Happy Leap Year (Day?)

Since today's a leap day, I figured I'd put together a little round up of 'Leap Year' fun!
Whether it's a party or just a snack, why not celebrate it in a way to teach your kids all about it.First off, what the heck is a leap year anyway?According to Wikipedia:"It is a year containing an additional day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with astronomical or seasonal year."
In other words, if we didn't have a leap year every four years, over time, the calendar year would drift through the seasons too quickly.  We would then be having winter in the summer.
Let's move on to the fun now shall we?
Leap year printables from Creative Party Buzz.

Leap year frog cookies from The Celebration Shoppe.

Leap year card printables from Scrappy Sticky Inky Mess.

Leap year frog marshmallow pops from Sweet Simple Stuff.

Origami jumping frogs by Family Fun.

Leap year party from Grey Grey Designs.

Leap year time capsule from Quirky Momma.

Have a fun Leap Day!!
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St. Patty's Day Wreath

Well, in a few days it's officially March.Winter has passed us by and I am so glad for that.  It was a great winter, mild and warmer than usual, but I am a spring and summer kinda gal.With spring around the corner comes St. Patrick's day!
So today I thought I'd share with you a cute and festive St. Patty's Day wreath.  I'm not Irish, but I do consider myself lucky!Here's what we're making:

What you'll need:  wreath form (I found mine for $1 as Christmas clearance)fabric scraps (lots of green colored fabric)hot glue gunfelt scraps, ribbon, any other embellishments you wish to use

Take your green scraps and rip or cut 2 inch strips.  

Hot glue the end of one strip and start wrapping your wreath.  

Add hot glue every so often and continue to wrap your wreath until it's all covered.

Using a knit jersey like fabric (it doesn't have to be, just as long as it's a light and flowy fabric), an old t-shirt works great, cut out 3 inch circles.

I'm not sure how many I used, but I'm guessing about 15-20.  Also, your circles don't have to be perfect since it won't matter.

With each circle piece, add a dab of glue in the center.

Then bunch the fabric at the center point with your fingers.

This will make small gathered pieces like this.

Start gluing them onto the bottom corner of your wreath, keeping them fairly close together.

You can make your ruffled bunch as big or as small as you like.  This is what you'll create.

Now get to your small scraps.

Cut small triangle pieces out of a few different fabrics and cut a piece of thin ribbon about 12 inches in length (also depends on the width of your wreath).

Glue along the top of the back of your triangle.

Attach the ribbon along the top.

Keep attaching your traingle pieces along the piece of your ribbon.  You should only need about 5 or 6 triangles on your mini bunting.

Hot glue the two ends of the bunting onto the wreath.  Then trim your ribbon ends.

Using your felt scraps and a template of a shamrock (I used my kiddo's foam stickers, but here's a good template), trace and cut them out.

I did a smaller size out of the white felt as well.

Now hot glue each shamrock to the ends of the bunting.

Then glue the white ones on top.

And that's it!

Now you have yourself a St. Patty's Day wreath!

  Hope you all have a wonderful day!And remember to enter my giveaway if you haven't done it already!!

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Blogiversary Giveaway!

It's my ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY!I can't believe how fast the year has flown by and I'm still happy to be blogging and sharing with others.  Thanks everyone for supporting me as the blog grows!  I'm hoping it only gets better from here.
To kick things off, it's due time for a celebratory GIVEAWAY!  Don't you agree?
And what's the prize, you ask?A delicate ivory rose cabochon set on a robin's egg blue filigree band.Isn't it lovely!?

It's definitely one of my favorite rings.  Which is why I want one of YOU to have it!

Here's how to enter:  

Once you have finished your entries be sure to leave a comment below saying what you like about the blog.  Also, be sure your email is attached to your profile.  If not, just add it in your comment below. 

Good luck!

Free Printable Friday: My Blogaversary!

To start things off today, I am happy to announce that it's my 1 year blogaversary (in other words, blog anniversary)!GAH!  How the heck did it turn into a year already?  Seriously!Anyways, I'm celebrating it on Monday (officially) with a GIVEAWAY!  Are you excited!?Probably not as much as me!!  HA!
Just a hint:  it's something made by me!  So if you're wondering what the heck it could be, take a look at my etsy shop and you'll get a little taste of what's to come.

ALSO!I'm doing a week of celebrating, so a big sale at the shop all week!So stay tuned and be sure to be back Monday to enter the giveaway.
Anyways, moving on to the printables.  Since it's getting closer to St. Patrick's Day, I figured a few festive freebies would be appropriate.
Check out Catch My Party for these cute party printables made by MJ Paperie.  I love the plaid!

Looking for some sweet party circles for a kids St. Patty's Day party?  These are perfect!  Found at Living Locurto.

And last but not least, a St. Patrick's version of the Keep Calm and Carry On from Two Twenty One.  How clever is that! 

That's all for today!  Remember the upcoming giveaway.. See you Monday!

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