as my girls love having their own notepads to write and color on. How cool would it be to custom make their own ?
Check this out at Craft Apple! You have to!


Ok. next, I have been making a few of these for certain little peoples Christmas presents and found this adorable version in felt. So clean cut and simple. I just want to go out and buy felt now and make one. The broken toe will prevent me from shopping for a few days longer so for now I will just ooogle it online and use the materials I have already in cottons.


Last I have a great notebooking site that has wonderful free printables for your kids writing, notebooking, journaling or whatever you like to call it. I also think a few of these would be great to use at church for activities with kids writing letters, journal pages etc. I will be loving this site for our homeschooling notebooks in the near future for sure.
Free resources here.



That's all for now. I have been icing my toe/foot while blogging and now it is time to stop. :)
Let me know if you have any cute links of felt projects..I am just in love with felt these days. Too much fun. :)

Slice of life. today.

These photos were taken the day the girls left town for our new adventure. The tree is in Grandmas front yard and I took the photo to remind the girls of their favorite climbing tree. If you look hard you might be able to see Sweet face at the top of the tree. She loved climbing so high up she would often cry and say she needed help getting down. She would always figure it out as the winner that she is.

A recent pic of Moonbeam and I taken by SweetFace. I love this pic because it reminds me of that prego "glow" people speak of in the last trimester. I usually never feel it but every pregnancy there are a few pics taken that I end up seeing that glow show up. Thankfully this one is just a cute pic anyways. Mother and daughter, Always a sweet pic.

Broke my toe today. So now I hobble pretty bad not just because I am way prego but also because of my stubborn toe that has been broken about 7 times over the years.
fun. Poses a few challenges not being able to walk around the home but I am thankful I have a seven year old around to help me with a few things. Today I wished I were in labor on meds not able to feel the toe and holding our new little one. But that will have to wait.

Probably only about two weeks away from giving birth to our new little one. I haven't found a nick name for her yet for the blog. So she will be "our new little one" until I do.
I do love her name so much I just want to shout it from the rooftops.

That's all for now. Sorry for no inspiring blog post, no fun links, no pretties from some amazing website, no craft ideas and no parenting stories.

Today you got just a slice of my life, today. Whats on my mind.
My girls missing NC, my new broken toe and my new little one anxiously teasing me each day for her arrival.

Merry Christmas.

Sugar cookies galore!

Every year my favorite thing to do is make sugar cookies and decorate them like crazy. This year I was invited to a cookie exchange party and needed to bring 3 dozen cookies. I made this recipe by tripling it and it made almost 5 dozen cookies. I still have one ball in the fridge so it probably could make 2 dozen more.

I decided to put the recipe on the blog in an nontraditional way for fun. The recipe is not my own but is one I ahve used for years from a cookie recipe book I have had since I was a single gal 10 years ago. The icing recipe is a new one I just tried out this year from a search on all recipes.com. I love that website!

Have fun baking!

The recipe link for easy printing will be at the bottom of the post.

































YOU CAN VIEW THE RECIPE FOR

THE COOKIES AND ICING

HERE.

email me if you have any questions or Leave me a comment or link to pics of your cookies or cookie baking experience! I would love to see.

Clothes that make my heart go pitterpatter

Can you simply fall in love with clothes? Fashion still makes my heart go pitter patter. I found a new favorite store. I think my heart started ti beat a little faster, my little baby started doing flips and I started to drool as I was finding new treasures. So......I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite items and it just so happened that the items I selected were all ready put together in looks. Want to browse for yourself?
shop Ruche here.

I love the old vintage look of these studded boots.

Maybe its the french gal in me but these outfits scream to me. I love the socks with the skirt. The cloche hat, and the feminine skirt and blouse paired with a chunky colored necklace.

More socks with dressy shoes. Simple skirt and a fun jacket. Winter and fall are my favorite times of the year because of all the fun jackets, trenches, and coats out there.

I personally would wear this red coat with a skirt or pants but I had to share it with you anyways. The gloves and hat are such a small detail yet add so much to the outfit!


I think I am in love. I am always in search for new inspiration, new stores that are unique, have a vintage feel and can bring out the french side of me. Now if only I could get my wardrobe to catch up to the click of my mouse. That would be heavenly.

Todays challenge, tonights prayer

Everyday brings new challenges. Challenges that help you grow stronger. I am not sure how I have grown but I know my Little Blue has challenged me today. How can someone so small and so adorable be so frustrating at times?

I love my Little Blue and pray desperately to understand her better.