Craty Creations - Personalized Birthday Book

 Birthday can be a special time.
A day filled with friends, family, and ton of memories.
I Am Baker came up with a great idea to save those memories for years to come.

Using a thrift store book, she created a personalized birthday book.
Friends and Family to wrote down their wishes for the special birthday child in the book.


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More the Merrier Monday #60

Happy Monday!!!

It's that time of the week again!

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Organize Me - Recycled Dish Rack

Maize Hutton organized her receipts using a recycled dish rack!

I think I may dig my old one out of the "yard sale" section in my garage.

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DIY Your Summer Wardrobe

Before you go out and spend a ton of money on a new spring/summer wardrobe check out these fun tutorials.

Sew Mama Sew - Spring Ruffle Top Tutorial

Talk 2 The Trees - Versatile Shirt

How Joyful - T-shirts to Summer Vest

Sew Mama Sew - Pretty Blouse

XO Jane - Sassy Pillowcase Dress

AcademiChic - Tank Dress with Pockets

Welcome to the gOOd life - DIY Pleated Dress

Alisa Burke - Petticoat Tutorial

Sewing in No Mans Land - The 'Taking Notes' skirt Tutorial

Lucky Design - Striped Bathing Suit

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BBQ!!!!!!

 My favorite part about warm weather are the BBQ's. 

Although I'm a huge meat and potato fan when it comes to BBQs, I found a few non-traditional recipes that I will have to try out this summer.

Grilled Stuffed Zucchini 

Grilled Zucchini Pizza Slices

Mexican Grilled Corn

Grilled & Glazed Carrots.

Grilled Rabbit*

Grilled Portobello Burger

And for DESSERT!!!

Stuffed Grilled Bananas

Grilled Pineapple

Grilled Peaches

* For those of you who have never tried rabbit meat before, here are a few facts. 

•  Cholesterol level in rabbit meat is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef, pork
•  Rabbit is lower in % of fat than chicken, turkey, beef, and pork.
•  Rabbit is highest in protein%.
•  The office of home economics, state relations of the U S Department of Agriculture has made extensive test and have stated that domestic rabbit meat is the most nutritious meat known to man
• Rabbit meat has been used and is suitable for special diets, such as those for heart disease patients, diets for the aged, low sodium diets, weight reduction diets, ect. (although I am not a professional so please talk to your doctor first)
• Rabbit has 795 calories per pound. Chicken 810, Veal 840, Turkey 1190, Lamb 1420, Beef 1440, Pork 2050.
•  A doe rabbit that weighs 10 pounds can produce 320 pounds of meat in a year. This is more than a cow and it takes 2 acres of land to raise a cow.
• It was decreed by law in the Roman Empire that all young maidens be fed rabbit meat because it would make them more beautiful and more willing.

I didn't know that stores even carried rabbit meat but once I started looking I found that a lot of them do. You may need to ask one of the store clerks since they sometimes keep it in odd locations.

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Fun Outdoor Projects for Kids

Last summer I hung a watering can up in a tree, then stuck the end of the garden hose in inside. I placed a kiddy pool underneath it and voila... an outdoor shower. My girls spent hours playing in the water and it was a great way to clean them off after any dirty/messy activities.

Here are a few other ideas I discovered to pull the kids away from the television and video games and get them outside to enjoy the warm weather.

Make Bubble Snakes. I used to do this my kids when I ran an in-home daycare. It was always a HUGE hit with kids of all ages.

Let the kids paint using some Sidewalk Chalk Paint. With only a few simple ingredients that you probably already have in you kitchen, this could provide a lot of fun for little ones as well as older kids. 

Fill a few plastic bottles with water, grab a ball and you have an outdoor bowling alley.

Make an outdoor waterbed using a couple plastic sheets and a lot of duct tape. This is the perfect way to let the kids play with water when you don't want them getting wet.

 

This Backyard Play Area has everything from a sandbox to a pond. There is even a tunnel made from PVC pipe.

Have a scavenger hunt. Take photos of the hunt and put together a fun journal when you are done.

Play a fun game of water doge ball with these super simple sponge bombs.

Create a fun piece of art or nature journal using leaves and other items found outdoors.

Get creative with recycled materials and create your own water or sand wall.

What are your plans for getting the kiddos outside this summer?

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