2013 was kind of a bust...

So I really fell behind on the blog posts throughout 2013.  Maybe 2014 will be better.  Life got really hectic in 2013... I have a child with behavior problems in school, I got sued! and garnished (ouch).  And about a million other problems, and through it all I was able to do some crafty things, and complete some pins, but I was sadly taken from my goal.

I did complete a pin just yesterday. It's how to make your own refill for foaming hand soap.   

It's ridiculously easy, and involves using the old hand soap dispenser, filling about an inch or 2 with regular liquid hand soap, then adding water, putting on the lid, and BAM!  Refill.  Seems silly that I would need a pin to think of that.  But it works well.  I bought a $1 bottle of raspberry hand soap from Shop N Save and I have enough for 8-9 refills.

So that is my lazy attempt at keeping up on a resolution from last year.

Like I said, maybe next year will be better.  Next time I will tell you all about our homemade Christmas.

We've been BOO'ed!!!!

I saw this idea a few years back and wanted to do it ever since.  In keeping with the theme for this year "There's no time like the present!"  I got to work and we started boo'ing a few people. 

Let me backtrack a bit---

You've been boo'ed is a kind of nice version of ding dong ditch, or n!@@&r knocking someone.  Except you leave them a surprize.  There is a cute poem that goes with it, and the idea is that you surprize your friends or neighbors with this treat, and a copy of the poem, which challenges them to do the same to 2 of THEIR friends and neighbors.  After you get boo'ed you post a cute graphic on the window or door of your home so that you don't get boo'ed two times (although according to my kids that would be awesome!)

You do a google search for some of the many versions of the 'You've been Boo'ed" poem and just select one you like best.  I used the free printables from beenbooed.com  but you can go as elaborate as you like..