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Calling all sport mommas!!! Calling all sport mommas!!!

My son began playing T-Ball when he was 4 and at that time I had no idea what a cute idea I would come up with. My hubs and I were so excited to begin this new phase in our lives, and the excitement began with picture day. That first day when you see your little player in full gear. You begin to imagine what the future has in store for your little player. And of course as eager and new parents we were ready to purchase all pictures necessary to share with the entire family ... but then as I am looking at the order form I see trading cards. I thought ... "what a cute idea, that is so much better than a regular wallet". So I splurged and got them. Next came fall, my son decided he wanted to give soccer  a chance since baseball season was over we decided to sign him up. Picture day arrives and again there is nothing more exciting to me than picture day! It is so great to see the kids all geared up, plus the team pictures are super adorable. Anyway, I look at the order form and see trading cards again! I immediately got excited and purchased them. Once my soccer pictures arrived I really didn't know what I was going to do, so I had some card/Coupon organizers and figured to put them there while I decided if I ever was going to begin filling his scrapbook or just stash them in a box. Well another season of baseball arrived and I decided to just purchase the trading card and two years later here is where I am at...

I accidentally came up with this and I didn't do much!LOL When I tell other moms they are in love with this idea so I figured it should be shared. My plan is to continue to fill them in and at some point I will put them in a 3 ring binder like the boys do with their collectible trading cards. I think I will give it to him once he has "finished" playing sports or his son begins to play sports.

If you don't have these at home you can purchase them at Staples (or any office supplies store) for $4 for a 10 pack.

Back to school supply box

A couple weeks ago I was debating on either reusing the container I made my son last year or buying/making him a new one for the new school year. Here is the link from the first one: http://emsmom611.blogspot.com/2012/09/cheap-and-easy-back-to-school-present.html

(please let me know if my links work).

So, I made my mind up and decided to reuse the same box from last year (since its big enough to fit all his school supplies. I did add some stickers to the lid to make it look less like a diaper box. So besides reusing the wipes container I also reused the following supplies: 
(not really reuse since the pencils are new) 

So here's the box:: 

 

And here is what I bought ... I spent a little less than $3.

And here is how I set it up...

And this is what he came to... He was so excited!

Hope you like it!!!

Back to school gift year 2

So that time of year is approaching soon ... school starts in 20 days!! Where did the summer go? 

Last year my son came home to a small present (http://emsmom611.blogspot.com/2012/09/cheap-and-easy-back-to-school-present.html) all new school supplies in a wipe container to keep it all in. I have looked for a cooler pencil box but nothing is quite as big and can fit all supplies. Again my goal is for my son to be able to sit with his box and not need to get up in search for a glue stick, or sciccors. Its all there. So my great debate with myself this is year is wether I should redo the box or just restock with all new supplies. I have been leaning to just restocking it ... hmmm dilemmas.... 

** Take advantage of those back to school sales! I went to Staples today and with some rewards bucks and their sales ... I payed .25 for a pack of Crayola Crayons. $1 for a 12pk of Crayola colored pencils and so much more!!! 

Check out my blog for the way I presented the wipe container to my son! The link is above ... my son loved it and knew where his box was, just grabbed it and was ready to go! 

Thanks ! Constructive criticism is always welcomed. 

DIY Personalized Christmas Ornament

 Last year I got the idea to make a family ornament using pieces of clothing that represented each person in out family. For my son I used some Cars pjs, my daughter I used a piece of her swaddle blanket, for my husband I used an old work shirt and for myself I found an old shirt with roses on it (since my name is Rosa). But this year I decided to go a different route and use fabrics that I felt represented our family. For my son it was his first year in T-ball and found a nice print at Joanns. For my daughter she had a 50's themed 1 year old party and so she got a cherry print. For my husband I found a money print (kind of sad) but I couldn't find anything else. I was looking for tools but no luck. And for myself I got a print with cameras since I am the family photographer. Back to this years ornament, I made two templates 5" circle and 4.5'' circle. I pre cut all the fabric, leaving room for the sowing. I am not a great sower and do not know how to use a sowing machine. 

Here is what you will need...

- Fabrics of your choise 

- Scissors

- Thread and Needle

- Pins 

- Pen

 I Pre- Cut all my squares ...

 And drew the lines where I was going to sow...

 Here is what it will look like when all four triangles are put together.

 This is how it looks like as I am adding the back to it! 

 Once I was done and left an opening to stuff the ornament, Using my Cricut I cut out 2012 and made a stencil. Afterwards using a piece of contact paper I used my stencil and wrote in 2012,  Using pins i placed it on the ornament and using a nice thread to write out the number. 

 Once that is done you can stuff the ornament with cotton and I used glue to seal the last piece together. 

Lastly I added a little ribbon to put the hook in and all done! 

And here are my ornaments. I hope to continue this tradition. I think one day my kids will enjoy them and we can always talk about why I chose them and any stories behind them.

Thanks for visiting!