Start at Home

Hello out there.  I am back.....I hope to be back for a long time to come!  I have missed blogging.  I don't know what it is about blogging but for some reason it makes you feel like your voice is heard.  Even if no one is reading it!  We have bought a home and close in a week!  I am so excited to start making this house our home.  That being said I have started a new blog to track the progress of our home and would love for you to come along with me, I need lots of input.  My new blog is Start at Home.  It isn't too exciting right now as I am just trying to get all my thoughts and Ideas going!  I will not close this blog down and I may update it here and there with a fun wood craft!  A huge thanks to all those who have been following!  It makes me so happy to open up my blog and see I have a new follower!  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

ttfn,

Brooke

Explanation....MUCH NEEDED!!

Okay I know I am a slacker but I have great cause to be one!!

We just had Princess number 2.....Hooray 

My husband also got transferred while I was pregnant so we moved too!  Most of my crafts are still in storage as we still have not found the RIGHT house yet!  So needless to say my crafting abilities have been limited!

However I have been loving Photography!!

Yes I have an addiction.....I WANTED TO SHARE!!! 

I have seen tons of fun photo contests out there.  I decided we need to do one at Brooke Larsen Photography! My favorite pictures of my kids are the SpUnKy ones!  They always make me smile.  I want to see yours too!!!

{definition of a [SpUnKy KiD] photo}

a lively fun spirited kid having fun

Of course there is always something to be won...

{ONE FREE HOUR SESSION}

{how to enter}

Submit any [SpUnKy KiD] picture ages 0-12 to Brookelarsenphotography@gmail.com

Include your child's name along with the picture

Pictures will be accepted from July 15th to July 24

{determining the winner}

all the pictures will be posted to an album at Brooke Larsen Photography on Facebook the morning of July 25 and YOU get to vote for your favorite [SpUnKy KiD] photo.  All you have to do is LIKE the photo. comments will not count as votes.

Anyone can vote just make sure you LIKE my photography page so your vote counts.

{rules}

sessions must be done in August or September

with your sessions you will receive a disc with 20 edited photos and all unedited photos to print as you please.

location must be between Ogden and North Salt Lake Utah (there will be a charge to travel outside of these perimeters) 

I will start....there are NO WORDS just giggles!

Music Class

I have decided to start a MUSIC CLASS in our neighborhood.  Klancee loves to dance and sing so we might as well have other people come too...right??  Plus I hope it will help with winter.

But my horrible confession is that I don't sing....I can stay on key but that is about it.  This is way out of my element but I decided to do it for Klancee...

So I am asking for any ideas on things to do with the kids, their parents have to come with them, I am not quite that ambition.  Any advice or help or anything would be great, I have found a few songs with cute actions....but that is about all I have got right now.

Thanks for your HELP!!!!

Quilt and Skirt!!

I am 24 Weeks pregnant now....more than HALF way HOORAY!!!  I have been making our baby girl a quilt, and Klancee felt left out.  SO....... I patched all the scraps together and made this CUTE skirt.  Klancee calls it her BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS!!  I love how it turned out, and I LOVE this pattern...I am not much of a seamstress......but this skirt is so so easy and fun!!  The pattern is a Portabellopixie it is so so cute!!

Here is a sneak peek at LUCI's quilt...I just need to get it quilted and then bind it!!  HooRaY...I may just finish it in time!!  I loved this pattern for the main reason that I didn't have to match any corners together...and the other reason ....... I LOVE THE RUFFLES!!!  This quilt was also so simple!!

Purple Princess for the Day.....

As a Mother winter time sure is hard.  My daughter is a free spirit and hates to be cooped up.  So I have scrambled to find things for us to do...today is Princess day PURPLE princess day that is.  We had to be all purple from head to toe....We changed our ear rings, painted our toes and fingers, colored our crown, made a wand and of course we put on our princess tu tu!  We ate a princess lunch, danced and now we are watching Cinderella!  Klancee has loved being the princess today!  I love to make things with her and see her have fun doing it!

Numbers Matching Game

My daughter loves to count everything!  I made this cute easy game to help her understand how to count and what number is what!  So far she has loved to match the numbers up and count them into the jar.

I got the little glass rocks at Dollar Tree!  

Cut out your paper the size of your glass rocks and I used a permanent marker to write the numbers!

 Glue the paper on to the back of the glass rocks.  I just put the glue stick right on the glass rock!

Once they have dried use sand paper and lightly sand the paper down so it can not be easily peeled off.

you can download the PDF file I made  for the matching board here.

I printed mine on Cardstock but anything will work!

 I found a cute jar for all the rocks, Klancee loves to count them into the jar.  It has been a great help to her to learn that we count things one by one.

I love to watch little people learn something and when they finally understand they are so proud of themselves.  

CrAzy SubWaY ABC's

I am feeling the subway art vib!!  I love to design subway art it is so much fun!  I made this cute sign for my daughters room and it fits her just perfectly.

 I am selling the vinyl if you want one too send me an email curlyq.expressions@gmail.com.  This one is 8 inches x 8 inches for $6 shipped!!  They are great for baby gifts too!!