Weekend Crafts- Crayon Roll

This weekend, I finished up two projects for two special little girls. H just became a big sister, so of course she needed a gift to fete her new status. She is almost 3, and the most delightful little bundle of energy I have ever met. She is never shy around new people, and LOVES her little sister.

I thought this crayon roll would be the perfect little present. This was the first time I have made one, and i think it turned out pretty darn well. Just add a pad of paper and you have a great gift for your little friends! I bought this template which was super easy to follow in case you'd like to make your own.

Treats for your Sweets

My husband loves three things; snowboarding, ice cream and surprises (in that order). This week he was lucky enough to get to enjoy all of them! Due to the crazy blizzards here in Philadelphia, he had to stay an extra day in Colorado (poor boy), so I planned a little surprise for his arrival home. You remember this post about M&M cookies? I took it to the next level... with ice cream!

Easy to make, delicious to eat. 

To make them, I started with Paper Seed's Vanishing Oatmeal M&M Cookie recipe (which is according to her, the recipe found on the inside lid of Quaker Oats). I had bought a 1.5" heart shaped cookie cutter from the local kitchen shop, so I made them a bit bigger than tablespoon each just to make sure there would be enough cookie to cut from.

Bake cookies and cool

Press hard to create hearts, eat scraps

Admire your work

Spoon softened ice cream onto one heart. Put the other heart on top and pop the finished sandwiches into the freezer to harden. I left them in there for about half an hour.

Enjoy!

Headboards of a Different Sort

Although we have been living in our home for more than two years, we still haven't had the time/energy/motivation/reason to really decorate our bedroom. Up until last weekend we didn't have bedside tables and were using window sills to hold our lamps and alarm clocks. I know, totally unacceptable!

Over the next few weeks we hope to tackle a couple of big projects: find/make/refurbish a headboard, paint/refinish our new bedside tables (more on that miracle later) and finally make everything look like it actually belongs there. Here is some alternative headboard inspiration I found on Casa Diez, a Spanish interior design magazine.

All Photos via// Casa Diez

Anyone have any more ideas for creating your own headboard? I would love to hear about them! Stay tuned for photos of our bedroom before (gasp) and updates on how we are sprucing things up!