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My week- Insta Friday at Everyday Beautiful

Here's a bit of what's going on at our house this week via grainy cell phone pics. I am linking up to Insta- Friday at Life Rearranged. You should too! It's fun!

My husband's hobby this winter is to be researching how to put in a garden at our new house. We have never had one so we have much to learn! We took a trip to the library after dinner and got this stack to get us started...

And soooo we also took on a compost pile. We got a bin on mega clearance so decided rather than buy our compost next spring we might as well make some. Here is my little bowl of food scraps to be brought out. I still need to search for a canistar or something. What do you use for your compost scraps?

I had been trying my hand at couponing and had a good trip to Wallgreens this week! got this haul for about $1.90!

We have been making and canning applesauce, apple butter, and I picked up some delicious tart apples at church for *free* this sunday so I made this apple pie filling! So yummy! And it will be heavenly to make {or buy} a piecrust around the holidays and just dump in and bake! *In season* apple pie all winter long! 

We did an Alzheimers walk last this Saturday with a family who is being affected by the disease. The girls don't look to happy there but we all had fun and purposed to talk to our older one about helping out others every time we are able! Thanks to friends and family who donated!

My three year old working on tracing! A laminated sheet I made from a free printable by Confessions of a Homeschooler.

And lest you think we only do productive things this was the next activity that she talked me into sticker fingernail polish!

Whatever keeps 'em happy, I guess! They are only 3 for a moment!

Thanks for stopping over for insta friday! Comment so I can hop on over to your site and check out your week!

Insta- Friday at Everyday Beautiful

There's a lot of fabric, quilting and crafting that goes on on the blog here every week so when I saw the Insta Friday party going on every friday at Life Rearranged, I thought it would be a great way to get a little more personal every week! Since it is just cell phone pics I think i can stay on top of it! {i think i can, i think i can}

So here's a few phone pic peeks {say that 5 times fast} into our home this week. We have been on a healthy food kick and trying to use all our new grains from whole foods. I found this recipe for Quinoa and black beans! The girls both loved it! See that big smile! It was actually De.Lish!

My bestie Christy came over for some much needed craft time! Love it! I am so proud of her, she is learning to sew and catching on quick! We made the cute little A-frame tents you have seen pinned all over pinterest. The one in the background is half done. I picked that fabric because my 3 year old gushes over it anytime she sees it in the Shoppe! "Oh mommy i just love this heart fabric."  I will post more on that project later. Super easy and fun for the kiddos! 

Nothing better than homemade pizza and red wine.  I am usually not a fan of red wine but with pizza it just goes. I *am* liking the pre-made pizza dough from Trader Joe's for $1.20. How do you make your pizza dough? I am wondering if i can freeze some in batches? HMMmm.

It is definitely fall here which always puts me in the mood to organize and decorate! I put out a few pumpkins. Many more to come! This is on our pie safe in the living room!

I got a new devotional by Sarah Young that i have been meaning to pick up for at least 4 years. It comes with rave reviews and I have been enjoying the encouraging words in the morning while my littles eat their breakfast. 

It has helped me to remember that I am soooo blessed even when my little ones turn my clean living room into this in 2.5 seconds *EVERY* morning. Cause I know there will come a time when I will wish there were little dollies and princess tiaras all over the floor to pick up! 

Oh and the Insta-Challenge was show a DIY project so here is my finished tent residing in the toy room!

Thanks for stopping by for insta- friday! Come back soon!  And thanks to Life.rearranged for hosting this every week! I love it!

First Day of Preschool Photo with free printables

Well, I held it together despite this event here today! My little one is getting so big. I love these printables that I got from How Does She! I printed off all the years and will file them away for all our first days of school! {sniff, sniff}

DIY: Canvas art with kids

My best friend and I recently had an impromptu art play-date with the kiddos. We made this fun canvas project! It was fun for us and our 3 and 1.5 year olds! 

 

What you need:

blank canvas, sticker letters, acrylic paint, a fun quote, a drop cloth is helpful!

"make today ridiculously amazing"

Just place your stickers. We choose sayings we had pinned on pinterest! Here is my "words" board if you would like some ideas! I painted gently over them a bit before I let the girls go to town with the paint to make sure they stuck ok.

We used paintbrushes and also our hands.

We sprayed them off with the hose and then peeled off the stickers when the paint dried! I love the outcome. We are going to making many more of these!

I think i might touch up a few letters with white out but looks good!

Wishing You All A very Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas to your family from ours!

May your stocking be full!

May your time be full of love and family!

As we celebrate our the birth of our Savior!

~~Merry Chrismas~~

~Jody, Luke and girls

From our family to yours...

 Thank you to all who have made this such a successful year for the Fabric Shoppe! We really appreciate all our customers and blog friends!  A very merry Christmas from our family to yours!

LOVE, 

Jody, Luke, Sophie and New baby!

Weekend fun!

Well the end of summer is here. Sniff sniff!  There is a tree outside my kitchen window that is all orange and loosing it leaves.  I can't believe how time flies.  We had a nice family weekend to celebrate the end of summer.  We visited the Minnesota State Fair this weekend and ate too much food! The baby loved the animals and we even let her tromp around outside the stroller even though we witnessed a runaway lama incident. She had a blast!

The handwork building was amazing.  I couldn't get over this quilt.  The pieces were so small (see my finger) and all hand done I am assuming. There were a few other designer fabric spotting!  Love the woodgrain cowboy shirt!

On Labor Day I was relaxing from our travels and flipping through my blog reader and I came across the Old Red Barn Quilt Along! 

 This round they are making wonky log cabin quilts lead by the Quilt Dad!  You can see all the progress on the flickr group! I immediately started picking out my 16 fat quarters!  I am so excited to get started.  The instructions are simple and this is a great way to begin with quilting or for those with experience to do a wonky quilt!  Here are my fabric choices!  They started Sept 1 but i think you can join in any time!  You should!  I will post my progress!

Weekend fun!

We had a nice family weekend!  It included throwing rocks in the lake, garage sailing, nice lunch up our north shore, smelling the flowers along the way, and eating rhubarb at grandpas!  It was fun!!!

Happy 9 months!

So many big milestones this month::

first haircut, crawling, pulling up in your crib! We love you darlin!