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When we moved this summer, I did a complete decor makeover on all of the kids' rooms (big reveal to come later). I had a blast putting different Pinterest DIYs to use and making up a few of my own as well.

Here are two very cute, and incredibly simple projects. 

Halloween 2014

Happy Halloween from our scurvy crew to yours!

Starting with bottom left: Zach as Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, Brody as Will Turner (he specifies from the third Pirates of the Caribbean), Maddie as Tinkerbell, Wyatt as Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Lincoln (in my arms) as the Tick Tock Crocodile (from Peter Pan/Jake and the Neverland Pirates), I'm a pirate extra, Ryan is Mr. Smee, my dad is next to him as Captain Hook, holding Roman as Peter Pan, and my mom is next to him as another random pirate.

All of the kids' costumes, plus Ryan and I's costumes, were made/put together by me for a grand total of $45!

Update on how I did it coming this week for DIY Day.

Teacher Appreciation Day Gifts #3 and #4

Just realized I completely forgot to update the blog on what else we did for Teacher Appreciation Week last week.

Day Four

The kids picked out flowers for each of their teachers, I picked out the cute tin with the chalkboard from, and I got the tag from 733blog.com.

We stuffed mason jars with chocolate and a hidden gift card! Tag from indulgy.com

Teacher Appreciation Gift Day #2

Today the kids gave their teachers these keychains.

Truly, all of their teachers have been so amazing. I have not experienced better teachers in my time as Mom of a student. 

The kids even helped me make them. I hope the teachers all enjoyed them :)

Teacher Appreciation Day #1

It's Teacher Appreciation Week!

I have had some great experiences with teachers for my children. All three of my big boys attend school and each one of their teachers have gone above and beyond. They are caring, loving, and sweet - the epitome of true elementary teachers.

This week we will be sending a gift every day to show how much we care!

Today we sent these:

(I had to crop this one because it showed our last name)

I got the image originally from Pinterest, but the link was just to a media cache of this photo, which I then printed directly onto cardstock. 

Starbucks has these awesome Teacher Appreciation gift cards! Love it!

Check back all week for more crafts and gift ideas :)

Wedding Details

Here's a few sneak peeks into the wedding details!

Mad Libs, I Spy, and chair tags all DIY. 

Reading Cushion Tutorial

Inspired by Land of Nod reading cushions

You will need:
    Home decor fabric - 1 yard+ depending on how big you want it
    Thread - either contrasting your fabric or the same, depending on how you want it to look
    Fiberfill - 16 oz + depending on how firm you want it

The reason the materials aren't very specific is due to the fact that first one I made was perfect for my two year old, but much too small for my bigger kids, so I adjusted the amounts on a whim.

Here are my basic instructions for the two year old sized pillow.

First, I drew a 17" in diameter circle for my pattern on tissue paper.

I then cut out two of these circles from my fabric.
The next piece, for the sides, needs to be 9" x  51.5" long. You will have too piece it together if your fabric is 45".

Next, sew one of the circles to the long side piece by stitching together on the backside of the fabric.

After this is done, sew the next circle on in the same way.

Now you will have an empty shell of your cushion. There will be an opening where the side piece needs to be closed. Sew this halfway shut, you will need it a little open so you can stuff it wil fiberfill.

Turn the the cushion shell right side out and stuff away until you reach desired amount of poof.

Then hand stitch the rest of the opening closed.

Et Voilà!

For my bigger boys, I doubled the size of the circle, changed the side piece to 12", and the length adjusted accordingly.

Chalk Message Board

Chalkboard

All I did to make this super cute message board:

Bought a really ugly picture from Goodwill for $5. 

Took it apart, painted the frame, painted the picture that was previously in there. 

Put back together! Super easy and cute. 

I got the idea from Pinterest :)