Fast & Easy Halloween Banner

Last week I found this cute free Halloween printable over at How does she?  It is sooo stinkin cute! And once I had the pics printed that I wanted to include, it came together in less than 30 mins.  Who doesn't like fast and easy?

 

 

And these are a few of the different pages in the printable. 

 

 

And with the extra years you can keep adding to your growing Halloween timeline of events. 

 

 



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~Aloha, Makalani

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Easter Egg Garland

Getting a late start at sharing Easter projects I've done around the home.  I'll start by sharing this festive Easter egg garland.

 

 

Just a few simple supplies.  1. 3 pkg 24 count plastic eggs from $tree.  2. Twine the length that you want your garland.  3.  Big sewing needle.

That's it!

 

 

I needled the twine and then I sewed thru the exisiting holes in the plastic eggs until I reached the desired length.

 

 

See that Easter egg board right there?  Yup the torquoisy one!  Made that at a craft night held locally here in Arizona.  You can find out more info here if your local.

 

Partying On....

 

 

Shamrock Sign

So remember yesterday I shared how I lacked St. Patrick's day home decor?  Well, here's another easy addition to the decor collection.

 

 

I purchased the cut out felt shamrock from the dollar store last year. I also had this board from another project and painted it a base white. 

 

 

 

Applied some glue to adhere the shamrock to the board. That's it!  Too easy, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Patrick's Day Banner

It seems that I don't have as much decorations for St Paddy's day. It gave me a good excuse to use up these pages that have been hanging on to the bindings of one of my daughters reads.

 

So easy and I had everything on hand so I was able to put it all together in less than a half hour. WooooHoooo! Don't you just love easy? And Cheap?

 

Just a few items are needed.

1.  Book Pages!  duh?  2.  Glue Gun & Sticks  3.  Scissors

4.  Twine  5.  Shamrocks

I picked my shamrocks up last year for the dollar store and never knew what to do with them.  Mine were foam, but you could easily do it out of paper.

 

See that shamrock board up top?  Another addition I added.  Stay tuned for that one tomorrow.  So,

1. cut triangle out of book pages  2.  Cut twine to length desired

3.  Adhere shamrocks to book pages  4.  Space out shamrock penants along twine as desired and adhere to twine.  Taadaaah!

 



Valentine Mix

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

 

 

Found this recipe at Betty Crocker  OMG!  It was sooo easy and tastes sooo good!

 

Took all of 15 minutes and cooling time to put together.

 

This is what I used because I had it on hand.

    

9 cups Rice Chex® cereal (gluten free)

1 cup white vanilla baking chips

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup butter or margarine

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup of m&m's

pink sugar crystals

 

 

Followed the directions from here.  Once the mix cooled I bottled and detailed.  Thanks to The Idea Room for the printable.

Bursting Felt Heart

Here's a cute project that I got to work on with my 9 year old daughter.  It was nice being able to see her take an interest in crafts.  Duplicated from here.  I'm telling you those girls are awesome.

 

1.  I cut  hearts out of red and pink felt pieces.  You can get these in single sheets at most craft stores for less than $.40 each.  I got 5 to 6 hearts out of each sheet.

 

2.  I put 1 pink and 1 red hearts together and punched holes around the edge of the heart.  Be carfeul not to get to close too the edge.  This helped my daughter stitch the twine around the edge of the heart.  She made sure to leave a big enough hole to pour the m&m's inside.





3.  Pour m&m's in the heart.  Finish stitiching the heart closed.  She just tied it off with a bow.

 

 

 

She made these for her cousins and we got them mailed off.  She is so excited.  She is making sure that they knew she made it and that it is from her.  

 



Heart Felt Trees

Hi!

If you follow Maka'z Home on Facebook then you have seen these cute trees that I duplicated from those crafty girls over at Lollyjane.  See their trees that I duplicated here.

I had a few scrap pieces left over from this valentine project idea I got from those creative ladies over at lollyjane.  Something my daughter and I got to work on together.

   See the shiny hearts I used to top the tree, those were thanks to +Lolly Jane . Thanks chika!

So took the leftover scraps and cut hearts out of red felt and pink felt.  I made the hearts all different sizes.  Looking back now, probably look a little better more uniformed.  Ups to you.  Had 2 styrofoam cones from the dollar store as well as the candle stick bases from the dollar store.  Used sewing needles to poke the upsode down hearts into the styrofoam.  It helps to leave the packaging on the cone incase you need to hot glue some hearts into place.

Taa daaaahhh!  Took less than an hour to put together once the hearts where all cut out.  Less than $3 dollars to make each tree.  S C O R E !!

Mele Kalikimaka

From Our House to Yours!

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Elmer's craft night

Omg! Soooo much fun. Just the break I needed from homework and the cure for my crafting withdrawls I have been having. 

I was one of the lucky few who got to attend the Elmer's craft night hosted by Lil' Luna and Lollyjane Boutique. 

We were told to bring a 12x12 glitter scrapbook paper and 2 dozens of cookies. 1 dozen to share that night and then a plate full to take home. They were going to be supplying everything else. And boy oh boy did they.

Check out the bag FULL of goodies we each got.  This was sitting on our crafting places.

Ohhhhh, look what you can see.

Did you see it all.  Glue dots, exacto knife, scissors, foam board, cutting mat, gel pens, painters makers, fabric glue, glue stick, and more.

I even won another cutting mat and scissors from one of the numerous drawings they had throughout the evening.

And check out this merry JOY banner that we ended up making.  See what the glitter paper was used for?

Thank you to Elmer's and Lil' Lolly!  hahaha!  Lil' Luna and LollyJane Boutique.  You guys seriously rock!

Hello strangers!

Ooh, that would be me! lol :)  I sure has been a while and I have been stocking up on inspiration all over blogland.  I sure have missed all of you and your creativeness. 
I think it is safe to say that SUMMER is finally here in Arizona, although that is not one of the greatest things that happens around here {you know with the heat and all}, but at least we are closer to fall.

So I just got inveted to join pinterest to help me store all my inspiration that I get from you guys in one convenient place.  Home Stories A 2 Z has a complete tutorial on how it works and how to work it.

I'll be back soon to share some project soon, promise.


Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

VALENTINE SWAP

So, remember when I was telling you about this swap a few weeks ago.  What a success!  These are truly fun and I consider these gals my friend even if I only know them in blogland.

It's funny, cuz I will be explainging something to a real life in person friend about one fo my blog friends and they will ask me how I know this person, and then I have to explain, well I don't really know this person, but it is one of the blogs that I follow and I feel like these great women are friends.  Do you ever find youself trying to explain a blog friend?

Anyway, so this is the stuff I got from my Valentines Swapper.  I Love, this apron, I have always wanted an apron and since I don't sew, well I was just hoping one would fall out of the sky.  And Look!  It did.  Thank you again Julie L.

And these are sneak peak pics of what I sent my swapper.  I totally forgot to take a pic of everything I sent.  I hope she enjoys it. 

Go here to see more about the swap and joining.

I like to party with these special people and you should too!

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Valentine Swap Join in!

I have belonged to this swap group for almost a year and have loved it!  I love getting surprise presents in the mail.  This group is so talented and I am excited to see all the swap items received and reviewed. 

For only $5 bucks you can be apart of the fun too.  Go here to see what I am talking about.  Let them know I sent you.

I {LOVE} to party with these party people.


Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Wreathy love

I have 3 wreaths that I made to decorate Maka'z Home with.  This first wreath I made last year for my front door to welcome all friends and family.

These next 2 wreaths I made in an hour or maybe less.  I like this one because of the simplicity.  I just stuck the poinsettia in and added the bronze looking filler added a few ornaments and done.  Nothing is even glued down so it could evolve or change if I get tired of it  some other creative idea.

I love this one and how simple it looks and how easy it as to make.  Just start with a wreath and hot glue random sizes of balls randomly around the wreath and add a bow to complete it.

I still want to make another outside one for the pitch in my roof above the garage.  Is it possible to have to many wreaths?

Joining these parties and more here.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

The tree is Decked!

I finally got around to taking pics of the tree we put up last weekend.  Not too much words, but a few pics to share.

 

 

Mele Kalikimaka and check out these great parties here.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~