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Meal Planning

Meal Planning , originally uploaded by byjen . Inspired by yet another project from Katherine Marie Photography blog , I recently finished a meal planning system that I hope will help us eat healthier and save money (less eating out). Instead of using a canvas and velcro I used my unfinished 4x6 IKEA frames and felt. It turned out pretty cute. I hope it helps.

Drive-in Movie Cars

Drive-in Movie Cars , originally uploaded by byjen . Last Sunday was our first football Sunday of the season. So it was a relaxing family day at home. For some fun, the girls and I made cars inspired by this blog . I learned about this blog months ago and have been searching for the perfect boxes, and the right time, ever since. It was a fun time. The girls chose the paint color for their boxes and they also painted white paper plates for the tires. Rebecca wanted to make sure the tires could turn, so I used brads to secure them. I also taped a flap of cardboard from the front edge to secure their paperplate steering wheel using a brad as well. Rebecca painted the faces on both cars (Katherine didn't last much past the car painting) and included little tongues sticking out. The cars turned out adorable. For their first drive-in, the girls saw a showing of Cinderella (a favorite of both).

Hello!!!

Wow, it has been a long time. What a busy summer! I wish I could say it was busy with family vacations and time to be creative. No such luck. It was just busy with work, work, work. But now that fall is near, I might actually have a little more free time. The new semester is bringing with it a new schedule and lighter work load for my hubby (he teaches Anatomy & Physiology at a local community college). And my oldest daughter is now in kindergarten. Just those two changes may bring me a little extra time for me. So to start things off, I am taking an online art class from Paulette Insall . I'm excited but a bit overwhelmed by all the different art supplies. Just the different types of acrylic paints make my head spin. I think I just need to move past all that and just get into my craft room and finally make something! Stay tuned.....