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Our etsy shop {personalized prints and wood signs}

Today we’d like to share with you some of the products we sell in our Etsy Shop.

Last February we sold these signs on Groopdealz. We sold quite a few of them and since then we’ve had lots of requests from our readers to make more. So, today we are happy to announce that we have finally created a limited amount. Click here or on the image below to purchase this sign for only $22.00.

We also have other distressed hand painted wood signs as well. Click on any image below to visit our Etsy Shop.

Personalized wood signs for teachers. 5.25 x 5 inches.

7 x 16 inch ‘JOY’ wood signs.

5.75 x 8 inch wood ‘JOY’ signs.

5.75 x 8 inch ‘love’ and ‘Count Your Blessings’ wood signs.

8 x 8.5 inch ‘love’ sign.

We also sell personalized prints.

We will be back soon with more DIY gift ideas!

~Jenny & Jess

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pamper yourself gift jars {free printable tags}

14 Nov posted by Plum Adorable

Are some of you having a hard time seeing all of the Christmas ideas floating around? Especially when we haven’t even gotten through Thanksgiving yet? Jess’ husband is one of ‘those’ people that struggles with this. Which makes it so much fun for me to present to you another CHRISTMAS gift idea.

These Pampering Jars would also make great gifts for teachers, neighbors etc. One of the reasons I want to share this idea with you now is because to get the most bang for your buck you need to start purchasing items right away. I actually purchased the jars this summer knowing I would be making these. I got 12 jars for $7.00. Over the last few weeks I have been using my coupons for other things like the shower gel and nail polish. Here is where I got everything and approximately how much they were…

Ball Jars – On sale at Ace Hardware – 12 for $7.00

Hand Sanitizer – Dollar Tree – 3 for (take a guess?)

Nail Polish – Joanne Fabric – 7 for $7.00 (with coupon)

Shower Gel – Joanne Fabric – 7 for $6.30 (with coupon)

Washcloths – Target – 8 for $5.00

Lip Balm – Dollar Tree – 2 for (you guessed it!)

The Almond Roca tin in the picture isn’t the same one that I originally had. I bought a huge tin at Costco for, I believe, $9.99. I’m not sure how many come in the tin because somebody (totally NOT me) ate quite a few of them before I was able to make the jars. So, let’s just estimate them at .10 each.

I was able to make 7 jars and each jar came to a total of $4.50 each. Not too shabby. You could get creative and add other things like lotion or foot scrub and cozy socks. There are lots of ideas.

Add one of our free printable tags to complete your gift!

Click here or on the image below to download the free printable tags.

Jess’ husband may not be happy I am posting about Christmas gifts, but I know he appreciates a good deal. Be proud buddy!

I’ll be back soon with another CHRISTMAS gift idea!

~Jenny

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Fall Decorations, recipes & Free Printables

29 Sep posted by Plum Adorable

The beginning of this school year has been busier than normal for me. I am chairing a fundraiser at my daughters’ school which has taken up all of my extra time. So, while I have a made a few new things for the fall, I thought I would first share some of the things we created last year. We have quite a few new followers. So, for those of you that missed them, here you go. Enjoy…

Pumpkin Bread & Free Printable Tags

I actually can’t believe I haven’t made pumpkin bread yet this year. I may have to make this today. Yum. We have new 2012 printable tags for you too!

Fall Decoration Ideas & Free Printable

Click here or the images below to download these free printables.

Count Down to Candy

Candy Corn Pudding &I Free Printable Candy Corn Tags

Recycle your tin cans to decorate.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Muffins

Burlap Pumpkin Placemats

Frosted Pumpkin Cake

We do love the Fall!

~Jenny & Jess

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DIY Mega Bubbles–For all ages!

7 Aug posted by Plum Adorable

I have seen these bubbles on other blogs, but for some reason I didn’t REALLY believe they would work that well for me. If I would have known how easy these were to make, let alone how much fun they were, I would have done them years ago! The picture below was taken with my cell phone the first day we tried them out. Cool, right?

I’ve included the easy directions for you below as well as lots of cool pictures to inspire you.

I ended up making about 8 bubble wands because I knew the neighbor kids would come running when they saw how cool they were. I’m so glad I did, because running they came!

The wands are very simple to make.

What you need:

-2 Dowels

-2 Eye hooks (small enough to screw at the end of the dowels)

-Cotton String

-1 Washer

To Make The Wand:

-Screw the eye hooks to the end of each dowel

-Cut a longer piece of string and tie it to one eye hook, then loop the washer through the string and tie the other end to the other eye hook. Then cut a short of string and tie it to both eye hooks.

To Make The Bubble Solultion:

Mix Together in a tub-

- 6 cups distilled water

-2 cups dishwashing soap (Joy, Dawn etc.)

-3/4 cup light corn syrup

We have made so much bubble solution that it seems to be a different color every time depending on the type of soap we’ve used.

How to make a bubble:

Take your wand with the dowels held close to each other and dunk them in the solution. Lift up the dowels and slowly open up them up while walking (usually backwards) so the bubble starts to form. You can also ‘cut off’ the bubble by bringing the dowels together so it will float.

Then be AMAZED at how big you can get your bubble!

I think my favorite part is how much fun even the older boys think they are.

They even got creative and started putting their head through the bubbles!

Bubble Hunter says…

“Now, go and make these right away. Your kids will thank you.”

You better listen to Bubble Hunter, he’s pretty serious about his bubbles.

~Jenny

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DIY Bird feeders

19 Jul posted by Plum Adorable

The kids had so much fun making these cute DIY bird feeders.

I had pinned this idea from Mom Endeavors awhile back. I LOVED her idea and thought they turned out so cute. But, instead of using paint cans like she did, we used tin cans I had saved from soup, canned fruit etc.
We used both small and large cans.

We spray painted three of the cans.

And used acrylic paint with a paint brush on one of them.

Once they dried we wanted to add some more color to them. Turns out we were having fun with polka dots and ended up putting them on all four cans!

We bought one long skinny dowel and cut it in smaller pieces. Then we attached it with hot glue for the birds to sit on. We attached some ribbon and added some birdseed to the can. Now we are waiting for our little birds to come. My four year old kept going out and checking to see if they had eaten the seed yet!

My ten year old made this one all by herself. Isn’t it cute?

My grandparents are in an assisted living home and they have birds right outside of their window. So, we made one of these feeders to give to them. I think they will love it!

In the meantime, we will be looking for birds to come to our feeder. Once they do I will make sure to take some pictures and add them to this post!

~Jenny

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DIY Beach Candle Holder

16 Jul posted by Plum Adorable

This is my birthday gift from Jess.

Of course she made it herself. Don’t you love it?

She used the same technique as her spring candle holders from here.

I believe she found the bottom part from Value Village and then everything else was from the Dollar Store.

I love how perfectly the rose matches with the shells. I also love how you can glue a few things together to make something super cute!

What will she make next?

~Jenny

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Flower Pot Card Holder

14 Jun posted by Plum Adorable

A good friend of mine had surgery last week. She loves flowers, so I bought her a flower pot. I planned to drop it off on her porch, but I wanted to add a card and was hoping it could be ‘attached’ somehow.

I decided to use one of the printables that I created here. I tried to think of what could hold my card. I walked into my craft room (or as my husband would say-‘his office’…mmmhhhmmm…) and the clothespins were just calling my name.

You could just use a clothespin to attach a card, but because I can’t leave ‘well enough’ alone, I decided to spruce it up a bit. If you have everything on hand, it really only take about two minutes. I painted one swipe of paint on the clothespin and while still wet added some glitter and let dry!

Isn’t it cute and simple? These would make great gifts for teacher’s too!

I love it!

~Jenny

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Ten teacher gift Ideas

30 May posted by Plum Adorable

There are a lot of lucky children on the East Coast that have already started their summer vacation, but for those of us that live in the Northwest, we will be in school until almost the end of June! So, while a lot of you have given your teacher gifts already, this post is for those of us that are just now thinking about the end of the school year.

This cute ‘Thanks A Latte’ card from eighteen25 is perfect for the coffee loving teachers.

I love this grill gift idea from Mom On Time Out. The men would love this one…and probably some women too!

Our teacher tree printable would make a great add on to any gift. You can print it for free here or personalize it by purchasing it here.

I actually made similar bags last year like these ones below. They were a hit with the teachers. Check out The 36th Avenue to see how to make them.

If you are crafty, this would make a fun addition to any teacher’s desk. How Does She gives you step by step instructions on how easy it is to make.

This bag makes me smile. Of course it’s from Martha Stewart, so that’s ‘It’s a good thing’!

How about some cash for that favorite teacher of yours? The Crafting Chicks say this was a huge hit with the teachers!

Tatertots & Jello created this cute printable tag. I love the wording on these tags!

What teacher wouldn’t love this tote full of beach stuff? Skip To My Lou has some great ideas to fill a bag like the one below.

Or make it a bit more simple and just wrap up a new beach towel and a magazine. Go to The Rachel Berry Blog to see how she made these cute gifts.

I’m adding one more (which makes it 11 gifts) but I thought I would remind you of the tiered platter I posted last week. I think it would make a great gift as well. Fill it with some goodies and it would be even better! Click here to see how to make it.

I hope this list helps to give you some ideas. We should all be thanking our teachers for everything they do for our children! Thank you Mrs. C & Mrs. V!

~Jenny

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diy tiered Platter–Makes a great Gift too!

25 May posted by Plum Adorable

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I know, I know there are a lot of these DIY tiered platters out in blogland, but I really like mine, so I wanted to share.

In fact, I actually made the one below for teacher appreciation week. The teachers got to put tickets into baskets for different items that were being raffled off. My friend happened to be running the raffle and she said this platter was a big hit with the teachers! Hmmm…possible teacher gift? You could make some cookies with your kids and wrap them up cute to put on the platter!

I’ve made a couple of different platters and I’ve definitely found my favorite stand to use in between the plates. The platter above has a small and a medium sized glass candle holder. I found them at Walmart for around $2 to $3. It is definitely the sturdiest one that I have used and is now my favorite. The plates were from Target and also between $2 to $3, which means this platter will cost you only about $10 to $15 to make yourself.

What you will need:

- 2 plates and a bowl (or 3 plates). I am always looking at the clearanced melamine plates at Target. Always cute.

- candle sticks (either wood like the ones below or my favorite, sturdy glass ones from Walmart.)

- E-6000 glue

- paint (optional for wood candle sticks)

I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory. If you have the wood candlesticks, you could paint them to match your plates. Then simply take your candle sticks and center them in the middle of the plates and glue them on. Once you have it all glued together I suggest you put a can of food on top to weight it down. Let it sit over night so that it dries really good.

The last one I made with the glass candle sticks I put rocks inside of it. It’s hard to see in the other finished platter pictures, but it’s cute!

I put the bigger candle stick on the bottom and the smaller one on the top.

Here is one I made with a solid plate on the bottom.

I can’t wait to see what the next set of melamine plates will be at Target. I already know who will be getting the next platter!

~Jenny

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Coconut Oil Hair Moisture Treatment {FRee printable Instructions}

4 May posted by Plum Adorable

Have you heard all the rage about coconut oil lately? I actually gave these as gifts earlier this year and since then I’ve discovered many other benefits from using it. This really is the perfect little gift.

Let’s first start with the hair treatment. This would make a fun Mother’s Day, Teacher or Birthday gift for someone that has long hair and could use some good natural moisturizing.

I originally saw this hair treatment on How Does She. I suggest going to their site if you want to see the instructions complete with pictures. Or you could print out the printable instructions I’ve created for you here.

How Does She also gave a tip about how to get a $10 off Coupon from Vitacost. I practically got that bottle below for free!

What you need to make coconut oil jars for gifts:

Coconut Oil (practically free if you use this coupon)

Glass Jars (I got mine at Walmart for under $2 each)

Ribbon (Dollar Store)

Our Free Printable Instructions

Shower caps (optional)

My daughters and I have done this moisture treatment on our hair. We look pretty silly with our hair all oiled up and shower caps on our heads. My husband and son just look at us like we are crazy. I guess they will never understand the things we do to look good just for them! Our hair was nice and shiny and so worth it in the end!

Here are a few more interesting things you can use coconut oil for:

-Eat a spoonful when you need an energy boost.

-Add a spoonful to your dog or cat’s food. Coconut oil is great for our furry friends!

-Use coconut oil instead of shaving cream. (Oh, Father’s Day gift?…ha!, just what all men want right?)

-Apply to bee stings or bug bites to soothe and heal the wound.

-If you’re prone to nosebleeds, coat the inside of your nostrils with coconut oil regularly.

-Take coconut oil to help reduce or eliminate migraines.

-Got gum stuck in your hair? Try using coconut oil to remove without cutting your hair.

-Use coconut oil instead of WD-40.

Click here to see all 52 uses for coconut oil from Delicious Obsessions. Read through the comments and find EVEN MORE uses! So cool!

Below are the instructions on how to moisturize your hair. I designed this printable based off the instructions from How Does She. Scroll to the bottom to download and print.

Click on the image below to download and print. It is sized to print on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. If you are attaching them to jars to give as gifts, we recommend that you print on a quality matte paper on an ink jet printer.