Candy Corn Giveaway!

So sorry, the summer has gotten away with me and with my husband doing a second job in lawn care I haven't had too much free time!  I am actually looking forward to school being back in session so my kids and I can have more routines and time away from each other.  My kids were really getting sick of me. ;) 
I mentioned in my last post that if I got to 25 followers I would have a giveaway and we have 28 followers right now!  So thanks for those of you that follow me. 
As for the prize for the giveaway- it is my favorite time of the year (fall) and I remember last year the success of my post for 2x4 Candy Corn.  For his giveaway I have decided to give a set of 3 of the 2x4 Candy Corns away! 

Here is how you win!  I will draw a name on September 7th.  So have your name put in by September 6th.  Here is how you can get your name entered into the drawing:

1. Be a follower of the blog
2. Like Craftyblondechick on facebook
3. Leave a comment on this post about what your favorite season is and why

That is a total of 3 times you can get your name in the drawing and with the amount of followers - that is some pretty good odds.  Hope you enjoy my blog and I get to put your name in the drawing.

Bracelets and Rings!

These week has been crazy just with trying to keep kids entertained, house clean, etc.  Sometimes I think that summer is more work for moms even though we are not helping with homework, shuttling kids to school, and all that.  No, Summer is just full of baseball games, carnivals, "Mom, I'm bored!", and all of the kids (including the neighbors' kids) asking for a snack or popsicle.  So this week I am going to post what fun things I found time to make that have been on my to do list in pinterest for a while now. 

First, I have been loving the bracelets on pinterest and have quite a few earmarked and only made two.  I made this bracelet:

I used the idea from this bracelet but used suede lace instead of the twine she mentions in her tutorial.

Bolt Bracelet- DIY

Second, I made this bracelet -

I made it using this bracelet as my inspiration and a few beads from a tophatter auction.

hemp-pearl-bracelet

My last craft to show off is the bended spoon ring.  I had a old baby spoon that had a cute heart on the handle and I thought that it would make a cute ring.  It was easier than I thought to make and I admit that I am going to go to the thrift stores to find more spoons to use and make more.

I found the instructions on this website:



bended spoon rings

Hope you have enjoyed your week and found some time to craft too!



Summer fun part 3 - Cupcakes & Father's day!

This week me and the kids decided to try out a new recipe that I have been dying to make for some time.  It was some Root Beer cupcakes!  Don't they sound great?  So we made them and needless to say the kids scarfed them down and they didn't even wait for them to be frosted.  In fact, they asked after trying one that I not frost them.  Here is the link to the recipe:

Root beer cupcakes!



Next, we needed to figure out what to do for Father's day because usually I will make a card or t-shirt with my children's hand prints but this year I wanted to do something different.  This year I made them fill out these sheets about their father and I am going to put them together in a large card with a personal "toolbox".  This toolbox will contain some things that my husband can't do without.  (Mainly- duct tape, super glue, bungee cords, sunflower seeds, etc.).  Here is the link for the father's day information sheet I used:



Father's day printable

The kids had fun answering the questionnaire and they really really enjoyed those cupcakes.  I hope you can find some time to do something with your kids this summer too.