Removing ink/crayon from furniture

Has this ever happened to you? You leave the room and your child magically gets a hold of a pen/or crayon and uses your furniture as a canvas? Well don't fret... I have an easy trick that will remove this "artwork" within minutes. 

First take you hairspray, any brand it doesn't matter. However I like to keep a cheaper one set aside for this kind of occasion.  (This sadly happens a lot in my house hold) 

Start spraying the area's where the ink is located

 

Spray the area until it is completely saturated, as demonstrated in the pictures provided above.   

 Then,using a circular motion take a tooth brush and scrub the area. There will be drips of the hairspray and ink mixture so it will be helpful to have a damp rag near to catch the drips. 

This is the important step. Make sure you have a white towel (colored towels may bleed into the fabric of the furniture and cause a stain.) Dampen the towel with warm water and scrub the area. Make sure the towel has a good amount of water on it to prevent the fabric from drying hard (this is caused from the hairspray, in case you wondering) I like to go over the spot a bunch of times to prevent the hardening of the fabric to occur. 

 This is what the wet spot looks like after I am done. 

 And here is the finished look after dried. See, no more pen stain! 

(We have micro fiber furniture, I have not tested this idea on other fabrics. So before you try this on your couch test a small area to see what the affects of the hairspray/ink will do to your furniture. I would hate for someone to try this on their furniture and it ruins it!)

If you have any more questions please let me know! :]

Loosing the baby weight!

Having two large babies and two c-sections I have been finding it quite difficult to loose the "baby weight" 

During my first pregnancy I packed on the pounds very fast!! My final weight during pregnancy was 210 pounds!! you can only imagine how large my stomach looked lol!! 


8 months postpartum I lost all that baby weight and actually weighed less than I did pre-pregnancy. I still had problem areas like the infamous "c-section pooch" that had not quite gone away however, for the most part I was happy with my body! 


Then.... along came Cayden,


I hadn't found out I was pregnant for Cayden till I was two months along. If it wasn't for some "Googling" research I think I may have ended up on the t.v show I didn't know I was pregnant! For you other breastfeeding mothers you know that you most commonly, don't have a period (well I didn't since I was one of the lucky ones) while breastfeeding, so this came into effect when it came to not knowing I was pregnant.


Any ways I am rambling on, onto my weight gain. My final appointment with Cayden I weighed 195 pounds.. not as much as I weighed with Carson but still big lol! And in case you're wondering no I wasn't diabetic with either one! 


I was trying to have a v-bac (vaginal birth after c-section) with Cayden but he was being stubborn and decided to stay breech (head up/feet down)So that idea was quickly taken from me lol! 


So now, 4 months postpartum I have lost a lot of those pounds but am certainly not one of those lucky ones who pop out a baby and look picture perfect. I have found that loosing the weight after your second born is A LOT harder! :[ 


Just recently I have taken on oath to start eating more healthy and make it a daily routine to add some sort of workout into my lifestyle. Whether it be an actual workout routine, dancing around with Carson or adding in some quick workouts while making dinner or folding laundry (such as squats and stuff.) If you can't feel the pain when you go to bed that means you didn't work hard enough that day (lol or that's just the way I look at it, since sometimes I can slack a little) 

I have taken liking to, these two workouts: 

"Be a knockout with Kendra" She kind of sold me since she as well had a c-section. I find this workout both fun and a bit of challenge. To all of you who are appose to her,  I promise she isn't so bad in this DVD. Besides a couple of random booty shakes and an occasional "If I can do it, you can do it" here and there lol! I find that sort of annoying since she has always been known to be active and get into sports (I haven't lol!) 

"Zumba fitness"  This one is very fun and surprisingly gives you a good sweat lol! However some of the dance moves can be a bit "exotic" and if your like me you'll be sort of embarrassed to them in front of your husband/significant other. The reviews were mixed but, my view of this workout is very high! 

Here's to a healthy new life style and hopes of getting a stronger and healthier body before summer! 

Bedroom makeover

Since getting a new size bed, I have been inspired to change the looks up of our bedroom. With the help of the web,  finding some great idea's and giving them a twist of my own has been making my re-do cheap and easy!


I am very excited about these little numbers right here-

After an all day event and a couple of blistered fingers (from the hot glue gun) my DIY project was completed! :] Trust me all that dedication makes up for the price of similar looking decor sold at any store! Any ways the ball to the far right is just a styrofoam ball with twine (from the dollar store) wrapped around it. As an added touch later on down the line I hot glued a "skeleton key" to the middle of it. The ball in the middle is a styrofoam ball as well with paper rosette hot glued to them. 

Tissue Rosette Ball

(Clicking that link will send you to a tutorial on how to make the roses)

The ball to the right I soaked twine in even parts of glue (regular craft glue) and water and wrapped around a balloon. When the twine was completely dried I simply cut the end of the balloon and pulled it out. and wa-la lol! 

And this is what it looks like all together! 

On to my next beauty I would like to share is my shelf-

 This shelf started out with a zebra print tin covering over it. My original plan was to paint over it and distress the finish but, the tin plate was hard to work with. So, I crossed my fingers and prayed something good will come out of prying the tin cover off.... well I couldn't be happier with that decision. It was nice un-touched wood. I diluted black paint  to almost work as a stain and painted the shelf then went back through while the paint was still wet and dabbed it with a paper towel to give a sort of "beat up" look. :] 

And the tea light votives are as well another crafty project of mine. I just hot glued twine to it and twisted it around from top to bottom. As a finishing touch, I fabric painted some twine black tied it around the votive and hot glued on some "skeleton key" charms. 

And the finishing touch, toilet paper roll flowers! 

St. Patrick's Day Craft

This is our first St. Patrick's day we're able to start a fun tradition since Carson is old enough to embrace in the fun! 


One of the recent activity's we took part in was a craft we will be sending out to the Grandparents. 


With Carson being a two year old he wasn't able to master in his rainbow painting skills so, I let him go town on finger painting. After painting four different papers my little guy was worn out lol! 
I came across the saying "you're my pot o'gold at the end of the rainbow" on Pinterest but they had it featured with colorful twizzlers and gold coins. I decided we will take that saying and incorporate it into Carson and "Cayden's" art work. 


For the bag of goodies we simply went to the dollar store bought some clover necklaces and clovers to add to another one of Carson's artworks that says "Lucky to have Grandparent's like you" the gold coins we got at local Fred Meyer on sale 10/10 (love those deals lol!!) 


Another fun tradition we will be starting this year-


Trying to "catch" the Leprechaun


we will be leaving out a small laundry basket set up as a trap to catch the leprechaun, to lure the little guy we will be leaving out some sort of treasure or something green. in return the Leprechaun will not get caught but leave the boys treats and track green footprints throughout the house! (of course not real ones just construction paper cut outs of feet lol) 


For Breakfast we will start the day with Green Pancakes and all the green fixings... even color the milk green... maybe! 


What are some of your families St.Patty's traditions?