A little bit O' green

Lunch for the kids on St. Patrick's day had to be green. Homemade green bread, green grapes, green snap peas, and green vanilla pudding with green sprinkles and little cookies in the green hearts!

What can you do with $1?

Hello, My name is Stephanie, and I am a clearance shopper. I never was a clearance shopper as a young person, but then I married Him, Mr. Clearance shopper himself, (aka Mr. cheapskate). Now it is my mission to browse the clearance racks at every opportunity I get. I have certain rounds that I make at my regular shopping haunts, places I know where I can find the best deals.

My latest find was a bunch of long sleeve T-shirts for the little guy, and they were only $1. Now That is a bargain, but who wants a plain old T-shirt when you can jazz them up a bit.

Right?

Admit it, you like jazzy clothes too.

So, I took these plain T-shirts, and made these....

front is an appliqued robot.
and back is freezer paper stencil painted
More freezer paper stencil painting.
And more appliques, and the back of the owl shirt says this...
And lastly, we have to have a cool shirt for our birthday,

And our favorite number is 2 of course!!
Now what will you use your $1 for?

Spring is coming!!

I spent some time outside today with my little tree hugger. (he was literally hugging the tree) He loves being outside!
We cleaned out our front flower bed and unearthed these little pretties.
It is so nice to see some color other than white and brown, and after all of the snow we have had this year, I was getting a little sick of winter. (OK, a lot sick of it) I know that all of the cold isn't gone, and the warmer weather we have had in the past few days is really just a tease, but it does bring the promise of things to come.
So,my little nature lover and I (kissing the rock) wish you a happy Spring to come!!

Monsters everywhere

Remember the monster bathroom that my boys got for Christmas. Well, I am still trying to finish up a few projects to go into the bathroom that I didn't get done in time.

This first picture is really awful, but I couldn't get my model to hold still. I made a hooded towel that is just like one of the monsters on the shower curtain. It is really way too big for Jackson, but he is a growing boy.

Next up we have a monster bath mat. I am really pleased with how this turned out. It really adds some fun in the bathroom.
I made the bath mat using this........A fuzzy trick or treat bag,and this......leftover linoleum from the new basement bathroom, along with some scrap fabric.
Jackson thinks it looks like Cookie Monster so he calls it cookie all the time.

They grow up way too fast!!