30 July 2010
By Amber
In Green, health and beauty, Things I Like
First of all I would like to say 2 things:
1. I found a local soap place I like I encourage you to do the same but if you can’t find a local place then check these guys out they do ship!
2. I’m posting this today because they re-opened recently and I wanted to get my order in first (insert sheepish grin here)
Since I’ve started using Apple Valley Natural soaps and shampoos I”ve noticed a few things. First of all I no longer need lotion, you heard me! Of course this isn’t necessarily a good thing because I have a ton stocked up I guess that is just going to get re-gifted….Nah I like the smells o much I will use it any way. The second thing I’ve noticed is that I don’t need to condition my hair when I use their shampoo. In fact my hair has less fly aways with their shampoo than any other I’ve used. I still use other shampoo (just till its gone) for now but I plan on having two or three to rotate in my shower.
My friend ‘J’ tried out their lip balm and e-mailed me this when I asked her if she wanted to go in on an order with me “The Lip Balm is wonderful. It’s a lot like Bert’s Bees but cheaper. I don’t think I could go back to anything else after using this!”
I still don’t use the Acne bar, I haven’t ran out of my old stuff yet…but I”m thinking I”m going to start tonight (I wrote this on Tuesday) because my old stuff isn’t cutting it ohh I have an idea how about I take some pictures of my skin now, in 1 week and again in 2 weeks and show you! Ooh I like that idea. Ok I”m going to do that.
So to be continued…meanwhile go check them out!
29 July 2010
By Amber
In Thoughts on Thursdays
Before you have kids in a marriage, it can be easy to get into the it’s all about me mentality. But its not, its a partnership. So that means sometimes your going to have to do something you many not want to or isn’t your favorite, but you will because you love them. That also means sometimes your going to have to compromise, that’s just what you do when your married.
So next time your temted to say no to something you just don’t want to do, take a moment to think about how important this is to your spouse and how happy they would be if you said yes.
29 July 2010
By Amber
In Uncategorized, You Capture
We had some family members come up this weekend for a visit and MAC showed them how he likes to play:
Then we let the kids try:
The youngest wasn’t old enough to shoot the paintball marker so here is how she played:
*~*A few disclaimers, the kids were on the field alone there wasn’t a game going on just them and MAC. Also they are very cute kids but I’m purposefully not showing their faces*-*
28 July 2010
By Amber
In Uncategorized
The winner is Bec!!!! Be expecting an e-mail from me shortly.
I have to admit this number made me very happy, its late and I didn’t think I could count very high….
28 July 2010
By Amber
In Crafts, Green, Guest Poster
~*~ Don’t for get to check out my giveaway, it closes TODAY @ 10:00PM CST.~*~
Hi there! My name is Michele. I’ve come over from a crafty blog called Michele Made Me where I share my creative side and the fun stuff I make. Amber very sweetly asked me to highlight some of the recycled crafts that I’ve designed, and I said: “YES, of course!” So here I am today to show you some recent projects I’ve made utilizing the misunderstood, or at least neglected, toilet paper roll!
Now first off, I love to recycle. It appeals to the little environmentalist living inside my brain but also to the fact that I’m, well, cheap. I mean, no store can beat the prices at your friendly household recycling bin, no way. On top of that, toilet paper rolls are so easy and so much fun to work with! Those lovely little cardboard cylinders are like gold to me and they have so much potential.
For example if you require flowers for embellishing a gift or a card, look no further than the naked little toilet paper roll sitting listlessly atop your toilet tank. In a pinch, you could try making one of these:
I show you how to make them right
here. These are unpainted but if you need coloured flowers, toilet paper rolls accept paint extremely well.
And as luck would have it, the above designs inspired all three of the following crafts!
First off, I turned one of the designs into these little
flower brooches that double as Christmas ornaments. Here, as you can see, they are dressed in a coat of acrylic craft paint and loving it.
Secondly, in a clearly misguided attempt to beat the heat of this blistering summer, I devised some unfortunately luke-warm
toilet roll snowflakes. But I say, what they lack in coldness, they make up for in charm!
And thirdly, if pure ornamentation isn’t your cup of tea, then perhaps the very useful
toilet roll pincushion will be more to your liking. It actually does hold pins, and it is quite fetching.
Now, if you’ve enjoyed this little tour of my toilet paper roll crafts, I’ve provided links to all the accompanying tutorials so if you get a hankering to make any one of them, please do so, and drop me a line to let me know how it all went!
Thank you Amber for the invitation to be your guest at the lovely Life, Love, Green. I’ve had a wonderful time!
Hugs,
Michele
