Category Archives: Summer

Stay Cool This Summer – End of year gift

Stay Cool This Summer - End of year gift

Love pinterest. I saw this idea multiple times from various blogs and wanted to do the same!! This box of 100 pop-ice was only $3.77 at my local Walmart. Makes for a very cheap gift for over 20+ students. I am room mom for my daughters class and their end of the year party is…

Easy Candy Filled Brownie Bites

Easy Candy Filled Brownie Bites | NothingButCountry.com

Memorial day came and I wanted to make something different. I had some candies I needed to use up and decided to see if I could make brownie bites with candies in them. They turned out awesome! So yummy! At our family BBQ they were very well received! I will definitely be making these again!…

Basket of sunshine – End of the year teacher gift – printable tag

Basket of sunshine - End of the year teacher gift - printable tag | NothingButCountry.com

Wanted to make something cute for my daughter’s teacher t show her how much we appreciate her.  I have seen all types of “box of sunshines” all over pinterest. I decided to hit up the dollar tree and see what I could come up with. Also I had quite a few things in my own…

Fun classes for your kidlets this summer

This summer my kidlets have enjoyed taking Wilton Cake Decorating Classes from Jo-Ann’s Crafts. Their 1st class was on a round cake- butter cream. Making and learning how to do a cupcake on the top of their cakes and decorations. They had a wonderful time. And they were SOO PROUD!! 2nd class- my kidlets took…

Easy Wedding Hairstyle / Formal & Quick for Girls

We went to a Wedding this week. I was ill prepared with what to do with my daughters thick mane of hair she has. The wedding was on the beach here in FL and we were in the temperatures of 90 + I had a rubber band, 1 flower clip and a brush. That was…

More great summer projects to try out with your kids.

We are totally taking advantage and topping by quite a few times this week to Jo-Ann’s Fabrics and Crafts store. This week they have 50% and 40% off coupons on their Iphone app. I decided that this will be the summer my daughter and son (If he is not too busy with scouting/camping) To try…

We gotta keep cool this Summer too!

This is Ginger one of our 5 hens 🙂  We have to think more than just US this summer to keep cool. Nothing like COLD watermelon on a hot Florida summer day! This sweet gal is Katie. (My daughter named her) The hens even enjoy eating the rinds from the watermelon. YUM? This is our…

Night Light / Stain Glass Look Kids Project

Being room mom again this year has been so much fun. We were having our end of the year party. I needed a few crafts for the party. We were having a Pizza & Pajama Party. We played a few fun games and did 2 crafts.  This was my favorite craft. My girlfriend a while…

Cupcake Ice Cream Cup + Printable

I first saw this idea on Living Locurto website. Fell in love with them. Loved the tags they made so whipped up some tags (at the end of this post) With cherries to match the cups I used. I was browsing my favorite Jo-Ann store and they had ice cream cups on sale. I had…

Dog Days of Summer Treat {Freebie}

It’s hot outside- the end of summer is approaching. Seems the last few weeks are dragging. Wanted to make some cute treats to give out to friends that eventually these HOT days in Florida will soon end. August is one of the hottest months of the year. Cute dog Graham cracker cookies I found at…

Fun Fishing Cupcakes

We featured these at TidyMom.net before father’s day and they are still my favorite cupcakes- and would do great for the summer months, and anyone that missed this tutorial I wanted to be sure to share it with our new fans. 🙂 My husband loves to fish with my son. They love to fish during…

I love to see the temple – vinyl on glass block

I am a major procrastinator if you didn’t know. I needed to come up with a project for tomorrow when I go visit some gals from my church for visiting teaching. This month theme is also on Temple and I wanted to give them something pretty to have in their homes. Also Primary is learning…

New Fun Summer Toy

This is alot of fun to have in the pool. It was intended to put in your back yard. But it floats and sprays all the same and is super exciting. It is the – Little Tikes Ultimate Beach Ball Sprinkler Recently on sale at Walmart.  I had it shipped to our home for only…

Summertime Cupcake – Strawberry JAMboree

Strawberries remind me of the summertime.  I was bored the other night and I have been watching far too many episodes of Cupcake Wars on the TV. I was feeling just a tad bit adventurous. Of course I should have tried a bit more of a crazy items but for now I am pleased with…

Summer Fixins’ – Ham & Swiss Sliders

  These were SOOO GOOD we ate them for 3 different meals. This is a great summer meal. Easy to make- and extremely delicious. I found this winning  dinner on Pintest.com (Are you on pinterest?? If not you are missing out!!)  I saw it and knew this is something my family would LOVE. And it…

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