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October 2, 2010 By 2 Comments

This morning I had the honor of attending a Project Linus event with my brownie girl scout troop.  This is one of the many service projects we are hoping to do this year.  One of the girls mothers was nice enough to recommend Project Linus for the girls this year.  I have heard of Project Linus but I had never attended one of their event.

The girls took pieces of muslin and white cotton fabric and go to work.  They were given fabric markers, stencils and a seat.  They were then off to create the first step of a Project Linus blanket!  The Project Linus “blanketeer” told the girls that they could color their squares in anyway they wished!  She was sure to tell the girls to use bright and happy colors.  Other then that there were no rules as to what designs they could create.  We sat and colored for 2 hours!  I will admit that we also got up and looked at the tables of things to buy… Oh yes, we also had a cookie.  We are after all girl scouts.  How could we pass on a cookie?

The girls were also given the chance to see how a tie blanket is made, watch women knit and more.  There were so many different styled Project Linus blankets being made.  Everywhere you looked there were women woking hard while enjoying one another.  The girls even had the opportunity to watch their squares become a quite right in font of them!

If you are a scout leader, a 4H leader or just someone who likes to craft I would highly recommend attending a Project Linus event!  I am sure that you will love not only the cause but the atmosphere, people and certainly the cookies!  I know we sure did.

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Valentine’s Day Bookmarks

January 28, 2009 By 7 Comments

bookmark-1A craft for kids:

This is a simple yet cute craft to enjoy this valentines.  It would be great for preschool, 4H groups, Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts.  I think that it is better for children ages 3-6 but I know Abigail enjoyed making one.  As always let Alli and I know how it comes out.  We would love the feedback!

Difficulty Level: 1 Star

Supplies:

  1. Popcycle sticks bookmark-open
  2. Glue
  3. Wooden conersational hearts
  4. crayons, markers or paint

Step 1:

Have the children color or paint their popcycle stick.  They can decorate it in any way they want.  Younger children could just color the stick while older kids can get a little more creative adding designs, words and just about anything else they can think of.

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Step 2:

Glue the conversational heart to the top of the popcycle stick.

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Step 3:

Let it all dry and you have a new bookmark to keep as children begin to learn to read or they can pass it along to parents or grandparents as a great little gift.

We hope that you enjoy the valentines day bookmarks.  Our kids all had a blast making them.  We would love to hear and see how yours came out.  Please leave us a message in the comment box!

Becca and Alli

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Becca Cosmetics – New Glossy Lip Tint | Angel Kisses

October 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Well I have purchased another Becca Cosmetics product to review. Becca Cosmetics new glossy lip tint angel kisses. I think that it is quite wonderful. To start with it has a strawberry taste to it that makes your lips delicious for you and anyone else who has to pleasure to taste them. It was a great added bonus to this product.

Angel kisses is a wonderful new gloss. As we already know I love lip gloss. It is so sexy and stays shiny for much longer then plain lipstick. Angel kisses has a faint tint of color but I have used it as a clear coat. Last night I colored my lips in with my favorite lip liner. I just love to way the color looks. After that I was able to put angel kisses glossy lip tint over it to make it shine and pop. I cannot wait until I can use it again! I am thinking it will be great over some of my lip stick colors also. I did think that $23 was a little high price wise although I did notice that you use less of it then some other brands which will remain nameless. As always you can go to www.beccacosmetics.com to purchase this product or search it in Google. Be warned though it is currently sold out on their website. It is worth searching for though!

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Becca Cosmetics Product Review- New for Fall

October 11, 2008 By 2 Comments

There are great new colors at Becca Cosmetics. I decided to try the NEW Avalon Palette. This palette included 2 powder eye colors, 1 cream eye color, 1 cream blush, 1 eye liner and a dual-ended brush. I have found that these colors are great for the fall. I really love the cream eye color. It feels light on my eyes once it is dry. It all lasts through the day without reapplying. The eye liner is great too. It goes on smooth without any clumping. I think that for the price it is worth it! You are going to love it!

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How To apply Lip Gloss

September 12, 2008 By 12 Comments
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Let’s Begin

  • Choose a high-quality quality lip gloss like Becca Cosmetics Cherry Bomb. It is wonderful for girls who want to bring some attention to their lips.
  • Use a mirror to help you apply a good amount of lip-gloss on the tip of the wand. If your gloss is in a lip gloss pot, use a thin brush.
  • Softly purse out your lips and work in the gloss. Make sure you stay in the lines don’t apply outside the lip-line. Using a lip pencil will make this task easier.
  • GOOD TIP Form Mom* Place your finger inside your mouth and pull outward after application. This will help you so that the gloss doesn’t get on your teeth.

Do’s

  • To prevent mistakes, you often can’t feel a mirror is highly recommended!
  • Relax and take your time, if you rush you will get bad results and badly applied lip-gloss looks horrible.
  • I think that lip-gloss with wands might be easyer as they provide more application control.
  • Choose the right color for the occasion make sure the outfit, and of course your skin tone all flow.
  • For full lips – try using lighter shades this will give you nice results.
  • For thin Lips – Try a high colored gloss pinks and reds to make your lips appear fuller.
  • If you have someone in you life, find out their favorite color & flavor, like strawberry or cherry! They’ll love it and it will keep them coming back!

  • If you want lip gloss that stays on the whole night
    • First apply chap stick and keep it on for 5 min.
    • Next wipe if off with a wet towel
    • Repeat step one – than apply gloss on top of chap stick – this works like a charm for the the woman that is going out for a night on the town or for the girl that has that special someone the tends to make you gloss disappear.

Don’t

  • Pucker your lips. If you do not you will get lip-gloss in your mouth
  • Lipstick is not lip-gloss. Lip-gloss has a shine. Lipstick is relatively matte.
  • Lip-gloss outside the “lines” lipline is very unattractive!
  • After you apply your gloss don’t blot your lips, you will loose shine and negate the purpose of your gloss!

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