The Help: aFree Printable

Let's talk about movies today. I absolutely love to watch movies and there are so many great ones! I love action films, suspense movies, comedies and of course a good chick flick or even a bad one really. I just love to watch movies! There are so many great ones out there. My all time favorite movie is Remember the Titans.

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I could watch this one 100 times and still enjoy it every time. And talk about an awesome soundtrack, I love the music in this movie!
Besides my all time fave, my top 5 favorites are:
The Italian Job
A Knight's Tale - another awesome sound track
The Mask of Zorro
Pride & Prejudice - this version is the best
A Walk to Remember
And a bonus: Holes

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So who has seen The Help? Didn't you just love it???!!

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This one was such a great movie! Everyone I have talked to lovesit. It is sooo good! and I just love Emma Stone, she is hilarious.

Last year for Mother's Day I thought it would be fun to make a print from this movie for a gift.
I went to the DI and got a few old wood frames.

I sanded and then spray painted the ugly frames with Krylon Ivory.

I designed the print after the colors on the movie cover.

I just love this cute little bee :)

Feel free to print. (for personal use only)
Click here to download.

Have you figured out what you are giving for Mother's Day this year? What are your top 5 (or 7) favorite movies?

Happy SPRING!! with a Mother's Day gift idea.

I am sorry I missed posting last week, I have a good excuse though: I was out of town. It was only for a few days but I was pretty much checked out all week in vacation mode. Still am, if we are being honest. I just want to look out the window at the pretty sun and the very sweet just blooming flowers and daydream that it is summer and I'm driving around town in my jeep with the top down and the sun warming my shoulders with a warm breeze blowing across my face and my hair blowing backwards in the wind, looking gorgeous and on the way to the lake with Danny and our puppies. Of course if you have ever ridden in a jeep going faster then 20 mph you know your hair is never blowing in the right direction and if you know me at all you know my ideal speed would be much faster then 20 mph. But a girl can dream right?

Soon enough it's going to be 90 degrees and I'll have my hair in a pony, driving around, top down with sun kissed cheeks and big shades shielding my eyes from direct sunlight. AND. IT. WILL. BE. MAGICAL!

So in the spirit of warm weather and pretty things: I love SPRING!!! I'm so glad Spring has come to Idaho!

Today I am going to show you some spring photos! This is my mantle from a couple years ago. I got a bundle of tulips for Easter and they are so beautiful!

I should probably go pick up some fresh flowers for my dining table; pretty flowers always make me happy! (as long as there are no bugs, I can't handle bugs...)

Have you ever grown grass in a can? OH MY GOSH, SO PRETTY! And so easy!! I love to watch things grow, although I'm not that great at keeping plants alive, I love to see the little daily growth.

For Mother's Day a couple of years ago I decided to get some seeds and plant some wheat grass. I found these cute little cans at Target in the $1 section and they were perfect! I got some dirt and planted the seeds and I was so excited to get those first little sprouts coming out of the dirt and this grass is a fast grower too. My kind of plat; I get very impatient.

The only down side is it doesn't last super long and once you trim it it's done, at least I found this to be the case when I grew it. Maybe it's not always like that, I don't know, I only grew it once. But while it's growing it's so pretty and so cute! I found my seeds at a craft store but I'm guessing you can find them at your craft store or any nursery if you would like to grow your own wheat grass. Just looking at these pictures makes me happy, I think I may just plant some grass tonight!

I also saw this fun Tin Can Treat idea on OurBestBites.com that I wanted to give along with the grass that year for Mother's Day. Follow the easy toot from Sara to make your own! I used fruit cans, washed them out, found this darling paper at the craft store to cover my cans and I used lots of fun ribbon to tie on the tab.

They look so cute with just the paper on them. I also decided to create my own label and taped them to the front of the can. They are super cute and I love how they turned out! There are Peanut M&M's inside! One of my favorite treats!

I hope this inspires you to plant something, cut some flowers for your home or create a fun Mother's Day gift to give this year! Have a beautiful day!! Now I'm going to go out and enjoy this sunshine!!

I'd love to see what you are giving this year for Mother's Day! Let me know in the comments!

PS: I stopped by Ikea last week while I was in Utah, I can't wait to show you what I brought home!!

Mother's Day Cake Poppers

I decided I wanted to try jelly filled cake poppers. There was a little trial and error but I found the yummiest way to make these. I was a little worried that the jelly wouldn't taste very good so I added a little cool-whip to it. Well if you try to make these, the jelly is just fine. In fact, it's better without the cool-whip. All you need is a yummy frosting. Oh and with the white cake, they taste better after they have cooled, don't try them hot out of the oven, you will be disappointed.

Here is how they turned out!

Just a little white cake mix, baked in the mini-cupcake pan. Cooled then cored and filled with Raspberry jelly. Frosted with a little homemade vanilla frosting and finally sprinkled with pretty sugar sprinkles.

mmmmm mmmm mmm!