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Canvas, please!

I just love the look of canvas...

Canvas People is offering their free canvas. It is a free 8 x 10 Canvas and I believe my shipping was $15. That is a steal!

My first one was this I love us print.


















You can find the prints here free to download and they come in 8 different colors so you are bound to find one that matches your decor! Or one for a Christmas present.... oh I love these colors!

My second purchase from Canvas People I upgraded to an 11 x 14. I did have a balance and I had it framed but it was well worth it!












I recently purchased this Groupon for a 16 x 20 canvas. It was $39 which included the shipping and then when you sign up with a new email address (and I guess not purchase for a while) Groupon sent me a $15 gift to use on my next purchase. So $125 value for.....$24 - SCORE! I just ordered it tonight so I will send you a pic when I get it and find a new home for it!

So what are you waiting for? Head over to Canvas People and score your own deal here! 

I heart coffee

That was the first thing I thought this morning. My son was up at 4:15 am this morning. How is it that he can be up from 4:15 - 6 am and then when we wake him up at 7 he is bright eyed and bushy tailed? And I feel like a freight train has hit me....ugh. Hence {I <3 coffee}

I have so many of the Starbucks huggies and I keep saving them because I just know I can make something out of them. I ran across this idea at eighteen25.

Thanks a Latte

Go visit their website for the download and the instructions. I love this because it is simple and they even have the printable for you! I make these and keep them on hand for last minute gifts. If you haven't figured it out yet, I am so game for anything that is easy peasy. With a 2 year old, I need quick and simple. This is right up my alley.

This weekend I was working on a project that I just have to put a couple of finishing touches on and then I will share it with you. Here is a tease for right now. Trust me you will want to see the finished product!

Come back soon! Have a great day!

97 Years Young

Well, today is my Grandma's 97th birthday. I am so lucky to have her in my life. She has taught me so much over the years. This has caused me to reflect on all the memories I have of her both as a child and as an adult. We have done lots of family mementos over the years in celebration of the Tallman's.




We had a Tallman Family Cookbook that took my dad 10 years to produce. Sorry Dad had to say it! We love it and use it ALL the time:)

  For my grandma's 95th birthday, I ordered a HUGE family tree poster and cut out leaves for each of the 75 aunts, uncles, cousins and their children. Emily, my sister-in-law, helped arrange and write the names on the leaves. All the birds are grandma's children (my aunts and uncles), the dark green leaves are her grandchildren (my cousins) and the light green leaves are her great-grandchildren. I used my bigshot to cut out all the birds and leaves.

Then, Emily took the handmade version and digitally recreated it for our entire family so they could have their own copies. I love it and have a copy hanging in my hallway.

My son passed out on the couch
 as I am writing this post....awww!

Also for her 95th, I compiled family memories and pics of each family. This was quite a task but well worth the effort. By far this is one of my favorite scrapbooks ever!

Click here to view this photo book larger

This is what I sent her for her birthday. I am working on a Reunion photobook so that will be a belated birthday present ;) Gotta love birthdays that never end. Lisa Bearnson has her own photobook collection and till September 30th they are on sale. Go check them out > click here.

This is what I sent her for the time being. I took all our professional photos and put them in a 4x6 album.

I used the tags from the post here & stapled
ribbon to the top and wrote sentiments
on the back to my grandma.

I love how the ribbons peak out at the top!

Since I didn't have exactly enough pictures, I printed quotes that I have downloaded from different blogs. I feel like the quotes bring added interest to the album and reflect feelings that are unsaid in the photos. 

Here are some of the blogs where I downloaded quotes: Becky Higgins, Hello, Good Gravy!. I will post more links as I find them !

Happy Birthday Grandma! I soo wish I was there with you to celebrate. We love you so much! 

Buddies 4 Ever

Lately, I have been reminded how quickly time flies. My son Kyle, who is 2 1/2, seems to change daily. Each day he learns new words and does new things. My hubby and I were just talking about how we couldn't wait for him to start talking.... now he goes a mile a minute. Too cute. I love you mummy. Oh he makes my heart melt. I just can't scrap it all fast enough!
He has his best bud, Dom that lives next door and surprisingly they don't ever get sick of each other. They are at daycare together all day and then they both come home and want to go to each other's houses. So I had to capture these moments in a mini album all about Dom and Kyle.

I got the Crayola mini album chipboard and paper from Michael's Craft store for $1 each. I used Scotch glue to adhere the paper. Then I sanded the edges and inked them up. I adhered the pics and the stickers and then Mod Podged the entire album. I knew little hands would be touching it so I wanted to make sure he couldn't peel off the stickers!

                      Click here to view these pictures larger

I used my Crop-o-dile to punch the holes for the ring and to punch holes through the chipboard Disney Mater and Lightening McQueen. The yellow "Laugh" is actually a flexible magnet that was $1 in the clearance bins at Michael's. I then raided my ribbon stash to tie around the binder ring. Ahhh I love the organization..........Roy G BIV Makes me happy ;) 

Hope you are having a great week!

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Random Acts of Kindness

My son loves lollipops. He sticks out his tongue and puts the pop on his tongue to get a taste. It takes FOREVER for him to get through a Dum Dum pop because he hasn't learned to put the whole thing in his mouth. How come everything at this age is adorable?

So when I saw this download, I knew I had to make these for his daycare class.



All you need are:
- Lollipops (I used Dum-Dums because they are smaller for 2 year olds)
- Lollipop printable
- Scissors
- Pencil or some other thin tool like a water color paintbrush
- Basket
- Paper filler or tissue paper

1. First, print out the flowers and cut them out.
2. Then use the end of your scissors to poke a hole in the center and insert the pop.
3. Take your pencil or I used the end of a thin paintbrush and curl the ends of the petals. This just added a little interest for me. I made 20 multipled by 8 petals was 160 petal curls! UGH! But I do this in front of the TV as I watch shows so it isn't as painful as it sounds! 
4. Line your basket or pot with tissue paper or shredded stuffing. Green would have been predicable so I used white tissue paper and put pink shredded filler on top. 
5. Then I arranged the pops into a bouquet.

NOTE: I first tried to arrange them in a $1 rectangle pot with styrofoam ball cut in half. I found that the popsicle sticks were too short and since I had 20 pops the pot wasn't big enough once they were arranged. This would have been perfect if I had less.

I love this idea because it reinforces sharing and patience. My son wanted them NOW. I had to keep telling him it was for his friends at school and that he needed to share. No special occasion just a sweet surprise and cost me close to nothing. I had bought the bag of pops a while ago (under $3). The basket and tissue paper I had on hand. Can't beat that.

I hope this brings a glimmer of sunshine on this dreary rainy day to the little kids. Hopefully for the ladies at daycare sake, all the kids eat these way quicker than my son does! These little treats might last all day!

Spread some random acts of kindness today!

Tag Tuesday - Halloween

Sorry I have been MIA for the past week. Our sunroom progress is continuing and then just for fun our water heater leaked and needed to be repaired. Top that off with a tough week for my real job and I was capped. No worries! I am back and have tons of ideas to share thanks to my sister-in-law. Thanks Em!

So my hubby got all my fall/Halloween bins down from the attic. Can you believe that September is almost OVER? So happy for the colors and cooler weather it brings. Time is just flying by though and when you have a two and a half year old that makes you want to savor each moment.

I have been thinking about Halloween goodie bags for daycare. I can't wait till the last minute anymore since my time is occupied with my little munchkin. So I was all over these cute Halloween tags! I am going to incorporate these into my goodies. Will share the results of those later!

Anders ruff

I had these tags saved from Anders Ruff but when I went back to her blog to link to the location, I couldn't find them. If you want them they were free, just email me @ scrapnchic4@yahoo.com and I will send you the file. While I was perusing her site I found awesome ideas and door signs that match these tags - SCORE! Go check here and here. While you are there, click on the Free tab at the top of her blog. Tons of goodies there!

Good Gravy! Designs

Good Gravy! is one of my favs. I have linked to her before.  Some of the things she posts about her kids cracks me up! She has a DIY printables button also. Check it out!

Great stuff coming this week. Check back often....ENJOY!