{Journals}

Simple. Cute. Fun. Easy & Cheap to make journals.  I originally did these in an activity for some of the girls in my church.  I got the idea from my super crafty neighbor.  Just wanna give credit where credit is due......Anyhow, they turned out super cute & the girls had a great time.  I decided to do some for my family for family night.  Since my kiddos are still little, I covered them & gave them to them with a message about the importance of keeping a journal.

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As you can see here, Baby Girl has already broke hers in.  I actually already knew this would happen & told the other two before hand that I would appreciate it if they didn't "color" all over theirs like Baby Girl probably will.  I could have put a seal over the top but didn't feel like it.  Lazy maybe;) 
Can you see where is says Baby Girl on it? Love it!

Here is my Princess's journal.  It's so loverly. Butterflies, pink, & purple are her thang.

Here is Little Mans.  Isn't it so Manly!  As you can see, he loves cars.
I love the girly ones but I think his is my fav.  

the back.......

Here is the Hubsters.  It's a journal-ly journal, HA!  Is that even a word?!

  And finally mine.  Pretty cute, if I do say so myself. 

And this is my inside cover, I did mine a bit cuter than the rest;) 

I didn't take any pics while making these but if you're interested I can do a tutorial.  

Just leave me a comment.  

Thanks for stopping by.

   

Happy Journaling!

{Bills to be paid}

Everyone hates the dreaded "bill" word.  I'm not always the best at staying on top of the dreaded things either.  So I got thinking, "what could I do to make it funner?"  Well in reality nothing.  But I could make my bill box look funner cuter.  Now that's something fun, right?! So I did just that.
My bill box wasn't ugly to begin with, just boring.

So I mod podged some cute paper on it.

But then I noticed the little metal thing-a-ma-jig was a bit crooked & I couldn't have that;)  So I first tried to pry the thing off but that booger wouldn't budge.  Plus I was afraid that I'd ruin the box.  I then got thinking, "what could I put over it?"  Ribbon of course.  Gotta love ribbon!

 Not bad.  You can still see the thing-a-ma-jig but I think it "adds" to it.  HA!  So there ya have it.  My funner cuter to look at but still not so fun to pay bill box.