Fun in the Sun..or just FUN!!

The lazy days of summer are in full swing (did I mention LAZY) and my kids and I are all enjoying the idea of not having a schedule to follow and somewhere to be....HA that is such a joke!! Summer has seemed just as busy as the school year with swimming and tennis and this and that. We can hardly wait to go on our summer vacation. Which leads me to today's post. Sand cast hand prints. Now I did this with a couple of my kids several years ago in CA and they really turned out amazingly GREAT!! I was so excited and have them all carefully still packed away in a box with great intentions to do something awesome with them. So here I am a few years later remotivated to make the sand prints with my now 3 kids and I will do something AMAZING with them and then I can share it with all of of YOU!! In the meantime I found a great tutorial on how to make the sand cast hand or foot prints found HERE at Crafting a Green World.

photo courtesy of Crafting a Green World

Now, for those of you who want a fun in the sun craft without the sun or the beach here is another option that I am also loving at the moment.

 How cute are those little handprints and no sand involved!! You can find all the dets of this project right HERE at a Pumpkin and a Princess (love that name by the way!) So either way, take a break from the summer madness and capture your your sweet babies hands...either by sand or paint before it's too late!!

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Tuesday:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/, http://ladybug-blessings.com/, http://tipjunkie.com/, http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/, 
Wednesday:
http://eisymorgan.blogspot.com/, http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://www.mybackyardeden.com/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
Thursday:
http://www.momnivores-dilemma.com/,  http://www.houseofhepworths.com/, http://nightowlcrafting.blogspot.com/
Friday:
http://www.whipperberry.com/, http://www.thegirlcreative.com/,http://tidymom.net/, http://sassysites.blogspot.com/, http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/, http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/, http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Saturday:
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com

Sassy Sites 2,000 sassy followers GIVEAWAY all week!!

We were oh so flattered to be a part of Sassy Sites 2,000 sassy Followers week long giveaway!!


What amazing company we are in with all these fabulous blog snobs!! You must go check it out and enter to win everyday!! Amazing prizes all week long!! We have been on vacay so are a couple days late to post...so please look back to July 8th for our feature here. We have put together a super fun snobby birthday package for you all to win!! Good Luck all of our snobby readers!! And be sure to check back each to day to enter to win all the other snobby prizes!! So really what are you waiting for....head on over to Sassy Sites and start winning!!

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Summer Mantel

I've seen so many cute mantels floating around blog-land for summer!  And somehow, when I see something I think I can manage, nothing less will do.  Must be the inner holiday snob... 

So here's my take on the theme:

I just stamped on the paint sample card (saw those used for a million cute ideas and knew I had to find one!) and framed it in a spray-painted frame.  I also drew a shell on a yellow paint sample and framed that.

As you can tell, I just spray painted a bunch of small frames that I got from the thrift store.  I am loving this summery turquoise color!

I made a printable to add to the display, just using a song lyric from one of my favorite bands recently, Frightened Rabbit.  If you want to download it, it's sized for a 4x6, and I tried to get the highest resolution, so it should be decent.  I just printed mine on my computer since the blue background is such a muted color.

By the way, if you want to see some other cute summer mantels, head over to our pinterest page!

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S'more? Yes, Please!

Glitta and I work together so well because our minds always tend to run along the same lines.  (Last summer we showed up to a beach playdate each wearing a new swimsuit.  The same one.  And we both bought the same boutique t-shirt on an out of state vacation.  We were in different states but both brought home the same shirt!) 

So you can see why it shouldn't have been a surprise to me when I told Glitta that I'd seen an amazing s'mores dessert display by Amy Atlas and was thinking of a s'mores post and she replied that she'd just pinned a s'mores dessert that morning!  I guess great minds just think alike...

For some reason the original layout picture isn't working, but this picture from Amy Atlas's blog gives the jist of the amazing display!  I just don't get as excited about camping as I do about dessert.

And here's the s'mores dessert that inspired Glitta:

 She spied it on Be Different Act Normal but this recipe and picture are from Baking Bites.

We found a couple of fun ideas you can buy to make s'mores a little easier, like this S'mores maker from Napa Valley

 SAnd this S'mores Kit from World Market:

But my most snobbish find?  Zebra print marshmallows!!  They're at Walmart, in the summer section.  They're really just dark chocolate drizzled marshmallows, but this holiday snob cannot resist zebra print for anything!

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Tuesday:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/, http://ladybug-blessings.com/, http://tipjunkie.com/, http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/, 
Wednesday:
http://eisymorgan.blogspot.com/, http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://www.mybackyardeden.com/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
Thursday:
http://www.momnivores-dilemma.com/,  http://www.houseofhepworths.com/, http://nightowlcrafting.blogspot.com/
Friday:
http://www.whipperberry.com/, http://www.thegirlcreative.com/,http://tidymom.net/, http://sassysites.blogspot.com/, http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/, http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/, http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Saturday:
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com

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Happy 4th to all of our snobby little friends!





 This is such a fabulous flag. Thanks to copycatcrafter you can download your own copy for free. Talk about FREEDOM! So as you read the words to The Star Spangled Banner and reflect on the great freedoms we do enjoy in this country, we hope you all are enjoying this day with those you love and cherish. As we all proudly live in this land of the free and the brave.

 HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

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What made the snob list for this 4th?

Ok we are down to the last Friday before the 4th it is go time for me since I am on my way up to the mountains for the long weekend. I wanted to let you get a peek at what I am definitely going to be making and taking with me. Let me tell you I do just sit and stare and my screen at all the fab 4th of July stuff...it is just CRAZY CUTE all of it. But you can only do so much right? So here we go (all courtesy of our pinterest if you want to catch all the runner up's)

photo courtesy of lisastorms.typepad.com

This will be our place setting, so simple yet LOVE...brought to you HERE from lisastroms.typepad.com. But wait I must show you the ring...that is where it gets snobby!

photo courtest of lisastorms.tyepad.com

I mean seriously Snobby and yet so SIMPLE. Those little rubies will be adorning all the kiddies fingers!

Ok for dinner one night we will be making this

photo courtesy of google.com

and then for dessert serving these

photo from HERE.

So that is the short list. I am packed and ready to go. I hope you all have a safe and Happy 4th and enjoy something snobby yourself!

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4th of July flip flops for little snobby feet

I don't quite have the plan in place to make my kid's 4th of July outfit/tee shirt this year, despite some really cute inspiration, but when I realized I already had the navy flip flops already... Well, it was an over-the-top project that was destined to be!  



I saw the cutest bow on The Girly Baby:

and wanted to recreate it (ish) on the flip flops with ribbon I already had.  But I didn't really know how.  So I just started layering ribbon and bows.  So maybe you know how to make a version of that delectable treat above, but in case you don't, here's what I did:

And, voila!  There you go mes amigas!

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Tuesday:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/, http://ladybug-blessings.com/, http://tipjunkie.com/, http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/, 
Wednesday:
http://eisymorgan.blogspot.com/, http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://www.mybackyardeden.com/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
Thursday:
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http://www.whipperberry.com/, http://www.thegirlcreative.com/,http://tidymom.net/, http://sassysites.blogspot.com/, http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/, http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/, http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Saturday:
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com

Ahh... Patriotic on Pinterest!

Pinterest is kind of my new obsession, I can lose all kinds of time on it.  And patriotic pins are running rampant on it!  So I'm sharing a few of my favorite ideas:

Heartbreak kids made this ADORABLE little dress for her daughter and actually makes it look easy!

An Altered State made these "firecrackers" by recovering lifesavers: genius.  I even have left over 4th of july papers from my wreath project...

So I pinned this patriotic printable without even realizing that one of my cute friends was the one to make it!  I sadly don't check her blog as often as I should apparently!  You can print it off from her blog, Wet Donkey.

And I'm not at all sure that I could ever make the following cake, but I like looking at it!  Check it out at Glorious Treats:

This printable is just too cute, and thanks to Copy Cat Crafter, you can download it for free!

Room to Inspire has about the easiest way I've seen to make a fun 4th treat; why don't I think of this stuff???

Don't you wish someone would make you this Americana pie?  I would never undertake it myself but I want it super super bad.  Thanks Woman's Day for making any treat I end up making totally inadequate!

So maybe I can't make the pie, but these tin can windsocks, made by SuperMom, look like a possibility and I love them!

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Fireworks Floats and Firecracker Popcorn

So I LOVE LOVE the 4th of July...don't you? I love to celebrate it, I love to decorate for it, I love to dress up for it and I love to cook up fun things for it. My kids as I have said many times before have become somewhat snobby in what they now think all Holidays entail...not that I am complaining it is actually quite endearing to mommy's little snobby heart! And the 4th of July is a super fun time around this house. (maybe its because treats are abundant hmm...) And today's post is one of our family's favorite 4th of July treats. Firecracker Floats which we have on the 4th and firecracker popcorn (which we have on the 4th and  many other times of the year because it really is to die for good and red really works well for a plethora of holidays!) We like to make little treat packages for friends and neighbors with the popcorn to wish them a happy 4th. So what makes a float a firecracker float? Those special little candy pop rocks--they really do ROCK. And of course red and blue soda--the combo creating a red, white and blue float complete with the firecracker sound effects and all.

So here is what you will need to make your floats. (Any red and blue soda will work of course!) Then make a float as you normally would and when ready to explode eat, have the kids sprinkle the pop rocks on top. Listen for the explosion and drink up!! Always a hit...no matter how many times we have done it.

Now for the Red Hot Firecracker Popcorn Recipe. This really is a treat and I mean so good you can't stop eating it, so beware and don't say I didn't warn you!

3 bags microwave popcorn, popped
1 C. Butter
9 oz Red Hots Candy
1/2 C Corn Syrup

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Have popcorn ready in a large bowl. Have a roast pan or large jelly roll sheet sprayed with cooking spray and ready to go. Mix butter, syrup and candy over med/high heat. Once it boils let it boil for 5-8 mins longer. It should then reach soft ball stage on a candy thermometer. All the while stirring constantly. Once it reaches soft ball remove from heat and pour over popcorn and mix well. Pour popcorn into pan or sheet and place in oven. Roast for 45 min stirring after 20 mins. Remove from oven and pour out onto parchment paper or sprayed wax paper to cool in a single layer. Store in an airtight container.

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Tuesday:
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http://eisymorgan.blogspot.com/, http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://www.mybackyardeden.com/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
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Friday:
http://www.whipperberry.com/, http://www.thegirlcreative.com/,http://tidymom.net/, http://sassysites.blogspot.com/, http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/, http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/, http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Saturday:
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4th of July wreath

June's Craft Night has come and gone, and we did not take pictures for a tutorial.  Shame on us!!!  What kind of bloggers are we?! 

Oh well. 

We are going to show you the 4th of July wreath we made at Craft Night again though.  And I'll tell ya how to make one of your very own just in time for Independence Day.

This wreath is made like a tutu, we've linked you to a tutorial before, with 3 rolls of tulle.  The board is about 8" by 20" and we had Home Depot cut a longer board for us.  They do it for pretty cheap, and if you're super cute like Glitta, then they'll do it for free!  We covered our boards in book page, but wouldn't it be cute to cover it in a copy of the Declaration for Independence?  We cut the letters out at 5.5" and modge-podged them on.  We cut some patriotic streamers into "fireworks" and superglued rhinestones leading up to them.  Scraps from the streamers made their way around the board and got modge-podged on as well for good measure.  Any questions?  Ask away!  I have to say, my front door looks pretty snobby right about now!

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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
http://eisymorgan.blogspot.com/, http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://www.mybackyardeden.com/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
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Friday:
http://www.whipperberry.com/, http://www.thegirlcreative.com/,http://tidymom.net/, http://sassysites.blogspot.com/, http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/, http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/, http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Saturday:
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com

Welcome the First Day of Summer in A Snobby Kind of Way

With Summer Officially here I like to have a Summer Kick Off party at our house. Nothing fancy just fun!! (And cross our fingers that the torrential rain we had ALL day on Monday will not resume today)

I think we will definitely hit the pool,run through the sprinklers, eat some otter pops, have a squirt gun fight, eat some more otter pops, take a bike ride. That should bring us to the fun part of the day...THE FIRST NIGHT OF SUMMER and to kick it off I thought it would be super fun to serve my kids these drinks with our outdoor BBQ on the fire pit.

I mean what kid will not think their mom is the coolest thing around when you serve them a glow-in-the-dark drink?? I can't wait!! Thanks to the snobby mommy at ComeTogetherKidsblogspot.com we can all be super cool tonight!
SO WELCOME SUMMER!! And enjoy the looks on your kids faces when you pull out the glow-in-the-dark drinks--and try to hide your own amazement too!!

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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
http://www.paisleypassions.blogspot.com/, http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/, http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/, http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/
Thursday:
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Friday:
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