Mondays.

Do you know why I love Mondays? 

 

I get to clean, craft, snuggle, wash, and have a quiet day at home with all my three girlies. I love it. A fresh start to the week with lots of energy and steam. Yeah, I usually run out by Thursday, but Monday rocks! It’s also our craft day …since all the girls are home and Lacey is not at school for kindergarten.

 

Yesterday, we made salt dough Valentine heart necklaces … we’re not done them all yet (we ran out of string for the necklace), but they are an easy and cute craft you can do at home with your kids and then give out as presents for Valentine’s Day. 
I’m sure you all know how to make salt dough but here’s the recipe JUUUUUUStT in case. 

 

1 cup of flour

1 cup of salt

1/2 cup of water

 

Mix/knead together until a dough forms. Some recipes call for chilling in the fridge, but we rolled it out right away. 

Roll out the dough and create whatever you want! We created Valentine’s Heart Necklaces …  we poked holes in the top with straws  before baking them (350 for an hour or so). After they cooled, we painted and decorated …

 

 

 

We painted them pink and red … true Valentine’s day colours … 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They turned out really cute …. !!! Of course, we added some sparkles. I mean, what’s a heart without sparkles?

 

 

 

We also made homemade bread. Okay, okay. I cheated with the breadmaker. It makes fantastic dough. 🙂  And then I just put it in my own bread pans.

 

I LOVE *fresh* homemade bread. And I’m not saying this to brag. Seriously, just excited that I’m finally learning to bake and cook! It’s been seven years since I got married and I lived off of french fries and coffee for at least the first three years of our marriage. Having kids is forcing me to eat healthier and learn to bake and cook … so I was a bit puffy headed about my bread yesterday …

 

 

 

Sorry. One more picture. Yeah, it’s just bread … but it’s so pretty … 🙂 I secretly (or not so secretly) LOVE to take photos of food so just indulge me. 

 

 

Remember last Monday? The Keep Calm and Carry On kinda day. Well, I’m glad I am not alone in that battle … a lot of you guys responded on the blog about the same issue! So I feel much better. Thank for making me feel normal. 🙂 

It’s also time to announce the winner of the lucky giveaway from HomeStudio …..  a big thank you to HomeStudio for doing a second giveaway here on the blog! We all love your work so thanks for spreading the joy!!

 

Using a random number generator …. the lucky winner of the Keep Calm and Carry On necklace is:

 

#13 – Jenn, who wrote: 

Jen – Of course you are not alone..I don’t know you but I can totally relate as I am sure a million more mommies can too 🙂 I have four children and well I am sure you can imagine MY witching hours 🙂 Yes patience…where are you?

 

Congratulations, Jenn!

All you have to do is e-mail me and I will hook you up with the details in receiving your new necklace …!

Thanks for commenting on the blog everyone. Your comments make blogging more fun … nice to know people are reading! 

More giveaways and blog posts coming soon ….! 🙂