Thanksgiving Mailbox ~a guest post at Thrive

My sweet blogging friend Nike from Choose to Thrive asked me to share a Thanksgiving craft or idea ... so what do you think I used??

Cardboard and tp tubes! Come and take a look at our made from magazine envelopes and cardboard mailbox. This will be the beginning of my Cardboard love Series. Come on over and see some cardboard love. Click HERE for a fun out of the box Thanksgiving idea. ;)

UPDATE: Here is us on Thanksgiving day opening our mail!

Mail Opened

Choose to Thrive

I would say that Nike's blog is by far one of my favorite blogs, she is truly ingenious and makes the most beautiful things without spending a dime. She has a way of making you laugh with her fun posts and her ideas always make me eager to see her next post. Also she has six kids and has great ideas on how to save money as a family. She is determined to thrive and make the most out of life despite good or bad circumstances.  Please take a minute to browse her blog she has featured me twice and I so appreciate her true interest in me and my crazy fun life over here. Here are a few of my favorites on her blog. She doesn't know I am featuring a few of her projects but I so want to return the love.: :)

Wheat Wreath...
she went gleaning for this wheat. :)

From knee highs to girls tights! 

This is such a fun post!

 Knock off wall pockets  

made from diaper boxes. 

Also welcome to all you Thrive guests visiting. So happy to have you. :)

Keep your eyes open over the next week or two I as I post a lots of ideas for uses with cardboard. I am really looking forward to this new series. 

From my west corner ~ Becky

Upcycling for doll clothes~ guest posting

Hi.  Today I am visiting over at 
Creating your way to Success ! 

just click on the link above and it will take you there.


Stop by and see what the girls and I whipped up for their dolls.
It is a fun post (we think so anyway).

A Sock hoody, Pant leg jean skirts, a Sleeve sweater 

and a Sock dress.

Upcycled doll clothes for our homemade dolls from our mismatched socks an old sweater...

So come on over to Creating your way to Success today and read the rest of the post.
It is a great blog and I am honored to be guest posting for Jill. 

Looking forward to seeing your there. :)  

Also a big Welcome to all of you visiting from over at Creating your way to Success.  Stay awhile and have a virtual tea or coffee. :)

From my little west corner,

Becky

Twirl away darlings ~ your covered!

I have two girlies and they are just that girly.
They love to wear skirts and my younger of the two especially likes the twirly skirts and loves to twirl. She is pretty insistent on skirts every day, all day. :)

So as we know after Spring comes Summer, I considered buying some strtechy shorts for under their skirts and dresses for all that twirlying and sliding down slides etc. they will be doing. 

I have always wanted to make sure they are covered and still able to play without restriction. 

So I decided I would Spring clean and see what I could find.

'Use what you have' is my theme so instead of putting on my shopping list 'shorts for under skirts',  I opened the girls dresser and these were my finds. Perfect for my idea:

So here is what I did to ensure that my girls could

twirl, whirl, jump rope, slide down slides and still be modest and covered. ;)

 Here's the

QUICK PIC.TUT

Some shorts can be pretty uncomforable under skirts so I wanted to find the stretchy kind that would feel more natural for them.  I think these will work great and not be to bulky.

RE-USEING TIGHTS
 Since the girls have lots of tights from the winter and several with holes I went to work on those too.  I figure  in summer they my be too hot but until then I can get a little more use out of them.  I think they are pretty cute and my middle girly really likes them especially with the ruffle.

One thing I realized and then had to redo is to strech the tigths out and then meaure the ribbon.
While I sewed I continued to make sure the leg was streched well and then I sewed on the ribbon. I needed to ensure that the tights would fit around their thighs.
I hand stitched the tights. Truth is I just don't mind hand stiching ~ I think it can be theraputic sometimes. :)

Ok, ready for my darlings to twirl away.

 So that's that.  The thing I like about this idea so much is not that I turned pants into shorts

 ( so not an original idea) but that I was able to find a solution for a need

without immediatly going out and just buying something.
~becky

This was featured over at Measured by the Heart.

Twirl away darlings ~ you're covered!

Happy Monday! I have been featured over at
 Measured by the Heart today. So fun.


As most of you know I have two girlies and they are just that girly.
They love to wear skirts and my younger of the two especially likes the twirly skirts and loves to twirl. She is pretty insistent on skirts every day, all day. :)
 If you would like to see more of this fun post and what I did to assure my girlies were covered while twirling click this link and come on over to Measured by the Heart blog.

A warm welcome to all you visiting from Measured by the Heart. 
Feel free to grab a cup of tea/coffee and stay for awhile, I love visitors. :)

~becky

Traveling Chalkboard Buddies

 I have been Featured!!! So fun.

Come check out my newest creation over at Choose to Thrive. 

Click on the link above and it will take you there.

While your visiting Choose To Thrive to see these fun travel Buddies (well the kids and I think think they are super fun anyway ;)) make sure you take a minute and check out her (Nike's) blog. Her goal is to redecorate  her home without spending a dime.

Also Welcome to all you visiting  from over at Choose to Thrive. 

HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY.  If you like my travel buddies make sure and comment.
~becky