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August 2, 2016 Filed in crafts & art,friends,sponsored,things i love
My younger girls had an impromptu party recently.
They texted their friends at noon saying “Ice Cream Sundaes & an outdoor movie at 7:00”
Almost everyone said they could come!
I got every ice cream topping we could think of at the grocery store.
We cleaned up the porch & the yard and it was party time!party1IMG_5091IMG_9730IMG_9724

Ice cream makes the world a better place.
It brings people together.
Ice cream for President!!

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A party was the perfect time to use our new Fujifilm Instax Mini 70 camera.
This camera is seriously SO MUCH FUN!

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None of these girls had seen how an instant photo worked!
They were amazed!
I wish I had a video because they all squealing with excitement as the photo appeared out of the blue.

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Then it was all smiles and silliness – taking loads of pictures of each other.
I think everyone got a turn to try it out and be in the photos as well.

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I hung up some yarn on the porch from my green rusty metal cubby box.
We set out a bowl of tiny clothespins to hang all their photos up.
This way everyone got to see the pics and it kept them from blowing away.

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The camera has a self-timer, macro mode, landscape mode, fill-in flash and a setting called Hi-Key that lightens the whole photo.
It even has a Selfie Setting with a little selfie mirror on the front!

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(you can see my hand & phone in the selfie mirror above.)

IMG_9714party7There were so many smiles in our backyard that night!
The sun went down, the girls got cozy on all our outdoor chairs and we put on the movie.
The movie choice this time was “Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”
It’s a funny (and clean) movie that is good for all ages.

We had a super simple party favor we made for our guests to display their favorite Instax Mini photo at home.
These frame blocks are easy and fun to make.

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I went to my local hardware store and bought an 8 foot long 2″x4″ for about $3.00.

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I marked the board every 5.5 inches with a pencil.

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Using our compound miter saw I made a cut at each line.
(Yes – I did this! Mr. D showed me how to use this last year and I LOVE it!)

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I ended up with 17 blocks.
If you were not lazy (or if you can find your palm sander) you could sand down all the edges and smooth the tops of your blocks.
But I could NOT find my palm sander OR sand paper so I took the lazy route and didn’t do it.
And the world did not end.
Wipe the block down with a damp rag to remove all the dust.

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Paint them however you’d like.
We used acrylic craft paint from any craft store.
Obviously I went the rainbow theme for the blocks I decorated.  🙂
My lines aren’t straight… it’s not perfect… and i like it that way!

I found these little clothespins already painted in the dollar spot at Target.
You can find small clothespins at any craft store too.

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Put a thin line of hot glue on the back of the clothespin. Press the glued side down onto the block.

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Add your picture into the clothespin and you are done!
My girls made other designs too so it was not all rainbow stripes.
This craft would be great for kids to make during a party too!

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what kind of ice cream? what toppings? what sauce? cherry or no cherry? Let’s hear it!

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Tamara - I love my ice cream with peanut butter and chocolate drizzled on top!! Thanks for sharing all your awesome party pics.
westiemks5 at yahoo dot com

Shannon - The more the better!! Mint chocolate chip ice cream with a ton of toppings and caramel syrup!! MMMmmmm!

Stefanie G - my favorite sundae is vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce, chopped peanuts, and strawberries!

Anastasia Falling - Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/771535710872481794

Anastasia Falling - I love my sundaes with -everything-!!! Peanuts, cherries, chocolate sauce, raspberry sauce, caramel, bananas.. OH and whipped cream!! YEAH!!! 🙂

Kathryn C - #SweepstakesEntry- comment

mint chocolate chip ice cream with some hot fudge and whipped cream! sure, put a cherry on top too!

Kathryn C - my #SweepstakesEntry tweet:

https://twitter.com/thrincor/status/771479049927548928

Jerry Marquardt - I publicly Tweeted this giveaway: https://twitter.com/versatileer/status/771414609009913856

Jerry Marquardt - My favorite kind of ice cream sundae is one made with Neapolitan ice cream with whipped cream, nuts and a cherry on top.

Tabathia B - tweet https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/771409458920579073

tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

Tabathia B - I like vanilla ice cream with caramel and nuts, no cherry on top

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Debbie B - i love a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream and nuts

Kim H. - I love hot fudge, peanut butter and whipped cream over chocolate ice cream!

Kerry - Vanilla ice cream with hot fudge sauce and caramelized pecans!

Thomas Murphy - I like vanilla ice cream with everything on it.

Jen Webster - My daughter wants one of these cameras SO bad!

Betty C - Great impromptu party idea. My choice would be a banana split with vanilla, chocolate and coffee ice cream, hot fudge topping and definitely whipped cream with a cherry. Maybe even two cherries.

Cynthia C - I don’t think you can make a bad ice cream sundae, but if I had my choice I would use coffee ice cream with hot fudge and salted pecans.

Erica Best - i love banana split with no chocolate

Terry Stevens - Tweeted-https://twitter.com/birdiebee52/status/770364521978277888?lang=en

Terry Stevens - I love hot fudge sundaes with whipped cream on top.

Jessica - Classic sundae with vanilla ice cream, lots of hot fudge, a little whipped cream, and strawberries. No cherry – yuck!

Catherine Burnett - Oh my goodness! How true! My 9 & 4 year olds would have no idea that you could have an instant print picture! How fun- they would be blown away. Super cute party!

Denise L - My favorite sundae would involve warm brownies, vanilla ice cream, and hot fudge sauce. Don’t forget the cherry on top!

Stephanie Phelps - My favorite ice cream sundae would be a caramel with whip cream and a cherry on top!

Susan Smith - I love hot fudge and caramel sauce on vanilla ice cream with whipped cream and nuts.

Sarah D - Mint chocolate chip ice cream with hot fudge and chocolate chips!

Barbara Montag - I love a vanilla ice cream sundae with lots of walnuts and chocolate syrup.
I’ll skip the cherry.
thank you

Margaret Smith - Tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/767494765382361090
Thanks again.

Margaret Smith - My favorite is vanilla ice cream with hot fudge. Thanks so much.

Kristen - I like coffee ice cream (or mint chip) with hot fudge, nuts and whipped cream.

Christmas Countdown - thanks so much for this article it is appreciated.

Madeline - Oh, that’s an easy one. I love a sundae with any kind of chocolate ice cream (maybe moose tracks) and peanut butter topping with whipped cream. Cherries are fine, too!

natasha lamoreux - I like my icecream sundae with chocolate icecream instead of vanilla.

BusyWorkingMama - I’m sucker for vanilla ice cream with caramel or strawberry topping.

Gretchen - This would be SO MUCH fun for all the gatherings we have at our farm!

Tomi C - Vanilla ice cream with tons of hot fudge and salted caramel sauce. Yummy!!!

Cindy - My favorite ice cream is mocha chip.

Katy Brawley - What a fun party!

I love turtle sundaes!!

10 Backyard Escape Ideas | Jenny On the Spot - […] back porch has the lights and the bunting and colorful furniture… plants and outdoor rugs. Read the whole post to see her fun craft idea and how she throws an ice cream […]

Lyndi Schnelle - vanilla ice cream, hot fudge topping – no cherry! I love the board frames you made – they’re so colorful and graphic!

Elma Riedstra - Vanilla with warm chocolate and caramel and whipped cream and cherries!! yum

Sharon B - A good old hot fudge sundae! Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry! Yum!

meredith feisel - THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE POSTS! I love everything about it!!!! I wish I was there!

Mindy - My girls and I love hot fudge Sunday’s with a little warm Carmel, whip cream, peanuts and a cherry!! ( well we all put a cherry on top so we can give them to the littlest kiddo!) She loves cherries!!! 😊 I just love all the fudge!!

Karen Thurman - My favorite ice cream sundae is pretty traditional. Vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, whipped cream and nuts (no banana!!).

Elizabeth pergande - I would capture all the little moments. truckredford(at)Gmail(dot)com

Fay - My favorite ice cream toppings are hot fudge with a bit of caramel sauce, toffee bits, and walnuts. *heaven*

Rachel - My favorite sundae flavor is hot fudge with almonds and whipped cream.

Margie - Peanut Toffee….a local favourite!
Vanilla ice cream, peanut toffee sauce, no whip cream,no cherry!

Mita - Vanilla, Strawberries and chocolate ice cream.

Lisa Brown - tweet-https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/763680732753440768
jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

Lisa Brown - I like chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, caramel, and whipped cream, no nuts.
jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

Eleanor - chocolate! all the toppings! and chocolate sauce and whipped cream! YUM. Ice cream is my favorite dessert. Cherries are good, but I saw a video about how they were made and I just can’t eat them anymore! whaaa 🙁

Ann Marie - Rocky road!!

KT - Chocolate peanut butter ice cream, hot fudge and caramel sauce, chopped salted pecans, whipped cream and a cherry on top!!! YUMMY! Love the craft and photo idea! Thank you for offering this giveaway!

Robin - I love a hot fudge sundae with a cherry on top!

Courtney - Strawberries and chocolate are a must – with vanilla ice cream. I guess I’m boring lol.

Jodie - My favorite ice cream is “French silk”. Unfortunately, it isn’t always available in Michigan. Sad indeed…

kari - chocolate ice cream with strawberries and caramel on top. no cherry. delish!

Angie Shepherd - chocolate and vanilla icecream,coconut, almonds, sprinkles,chocolate chips and yes a cherry on top

Amber M. - Hot fudge sundae from Braums (which I miss SO much now that I don’t live in Oklahoma anymore). I give my cherry away!

Deb meyers - Cherry Garcia with a sprinkling of crushed Fritos. 😜

Robyn - Maybe I’m wrong but…is there a BAD flavor of ice cream?? My first choice is always my mom’s homemade vanilla with homemade hot fudge sauce-yumMO

Marla Jensen - What a fun camera!!

Crystal Paine - My favorite is vanilla ice cream with caramel, nuts, whip cream & of course a cherry on top!!!

Elizabeth Cannata - Vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, no whipped cream! Lol

lacey poag - every detail of your party is excellent! my ice cream bowl is vanilla ice cream, fresh berries & peaches, and a dash of fine sea salt if I can feeling wild 🙂

Teri Mather - Fun camera

Tonya - Strawberry ice cream, hot fudge, sliced strawberries and whipped cream!

Whitney - I like mine pretty simple, vanilla ice cream with crushed Oreos & chocolate syrup.

Patty - My favorite is vanilla ice cream with mango slices and raspberries. YUM!

Kim D - Any type of ice cream!!! I love vanilla with fudge and candy bar chunks on top!

Krista W. - Hmm…I love mint chocolate chip ice cream and cookies and cream! I think the perfect topping would be some hot fudge and sprinkles! No cherry. 😉

Michelle - Love cookies & cream ice cream w caramel sauce!

maria cantu - My favorite ice cream is chocolate flavored with lots of cherries on top.

Lisa W - Turtle! Chocolate ice cream, caramel and chocolate sauce, crushed pecans. No cherry needed 🙂

Sharon - Vanilla ice cream with crushed oreos, whipped cream and absolutely a cherry on top.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Sharon

Tracy - My kids love most ice cream but their fav is a traditional twist like their dad – psst..I think he’s brainwashed them!!
My favorite is PB Sundaes!! 🙂

elizabeth v. - i like a warm brownie, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream!

Victoria - Chocolate ice cream, chocolate chunks, walnuts, cool whip and chocolate syrup!

What a fun idea for a party! I have an 11yo and it looks like it is something she and her friends would love.

Jamie - Chocolate ice cream on top of a warm brownie. Hot fudge on top. No cherry 🙂

CharityS - My favorite is caramel with walnuts.

Michelle - Traditional – hot fudge, with nuts and a cherry on top. Yummy!

Nancy F - Coconut ice cream with dark chocolate hot fudge sauce and whipped coconut cream topped with fresh raspberries. This is a great party idea!

Annie - This looks like the best party! My favorite ice cream topping is Oreos and fudge!

Jermaine - Love the ice cream bar and movie night idea, and the favors turned out really cute!

Amber B - I love vanilla ice cream and caramel…YUM!

Holly D - I love rocky road! What a fun party!

Rebecca - Oh, pound cake sundae! Good ol’ Vanilla ice cream on top of a warm piece of pound cake. Topped with hot fudge, whip cream and a cherry! YUM!

Ronda - My favorite sundae is chocolate ice cream with peanut butter topping some chocolate chips, strawberries if in season, chopped up reeses peanut butter cups, and lots of homemade whip cream.

Chris - Vanilla ice cream with chocolate and salted peanuts.

emily newcome - My favorite is strawberry ice cream, with hot fudge sauce, and maraschino cherries! like a chocolate covered strawberry in ice cream form!

Ruth - CARAMEL!

jenn - vanilla bean ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream, and a cherry on top!

Heather B - Favorite ice cream: caramel all the way! Favorite toppings:shaved almonds mmmmm!!

Henny P - This looks like a blast! I have an almost 2 year old and it is so much fun to look a t your posts and see “big kids”. You give me a ton of ideas for the future! Thank you for sharing!!

Jeffrey - My favorite ice cream sundae starts with a warm chocolate walnut brownie, vanilla ice cream, chocolate chip cookie crumbles, chocolate drizzle, whipped cream and a cherry on top!

Mary Najdzion - My FAVORITE is a Turtle sundae……Pecans, caramel, hot fudge, and whipped cream! <3 YUM!

Michelle S - I love vanilla ice cream with strawberries and cheesecakes pieces.

Kristi Rediske - I love vanilla ice-cream with chocolate fudge and caramel poured all over it, whipped topping and nuts sprinkled on the top-no cherry! I have wanted one of the instant cameras for so long, so this is the giveaway i need to win. My gift card would go to buying one!

Nicole Bourque - My fave sundae is chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream with Reeses candies and strawberries on top! Yummers!

susan - I love ice cream sundaes any way you can think of. I love lots of chocolate in any form on vanilla ice cream with all types of chocolate including salty potato chips. Love fruit and nuts, too! I am sitting at work while writing this and now I am craving ice cream!! Gonna be one of those days!!!

Stacy McNew - We love to make homemade ice cream and toppings for sundaes. One of our favorites right now is brown sugar peach ice cream, salted caramel sauce, toasted pecans and whipped cream. So Good!

Bobbie Hawkes - I like vanilla ice cream topped with caramel and hot fudge, nuts, whip cream and chocolate sprinkles with a cherry.

Jackie - Favorite ice cream sundae is vanilla ice cream with butterscotch topping, whipped cream. Nice and simple but so yummy! What a fun ice cream party you had! Love the photo blocks.

cyndiloohoo - Hot fudge with salty Spanish peanuts.

Trinda Groff - This looks like so much fun! I love any sundae as long as it has Heath on it!

Tiffany - You’re such a cool mom. I’m a pretty fun mom to littles, I just hope I can be as fun as you when they get bigger! Give me anything with chocolate and a crunch in my ice cream. It has to have a crunch!

Sandra K - I like a s’mores ice cream sundae – vanilla ice cream with marshmallows, crushed graham crackers and some chocolate chips or syrup! My daughter has that same camera and just loves it – thanks for the great idea for a party, I know she and her friends would love that. 🙂

Amy Tong - what a fun party! I want that camera for my party too! My favorite ice cream sundae would be with chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, cherry, Oreo crumbs, sprinkles and chocolate sauce. 😛 thanks for hosting the giveaway!

amy [at] uTry [dot] it

Christy - Vanilla ice cream, homemade hot fudge, and raspberries!

Becca King - I like almost any ice cream sundae! Vanilla with pineapple sauce and rainbow sprinkles will always make me smile!

Jessie C. - tweet-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/761026843679952896

Jessie C. - I love Caramel Apple Sundae.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com

Sarah - tweeted–https://twitter.com/goldnplum/status/761025392891211780

Sarah - What a great idea for an impromptu party!

jennibell - Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped topping. A cherry is o.k. too 🙂

Tippi - I’m boring – but love chocolate ice cream with hot caramel sauce!!! Or even chocolate magic shell!!!

Candice - Brownie sundae with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream will always have my heart 🙂

KATHY T - My favorite sundae is caramel and pecans. Yum!

Thanks for running this giveaway. I love your blog. Your family is adorable!

Robin - Peanut butter ice cream with hot fudge and crushed pb cups. #pbforever

Janna - Chocolate ice cream fo sho! With caramel and hot fudge and brownie chunks!!!! YUM IM HUNGRY NOW! NO cherry for me thx! LOVE your cute craft!!

Sandy McCloud - My favorite…vanilla ice cream with Hershey’s chocolate syrup with bananas! I love your ice cream party! How fun!
And the camera…I love it!

Paula c - Rocky road ice cream with warm hot fudge. No cherry for me.

Lisa - I’m so boring because my favorite sundae is just hot fudge with nuts.

Amanda Z - Mexican Sundae! Vanilla soft service with hot fudge, nuts, whipped cream…YUM!

Candy - Hot fudge!

Ashley - Homemade vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and Heath bar pieces!

Gwen - Vanilla ice cream with hot fudge sauce and some peanuts!

Suzanne - Oh my mercy….what a great craft. I have 3 boys but I am going to find some girls to do this with! My favorite ice cream sundae is key lime ice cream, graham crackers, white chocolate shavings and real whipped cream! To die for…

Jessica To - I like a caramel sundae with no cherry and no whipped cream!

Christin - brownie fudge Sundae with whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry on top 🙂

Nicole Francis - Butterfinger sundae! 🙂

Natalie - My ideal ice cream sundae includes vanilla ice cream, cookie dough pieces, fudge, cherries and whipped cream!

heather earl - Blue Bell vanilla bean with a Smuckers berry topping, crushed Pecan Sandie’s on top, and a little dollop of Redding whip. 😉

Tiffany B - How fun is this?? You are so creative Meg, I LOVE the wooden photo frames – thinking I’ll make a few for my daughter who is going to college in the fall – how cute would those be in her dorm room? Getting the camera too!! #hotfudgeismyfavoritesundae

Tiffany B - How fun is this?? You are so creative Meg, I LOVE the wooden photo frames – thinking I’ll make a few for my daughter who is going to college in the fall – how cute would those be in her dorm room. Getting the camera too!! #hotfudgeismyfavoritesundae

Dena - Hot Fudge on vanilla bean w/ cookie dough and brownie pieces… in a waffle bowl. I have to get one of those cameras; looks too fun!

chrissi - coffee ice cream with hotfudge and pretzels…cute party. great ideas♥

Tina - I’d love to win an instapix camera from Fuji! I’d use it a lot for our fun get togethers, and for church events, where I am on the leadership team for our Young Adult group. This is a creative and awesome way to display these fun photos!! Love the creative ideas – thank you!!

Tina

Tiffani Wagner - Vanilla hot fudge and whip cream with a cherry. The BEST!

Lisa L - Real vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, strawberries and a little whipped cream and walnuts on top! Yum!!

Melanie Sidwell - one scoop of cookie dough, one scoop of cookies and cream (my local ice cream shop Sweet Cow in Boulder, Colo., refers to this combo as the Cookie Monster) with hot fudge and whipped cream. I die!

KWolff - My very favorite type of sundae is vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and hot caramel with a very VERY little pinch of salt and a heap of redi-whip! Add some sprinkles to the top and I am a happy happy girl!

Your blog post made me smile today – thanks for sharing the great ideas and the happy faces!

Andrea Gleich - Weirdly, I just love Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and toasted nuts!! Simple, but delish!

colleen from alabama - Vanilla ice cream, bananas, salted caramel and chocolate fudge on top with toasted pecans and coconut… Cause the bananas and coconut make it healthy, right???

Amy Swanson - Vanilla ice-cream, with hot fudge and peanuts!

Diane - My favorite sundae would be vanilla ice cream with caramel and hot fudge sauce, oreo crumbles, cherries and sprinkles for color! Simple but oh so sweet!

Martha - Blue Bell vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, reddi whip, nuts and cherry!!

Gevay - I am boring-I like vanilla ice cream with chocolate and caramel sauce, whipped cream and nuts.

Julie Cross - Hmmm….since I’m lactose intolerant, I’ll take a fruity sorbet please 🙂

Kara G. - Turtle sundae, extra caramel!

Dennelle - Super simple – vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce, maybe a cherry on top!

Karyn - Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup, plain and simple! Love the block idea for photos!

April - Chocolate, marshmallows or marshmallows sauce, Carmel and if course sprinkles. Ummm no cherry, whip cream-absolutely!!!

shar y - Hot Fudge Sundae for the win!! But, I am really picky about my fudge sauce!

Cheryl B - My favorite sundae is a hot fudge brownie sundae.

Michelle - I love the wooden photo display blocks.

Amanda Gindlesperger - Vanilla ice cream, warm peanut butter, granola, whipped cream, and a cherry. Yum!

Stephanie - I’m really boring so I usually just get a hot fudge sundae from the Dairy Queen. My mom loves their ice cream so my family goes there quite a bit.

Melanie Eliacin - I love ice cream sundaes with vanilla ice cream, peanut butter, chocolate, and some whipped cream! Yum.

Amy - My favorite sundae is a banana split with chocolate, vanilla and chocolate ice cream. Then I put hot fudge on the first chocolate, strawberries on the vanilla and pb on the other chocolate. I add whip cream and nuts and I give the cherries to my kids or husband. Not a cherry fan 🙂

Julie Wood - tweet-https://twitter.com/JewelWood/status/760809868890509314

Julie Wood - My favorite ice cream sundae is a Hot Fudge Sundae, with whipped cream and nuts on top!

Kyra - hot fudge brownie sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top-Yum!

Tina Hammond - That looked like a great event and I love that camera!! I could have some fun with that!!

S - Hot fudge, fresh whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, no cherry with mint chip and chocolate marshmallow ice cream…yum.

Carla Bailey - I’m a plain Jane! Vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and whipped cream. No cherry please.

Brantlee - Hot Fudge,no cherry 🙂 thanks for the chance to win!

Beth B. - My favorite is a Tin Roof sundae….vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and lots of peanuts! Whipped cream and a cherry for special occasions. (Smile)

Kristin - Our summers are super humid, but as soon as we get some cooler evenings we are going to host this party for our teens & their friends! So fun! My favorite sundae will be topped with a ton of strawberries, mini chocolate chips & granola-it’s the best!!

jill - Love the idea…I love creamy vanilla bean ice cream, homemade hot fudge and carmel with a ton of mixed nuts on. Like you can’t even find the ice cream kind of thing! My daughter had one of those cameras on her Christmas list already!

Cheri - My favorite would be peanut.butter ice cream with my mom’s homemade hot fudge sauce, real whipped cream, chopped peanuts, and a cherry on top. I’m making myself hungry!

Heather - Vanilla ice cream with bananas and hot fudge!

Cathy - Hot fudge!

Melissa - Mint chocolate chip ice cream and/or strawberry ice cream with chocolate sauce! No whipped cream and no cherry.

Kirsten J - Chocolate with brownies and marshmallow and hot fudge sauce.

Katy Pflaum - I love a classic vanilla because then I can put on caramel and hot fudge and whipped cream and alll the chocolate toppings!

Valerie - My favorite is a brownie sundae! Warm, chocolaty brownie, regular old vanilla ice cream, and chocolate sauce. That’s it – no whipped cream or cherries! 😊

Elena - I love chocolate sundae with extra chocolate on top 🙂

Kimberlee Jost - That gingham bunting is perfection. For REAL. LOVE IT. Almost as much as my white one. 😉

Rebecca - chocolate peanut butter cup with hot fudge and whipped cream, no cherry!! Cutest party idea ever!!

Liz Runge - Cookie dough ice cream with hot fudge and caramel. And maybe some oreo pieces sprinkled on top. Now I’m hungry…

Kim Wallace - My favorite is cinnamon ice cream with caramel and Heath bar bits!

Jodie - Chocolate chocolate chocolate!!!

Lee - I actually love pretty basic sundaes – chocolate with whipped cream
and love tons of sprinkles. Oh and chocolate syrup!
Wow I am very impressed with that camera! What a great idea for Christmas for my 11 year old daughter!! Thanks!!

Jane - Vanilla with Heath, chocolate syrup, and mini choc chips

Kelly D - I like to get vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream with Reese’s cups, whipped cream and chocolate fudge.

Karol - Love soft serve vanilla, hot fudge, marshmallow creme, and whipped cream. Yum! Such a cute idea for the photos and the display.

Julie - I just got a Fuji instax mini that I’m planning on using for a photo guestbook at our wedding! It’s so fun! I love the idea of the wooden blocks with clothespins. My favorite kind of ice cream Sundae is a classic vanilla brownie sundae with all the toppings-hot fudge, whipped cream, caramel, sprinkles and definitely a cherry! Sometimes I even like to make it a banana split!

Sharron Cox - Dairy Queen’s extra hot fudge, whole peanuts! No cherries! Looks like a great party and a great craft.

Heather Lilyquist - I love ice cream … super hard to pick a favorite … a turtle sundae with salty pecans is always a yummy pick … any kind of s’mores combination is super yum …chocolate, chocolate, chocolate … so many options!!!!

Sarah - Yum! Sea salt caramel ice cream with hot fudge and no cherry!

Lee Ann DeRoos - Vanilla, Hot fudge and lots of nuts 🙂

sheryl - Pistachio walnut with chocolate jimmies and Reeces Pieces!

Lynette - My favorite ice cream sundae is definitely Ozark Turtle (vanilla custard or ice cream, hot fudge, hot caramel, and salted pecans with whipped cream and a cherry to top it off). It is so delicious!

Michelle Whitlow - What fun!!! I think I need to have an ice cream party now 🙂 And I think it’s amazing how far these instant cameras have come!!

Carri Siebenmark - Hot fudge!! Lots of whipped topping.

Lori - Vanilla ice cream w butterscotch or caramel sauce and LOTS OF PECANS!!!!!!
No whipped cream or cherry:)

Kim K. - I love a plain old vanilla sundae with chocolate sauce and bananas with a cherry on top!

Bebe - Caramel sundaes are my fav!

Madison - Brownie on the bottom, coffee ice cream on top, along with whipped cream, homemade chocolate sauce, and maybe a cherry!

Trindin Cavalier - Perfect sundae.. Choc ice cream with peanut butter sauce and a heaping mound of peanut butter cups!

Barb - Vanilla ice cream with ANYTHING chocolate 🙂

Mami2jcn - tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/760642249822707712

Mami2jcn - I love cookie dough ice cream with caramel and whipped cream.

Louisa - Mint chocolate chip ice cream, hot fudge, andes mint candies, whipped cream! Yum yum!

Judith VanAlphen - Chocolate, hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry How soon can you get it here

kris saia - I’m not picky! Any ice cream sundae is a good ice cream sundae… but if I had my druthers: chocolate chip ice cream (sort of soft and mooshy) with fresh and sugary strawberry topping, and a TON of whipped cream. I mean a TOWERING ton, tipping-over-and falling-out-of-the bowl. Plus salted pecans. And a wooden spoon. And maybe a little extra squirt of whipped cream. Just one more. But I’m not picky. Or greedy.

Corny Gatlim - All the red ice cream flavores, strawberry sauce, pickles, nuts, pretzels, wipe cream and a red cherry on top!

Jane - Rocky road ice cream,nuts, cherries, hot fudge & whipped cream

Lacinda K. - Chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, Hershey’s chocolate syrup and whipped cream!… Now I’m hungry 🙁

Maria - Hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry or two or three on top please

Kristine - This camera and your craft are awesome! I also just requested that movie from the library! Thanks for the suggestion. I love all the toppings except for cherry and nuts! 😉

Nicole C - Gestational diabetes is ruining ice cram this summer! I’d like a simple hot fudge sundae with no carbs, please!

Shelly - I just love me some Love Potion #31 from Baskin Robbins, probably because it has cute chocolate hearts in it. Whip Cream is a must, but no cherry.

KH - Chocolate ice cream, warm marshmallow sauce, crumbled chocolate Oreos, whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce and a cherry! Mmm, yes please!

Heidi Durant - Tillamook Chocolate Peanut butter with whip cream and almonds. Simple, but oh so delicious.

Jan - What a fun night for your girls! My sundae would be vanilla bean ice cream topped with bananas, walnuts, coconut, hot fudge & whipped cream. No cherry!

Robin C - Vanilla ice cream with wet walnuts, coconut, pecans, plain m&ms and whip cream. oh. so. good. I’ve never seen this camera before but it looks like great fun.

Ruth Umney - Oh I would love to win this for my trip to see my niece and nephew in a few weeks!!!! Oh and I love a banana split!!!!! Nom Nom!!!!

Will G - I love Turtle sundaes!

heather - My favorite kind of ice cream sundae is vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate syrup and covered in chopped nuts with a cherry on top.

Terri - The party looked so fun!!!! I love Blue Bell Vanilla Ice cream. I’m a simple kind of ice cream girl. I do like it in a regular cone too. Thanks for sharing this great idea.

suzy adams - Hi Meg,
I loved this post! I love ice cream sundaes with all the works! My favorite would be vanilla ice cream with hot fudge and bananas…oh, and yes, always a cherry! Thanks for the opportunity to win this fun camera!

Joanna Peck - I like Breyers natural vanilla with caramel topping and salt. And of course you need cherries!!

Bec - I love the classic hot fudge and caramel and don’t mind throwing in a few oreos as well 🙂

Su - I like moosetracks with some magic shell on top 🙂

Holly - My favorite ice cream sundae would be mint chocolate chip ice cream, hot fudge (real hot fudge, not Hershey syrup!), whipped cream and maybe some crumbled up Ande’s candies on top. Yum!

My girls would love the instant camera. So much fun!

Maegan C - My favorite icecream is raspberry and i LOVE fujifilm! i have an instamatix and use it all of the time!

Lynn Lovins - Coffee ice cream with peanut butter on top sprinkled with mmmmuummm bacon!

Heather S. - My favorite ice cream sundae would be chocolate ice cream, graham cracker crumbs, marshmallows, whipped cream, hot fudge sauce, and a cherry on top! A S’mores Sundae!

Nicole Nunez - Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, peanuts and a cherry to give to a friend.

Rachel - Love the photo holders, cute and clever idea! I like a good cinnamon ice cream from a local homemade ice cream shop! Just straight up.

Jennifer Carlson - I love a simple sundae: vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, and peanuts. Yummy!

shelly dyer - lately i’ve been kickin’ it with old school hot fudge sundaes…

Kathy - Every time I see anything ‘rainbow’ I think Meg Duerksen would love this! What a great (and simple enough for me) craft idea! Vanilla icecream and lots of hot fudge would be my choice for a sundae! Can’t wait to try out the new instax!

barb c - my sundae choice is choice ice cream, peanut butter cups, bananas, hot fudge, whipped cream. Ugh, now I’m hungry!

This is the most beautiful, magical fun idea. Those girls must have been in heaven! Lucky them!

Emily Landers - I love plain vanilla with strawberries, pecans, and chocolate!

Kathie - Looks like a great time was had by all!
Favorite Sundae…Peanut butter lovers dream (I don’t know what it is called). Vanilla ice cream, melted peanut butter, chocolate sauce, Reese Pieces and crushed Reese peanut butter cups. No whipped cream, I LOVE a cherry, so course!

Rachel Newswanger - Coffee ice cream, cool whip & a generous drizzle of hot fudge sauce! 🙂

Annie - Moosetracks ice cream with Reeces, rainbow jimmies & whipped cream – yum!! Usually no sauce but peanutbutter if it’s an option:)

Julie B - Hot caramel with whipped cream! On vanilla ice cream:)

Cindy - Simple-vanilla ice cream, strawberries and pecans. YUM!

Regina - How utterly adorable! My favorite sundae is pretty simple…vanilla ice cream topped with crushed pineapple and a drizzle of pineapple juice. Add a littl whipped cream and a cherry on the side for visual effect…and devour! Yum!

Wendy C. - It’s all so yummy! My fave is Mint Chocolate Chip with reeses pieces, chocolate syrup and nuts! The camera looks like so much fun!!

KWint - I’m a plain Jane Vanilla lover, but that’s only so the ice cream doesn’t compete with my faves: chocolate sprinkles (or “jimmies” in New England!), whipped cream, M&Ms and chocolate syrup!

Hollie Parker - My favorite, since the 1980’s, is oreo ice cream, whip cream and sprinkles! Thanks for sharing this great idea!

Tracy - Vanilla bean, chocolate syrup whipped cream and lots of nots 🙂

Tere - Oh Meg. You had me at ice cream. Love the craft project. The Fuji camera …swoon. Xoxo

Kimberly - Turtle Sundae with extra hot fudge!

Kristin S - That’s the most fun spontaneous party ever!

Favorite sundae? I love it to the max with everything or very very simple with just hot fudge, caramel, and whipped cream.

Random, Meg, but did you see the rainbow striped LS t in the PJ clearance section at Target? It’s so super soft and a bit muted. I keep thinking of you each time I see it. I bought it to be a “Sunday afternoon” shirt in the winter but then came home to remember all the LS t’s I already have. You NEED it.

Lori Montgomery - Ice cream sundaes just scream summer to me. I love chocolate ice cream with hot fudge on top. Yes, chocolate on chocolate. Of course, whipped cream and a cherry are a must. To finish it off, it needs a few nuts for crunchiness and multi colored sprinkles to make it pretty. Perfect sundae for me!

Ashlee Haley - Lots of chocolate syrup, a leslie knoppe amount of whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles, of course. I’m a simple girl 🙂

Heike W. - Chocolate ice cream with peanut butter topping and oreos plus cookie dough! So good!

Gina - How fun!! Vanilla ice cream w/ hot fudge!! 🙂 Whipped cream and of course a cherry. 😉

Kristi King - hot fudge, whipped cream and LOTS of cherries!

Jamie smith - Fresh berries for sure!!! Ice cream is complete with fresh berries

Gabby D. - Marshmallow topping on chocolate or Rocky Road ice cream! your party pics are great!

Theresa - Love your cute take home craft! Also always love your ideas too! 😊

Iris Brown - You get the “super cool” mom award with this cool post!!!!! What a fun idea and the pictures were priceless for such a fun way to spend a summer evening.

Miranda - Coconut ice cream topped with dairy free chocolate chips. Simple but delicious. I’m lactose intolerant, and I’m so happy I found coconut ice cream. No cherry on top, love cherries just not on my sundae. 🍧

Cheryl - I love a sundae with chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, peanut butter, crumbled Reese’s peanut butter big cup, whip cream and of course sprinkles. 😍

Melissa - Oh my gosh this is perfect! We were trying to figure out a fun Back to school Bash and I love the ice cream and movie idea.

Mary Sovinski - My son had a lemon chiffon sundae at an ice cream store that we are trying hard to duplicate. They blended lemon ice w/soft serve vanilla, and added a lemon slice and whipped cream — delicious!

Thinking I can replicate it (maybe?) at home w/lemon sherbet (or ice cream) and vanilla ice cream. I know we’ll have fun experimenting!

RACHEL - I LOVE sprinkles. I’m pretty simple and like chocolate sauce, sprinkles and cherry juice 🙂 yum!

Julie Boyd - My favorite is just good ole’ vanilla icecream with granola, fruit and the Hershey magic shell syrup!!

Deidra - Classic hot fudge with nuts, whip and of course a cherry, in fact, put a few on!

Kristel Armes - Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! Salted caramel topping and that’s it!

Jill - Salted caramel ice cream with heath bits..Mmmmmmm! Love the instant photos!

Corrie - My fav ice cream is chocolate almond with whip topping, bananas and hot fudge all the way. What a fun night!

Tobi Layton - vanilla ice cream, caramel topping, cookie dough and mini pb cups for the toppings – Thanks for making me hungry now!

Danielle - My favorite sundae would have to be “The Founder’s Favorite” at Cold Stone. It is sweet cream with brownie chunks, pecans, fudge and caramel. This is my favorite for now anyways:)

Devyn Rohlk - Hello,
My favorite sundae is cheesecake ice cream, bananas, caramel, Andes mints white chocolate chips and maraschino cherries with whip cream and sprinkles!

Brenna Walters - This is aWesomMe!

Nora C. - I LOVE ice cream sundaes!! It was the most popular night at the summer camp I used to work at. The skits the campers performed in exchange for ice-cream were hilarious! My personal favorite is goat tracks (homemade by a local farm here in CT) with some peanut butter cups, whipped cream, hot fudge, rainbow sprinkles, and of course a cherry to top it all off 🙂

Amanda Soltoff - Oh my gracious, yum! I love a decked out sundae – a few scoops of cookies and cream ice cream, throw on all the toppings, and add lots of whipped cream!

Ali - Vanilla with chocolate and caramel sauce, whipped cream (or marshmallow fluff) and a cherry. A brownie thrown in doesn’t hurt either…. 🙂

Andy Betz - vanilla ice cream, homemade strawberry sauce, chocolate syrup, the end. OR
chocolate ice cream, reese peanut butter cup minis, peanuts…

Shawna - Strawberry

Angela Donohew - Vanilla Ice cream, liquid peanut butter, no cherry! and a brownie on the side!!
Thanks!
Angie

Marnie - I always have chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, blueberries, and crushed up almonds. It’s my favorite!

Cara Yeh - mint chip ice cream. hot fudge, whip cream. cherry. 🙂

Holly - Cookie dough ice cream, hot fudge, sprinkles, whipped cream and a cherry on top…. Such a cute little camera!

Kim B - Vanilla Bean with either my MIL’s homemade chocolate sauce and slivered almonds or caramel (when she is not around and I am too lazy to make the sauce).

Julie - I love brownie sundaes with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge sauce, peanuts and whipped cream. Yummy!

Juli Kinrich - Something with a vanilla-based ice cream with chunks of cookies or brownies and a ribbon of caramel sauce, more caramel sauce on top, and chocolate sauce too. Yum!

Jennifer B. - I love this! I’ve been trying to convince my 6-year-old to split a banana split with me, but he keeps wanting plain ice cream. I say the more toppings, the better. (As long as it’s not gummy bears, worms, etc.!)

I loved having a instant camera as a kid and most of my baby pics are Polaroids. This would be a fun way to get a kid interested in photography!

mary - turtle sundae’s are my all time favorite!

Megan - Vanilla with all the candies on top! Basically a good excuse to eat a ton of candies 🙂

Nicole korpela - I would take a vanilla ice cream sundae topped with marshmallow cream and chocolate sauce!! YUM!

Kathi - I love chocolate ice cream with caramel & pecans.

Stephanie - Super fun party!!! My sundae would have vanilla with strawberries on top. (And if I was really lucky, it would have
angel food cake underneath!)

Margaret Hill - chocolate! Anything chocolate!!

Becca Webb - I love all kinds of sundaes! But a really satisfying one is vanilla ice cream with hot fudge and chopped peanuts! Yum!!!

Diane Pierce - What an awesome party!! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

Favorite ice cream sundae is vanilla with the mini Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. So good!!!

THANKS!
Diane

Tammy - Any flavor of dairy-free ice cream and then hot fudge, broken up chocolate bar and sprinkles!

Mary - what kind of ice cream? Coffee
what toppings? Brownie chunks
what sauce? hot fudge!
cherry or no cherry? cherry – 1
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*and now I’m hungry for some ice cream.

Kami BK - What a fabulous party idea. I eat ice cream for the nuts, so just vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and PECANS!

Tiffany - Ice cream is my favorite dessert, sundaes are a fun treat. I’ll take vanilla, peanuts, caramel, whip cream and a cherry. Yum.

cathie w. - Mexican Vanilla ice cream, with grape-nuts and chopped strawberries.
Hands down the absolute best combo ever!

Susan - vanilla with carmel and nuts….simple!!

Amy Metz - Sounds like a fun party! My favorite ice cream is cookies and cream.

Lori - This is a super fun party! I’ve had my eye on this camera for years. My sundae would have chocolate and cookies and cream ice cream topped with Reeses and sprinkles!

Carrie D - My favorite is mint chip ice cream with chocolate syrup. Yummo!

Dawn Beery - Vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, whip cream & pecans! Yum!! No cherry!

Kimberly - Fun party!
I love coffee ice cream & hot fudge!

Lori - Vanilla ice cream, raspberries, hot fudge, whip cream and no cherry!

Lisa B - Such a bright, happy setting for these sweet girls to party in! No wonder they all look like they are having so much fun! When I read your blog I remember the fun I had with my kids when they were growing up – and I picture my daughter, also a mom of five great kids, providing the tools for artsy, craftsy, memorable fun for my grandchildren. A visit to your blog is always uplifting! My favorite ice cream sundae is Coldstone Cake Batter ice cream, with coconut and whipped cream stirred in. Yum!

Kim Fry - Mine would for sure have a cherry on top, maybe 3!! Vanilla ice cream with caramel, chocolate and strawberries sounds delish!! Oh and lots of whipped cream!! Thanks!

AmandaK - Is it too plain if I like Vanilla ice cream with Chocolate on top? Caramel works great too. Looks like a fun party!

Lindsay F. - This may sound like a crazy combo but I would choose lemon ice cream from a local ice cream shop. Then add hot fudge, sprinkles, and waffle cone crumbles. I’d get a cherry just so I could give it to my 3 year old… He loves them!

Anna Moser - coffee ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream… cherry-free please!

I love your blog!

Susan C. - Chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup, almonds, graham cracker crumbs, cool whip and of course a cherry!! YUM

Meggan - Homemade mint chocolate chip made with coconut milk! Yummm!!

Sarah Vincent - Rocky road with caramel and hot fudge.

Sarah - Hot fudge with anything!

Looks like a fun party!

michelle - Vanilla bean, or homemade vanilla with cold pineapple ( it freezes on the ice cream when it is cold ) and nuts. Just plain and simple:)

Chris - Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry for sure!

Vonda - Strawberry!

Mallory O - Mackinaw Island Fudge!!!! Just typing that out made me miss the Mitten State (home) and that summery goodness!

Lisa Foster - Vanilla ice cream, topped with marshmallow fluff. Add reese’s cups and cover it all with my mom’s homemade hot fudge!

Kelley - Smores all the way! Or any version of ice cream that is similar- like Rocky road.

Megan J - Hello!!! We love ice cream over here!! My personal fav is vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, Oreos and whip cream! Yummy!!

Amy Covey - My favorite is a buckeye sundae (at least it’s called that in OHIO…everywhere else it would be a Reeses sundae)….chocolate ice cream, peanut butter sauce, hot fudge, a mini buckeye candies on top. 🙂

Rachel Schumacher - My favorite is from Cold Stone – Coffee ice cream with chunks of Heath Bars. Yum! And I’ve been wanting one of those cameras since they look like so much fun. And that movie is one of my all-time favorites! 🙂

Molly - chocolate. all the chocolate. and then i also like the chocolate, peanut butter, and banana combination. 🙂

Molly Weesner - chocolate. all the chocolate!! and then i do like to do a chocolate, peanut butter, and banana combination. 🙂

Sarah Pinault - Vanilla Ice Cream with just nuts and a dark chocolate sauce – but not too much. No cream. No cherry. 🙂

Lindsey - Great party!! My favorite sundae is chocolate ice-cream, chocolate fudge, and any kind of chocolate candy I can find!

Emily - Caramel and hot fudge with whipped topping, no cherry!

Brandy - Rocky Road with whipped cream, drizzled fudge sprinkles and a cherry on top!

Janet C - My favorite is a Peanut Buster Parfait from Dairy Queen. My 13 year old daughter would L.O.V.E. this camera, and so would I!

Renee C - Chocolate marshmallow YUM. Such a fun party idea!!!

Cory Beyer - A very simple Vanilla ice cream with caramel syrup. Maybe a cherry on top!

sabrina - Fun party! How can I choose just one flavor? I really like coffee and banana icecream with big peanut butter and chocolate chunks. In the winter I love Pink Peppermint ice cream!

Leslie Allegretto - This is the cutest dang craft. I do a little woodworking and make signs and have about a zillion scraps that would be perfect for this. Thanks for the info and the chance to win the cute little camera. I think I know what to get my niece for her birthday. My favorite sundae topping has to be peanut butter and crushed kit-kats. So yummy! Btw, love your style. I’ve been following you for a while on FB and your pics always make me smile.

Stefanie Turner Shultz - Vanilla ice cream, caramel drizzle, chopped pecans, white chocolate chips, dollop of cool whip

Jenny Hutcheson - my daughter will love to make those cute photo blocks!

Favorite ice cream sundae, vanilla ice cream mixed with a scoop of peanut butter 🙂 no cherry!!!

Cheryl - Homemade vanilla ice cream with fresh peaches, or strawberries, or lots of homemade chocolate & caramel sauce on top! I always have to loose 5 pounds at the end of summer!

nancy cresser - What a cute party! Hot fudge sundae with mint chocolate chip & coffee ice cream, whipped cream & a cherry!

shelley - Ben and Jerry’s Tonight show! YUM!

Donna S - My favorite ice cream is a mint oreo blizzard from Dairy Queen.

Heather B - I love all the ice cream sundaes! Ice cream is my jam. My all time favorite is anything that involves chocolate, peanut butter and oreos!

Vicky B. - My favorite ice cream sundae is birthday cake ice cream with hot fudge, whipped cream, and a cherry on top.

Tiffany - Sea Salt Caramel Truffle ice cream topped with marshmallow crème and caramel. Yummo!

Kelly S. - Favorite ice cream is Rocky Road. I love marshmallow in ice cream- so good.

Cutest idea ever to make blocks out of wood and paint them. You are so creative.

katie p nc - Coffee ice cream with hazelnuts or coconut shavings!

Also, new kitten alert!!!

marjie - Double chocolate peanut butter ice cream with peanut butter sauce, hot fudge sauce, whipped cream, pecans and a cherry on top!

Jennifer - How fun! I especially love the craft! Great idea! I love chocolate ice cream with hot fudge, nuts, whipped cream and I would pass on the cherry. I usually hand it off to someone else that likes them.

beth ann - Ice cream is almost a daily treat at our house in the summer. Each time is a little different concoction. My favorite is chocolate ice cream, with crushed up kit kat and magic shell on top.

Dana Walker - I love an ice cream sundae with caramel nut cluster ice cream from hoffman’s with hot fudge and whipped cream on top- Delish!

Rebekah G. - I’m a hot apple pie filling with a drizzle of peanut butter sundae girl.this party looks so amazing! We are having an outdoor movie night on Sunday for our neighbors & family!

Christi {Jealous Hands} - For summer I like vanilla ice cream with honey, cinnamon, fresh pineapple & strawberries, and coconut flakes. Yummy!

Thanks for the super fun giveaway! xo

Kelli - Hot fudge with wet walnuts over vanilla!!!

Meredith salmon - Banana split with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and either chocolate Jimmies or wet walneta. Yummmmm!!!

Cindy Mandernach - Triple ginger Coconut. I make it myself…

Chelsea - Hot fudge on blue bell vanilla please!

jamie - i don’t think hot fudge cream puff counts as a sundae so i think my favorite sundae is vanilla ice cream with so much hot fudge and nuts and whipped cream. i also like a good fruit sundae. with so much whipped cream.

Erin Gustafson - caramel with peanuts. yum!

May - One scoop of strawberry, one scoop of vanilla, topped with chocolate sauce, whip cream, & a cherry, please! Yum…

Lisa - Hot fudge on home made vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups. No cherry. 🙂 Yum!

erica - Hot fudge and peanuts on vanilla ice cream or coconut cream, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate syrup on Hawaiian shave ice

Kathie M - I love cake flavor ice cream with caramel, Oreos, hot fudge, peanuts and whipped cream!

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pretty eggs, pretty flowers & pretty mugs!

March 20, 2016 Filed in crafts & art,things i love

THIS IS CRAZY!!!!
your kids will flip out!
i hope you try this and that i have the energy to try it as well.
let’s be honest… i hope i even get the regular dyed eggs done.

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i seriously love this wallpaper at Anthropologie!
it’s quite wild but there is nothing wrong with that.

i love how Haneen styled it in her dining room!  (go check out her whole post)
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i would probably do the opposite and put the wallpaper with all white but that doesn’t mean i don’t love what she did too.
i love the color blast it gives!
i especially love that big red flower!

 

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and then look at this fun craft project?!!
this is so cool!
i know two girls at my house that would loooove to try this out!
and we have about at least 54 bottles of nail polish at our disposal so i think we will!

(the sound is gone on this video but you can click over to the original source to hear the video with music)

 

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Aimee - Doing the eggs! Just went by Goodwill and picked up four decent ties for 50 cents each 🙂

Kris Gilbert - We DID make those silk tie eggs several years back and they did turn out well although we didn’t know about the step of wrapping the tie with string prior to wrapping it in the white cotton. Makes total sense to secure the tie closer to the egg. As a result, some of our prints are a bit muddled, but the fact that we got ANYTHING out of it was so exciting. This year, my guys are all out of the nest but I’m STILL going to do this! Thanks for sharing!

Sharon / tpt - Okay. Those mugs?! Major artist work! I could see a whole table of those displayed at a fancy Santa Barbara art show stroll!
….also…yes… #anthropologyRocks

Jennifer Greeley - Those eggs! That’s crazy awesome. Like you, I’ll be lucky to get anything dyed. Love the mug tutorial. That is so easy!

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first quilt

August 10, 2015 Filed in crafts & art,special,things i love

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first order of business – the WINNER OF THE 31BITS NECKLACES!
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winner:   “Kristina – Love it all. Especially Persimmon bracelet!”

Kristina… i need you to email me your address so i can send you these beauties.
my email is in the sidebar under my (very outdated) profile photo.

🙂

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and now… back to the regularly scheduled programming.

last summer talby and annie started on their first quilts.
quilts take a lot of time and after we made what felt like a million strips… we lost steam.
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(but look how cute and little the girls are in these pics from last summer!)IMG_7791(pp_w775_h775)IMG_7744(pp_w775_h775)
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so now… a year later…. TALBY FINISHED the front of her quilt!!!

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i mean… have you ever seen anything cuter?!
all the colors!!!
it’s just plain dreamy.

are far as HOW we are making this quilt… we are making it up as we go along.
it won’t be perfect but we don’t really care about that.
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we care about learning to love sewing.

we use the SINGER Heavy Duty Sewing Machine for all of our sewing projects.
and we use these at the Craft House too.

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the girls can thread it themselves.
it sews very smoothly and it is EASY to use!
i highly recommend this machine!
it’s $136 on Amazon with Prime Shipping.

i think that is a total score!

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as soon as Talby finished Annie asked “Can i sew today Mom?”

i am so happy they like sewing!!!

we are still deciding on what to put on the back and how we will “quilt” it.

 

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ALSO… if you are looking for great books to encourage your girls to sew or just to inspire them… i highly recommend these two books!
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We Love to Sew: 28 Pretty Things to Make: Jewelry, Headbands, Softies, T-shirts, Pillows, Bags & More
and  We Love to SewBedrooms: 23 Projects Cool Stuff for Your Space

We have both of these books and they are REALLY good.
they are written for the kids – really great photography, styling and projects.
it’s written so they feel like it’s THEIR book… not their mom’s book.

and when i went just to find the links for those two books i saw she has TWO more books!
i immediately ordered them both because DUH!
Annabell Wrigley is a rockstar.

We Love to SewGifts: Fun Stuff for Kids to Stitch and Share

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We Love to CraftChristmas: Fun Stuff for Kids 17 Handmade Fabric & Paper Projects

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my mail box is going to be so happy this week!

i am making curtains for a bedroom at the Craft House… the fabric is a bright yellow damask!
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are you making anything right now? sewing or not sewing?

let’s hear it!

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Loto - I love that you are teaching your girls to sew! Talby’s quilt is beautiful!

Southern Gal - I’m sewing curtains and a seat cushion for my daughter-in-law’s kindergarten class room. Next are clothes for my grandchildren and a quilt for my son. I love the scrap quilt. She did an amazing job!

Maria - So so cute! Guess I need to stop pinning quilts and just make one already!

Alicia - That is adorable! So happy! My daughter and I just started on a duvet for her bed. The husband and other kids are going out of town tomorrow and leaving us to makeover her very first room to herself. I think I’m as excited as she is!

Sue - Sewing. Always sewing. I make comforters for relief work around the world, for domestic violence victims, for people who lost belongings due to natural disasters, always to give away for a variety of causes. Talby’s comforter is amazing! She’s got a good eye for bright and fun!

I knot my comforters using something called the Decatur knot. It leaves an X on the top, and one stitch showing on the back. I enjoy that process more than struggling with a bed-size comforter through my sewing machine!

Erica - With my older kids I thought a shopping cart cover was a waste of time and money, but my youngest puts her mouth allover everything so I whipped up one out of fleece. Now she’s standing up in her crib and so I’m making a crib rail cover

Kathi - I’m going to order these for myself. I took sewing in Jr.High School a million years ago, and haven’t done much on a sewing machine since. I think these books would be just my speed 😀

KWolff - I love the colors of Talby’s quilt. It is very fun and looks like something that will be well loved for years to come. Thanks for the tips on the books. I have a daughter (14) that loves to sew but she gets so discouraged when things don’t work out right. I think one/some/all of these books would be good motivators for her to get back into the swing of sewing and actually have fun with it.

Jen J - Right now I am working on making a purse for my friend and I also have an order for a checkbook cover. I plan to work on making that today 🙂

My daughter recently learned to sew. She is taking a quilting class right now from a lady that goes to our church. I get to tag along to the classes and I have learned so much! I have never wanted to quilt before, but I do now 🙂

jen - Her quilt is awesome! I’m working on a quilt as well. Finally cut in to a bundle of Joel Dewberry fabric I bought about 5 years ago.

Lisa Perry - I am re-doing my little Jack and Jill bathroom…I aways buy two shower curtains and turn one into a sink skirt and curtains to match the actual shower curtain. Going with blues and greens and attempting painted stripes on the walls.

Julie - When I’m not working, gardening, cooking or reading, sewing is what I do. Currently I am making a scrappy sampler quilt – no real plan as yet, Here is a progress shot of the blocks I’ve made so far. Fingers crossed that when it is finished it looks as good in real life as it does in my head.

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Very impressed you are making more curtains – I have never attempted those.

phyllis - I love her quilt top!!!
Want! 😀
I am about to try Shibori… tie dye in indigo …probably on pillowcases to start since I snagged some at Goodwill.

Becky Kindel - I sewed fabric bunting and paper bunting for the kitchen and craft room in the new craft retreat I’m building!

KirstenP - I got the Singer Sewing Machine you mentioned for my birthday. I’ve been checking out quilting pages on facebook for pattern ideas and how-tos to make my very first quilt. I found a pattern I like and I’m tweaking it with a couple of my own design and fabric ideas.
On facebook’s Quilting Club page I saw this awesome quilt that reminded me of your love of color. It’s too difficult for me now but someday I plan to make it. http://www.craftsy.com/supplies/riley-blake-basic-variety-star-bright-quilt/14787?ext=FB_QC_PP_Ecomm_Activity_Ecomm_Purchase_14787_20150810_1400&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social%20Engagement&utm_campaign=Quilting%20Club-Ecomm%20Activity&initialPage=true

Amy Woods - What a beautiful, happy, lovely quilt! Absolutely perfectly imperfect. I love it!

I am currently crocheting a little beach bag that I started before our trip to the beach earlier this summer and didn’t finish. 😉

And, I’m working on a rag t-shirt quilt for a friend. It’s kinda giving me hives because I am now at the sewing stage, and sewing on t-shirts is making me nervous. I’m just going to have to jump right in!

Love that you sew with your girls.

Jackie O M - Just back from a week at Club Fred ~ spent with our grandpetites.
We had great fun doing projects. Petit #1 made a request to knit a new scarf (she began knitting at Granny Camp several years back). For this scarf, we both had to learn the seed stitch ~ not at all difficult. Petit # 2, the Vegetarian, wanted to make noodles by hand. And pesto. And Caesar salad ~ which she did at table;awesome. Petit #3 wove a small pillow on a cardboard loom, round and round as opposed to back and forth, no seams. He also learned a four strand round cord to use as a handle. On our field trip to Shipshewana, we scored knitting looms. Petites #2 & #3 along with granny are loom knitting! And paper banners!

GB Jost - Our Girl will be sewing her first apron!

Jody - LOVE the quilt!!!!

Books to inspire girls AND boys!!!! Boys love to sew too. :))

kim - After making lots and lots of headbands for my little girl, I’ve taken the ever so slightly more complicated step to…pillowcase dresses 🙂 Slowly, but surely, making my way into a hobby of imperfect sewing! Love your blog!

Nikki - I’m crocheting a shawl right now, but looking at Talby’s quilt is making me so happy I think I will go home and start cutting up my old stash of fabric to make one for myself!

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12 crafts for kids

June 8, 2015 Filed in crafts & art

i used to make lots of crafts with my kids.
i am not anti-craft now but they are older and its just not how we spend our time together as often.
BUT even if they are from years past… they are still great and fun craft projects!
maybe your kids (or grandkids) are really into art right now?
i put together my top 12 favorites of all the projects i have blogged over the years.

you can click the link underneath to go to the blog post for instructions.

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1. Water Color Butterfly Canvas

i LOVED these butterfly punch canvases.
Talby still has her hanging in her bedroom.
they are beautiful!  these canvases POP!
we used this Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch to make the butterflies.
i looked other places and this was the best price! Those peeps at Amazon know what’s what!

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2. Giant Squids

these were SO FUN!
we loved the book I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean and we made an art project to go along with it.
at the end of the post about making these is a video of teeny tiny annie reading the book!
time is a jerk.

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3. Beautiful Butterfly

a favorits book at our house was ALWAYS The Very Hungry Catapillar.
i remember turning the last page and saying “And he was a beautiful butterfly!” so many times.
we created our own Eric Carle inspired butterflies by using construction paper.

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4. Gumball Machines

what is happier than a gum ball machine?
🙂
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5.  Rainbow Windcatchers

i think these are probably my FAVORITE of all the crafts we ever made.
and that’s saying something.
they are just SO pretty hanging in the windows and blowing in the breeze.
we may need to make these again!

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6. Robin Nests

we had a nest of robin’s on our porch and their nest was fascinating!
this project was inspired by our mama robin and her three babies.

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7. Homemade Chalk Paint

this post is one of the ones i go back to often.
it’s the perfect images of summer.
i LOVE this post… sun tans… zinnias… kids everywhere… paint everywhere.
these were the good ol’ days for sure.

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8.  Crazy Owl Continous Line Drawing

there is even a video with these!
this looks hard but i promise you it is NOT and your kids will feel like experts!
you need to make this one for sure!

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9. Happy Sunflowers
these happy flowers hung in our kitchen for years!
there is an endless way to create with them.
it’s also a very easy project.  🙂

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So Much FUN!!!
this project was as much fun to prepare as it was to put together.
the colors are awesome!

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11. A Galaxy Far Far Away

you guys this was such a pretty project!
it looks so pretty too wherever you hang it up.
my kids had a good time making this one.

 

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12. Melted Crayon Art

this post has been one of the top pins in history… like for real!
its been on MSN… The Huffington Post… magazines and newspapers all over the world…
everyone loves color!
it took very little time, a canvas, a big box of crayons, hot glue and a blow dryer.
everyone should try this project at least once.  🙂

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now… it’s time to get your supplies and get crafty with your kids!

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Leah - This post brought back so many memories for me! I discovered your blog when my daughter was only 2 (she’s 7 now) and your kiddos were so young! I loved seeing what Craft Thursday would bring. My daughter I did so many of these crafts as she grew. The galaxy and butterfly punch were favorites. But also the rainbow windcatcher and melted crayons. We have to go back and do the ones we missed. Thanks for the happy memories!

Elissa - My 4yr old was viewing this with me. For each new picture she would say, “Do you think we should make that? I want to make that one.” 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration!

sharon / theprincipledtype.blogspot.com - butterflies and galaxies are never wrong. and donuts. (i just threw in the donuts bit, even though you didn’t have a craft or pic of them :)) (but i’m right? no?! :))

Jenny B. - Love them all! I also think it’s neat that I remember seeing most of them. My oldest son (same age as Annie) and I sat and watched the video of Annie reading back in the day. He always enjoys seeing what she’s up to. Can’t believe they are so big now! Yay! Boo. 🙂 🙁

lorieloo - OMG dying over little Sean!! and these are all so fun.

Kim - This post could not have come at a better time. I have my 8 year old grandson on Fridays this summer and he loves to do crafts with Grammy!! I have pinned 3 of these and can’t wait to get started….now which one to do first?

Christy - Thanks for all the great ideas! I think we will do one for each week of summer break!

Ann Williams - Great ideas! Maybe I can incorporate 1 or 2 into my kid’s yoga camp!!

Becky - My daughter and I made the butterfly canvas, and it’s hanging on her wall. It is SO fun, easy, and cheerful 🙂

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old lamps are rad.

April 13, 2015 Filed in crafts & art,home decorating,pretty

if i was a good DIY blogger i would have thought to take a photo of the lamp BEFORE this project.
but i was too eager to start and my phone had just died.
i found this lamp for $3 at a thrift shop probably two years ago.
the big round part is ceramic.  (awesome right??)
it was already white.
the base and the tall skinny part were a black-ish brass color.
i tried to live with it but i just couldn’t… so i took the lamp to my garage… i took Press-N-Seal and wrapped the ceramic part with sheets of PNS until it was completely covered.  i put PNS over the cord and the electrical parts too.

then i spray painted the brass with white spray paint that was already out from another project.
it was satin finish.
So then the lamp looked like this….
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this is the only picture of have of the old original nylon-polyester shade that it came with… grainy and dark but you can see that it was like any old lamp you would see at a thrift shop or garage sale.
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when i buy an old lamp i am looking for one with a shade that has a wire frame underneath.
if you bought a lampshade now at a store the shades are made from a plastic form… which is fine and i have lots of those.
but if you want to recover it.. that is hard!
so with old lampshades.. the heavy duty wire base make recovering much easier.
honestly i wouldn’t even bother trying with a newer lamp shade.

i went through my fabric stash and chose ANY that i thought might possibly work in my living room.
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small b&w dots – michael miller/spearmint green with birds – joel dewberry
green birds – heather bailey/red flower – suzy pilgrim waters/gray pin dot – wavily
butterflies – anna maria horner/BIG dots – moda/
multi color dot – laura berringer/cream & black dot- riley blake/gray dot – jackie studios
mint green dots – michael miller (lilypad)/green dot – michael miller (mint)/large green circles – joanns
charcoal & white birds – robert kaufman/small black dot – hobby lobby/green &turquoise floral – anna maria horner

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i love ALL of these fabrics!
(i order almost all of my fabric from HawthorneThreads.com)
i draped them over the shade to compare.
i took a picture for myself to look at all of them to help me decide.

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my top five were: b&w birds – large green circles – big black dots – butterflies – red floral

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i chose the red floral “panel”
it is printed like this.. in a panel not a continuous pattern.
and i got a close up of the designer so you could see it.
it really is a beautiful print!  it makes me want to paint when i look at it.

and then… i sat in bed and watched a show with my glue gun and made this lamp shade.
i showed a basic tutorial on how to recover lampshades HERE about three years ago.
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and while i’m at it i will show you the whole room in it’s current state.IMG_0903
oh hey look! we hung pictures on our wall!
one year later but we did it!

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i got the africa map from @sparrowmercantile on instagram.
the other map was from Bearly Makin It.
i made the curtains from the ikea fabric again to match the dining room ones.

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the be Brave sign is from Salty Bison.
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i found our piano on craigslist in december.
the couches and chairs are the ektorp from ikea.
they are holding up well… white isn’t perfect but i love it so much.
there is lots of pattern going on in here… i know.
but i like pattern.
and color.  🙂

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the chalkboard is just MDF painted with chalkboard paint that i used to cover up some ugliness at the farm house.
talby wrote song lyrics on it.  🙂

our buffets are matching and they were also from craigslist.
craig painted them.  (you can see them from last summer HERE)
the pictures and canvases are up but they will be changing/moving/rearranging  all the time.
(i order my canvases from all the canvas places… mpix – canvas on demand – canvas people – all of them)
and i think i will fill in that whole wall on the left.
i have a thing for photos.
i will keep adding “stuff” on this left side but for now it looks like this.
complete with Wii cords hanging down… so fancy.
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the ‘glass is half full’ print is from Studio Mela.

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those red flowers make me so happy!
and how cute is that print from KatyGirl?!
the flower vase is from world market… table from Bearly Makin It… mirror was thrifted & spray painted.

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i can’t wait to find the next great lamp!
it’s so much more fun to recover and revive an old ugly lamp than to buy one done.

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Lisa - Love this room! Can I ask where you got your “Smile” letters? LUV!!

Shelie - Absolutely LOVE your style. Our previous home was lots and lots of whites and neutrals and I was never really happy with it. Our new home has white, but lots of color too! Love your lamp too! I would have a blast thrifting with you!!

mary beth @ www.mbzinteriors.com - Hi, just found your blog. Your home reminds me of mine, lots of white but pops of happy colors. I adore your colorful staircase. We have a 1 year old Golden too who is on a professionally installed invisible fence. We had to raise the shock to the highest, he is friendly too. Now when he runs out without the color, he stops on a dime at the edge of the yard not realizing he does not have the shocker on.

Janet C - That first picture of the dogs cracks me up! They look so serious 🙂

lisa - Your home is so bright and cheerful… and looks so comfortable and welcoming. I say that means you’ve done a great job decorating!

Kelly O. - this post inspired me to look at my home in a different light…. we moved from our fabulous forever home due to a job transfer and I’ve never felt that this house “fits”–but after reading this post I will have a new living room full of colour pizazz and my style by the end of the month! thanks for sharing your inspirations and your quickie fixer uppers to thrift store finds!

sharon / theprincipledtype.blogspot.com - no kiddin’ just bought myself the coolest mcm (goes with your mad man crush! lol). it’s blue, tall, totally boss! funny story: it replaces the broken sunny white and green one (i loved) of which i asked/blamed just about everyone i know for breaking . . found out it was husband! never thought of him!! ha-ha.
you shade here is a beauty 🙂

Erin - I love your blog. Your home is gorgeous. It seems so happy and fun. I have a big family too. So I love to see how you set up your house to meet the needs of your family. Wish you could come to California and help me with my house!

Sarah Wolfe - It all looks fabulous… love ALL of it!

Lisa - I like all your patterns and colors, and I don’t think it’s overpowering at all since you have white backgrounds. It all looks very nice and inviting.

Kirsten J - Ok. Love it! I’d have gone safe with black and white polka dots prolly. And genius on the PNS. Are you kidding me?!?! Why have I never tried that?

Amy K. - I spy a “before” picture of the lamp in the ones with different fabrics draped over the shade! =)

Julie - There is nothing wrong with liking colours and patterns. It is so nice to see a home that looks like someone lives there. One that is not just looking like it is painted and decorated for resale. One that has personality and makes you want to explore. Love it.

Lela - Where did you buy that fabric used on shade? I need it!

KirstenP - You covered the whole lamp with Press-N-Seal – is that the plastic food wrap that comes in a roll? How did you get it all so smooth? The lamp is beautiful!

Jennifer - Your lamp turned out so nice, and I love how warm and comfortable your home looks. Like a place where you would be welcomed in and visit without being worried you were going to mess something up!

Nanette - That was my fabric pick for you too! I love it! Again, you have inspired me. I was thinking about recovering the inside of one of our lampshades…I might try it now!

Heather S. - You’re doing great? One year to get pictures up? No biggie! We’ve been in our home 5 1/2 years now and just finally did our master bedroom the way I wanted it done. It’s a fabulous little retreat for me now. Ektorp chair from Ikea, new duvet and cover also from Ikea, basket with blankets, and the best part…..a coffee station right in the bedroom! On Saturdays and lazy days we can have the coffee right there while we lie in bed and look out of our window watching birds…and this past Saturday – hot air balloons that floated past our hill. It’s dreamy!

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a new favorite book

August 1, 2014 Filed in crafts & art

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KEEP PRAYING FOR MY FRIENDS IN LIBERIA.
I think about them every other minute and my mind has been racing for days.
i trust in God and know He has all the details worked out.
What appears as CHAOS to us is part of the plan to Him.
please keep praying for strength to continue on, health, and the details to fall into place in a miraculous way.

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i ordered this book a few weeks ago.
oh my goodness!
it is THE SWEETEST!
i ordered several sewing/crafty books and returned all but this one.

WE LOVE TO SEW – BEDROOMS by Annabel Wrigley.

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i told annie she should look at this new book i got in the mail.
she was filled with inspiration!
she looked through it over and over.
then she said “mom… we should start at the beginning and make everything in this book”
then that evening she said “is it ok if i keep this on my bedside table mom? because i want to look at it as soon as i wake up”
i would say THAT is a ringing endorsement.

🙂

she chose to make the Party Mouse Door Stop as her first project.

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isn’t it adorable?!
we had so much fun putting it together.
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she writes it for kids.
it’s written for kids to be able to complete projects on their own if they needed.
and i really like how she talks to them on artist level… validating that their ideas are important… finding THEIR inspiration… finding THEIR style… not their mom’s.
and it is not ALL sewing machine projects.
some are hand sewn and some are even hot glue!
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clearly we loved this book.
last year i was in hobby lobby and found her first book WE LOVE TO SEW – 28 pretty things

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i thought it was AMAZING.
i went home, read from cover to cover and ordered several more for friends immediately.
seriously i did!
and then i googled the author (adorable blog too btw…) and wrote to her to tell her that she made a FABULOUS book and i just wanted to be sure she knew it.

you will want to pin every single image from her blog.

So.. there you have it.
a non sponsored report of two REALLY fun, well written sewing & craft project books for little girls.
because i like pretty things and i know you do too.

We Love to Sew: 28 Pretty Things to Make

We Love to Sew – Bedrooms

 

 

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beki - I LOVE Annabel! She is the sweetest!!

Deb Meyers - please tell Annie that the first picture of Party Mouse I thought was the BOOK picture. Then I saw SHE made it! great job annie duerksen!!

Mindi - I think this would be perfect for my little girl! Bookmarking this for her upcoming birthday!! Thnanks!!

Lisa - Very cute! I need to know where you got that aqua/white polka dot fabric behind the mouse…it matches the chevron fabric I got recently at Hobby Lobby, I have re-decorated my oldest daughters room as a guest room and used gray and that aqua and still looking for a couple more fabrics for pillows…

Aubrey - These look so fun! I hope my almost 12-year-old isn’t too old for them because she’s already a good little sewer and would probably really like these projects. Thanks for sharing! And darling doorstop Annie! I hope Pam and her family will be okay. I know it’s hard to always accept God’s plan and submit our will to His, but it does always work out for the best and one day, we’ll understand everything.

jen - That mouse is adorable!

I will definitely need to get these books for my daughter. This very NOT crafty mom ended up with a daughter who would love to do crafts all day long, so these books would be a lifesaver for us both. Thanks for sharing.

Jenny B. - SO CUTE! Or, maybe I should say “SEW CUTE!” 😉

Karen, If I remember correctly, I think Annie is the same age as my oldest son (who is 9), so I’m guessing she’s 9. 🙂

amy jupin - i know this lady!
i remember when she had a little bitty garage she made into a workshop.
maybe one of my first pins ever!
http://coatsandclarksewingsecrets.com/blogcategory/sewing/sewing-studio-tour-little-pin-cushion
now i must must MUST get my hands on these books.
i’m going to need annie to teach me to quilt.
and maybe finish my apron one day!

i am praying for pam and the fam every day.
i know you are scared for her.
hand that fear over to Him. He’s your comfort.
love you!

Megan - Ohhh! My 11yo step-daughter will really like these books. Thank you for the recommendation. Which to choose? We often don’t have much in common and I love finding positive things that we can do together. And prayers of health for everyone who needs them. Thanks Meg!

Traci - This looks like so much fun! I would buy this book for myself, haha.

Jenn - I’ve been staying on top of the news coverage and checking the Samaritan’s Purse web site for updates on Dr. Brantly and Nancy. I am praying for your friends as well. I know its hard to just let go. God does indeed have a plan and every moment we think of them and ask God to help it brings them closer to healing.

Great book and review. I have two girls too and these seem like great projects for them. Thanks for sharing.

Hugs!

Karen - How old is Annie? My daughter is almost 8 and loves to craft but wondering if this is too old for her?

Kristine - Oh. My. Word! That mouse is full of personality just like Annie! Oh I wish I had a girlie! You obviously have nurtured her creativity!
Praying for your friends in Liberia.

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this could be my favorite.

June 23, 2014 Filed in crafts & art

i brought two sewing machines home from the craft house.
i knew i needed to make curtains but i also knew annie wanted to sew.
so i brought two.
and i brought the scraps left over from all the craft projects we make at Craft Weekend.
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i cut the scraps into rectangles.
annie started sewing strips of rectangles together.
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then talby joined in too!
all on her own… no begging required.  she just said “can i make one too?”
YES!!!
i helped get the machine working properly… reminded her how to do what… and then sat back and felt like my heart was going to explode.
they were just sewing.
for fun.
together.
it was awesome.

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annie asked me what i liked best about sewing.
i said “i guess… mixing colors and pattern together is my favorite”
she said “me too!  and also it’s calming.  it relaxes me to sew”
that was my first thought but i didn’t think she wouldn’t understand that so i said “colors and patterns”
how cool is that?!
she gets it.

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after we went through the scraps and were getting bored of those…
i let her pick from the apron fabric at the Craft House!
she said “SERIOUSLY?!”
so fun to make their day with simple things like that.
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while talby was at camp i had time with just annie.
we hit an antique store (she loaded up on cheap beanie babies), we had bbq for lunch & went to walmart.
i also took her to our local quilt shop and let her choose some fat quarters that SHE liked.
(the unicorns? i couldn’t agree more!)

then while annie was at camp i had time with just talby.
we went swimsuit shopping, fro-yo at orange leaf & cruised around target.
and apparently i had never taken talby into hobby lobby?
mom fail.
she was quite impressed.
and picked cute fabrics for her quilt too!

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i had some people ask about good ages to start and any advice i had.
i think if they are interested… START!
any age is good to learn to sew!
join a class together if you don’t know how either… it would be cool to learn together!
if YOU are doing the teaching… my main piece of advice: BE CALM.
the more relaxed you are about sewing the more enjoyable it will be for everyone involved.
when we are working together i try to use a soft voice, relax and say things “oh we can fix that” or “that happens all the time” or “its not ruined.. don’t worry”
sometimes i will rip it out for them & have them move onto to a new strip.
i don’t want them to lose momentum or feel defeated.

we usually have music on too to set the mood a bit.
making it feel more fun and light instead of a big project that takes a loooooong time.
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isn’t it just THE best?  so many colors!
so many patterns!
and it looks so GREAT together!
annie has lots of short strip and talby is making her strips as wide a twin size blanket.
we will figure out HOW to sew them all together when we have enough strips.
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i have four of the SINGER Heavy Duty Sewing Machines and i love them!
i think they are great machines to learn on!
for yourself or for your kids!  i highly recommend them.
fancy-smancy machines are wonderful but so many people are scared of sewing and a fancy digital machine doesn’t help with that.
sewing is not scary.
it is FUN!!
this machine helps take the fear out of sewing… in my opinion.

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i honestly CANNOT wait to see how amazing these quilts turn out.
it’s worth every penny to me.
they are building a life long skill right now!
it is so rad.

i am pretty proud…. can you tell?

do you sew?  do your kids sew yet?  what is your favorite thing you’ve made?  do you want to learn?

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Juli - My daughter (13 yrs old) and I love to sew. We’ve taken classes together but neither of us have the patience to sew “for real” as in, with a pattern, like you’re supposed to. It just sucks the joy right out for us! We sew doll clothes for her Jess Brown doll and they look awesome and her doll could care less if the seams are even or serged! 😉 That doll as a better wardrobe than I do!

KWolff - Thank you for the encouragement on doing something like this. Unfortunately I am one of those mom’s who gets stressed out about something like this. I want it to be perfect for them and I end up taking all the fun out of it. Fortunately I realize I struggle with this and am making every effort to knock it off! It’s about the process and the memories.
Now I want to take my daughter to Hobby Lobby and let her start working on something simple like this!
Your daughter’s have done a great job mixing and matching the patterns. The end result is going to be so fun!
Again, thank you so much!

Amanda K - Did a quick tiny pillow project with my 6 year old son earlier this month. He was so excited to sew!

Torey - My mom sewed all her life and made us so many wonderful things. Sadly I didn’t have the interest to learn when I was younger and by the time I wanted to learn, she was dying of cancer. It has been a huge regret that I never learned to sew from her. Thank you for the recommendation for a beginner machine. I had no idea where to look and some people said super cheap were okay and others were telling us to get a used Bernina for $300. It’s a relief to find a reasonably priced machine that is good for kids/beginners!

Jane - I learned to sew in junior high but haven’t sewn for years, I am wondering if you know/remember where the fabric that has the colorful alphabet on the lines is from. I love that! It would be perfect for something in my daughter’s classroom!

Stacey - Love this!!!! Just love it!!!

katie jones - I want to sew “SO” bad. I”m so scared though. Why I guess because I’ve never been taught so I just clam up and give up………….

Kayla - I sort of sew, but I have been good about making sewing a fearless activity for my girls….so they are much better and much more adventurous that I am. They even made their own swimsuits this year! http://www.shutthefridge.com/2014/05/modesty-in-2014.html The biggest thing I have ever made was some rectangle curtains!

Kathy - You have inspired me to get back into sewing! My 10 year old grand daughter learned to sew from her other grandma and I wish it was me who had taught her 🙁 It is on my wish list to come to one of your craft weekends. Do I need to bring a group or can I just come solo and join in with others? (I live in Seattle)Thanks!

Kirsten J - I do sew. I work as a bookkeeper at a sewing machine store and teach quilting classes. And you’re so lucky to have the girls sew, too! I love anything crafty. It’s good for my soul.

Sami - How can you not want to sew all those fun happy colors? Those quilts are going to be gorgeous!

Jenna - I love sewing too! I used to be soooo intimidated of it, but have gradually learned to love it! I’m working my way up to making a quilt someday! And can I say, the big ol pile of vintage sheets – holy moly swoon! 🙂

Angi - This is great. My grandma taught me to sew as soon as I was old enought to join 4-H, and I did for 11 years, but sadly haven’t touched a sewing machine since then. This makes me want to start again.

Dawn Gross - So much fun! I want to sew. But it intimidates me. I haven’t seen a thing since craft weekend. In February. 2013. WHAT?!? I need to just dig in! Awesome that the girls are enjoying it!

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Kristin S - OH, I see these quilts going to college with each of them.

Jeri - Yep! Ages 7 and 12, both love to sew. They took a sewing summer class last year and are hooked. But my 12 yo doesn’t like to follow the rules of sewing, she just goes with the flow…

Kelly - Yes I sew and yes my kids sew…even my boys! They love to make new pajama bottoms. When they were tiny, I would sit behind them and show them exactly what to do (I still have to do this with the youngest) but now they don’t really need me too much. So fun! Love your girls’ quilts! What a great summer project!

Kelly - Yes I sew and yes my kids sew…even my boys! They love to make new pajama bottoms. When they were tiny, I would sit behind them and show them exactly what to do (I still have to do this with the youngest) but now they don’t really need me too much. So fun! Love your girls’ quilts! What a great summer project!

Karina - Yes, I sew! I was initially self-taught. Then I took a few quilting and weaving courses (it was usually me plus a bunch of retired ladies). Then I did a degree in Textile Art. So now I also know how to weave and dye the fabric. I do remember some early attempts by my mother to teach me…we did not manage to stay calm and soon gave that up…lol…My daughter is interested now (she is six) and we have started slowly…a few attempts at stitching a straight line by hand…not very successful – but she is so proud, even when it is a wonky mess! We will work on a sock puppet next. 🙂

Jenny B. - This is wonderful! I would totally buy a pillow cover or quilt made by Annie and/or Talby. 🙂 I have a sewing machine. I asked for it for Christmas at least 3 years ago. It is still in the box. I am too intimidated to even open it! I have only sewed a handful of things in my life. It is so scary to me! I think the hardest thing is threading the machine. Something always seems to go wrong with the bobbin (or I forget about it completely). That, and cutting fabric in straight lines. Anyway… I really need to take a class or something so I can get over my sewing anxiety! Ha.

Mandi@herbanhomestead - Yes! I sew! My kids sew too. I started them hand sewing very young. Probably age 3. My 10 year old uses the machine without assistance and sees pretty regularly (she makes toys and clothes for the animals, ie tiny hamster clothes!). My 7 year old sees less frequently, but sometimes he is struck with creativity and makes a new robot or dinosaur, or doll for the baby. And the baby (who’s 2, but is still called the baby) sits on my lap while I sew. She also has a little wooden toy machine I found on etsy that she loves to pretend sew on. I think all children should at least know the basics when it comes to sewing. As I child my grandmother made sure we all knew how to sew a button on.

Tonya - One of my favorite posts ever! On many levels! You kindly teaching your girls to sew. Remembering the year my mom taught my brother and I to sew a straight stitch because we wanted to make Christmas presents for each other. I love the colors you have and that you just go with the flow. I do “messy sewing” and I always wonder if people look down on me for my lack of precision. (I guess as long as I don’t enter anything in the state fair, I will be okay!) I also wonder if the trends will change and my style will be left behind…maybe that’s when I will take a class! And mainly i like your post because it reminds me to just CREATE and stop worrying about other people!

Kari Shadrick - I want to learn to sew so bad! I just don’t really have anyone around that can teach me, nor do I have the money to get a machine right now. Hopefully soon…

Momma Bug - I bought that sewing machine on your last recommendation so I could have a simple, durable machine for my girls to learn on. I love it. They love it. My nine year old daughter threads the bobbins and feels free to experiment because she has permission to use it whenever inspiration strikes.
Thanks for the heads-up! I LOVE Amazon prime 🙂 Having a sewing machine delivered to my door? Awesome.

Tiffany - This makes we want to get out my sewing machine and finish my daughter’s quilt I started for her birthday last year! Plus finish the curtains for my boy’s bedroom. The sheet just isn’t working anymore! Thanks for inspiration and your daughters are doing a wonderful job.

Katie Skiff - That is an awesome way to start easy. Good idea!! My dd is 7 and we sew too. I agree, if they are interested, sew. Cute photos.

Cassandra - Way to go Mom!!! I started sewing at an early age, first clothes for 4-H projects & then my grandma taught me how to quilt when I was 13. She started me on a 9 patch block & I haven’t slowed down since!! What a wonderful gift to teach your girls 🙂

Karen - My mom taught me and about 6 of my friends to sew when we were 10. We worked on a girl scout sewing badge and we each made a wrap around skirt. I learned enough of the basics to be able to tackle most anything today. My regret, I didn’t teach my daughter. I will teach my granddaughter!

Tracy - Oh I loved sewing with my mom when I was their age!!

Please show us the completed quilts!!!!!!

laurie magpie ethel - My mom sews and passed that along to me. I am not a master with the machine, but can get by with simple projects. My daughter is 20 and I REGRET not teaching her more. She expressed an interest occasionally and I should have jumped at it. It is such a good life skill to have. High five to your daughters for their interest and the darling projects they are making!

Stephanie - My mom sewed all my life and she learned from her mom, an expert, Austrian sewist. She taught me to sew when I was young, and then again as a teenager, but I had ZERO patience for it. Labour seven years ago I picked it back up and really enjoyed the gorgeous fabrics out there. I still hate sewing machines. I mean, there are times I want to toss mine out in the yard. I’m not mechanical or technical at all and they just frustrate me with their diva attitude (so do lawn mowers. Lol). BUT–fabric is addicting! I love the finished results. My second daughter sews. She enjoys it. I’m glad.
Thanks for hearing your girl time!

heather - All of my life I watched my mom sew and always wanted to learn how. She wasn’t as patient and I became frustrated quickly. BUT a few weeks ago, I asked her to sit down and teach me, so now, at almost 32 years of age I can finally sew. 🙂 I have only accomplished a pair of shorts for my son and a pillow, but it IS so relaxing and fun. And now my 9 year old son wants to learn to sew, is case he wants to make a costume for his bearded dragon he says. Ha! Can’t wait to see how your girls’ quilts turn out. They look beautiful so far! And way to go on teaching them a valuable skill at a young age!

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