Lost Feather

A few days ago I asked if anyone can identify a mystery nature photo. Amber, Sharkbytes, The Accessory Lady, Steve and Ville all recognised the close-up of a feather. Nice work :-)

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♥ Guest Blogger ♥

Your going to Love this weeks "Guest Blogger"
Michelle at

Dilly Dally and Flitter

They say necessity is the mother of all invention. 

or at least creation. 

maybe modification. 

I am continually on the prowl for something new to re-create and re-purpose. and it's super bonus if it is from items I already have that might otherwise go to waste!

Sometimes I can make up something new, and other times I modify and tweak already discovered ideas to be what I want and need them to be to make my life easier and more efficient.

After having my three miniatures, I could no longer keep track of my head, much less my keys- so research, the need for 6 extra hands and the Dangle Bangle was born {Dangle Bangle: a stylish way to keep my forever disappearing keys right on my wrist}!   But of course the head keeps spinning for new stuff to make and do….and to keep track of all of it, the blog was born in January 10.   

I am so inspired by the creative bloggers, and small business owners out there, and so happy they share their talent and skills.  So much of the desire to create comes from the inspiration from others that create.  That's what makes this blogging underworld so unique and such a treasure!  There are new ideas and new friends every day.

I am a generally happy girl and try to find the perfection in the imperfection… and in the noise these boys make!   You never know what's just around the corner! It's true… you  never know what's just around the corner!  To me, those are words to live by!

Enjoy!

Water Bottle Storage... Really? Awesome!

Bottles are everywhere... I hate them.  I walk into the pantry and look at so many items that are in plastic bottles.   Now it's time for them to move on UP{cycled} to hold something else... and it's really so easy!

Cut off the bottom of any narrow mouth bottle.

(I save the bottoms too... they make the best little mod podge or paint trays).

Next dig up some corks around the house... or if you don't have any... get busy drinking!  I used my hand held straight edge razer to notch a star shape into the end.

Next dig up some corks around the house... or if you don't have any... get busy drinking!  I used my hand held straight edge razer to notch a star shape into the end.

I then pushed my peg hook into the cork (much easier with the star cuts! trust me!)

Here is your hook with it's cork addition.

I decided to dress up the ends  and attached a 1.5" grosgrain ribbon... (fabric would be great too!)

Insert the hook into the bottle mouth. 

OR you can attach the hook to the pegboard and then push the water bottle onto the hook with cork. 

This one is a 8 oz. Coke bottle (perfect for smaller items).

Here I used (left is the 8oz coke).  middle is a coffee creamer bottle (note it's a milky bottle not clear) and right is a water bottle (no ribbon attached).

I love the plain one... I cut the bottle along the natural wave of the grooves on the plastic.

Sit back and enjoy your new storage and be happy that there are a few less bottles cluttering the landfills...

Thank you Michelle for stopping by Trendy Treehouse. We love your project!

Trendy Blog Award

 ~ I decided to share some Trendy Blog Awards ~

I am handing these out to some great blogs that I have found recently who I think are Trendy! Hence the Trendy Blog Award. 
BUT.... in order to receive this award you have to promise to share this with 10 other BLOGS that you think are Trendy too! It is just that simple. 
Just post about your award in your blogList your Top 10 Trendy BlogsShare with them andLeave a link to the Trendy Blog Button (so they can grab it too)Make sure you tell them the same, that they need to give this award out to 10 as well.
Have fun handing out the Trendy Blog Awards!
My Top 10 Picks for now ~ Because I know I will have more Faves....
Michelle at Dilly Dally and FlitterRebekah at Potholes and PantyhoseHolly at This Mama RocksJen at Tater Tots and JelloGay at It's a Hodge Podge LifeKim at Cheap Chic HomeKalleen at Second StreetDonna at Funky Junk InteriorsStephanie at Under the Table and DreamingLauren at Living by Faith
Grab your Trendy Blog Award HERE

Hope you all enjoy your lil award. I will be handing more out. I promise. If you want to nominate your blog or any other blog, just fill out our contact form and let me know why your blog is Trendy!

Flower Loom Crafts Book Review

Another Fantastic Craft Book for you!

American Girls

"Flower Loom Crafts"

On a trip to town, Caidee and I decided to stop in and browse at some books. I took her to the kids section to have a seat and read a little, when we saw this book. This is so fun and easy to do. Oh My! My daughters fell in love with it and gazed at it all weekend saying, "Mom, we need to make this!" Over and over. So as we drove, I made our first one.

It was so easy to make. We just took the large loom, followed the simple instructions on how to make a double layer flower and I was done. It only took me a matter of maybe 20 minutes. But only because we were in a bouncy truck and because my girls kept wanting to see. LOL Really I think you could make these in less than 10 minutes for the larger ones. Less for the small and medium sized flowers.

There are so many examples in this book for how to use your flowers.  You can make scarves, hair clips, dress up your clothing, book bags, hats and so much more.  With the simple instructions, you will have you little one making flowers in no time. I definitely recommend this book! 

This book would make great a gift for anyone too!

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License Suspension

This was posted in the comments and has already been discussed, but I thought I would post it here as well for those who don't read the comments.

A ticket for MckDaddy on March 23 for window tinting has turned into a license suspension this week when he failed to show up for court. Several people have mentioned there is likely a bench warrant out for his arrest for failing to show, but there's no evidence of that in the information provided by the courts.

State of Minnesota vs McKinney
Case Type: Crim/Traf Non-Mand
Date Filed: 03/23/2010
Location: Wright

Jurisdiction State of Minnesota

Charge Information
1. Vehicle - Window Restrictions - Tint Too Dark (Not applicable - GOC) 169.71.4(a)(3) Petty Misdemeanor 03/11/2010
Events & Orders of the Court DISPOSITIONS
04/15/2010 Plea

1. Vehicle - Window Restrictions - Tint Too Dark (Not applicable - GOC)
Guilty
04/15/2010 Disposition

1. Vehicle - Window Restrictions - Tint Too Dark (Not applicable - GOC)
Convicted
04/15/2010 No sentence pronounced

1. Vehicle - Window Restrictions - Tint Too Dark (Not applicable - GOC)
03/11/2010 (PMD) 169.71.4(a)(3) (169714a3)

OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
04/29/2010 DL Suspend-Fail to Appear
04/29/2010 Conviction Sent to DPS

As one commenter pointed out, this is MckDaddy's 11th infraction in just 10 years. Most are minor (window tint, fishing without a license, a handful of speeding tickets), and the majority (8ish) have occurred in the last five years.

Diaper Cake Tutorial

I will be attending a baby shower later today.
Not for me...but for a friend from church.
I wasn't sure what to make for her...or the little one.
And then it hit me... a diaper cake!
You see Robyn (the one who the shower is for) is a cake lady.
So it just made sense.

So, now I'm gonna show you
how easy it is to make a diaper cake!

What you need:
1 package of diapers 40 ct
(I used size 1 swaddlers)
Rubber Bands
Ribbon
Round dowels
A decoration for the top
Fake flowers
Hot glue gun and glue

I like to use the "swaddlers" because they're soft
and they don't have writing or pictures
on the bottom half of the diaper!
Just roll the diaper and secure with a rubber band!One you have them all rolled and secured start assembling the cake.
Start with three together and put a rubber band around those.
Then add more to the outside and put a rubber band around those.
I used 13 for the top and 27 for the bottom layer.Then measure your ribbon and secure around the outside of the rubber bands.
Hot glue the ribbon to itself.I used some round dowels to put between the layers to help them stay together.
I just pushed them all the way through both layers
(in between the diapers of course)You can cut the dowels to size if you use a stuffed animal
or something similar as your cake topper.
I used the first letter of the babies name,
so the dowels were perfect for helping me stand it up.Now you are basically done.I did add some fake flowers just to make it even more pretty!What do you think?
Pretty cute huh?!Come back next week when I'll show you how to make
a baby sock corsage!


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