St. Patty's Day!

We don't normally make a big deal about St. Patrick's Day. I mean, we wear green so we don't get pinched, but other than that it just isn't a big holiday for us. BUT, when I saw these cupcakes in Family Fun magazine, I knew that I had to make them! They were pretty easy to make {though very time consuming} and the end product is well worth the effort!

I started with a cake mix and store bought frosting.
I used my Wilton food color gels to color about 2/3 cup of batter with each color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. I mixed the cake batter and color together in plastic cups. I used white icing {as clouds} and topped each cupcake off with a gold coin. And the colors turned out amazing! I think one of my favorite parts was the rainbow left on the cupcake wrapper! After making a few rainbow mini cupcakes and a few rainbow regular cupcakes, I got lazy and just did mini cupcakes in solid colors.

I figured I could line them up to look like a rainbow:)

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The boys and I also made some SUPER cute shamrocks! I cut three hearts per person with my Cricut and hot glued them together in the shape of a shamrock and the glued on a stem. Then the boys used crepe paper and decorated their shamrocks! SUPER easy and we made it with stuff that we had around the house.

How do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

My Version of a Spring Wreath: A Tutorial

I have seen a ton of SUPER cute spring wreaths around blogland lately. A few of my favorite are Jenn's Whimsical Spring Wreath and Linda's Spring Felt Flower Wreath! It has actually been a few months since I have even had wreaths on my front door! So I figured with all that great wreath inspiration, I should get busy on making some new wreaths for my front door.

I Heart Faces: Bundled Up

This picture is from our snow/ski vacation that we went on back in February! This is really the only time all year that we have been "bundled" up! It gets sort of cold where we live, but it was SUPER cold up on that mountain in North Carolina! This is Eli all bundled up watching Henry and Grant practice their skiing on the bunny trail! I just love all the snow falling and the ski lift in the background!

{Click the picture to enlarge it}

Don't forget to enter my SafetyTat GIVEAWAY! There will be two winners, and the giveaway ends Wednesday, March 17th at midnight.

SafetyTat Review and Giveaway

Do you ever see something online or in the store and think, "I have got to get that!"?!?

Well, that is how I felt the first time I saw a review of SafetyTats! But being the busy mom that I am, I stored it in the back of my mind, but never really followed through! So, when I got an email from the SafteyTat people offering to send me their product to review and giveway, I was SUPER excited! Here is a little bit of information on SafeyTats:
"Quick Stick Write-on!" SafetyTats
-applied without water
-are shipped blank so customers can write in emergency contact information
-are vibrant and opaque, so they work equally well on all skin tones
-ultra-durable
-last up to two weeks
-stretchable, breathable microthin elastomer
-Medical grade adhesive

PLUS they are SUPER cute!

I decided to try my sample pack on Eli, since he is the most likely of my children to get lost!

I think my favorite thing about SafetyTats is that they last so long...you only need one per kid for your entire vacation. They stay on for up to two weeks or until you take them off! That means I don't have use a new one each day, just tat the kiddos up the first day and no more worries for the rest of the trip! How cool and convient is that! Plus they really are SUPER cute:)

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The people at SafetyTats have set up code just for my blog readers! Just enter ThoughtsofaSupermom {make sure to enter it just like that} when checking out and you will receive 10% off an order of $15 or more. Coupon good 3/12 through 3/26,2010.

They have also generously offered a sample pack of their Quick Stick Write-On! in your choice of Boy, Girl, or Multi design for me to giveaway to two of my readers!

So here is how to enter:

For your first entry leave a comment telling who you would want these for.

For another entry, go over to the SafetyTat website and tell which design you like the best.

For one extra entry, follow me and leave a comment telling me that you do.

For another entry, put my button on your blog and leave a comment telling me you did.

For one more entry, follow me on twitter and leave a comment telling that you do.

For three extra entries, blog about my giveaway linking back to this post, then leave three comments telling me you blogged.

This giveaway will end on Wednesday, March 17 at 12:00 pm CST. I will use random.org to select a winner and announce the winner on Thursday, March 18. Please make sure you have an email visible in your profile, or include your email address in your comment! Thanks for entering and good luck!

Got Bread?

I do!

 A friend passed on a starter of Amish Friendship Bread to me last week and this is what I ended up with:
I think you are technically supposed to divide the batter into two loaf pans.
But I used my Angel Food cake pan instead!
It turned out so yummy!

I obviously couldn't wait to take pictures before I cut into it and tasted it!

So now I have three of these:
that I have to pass on to someone else!
Have you ever made Amish Friendship Bread before?!?

Wordless Wednesday: Play Ball!

Ribbon and Pearls

I have seen a few SUPER cute necklaces lately that incorporate grograin ribbon and pearls. I really liked the look of them, but just couldn't let myself spend $20 or more for a necklace that I knew I could make for a lot less money. So that is exactly what I did:)
I purchased jewlery cording, a string of {faux} pearls, and some grograin ribbon at Hobby Lobby. I spent a total of $5 on all three items that I used in this project:)
I started out by cutting a generous length of ribbon and then attaching a starter pearl to the ribbon with a needle and the jewelery cording. Make sure to leave a pretty good length of extra ribbon on the end to use as the tie.
Then I alternated adding a pearl....
and making a loop of ribbon.
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There are a lot of different ways to do the ribbon, you can do a small loop, wrap the ribbon around a pearl, or even do two pearls in a row and then wrap the ribbon around both of them. It was basically trial and error to see what would work and what looked the best.
I kept alternating pearls and ribbon until the necklace was the lenght I wanted, then I tied off the last pearl and made sure it was attached securely {I had to sneak in a little hot glue to make sure that the cording didn't slip and let the two end pearls fall off}.
Then I made a matching bracelet using the leftover ribbon and pearls!
They are not perfect by any means, but I think they both turned out really cute and I got a necklace and bracelet set for only $5!