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1 Fabric Arrow Canvas Quote GIVEAWAY
Hi Everyone!
I am over at Or so she says... today!
Sharing the tutorial on how to create your own Fabric Canvas Art.
But hey, we haven't had a giveaway in a long time!
So if you would like to just fast track your way to winning this one,
here's how to enter...
0 Keeping It Real ~ Live With Intention
Monday, June 17, 2013
Hi friends!
I promised last week that I would post weekly updates on my progress.
As part of a 90 day motivational challenge I have set two goals:
lose 20 lbs
blog about my journey weekly
Three activities that I plan to do daily:
30 minutes of activity
drink 8 cups of water
log onto my fitness pal
Last week actually went by really quickly. I am one of those people that totally buys into a new program and jumps onto the band wagon easily. My problem is that I rarely stick to the plan for very long. I am hoping that committing to this 90 day challenge will help to keep me motivated and focused on my goals.
My fitness pal is awesome. It's an app for the iPhone that helps you to track your calories, activity and water intake. I love that it is right on my phone otherwise I would forget to journal or track my progress if it wasn't so accessible.
I totally killed it last week too! The boys and I included at least 30 minutes of activity a day. We walked, went biking and even swam in my parents pool. Cameron and Isaiah loved it as much as I did. We can't wait to go biking again this week. I logged all of my meals onto my fitness pal. And man, did I ever eat good! You can find some of my meals on instagram twindragonflydesigns. The hardest thing last week was drinking 8 cups of water every day. I did it. But man, it was hard! That's a lot of water!
And finally the result this week? Down 4 lbs. Whoop whoop!
I would love for you to join me!
Follow along on facebook or instagram. :)
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Now that summer is around the corner my blog schedule will be changing. I tend to blog less in the summer and head outside more with the family. We have lots of camping and family activities planned ~ we can't wait! Our Inspiring Creativity link party will be running every Wednesday as usual {I love to see what you are all up to} and I will pop in weekly with my 90 day challenge updates. I will still be crafting and cooking and will share tutorials and recipes as they happen.
Thanks for reading.
Have a great week!
0 Gardening 101 ~ Planting Annuals
Friday, June 14, 2013
I have a love/hate relationship with gardening.
If you have read any of last years Gardening 101 posts then you know that my thumb is nowhere near green. But I have a lovely set of pots that just beg to be filled with annuals in the spring.
Every year I head to Costco to pick up a wide variety of annuals {plants that typically don't come back year after year}. 36 plants were only $9.99 this year! That's a killer deal. I purchased three flats with enough plants to fill 8 large pots around our home.
Here's what my pots looked like before planting. Yikes.
I filled them with dracnea {the tall spiky grass} and a variety of draught tolerant plants. Since my watering tends to be somewhat sketchy and our pots get a lot of sun, it was important that the plants could withstand a bit of neglect.
Petunias, verbena and lobelia were top picks.
So pretty!
I guess that they might be worth the extra time watering in the morning *wink*
How does your garden grow?
0 Father’s Day Activity T-shirt
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The boys and I had fun yesterday creating this Father's Day Activity T-shirt for Darcy.
They loved it, I loved it and daddy loved it {we couldn't wait to give it to him}.
The idea comes directly from the Blue Basket blog ~ thanks for sharing Jessica!
I really wanted the boys to be involved in creating this t-shirt so I sketched out a road and houses
for them to colour in. The image is on the back of the shirt so that when the boys play cars
on the road they are also giving dad a back rub *wink*.
We used Tulip fabric paint markers.
Cameron and Isaiah loved this project! Have I said that already?!?
They had so much fun colouring in the images together.
They divided the houses between themselves and shared all of the markers.
It truly melts a mommas heart when her kids spend more than five minutes playing together nicely.
Look at this! Colouring together! Sigh... it was awesome.
And they did a great job.
We even signed out names. Cuteness overload right?!?
If you're looking for a last minute idea for dad this one is a hit!
Seriously easy, fun and quick to create with the kids.
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