Teacher Appreciation Gifts

Last week was teacher appreciation week at my daughter school, so she and I put together a little gift each day of the week for her teacher. I managed to remember to take a pic of two of them at least!

Swedish Fish are my downfall and the perfect little treat to attach a tag saying,

"Thank you for letting me swim in  your school of fish!"

Some Thank You cards, Sharpie markers, Nail Polish and other fun neon supplies

are tucked into this little tin bucket with a note saying,

"Thank you for making us sharpies!"

Organize Your Drawers

With two months left before the baby...I've gone into full nesting mode. Deep cleaning everything in my path, although it's taking me longer since naps are a must a few times a week! 

Here's a photo of the top drawer in my bathroom, a bit chaotic but I repurposed two vintage green cups I had in my craft room for bobby pins & hair ponies, took out items I no longer use and voila, something worth opening daily!

As minuscule as one organized drawer is, if you set your mind to working hard at one room a day (even if the rest of the house isn't up to par) eventually you'll get through it all. Just don't lose steam 1/2 way through. Then when summer finally rolls around, you'll be able to enjoy those warm months outside with your kiddos instead of cooped up inside cleaning and purging! 

Happy organizing!!

IG LeroyLime Recap

Here's just a little Instagram recap of what I've been up to lately, I keep forgetting to take pics of the finished products with my IPhone, oops!

and yes, still snowing up here...Spring has NOT sprung in the least, so I of course included a photo of snow!

Showy Sunday Featured Projects

Thank you everyone who has linked up to Showy Sunday! Here are last weeks featured projects, click on the links below if you'd like to check them out in more detail!

Feather Nails

Sun-Dried Tomato + Avo Salmon

Dress

With baby number four coming the end of June, I'm going to have to postpone Showy Sunday linky parties for now...thank you to everyone who has participated, I've really enjoyed all of your projects and am flattered that you've linked them up at LeroyLime! 

Hope you all are having a fantastic Spring, we're in the midst of yet another blizzard...I'm thinking about sticking some fake flowers in the snow just to add some color, haha!

Washi Tape Treat Packaging

Washi Tape project #6

I made brownies today, gasp! Have no fear, they came from a box but I did add some bacon to make them even better! I've packaged up a few for a preggo friend who is due any day. Thought she'd enjoy a yummy chocolaty treat while she waits for her little bundle to arrive!

and seriously, what preggo woman DOESN'T like BACON, nom nom nom!

Showy Sunday - April 7

It's Sunday!! Let's hit this week outta the park with all of our fabulous creations, upcycles, DIY, projects, recipes and more!

Chunky Black Bean Salsa
Upcycled Denim Tote
DIY Air Freshner

Feel free to snag the button below if you've been featured!

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Link up your NEW projects, as many as you'd like and help spread the word by linking back to the party!

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Washi Tape Dyed Eggs

Washi Tape Project #5

Last Easter project posted this year...promise!

My two older chickens helped me with these on 

Easter Sunday as well. We wrapped a few with 

Washi Tape, dipped in dye and then peeled off the

tape to have a reverse effect. 

Happy Easter, until next year!

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bunnies

Happy Easter!!!

kidding...it is April Fools after all

and my kiddos did these yesterday, so I didn't have time to post till today.

 The toilet paper rolls with bits of paper stuck on them, I cut designer 

paper and adhered them to the rolls with the double sided sticky tape. 

The bottoms and feet were created with a 1-3/4" Circle and Medium Oval Punches.

The bunny ears were made with the Stampin' Up! Layered Flower Punch. 

I had picked up a bag of candy hearts after Valentines day and thought 

they'd made cute noses. The whiskers are just cut strips of plastic lacing, 

which I usually keep on hand for kid crafts. Of course a cotton ball added 

a bit of fluffy fun to our bunnies backsides! 

Everything was hot glued on and then my daughter had fun drawing 

the mouths onto our finished bunnies. 

 Here the toilet paper rolls were painted white and after they dried, 

round foam brushes made perfect little spots for little hands!

You can fill these with treats or use as Easter decor.

Showy Sunday - March 31

I hope you all had a VERY happy Easter with your families...

Here are the Showy Sunday Features from last week, thank you everyone for linking up!

Kirsten : Craftiments
Amy : Sewsnbows
Natalee : Eatnapplay
The Weekend Country Girl

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Jello Easter Eggs

Another fun craft for your kiddos!
I kept my 5 year old busy washing the

plastic eggs while my older child made the jello. 

Make sure to find eggs that do NOT have the tiny air holes in them and don't forget to spray the insides of your eggs with a bit of pan spray. I sprayed one (forgot the rest, oops) so my kids just used a spoon to dig out their jello, which was still a dessert delight! 

My eight year old came to the rescue while I was standing in the kitchen wondering just how I was going to get the liquid jello into the eggs..."Mommy just dunk them in the jello bowl!"...total preggo brain fart moment on my part, haha! 

So, red fingers later - they washed everyone, no worries - and we had a carton of jello eggs ready to set up in the fridge.