Hi, my name is Anna, and I blog at My Life and Kids. I'm thrilled to be visiting at Tatertots & Jello today! I had three kids in three years and whew has my life changed! Just a few years ago I had a job I loved, a house in the city and a social life. Now I stay home with my three kids, I ...
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Making the Perfect French Macaron!!
I had the wonderful opportunity to get together with some great friends last Saturday at Shelley's home for a FABULOUS night of Macaron baking, taught by the adorable Mercedes White from Mercedes Macarons. Me, Lara, Elizabeth, Shelley, Amy, Amelia, Emily, Mercedes {Thank you Elizabeth ...
Make a Holiday Stenciled Sign {Christmas tutorial}
I am getting so excited to get my Holiday Decorations out. It snowed a few days ago and I just couldn't resist making something festive and Christmas-y! I decided to make a Holiday project using some of the new MS paint and mediums. I had a broken, old shelf sitting out in my garage waiting for ...
Getting Organized — How to Organize Your Closet & Dresser!!
Hello there Tatertots & Jello readers, I am super excited to be back here with you! Today I am sharing with you how I organize my dresser and closet. Yep, I am actually going to show you insidemy dresser and closet {gasp}!!! Usually dressers and closets look organized from the outside ...
What Sparks your Creativity?
What did we do before Pinterest came into our lives? I am a visual person and I love that I can create a board there with ideas for a room and that room comes to life for me. I did that for my Kitchen Redmodel and even though I came up with my own style and projects for the space, ...
Make a DIY Holiday Ladder — to display cards or advent calendars {Christmas tutorial}
This might be my favorite project of 2011... I don't know. I really like it a lot. I have been looking for a good place to hang holiday cards. Then I had to come up for a project for our little web show -- Get A Little Creative in June and I thought a ladder might be a festive idea. I looked ...
Great Ideas — { 23 DeliciousThanksgiving Recipes}
This might be the most DELICIOUS time of the year. Can you believe there is less than TWO weeks until Thanksgiving?? There were amazing recipe link-ups this week-- be sure to check them out for Thanksgiving culinary inspiration!!! Chocolate Pilgrim's Hats @ The Gunny Sack Indian Corn ...
Great Ideas – – {28 Thankful Projects}
Ooh, the preparations that are currently happening in our homes! Some of us are busy preparing for Thanksgiving while some of us are preparing for Christmas. Either way, it is the busiest time of the year. With so many things occurring it is easy to forgot what the true meaning behind both of the ...
Make Holiday Favors — Handmade Cinnamon Butter!!
Hi Tatertots and Jello readers! Happy Fall!! Today I am going to share with you a really great favor for your Thanksgiving guests. I really love to send friends and family home with a little something that helps them remember the good times we shared at Thanksgiving. It is a simple recipe, ...
Million Moms Challenge — When Your Birth Plan Doesn’t Go Quite as Expected…
I'm taking a small detour today from handmade goodness to talk about something that I am passionate about-- Healthy Mothers and Babies. Did you know that very 90 seconds a woman needlessly loses her life in pregnancy or childbirth?? And 80% of these deaths are preventable. I am proud to be ...
Getting Organized — My Family Message Center {take two}
I am not a naturally organized person. So one of the things that’s hard when my kids go back to school is keeping track of all of the papers and notes that come home in their backpacks. There have been many times that some “crucial” papers have been accidentally swept into the garbage in one of my ...
Make a DIY Beadboard Decorative Centerpiece Tray!! {tutorial}
Hello, TT&J readers! It is such a huge honor to be here today. I have been a fan of Jen's blog for a very long time. My name is Lindsay & I run a blog called Southern Lovely. I am a busy mom of three little ones, who constantly keep me running. Whenever I have free time, I enjoy ...
Win $2,500 for the Holidays — in the Naughty or Nice Contest!!
Want to win some Christmas Cash??? ForRent.com and Homes.comhave a new Naughty or Nice Giveaway. (You know I love a good giveaway :) How would you like to win $2,500 for the Holidays??? {wouldn't that be an awesome Christmas surprise??} ForRent.com and Homes.com asked me review their ...
{{Gobble Gobble}} Thanksgiving Pillow tutorial
Here's a little Thanksgiving project I made up this morning. {Kind of fun for this time of year.} {Gobble Gobble Pillow} I made it with my Silhouette and Heat Transfer Material. But you could print out the letters and make a stencil too, then stencil the words on your pillow with fabric ...
DIY Rustic Branch Holiday Place Cards and Faux Wood Printable Cards!!
Welcome to month TWO of the Holiday Headquarters Entertaining series. I am so excited to be sharing HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING Ideas with nine other wonderful bloggers. Today we are sharing all kinds of fabulous ideas -- from food and drinks, to decorating and etiquette ideas. Today I am sharing ...
