Tickled Pink #100!!

Before we get to the features and party, a quick story.. :) Last night I was working on a painting project when I realized “OMG.. It’s almost 9 and I didn’t do my features for Tickled Pink!”. I ran to the computer and quickly put together the post (without features, there was no time), got the party up about 2 minutes after 9.. Only to realize that it was only WEDNESDAY night, not Thursday!! Oops! :)

So, since I had another day to prepare, I did get to do features this week.. Yay!!

How CUTE is this teacher gift from Two Thirty Five Designs?? Love!


I looove a good Hutch re-do, this one from Living in a Creative Bliss does not disappoint!

This flatware caddy makeover from Twelve O Eight is gorgeous!

This BBQ chicken pizza from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom looks amazing!


This post from Queen B and Me is jam packed with super cute and EASY thank you gifts!

These chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches from A Pumpkin and a Princess look cute AND yummy!

That is it for features this week. Thank you to EVERYONE who linked up! You are all awesome! :)

If you were featured and would like a button, grab one here:


Before we get to this week’s party, here are the rules:

1. Link  up...whatever makes  your blog  fabulous. Family Friendly please! Guess what? Your post does not have to be PINK!!  I reserve the right to remove posts that are offensive or do not adhere to the rules, without any discussion, at my discretion.
2. PLEASE LINK TO A POST URL, ****NOT YOUR MAIN URL****
3. Pretty please...add the Tickled Pink button or TEXT link back to the post!
4. Please visit a couple other links!

And one last thing before we get to the party! I just want to thank Holly for starting and keeping up with Tickled Pink for 100 weeks!! Even before I started co-hosting, it was one of my favorite link parties in blog land so I just want her to know that her hard work does not go unnoticed! Yay Holly! :)

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Tickled Pink #99

Hello there! Welcome to the 99th Tickled Pink!! Hope everyone is having a great week! Mine has been kind of crazy.. Definitely looking forward to relaxing this weekend! Oh wait, I don’t think any relaxing will happen, lol! Our weekend will be filled with a birthday party, BBQ with my side of the family, and picking up a Craigslist find! All good things though. :)

Anywho! Enough chit-chat, let’s get to the features!

I have been seeing these cupcake bouquet’s and imagined they would be hard to make. Big Bear’s Wife makes it look doable!
 

I started a list of things I want to do with my girls this summer.. This list from Mommy & The Monsters will be a great additions. Lots of fun ideas in 1 post!
 

Oh my gosh.. This red velvet mini cake from Little Inspiration looks SO yummy!
 

Delicate construction shared her craft organization that cost less than $25.. Awesome!!

This is a fantastic post from Girl In Air about metal stamping and where to buy the supplies to do so!

Those are this weeks features! Thanks to all who linked up! :)

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Now, for this week’s party!! :)

First, a few rules:
1. Link  up...whatever makes  your blog  fabulous. Family Friendly please! Guess what? Your post does not have to be PINK!!  I reserve the right to remove posts that are offensive or do not adhere to the rules, without any discussion, at my discretion.
2. PLEASE LINK TO A POST URL, ****NOT YOUR MAIN URL****
3. Pretty please...add the Tickled Pink button or TEXT link back to the post!
4. Please visit a couple other links!

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Ripped paper art project

I saw this ripped paper art project over at Junk In Their Trunk. Since we already had all of the supplies needed, we decided to do it today. :)

To do this project, all you need is some colored paper, glue, a sheet of white paper, and a pen.

These are the colors of paper we used..


I had the girls rip up all of the paper. They had a good time doing this step. :)


Don’t all of the colors look so pretty together?

Next you draw your child’s name on a large piece of paper (we used graph paper).
I forgot to take a picture of this step.. Woops!

Then you just put some glue on each letter (one at a time so the glue doesn’t dry up before your child gets to it) and let them put the colored pieces on the glue to form the letter. :)



 

Pretty cute, huh!? :)
We have a lot of ripped up paper left over, so I think we will be making a few more projects. :) The girls still wanted to do more today, but we ran out of glue.. Boo!

Have you done any fun and easy art projects with your kids recently? I’d love to hear about it!

Tickled Pink #98

Hello! Welcome to another Tickled Pink! :)

There were a LOT of awesome projects last week, which made my “job” of picking features hard!

Here are my favs from last week’s party..

How cute is this Smartie pants end of year teach gift from Uncommon? Love it!


Check out this post from Craftionary.. A list of 50 FREE summer printables!

I am a sucker for any and everything polka dots.. This party from Sunny Tuesday is no exception!

These cookies from Design, dining + diapers look DELISH!!

Fox Hollow Cottage shows you how to watermark your pictures using PicMonkey!

Mommy and the Monsters compiled a list of her favorite educational apps for kids. Awesome!

That is all of the features for this week! Thank you to all who linked up!!

If you were featured and would like a button, grab one here:

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And now for the rules:
1. Link  up...whatever makes  your blog  fabulous. Family Friendly please! Guess what? Your post does not have to be PINK!!  I reserve the right to remove posts that are offensive or do not adhere to the rules, without any discussion, at my discretion.
2. PLEASE LINK TO A POST URL, ****NOT YOUR MAIN URL****
3. Pretty please...add the Tickled Pink button or TEXT link back to the post!
4. Please visit a couple other links!

I’m looking forward to seeing what you link up this week! :)

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. :)

My favorite part of the day was my girls making me red velvet cupcakes (with pink frosting!) in their Easy Bake Oven! And the fact that they asked to make them for me.. So sweet.♥

 

Now, a question for you.. Have you seen an Easy Bake Oven lately?

They look so much different than then one I had when I was the girls’ age!

Anyway, hope all of the Momma’s out there had a great day!! :)

Janelle Hayes

While I have always loved crafts, it wasn’t until I had Abby in 2007 that I really got into it. My favorite thing at the time, was making cards. I fell in love with the company Papertrey Ink and made cards on an almost daily basis..

In July of 2009 I went to the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) convention in Orlando. I got to meet a wonderful lady named Janelle Hayes.

This is Janelle and I at CHA:


I was the first follower of her blog. I first started visiting her blog for the beautiful cards and other paper crafts she made, but kept going back to read about her. I loved hearing about her family, her job, her faith..

Last year, the week of her daughter’s wedding, Janelle and her family found out that she had a brain tumor. For the past 9 months, Janelle has been battling cancer. On Thursday, May 10th, 2012 Janelle passed away in the comforts of her home. My heart is broken. For her husband Ken, their children.. And also because the world lost such an amazing woman.. Even though she had cancer, she remained positive and continued to update her blog until she couldn’t anymore. Even then she had her Husband update so her blog readers wouldn’t worry. :) And up until her last days, she still kept that beautiful smile on her face. :)

She made this card for me for my Birthday one year. I still have it. :)
I took this picture from her blog. You can read the post HERE.

My heart goes out to The Hayes family. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. ♥

If you would like to read Janelle’s story, click HERE to go to her blog.

Sanitize before snuggles (Baby gift)

I just found out that my best friend (who has a son) is having a baby girl!! :) I am so, so, SO excited and immediately started to work on some gifts for her..

I thought I would share with you the first gift I whipped up. :)

 
I originally found the idea HERE.

I think this is a fun, practical gift for any Mom with a newborn. :) All I did was cut the words out of vinyl, using my Cricut. I bought some Goo Gone to remove the label of the hand sanitizer (both were bought at my local Walgreens). The ribbon I had on hand, but I think I got it at Wal-Mart. :)

What is your favorite gift to make for a new Mom? I would love to hear about it!

Insta-Friday (2 weeks worth)

I missed Insta-Friday last week, so I am doubling up this time. :)

Dinner on the water with good friends. :)

Spring cleaning mode, in full swing.

My recent order from Thirty One.

Abby, just waking up, playing with the kitty. :)

Sewing for the first time in a while.

Makng Mel Larson’s chocolate chip cookes.. SO good!

Cute fabric that I bought to make a camera strap for a friend.

Ha.. :)

A cupcake that Abby drew for me. :)

A few minutes into this show and I was crying. Happens.every.time.!

Finally got our ice cream fix. ;)

Lauren crying her eyes out because Abby wasn’t here to sleep with her (Ab was staying the night with my Mom). Talk about heart breaking! :( My Mom ended up coming to pick her up, though!

Ah, the perks of doing laundry. :)

Our dinner one night.. Yum!

I had a migraine and the sun was pouring through the blinds.. Bleck!

Spent some quality time with my Cricut. :)

First time (successfully) making one of these.. I’m in love!

I wore my Glee shirt on Tuesday when there was a new episode of Glee. :)

And I took the girls for a morning of fun at the splash park!

That was our (two) week(s) via Instagram! If you’d like to follow me on there, my username is “katyapicello”!