I am so very honored to announce another bloggy award to us at TwoHeartsTogether! Thanks Sherry at A Little Fun With Me and Lu for giving us the “One Lovely Blog Award”, so sweet of you to think of us and give us this generous award!

The One Lovely Blog Award is all about making new friends. So, I am passing on this award to the following 15 new bloggy friends. They, in turn, must give it to 15 bloggers, and so on, and so forth. In no special order, of course:

1. Casa Camacho

2. 4 Crazy Kings

3. Just For Fun

4. No Time for flash cards

5. Frugal Family Fun

6. This and That

7. Adventures of Flake

8. Bloggin It

9. My Little Gems

10. The How-To-Gal

11. Homemaking Fun

12. Ucreate

13. Small Fry & Co.

14. nannygoat

15. The Crafty Crow

How cute are these Apple note cards that Creature Comforts created for FREE as Teacher gifts or a special friend. For birthdays at my center I give the kids a special birthday note included with a treat or prize inside, this year I created my own mini cards off publisher but these are really neat and simple too.

Snag yours {HERE}

• Download the Free Cute Apple Note Flats (prints 4 to a sheet – 2 of each color)
• Print onto heavy-weight cardstock with a color printer
• Cut along the outer lines
• Customize (optional)

Spruce up some cheap vases with leftover twine! What a great idea, they three below look so rustic and like they were from Pottery Barn or some other uppity place. Enchantresses Three has some other great home decor ideas that I have been poking back to daily to get ideas to make my black theme living room look and feel a little more welcome!

Who said Fudge was only for holidays? Nobody! Which is why I think I always need my fudge fix about this time of year because my Christmas stash is gone, and the Easter candy is outdated. Two good reasons to make your own, and it couldn’t be any easier by making it in the microwave! Recipe

Nutty Fudge from Skip to my Lou

Ingredients

3 cups milk chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped walnuts or other favorite nuts (optional)
1/8 tsp salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Place milk chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, butter , salt and vanilla extract in large microwaveable bowl. Microwave on medium until chips are melted, about 2-5 minutes, stirring once or twice during melting. Stir in nuts, if desired.
2. Pour into 8×8-inch pan that you have lined with foil and coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate until set. Cut into squares and enjoy!

Take a look at this new way to enjoy a calender on your desk! QueenVanna Creations on Etsy makes adorable decorative cube calenders that made me think of my old teachers desk in grade school who always had the date on her desk in the form of these cubes. I have not been able to find these cubed calenders anywhere, so thanks to Queen Vanna for making this old memory come back in a new fun way!

Think about making your own at home by using old…

• Baby blocks
• Legos
• Milk cartons
• Raisin boxes
• Kleenex box
• Dice

Today I found two great spring themed digital scrapbook kits that use bright colors, flowers, and accents to create a fresh looking digital scrapbook page! Both kits I know I will use over and over again because the elements are so versatile and cute just about anytime of the year. The best part both are FREE at A Work In Progress!

To Get yours {CLICK HERE}

I am super excited to announce my first bloggie award! Cher over at Love, Actually graciousally awarded me “The Slash Award” and the fun part about it… I get to pass it on to other sweet blogs that I love too! So he were go..

Here are three blogs that I find: alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive and inspiring:

1. Shannon at Bless our Nest

2. Jennwa at Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

3.The ladies over at Enchantresses Three

Who ever thought to add glitter to playdough? Well whoever they are they are a GENIUS because why not add glitter, its sparkly, shiny, and entertainingly fun in just about anything so here is a recipe I found at Just Deanna to make your own glitter playdough!

Ingredients:

• 4 C all purpose flour
• 2 C non-iodized salt
• 4 C water
• 8 tsp cream of tartar
• 4 tbsp cooking oil

Directions:

• Cook and stir on med-low til forms. Careful not to burn. If coloring, mix food coloring in water first. When cooled down, knead dough and put in sealed container.
• To add glitter just use craft glitter and knead into dough. Keep adding glitter til it is as ‘sparkly’ as you desire.

It’s always fun to revamp old things and turn them into something spunky,unique, and an image of your personality! Which is what exactly what I did with my envelope box. I took my box of envelopes and covered it with cute scrapbook paper and funky stickers to give it more personality siting on top of my jewelry box in the office. I hope this would inspire you to do a little something extra with yours or maybe a few ideas to change up a boring container like this was.

Supplies:

• 1 Box of envelopes
• 1 12×12 sheet of decorative scrapbook paper
• Misc. stickers embellishments
• Scissors
• Tacky Glue
• Paint brush

Directions:

1. Apply Tacky Glue to one side with paint brush

2. Adhere the paper and smooth out any bubbles

3. Trim of any excess paper

4. Repeat to all sides, no need to do the bottom because you wont see it!

5. When all sides are covered with paper, decoratibe with desired stickers and embelleshments.