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We are back for another week of blog hopping.  We are moving from one blog to the next reading new stuff, coming up with new ideas and leaving lots of comments.  Do you want to join us?!?!?  It's 100% for FUN!  Everyone is welcome ;)

Did you notice FFF got a new Fabulous button.  It was way over due ;)

October 8th-12th

Every Friday begins with Fabulous Friday Follow Blog Hop
here at Lily's Laundry and  2Giggle Boxes.

Here's what you do...

1. Follow the LLBB and 2GiggleBoxes. (We will follow you too!)

2. Click on the Linky Tool below and add your blog.

3. Check out the other blogs on "Fabulous Friday Follow"

Linky will close on Tuesday evening at 12 PM PST

Thanks to everyone who comes back for FFF every week.
We appreciate it.   Happy Fabulous Friday!

Happy Following!

XOXO, Laura and Sarah

Fall Decorating and Pumpkin Patch Download...

I love the Fall. It's my favorite season.  I got all of our stuff out of  storage this weekend and started putting up some fall "vignettes" today. Here's a little peak.

I used these "Your The Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch" to add a little pop.

I printed out "YTCPITP" on card stock.
Cut two other colored squares from thick card stock.  I used purple 3.5" x 3.5" and orange  3.25" x3.25" as background.
I bought thick popsicles sticks taped them to the purple.
I used spray adhesive to add the orange and then the print out.
Stuck them in the pots with a little pumpkin.  What do you think?  

(Side Note...This one is a revision with the correct grammar/spelling...ahhhh...I go so fast sometimes I make lots of errors...thanks for pointing it out.  If it's still not correct please let me know ;)

Printable Pumpkin

It's GAMEDAY!!! Go Gators!!!

Well today is Saturday and it is the biggest game of the year for the Gators (they're playing The Crimson Tide) so I thought Penny June (isn't that the cutest name you have ever heard of?!?!?)  and her darling pics would be the perfect post for the day. Her mom was a fellow ADPi with me at Florida and so thoughtfully sent me these gorgeous pics!  Thank you Kara-Leigh!!!   You can get your own game day dress for your team here!

Precious!!! Go Gators!!!

Fabulous Friday Follow, Blog Hop ;)

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We are back for another week of blog hopping.  We are moving from one blog to the next reading new stuff, coming up with new ideas and leaving lots of comments.  Do you want to join us?!?!?  It's 100% for FUN!  Everyone is welcome ;)

 

I can't believe it is already October 1st.  I love the Fall the weather starts cooling off, Halloween, Football (Go Gators) then right around the corner is Thanksgiving.

Did you notice FFF got a new Fabulous button.  It was way over due ;)

October 1st-5th

Every Friday begins with Fabulous Friday Follow Blog Hop
here at Lily's Laundry and  2Giggle Boxes.

Here's what you do...

1. Follow the LLBB and 2GiggleBoxes. (We will follow you too!)

2. Click on the Linky Tool below and add your blog.

3. Check out the other blogs on "Fabulous Friday Follow"

Linky will close on Tuesday evening at 12 PM PST

Thanks to everyone who comes back for FFF every week.
We appreciate it.   Happy Fabulous Friday!

Happy Following!

XOXO, Laura and Sarah

Your The Cutest Pumpkin in the Pumpkin Patch!

A button to dress up your blog for October from LLBB.

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It Feels Good to Share...

We are working on a few things around our house with the girls. 

1. Is that we are very blessed for the things that we have and that giving and sharing with others who don't have as much as we do makes us feels really good.

2. Is the "I wants" (ie. toys)  in life are not just given to us but need to be worked for.

That's how I came up with the "It Feels Good to Share, It Feels Good to Care" jars (sounds like a Yo Gabba Gabba song doesn't it? LOL)


Every time that LL helps me pick up her toys, helps with the baby, does what I ask she will get two quarters: 1 for her "Toy" jar & 1 for her "It Feels good to Share" jar.

In December she gets to go to Toy R Us pick out toys for herself (that she has earned) and she will get to pick out toys to give away to a child in need for Christmas.

She is totally into it.  She has picked up her play room twice in two days...It's AWESOME :)

I made these labels in photoshop.  Printed them on sticker paper, backed them with thick colored paper for a little pop.  Tied a ribbon around the jar to make it a little more fun.

You can download labels here.
It Feels Good to Share Label.
Plain Christmas Label.

 I got the jars at good ol' Walmart.  The labels are circular 3.5 x3.5

I also made a plain Christmas ones that could be used for all sorts of stuff like gift tags, place settings etc.

Happy Sharing.

A bee in my bonnet.

I get a bee in my bonnet if the house is not organized.  I can't help it.  It messes with my mind.  I am a very visual person so if a space is not perfect it will bug me till it's fixed.  We have a "multi-purposed/ girl's playroom"  that just always seems to be messy so last week I was determined to get it cleaned up and organized. I gave a way a ton of toys that they no longer play with and rearranged the ones they do.  I also wanted to make the space a little more playful and colorful for them.

BEFORE.  YIKES!

AFTER.  SO MUCH BETTER!

Here's are the simple little things I did.

I really thought about the space and how it could be used better so I moved the furniture around to open the room.  Lily loves that she can now sit and use the table. 

I made these galvanized tins for her to put stickers, markers and other craft stuff in.  These are easy to make.  You can find the tins at any craft store (sometimes you can find them at $1 Spot at Target.) I also picked up big stickers the ones used for selling your home or car and used them to label the tins. Then I glued little rhinestones on them for color.

I thought you could even drill these into the wall if you wanted.

I added these playful colored dots to their bookshelf.  They are removable. It gives the room  little splash of color.





                                                                                      

                                                                              


I also made them some personalized artwork. 


All you need is a canvas, the lettering (decals) that you would like and mod podge. 

Good ole' Mod Podge.  Use to get crazy with this stuff while in art school ;)

I got the  decals from Target but you can get them from anywhere: Michaels, Homegoods, Etsy.



I spaced the letters where I wanted them and then mod podged them underneath and then on top!  Making sure to do the whole canvas so it looks smooth.  Did a "Lily and Claire's Room of Play" and "Create * Imagine" for Lily's desk.





Last thing  I bought each of them a personalized bean bag chairs from Pottery Barn Kids. 
 They love them Lily will chill in this bean bag every morning watching tv with her blanket and gives me and the hubby an extra 30 minutes of sleep!  Priceless!

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Dont' forget about blog hop.  Goes till Tuesday night;)

Fabulous Friday Follow

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September 23th-28th

Every Friday begins with Fabulous Friday Follow Blog Hop
here at Lily's Laundry and  2Giggle Boxes.

Here's what you do...

1. Follow the LLBB and 2GiggleBoxes. (We will follow you too!)

2. Click on the Linky Tool below and add your blog.

3. Check out the other blogs on "Fabulous Friday Follow"

Linky will close on Tuesday evening at 12 PM PST

Thanks to everyone who comes back for FFF every week.
We appreciate it.   Happy Fabulous Friday!

Happy Following!

XOXO, Laura and Sarah

On a side note I will be catching up this weekend with following everyone back!!!

DOUGHNUTS!

Yummy.  I was in Newport Beach this past weekend and they have this awesome store called Sur la Table.  I saw these doughnut (this is how they have it spelled on pan, kind of cute huh ;) pans.  I had to have and wanted to try.  They were great. Perfect for kids hands and hubby loved so wanted to share. This recipe was on the pan.

What you need...

2 cups of cake flour, sifted

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup buttermilk

2 eggs beaten

2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray Doughnut Pan with nonstick cooking spray and flour.

In a large mixing bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.  Add buttermilk, eggs, and butter.  Beat until just combined.  

Fill holes on 2/3's the way full.  
About to large spoon fulls. Don't overfill or they will spill over.

Bake about 7-9 minutes or until the top of the doughnuts spring  back when touched.  Let cool in pan for 4-5 minutes before removing.  Finish doughnuts with chocolate glaze, cinnamon sugar or powered sugar, sprinkles. Makes 12 Doughnuts.

I topped mine with cinnamon and sugar using 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon.  I melted the butter, dipped cooled doughnut in and then dipped in cinnamon sugar mixture.

My Tips 
Start with baking less you don't want them dry.  Think about adding something to the mixture like chocolate chips, sprinkles, vanilla, strawberry or almond extract.  I will try something different next time and let you know how they turn out.

Fabulous Friday Follow

 Thanks to everyone who comes back for FFF every week.  We appreciate it. My goal this week is to get 25 Fabulous Friday Followers.  Last week we almost made it with 23! I think we can do it ;) I will be out in the land of blogs promoting FFF to benefit us all.  Happy Fabulous Friday!

September 17th-21th

T.G.I.F! Every Friday begins with Fabulous Friday Follow Blog Hop
here at Lily's Laundry and  2Giggle Boxes.

Here's what you do...

1. Follow the LLBB and 2GiggleBoxes, (We will follow you too!)

2. Click on the Linky Tool below and add your blog.

3. Check out the other blogs on "Fabulous Friday Follow" and follow them too.

Linky will close on Tuesday evening at 12 PM PST

Happy Following!

XOXO, Laura and Sarah

P.S.  What is a blog hop you ask!?!?

A Blog Hop, also known as blog hopping, is to move from one blog to another, reading posts or to leaving comments. Where the mission is to gain more followers on your blog!

  It's 100% for FUN!