Getting Your Proverbs Mixed

Ok, I just received a funny email.  I do not know you the author is. These are so cute!

A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each kid in
her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest.
These are great:

As You Shall Make Your Bed So Shall You... Mess It Up.
Better Be Safe Than... Punch A 5th Grader.
Strike While The... Bug Is Close.
It's Always Darkest Before... Daylight Savings Time.
Never Under Estimate The Power Of... Termites.
You Can Lead A Horse To Water But.. How?
Don't Bite The Hand That... Looks Dirty.
No News Is... Impossible.
A Miss Is As Good As A... Mr.
You Can't Teach An Old Dog New... Math.
If You Lie Down With The Dogs, You'll... Stink In The Morning.
Love All, Trust.. Me
The Pen Is Mightier Than The... Pigs.
An Idle Mind Is... The Best Way To Relax.
Where There's Smoke, There's... Pollution.
Happy The Bride Who... Gets All The Presents!
A Penny Saved Is... Not Much.
Two's Company, Three's... The Musketeers.
Don't Put Off Tomorrow What... You Put On To Go To Bed.
Laugh And The Whole World Laughs With You, Cry And... You Have
 To Blow Your
Nose.
Children Should Be Seen And Not... Spanked Or Grounded.
If At First You Don't Succeed... Get New Batteries.
You Get Out Of Something What You... See Pictured On The Box.
When The Blind Leadeth The Blind... Get Out Of The Way.

Cute things made from recycling

So here a few more projects that can be made from recycling. When our children were young and going through all of the baby food, it seemed like such a waste to be throwing all of the jars away so here is what became of some of them. The kids and I painted these snowmen and penguins and glued hats on them. You can still remove the lid (hat) and put a small surprise inside. These made great presents for all of their teachers this year. We put a truffle inside of them and their teachers received something especially made by them.
Here are some little angels that are made from recycling light bulbs, baby food jars and fabric scraps. They just sit around and look cute all year round.
My last recycling craft for the day...these cute little angel pins. They use small scraps of fabric for their wings and bodies. Fun to make to match outfits or friends favorite things. Fabrics above are jeans, cherries, ladybugs and stars.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Jean Quilt Project

Here is a quilt that I tackled for my husband and I. I got the idea for this design from Martha Stewart Living. You can find the inspiration here. The pillowcase on the right is my own creation. I used jeans of all types from the whole family. From Grandma's shirts and dresses, both Papa's old work jeans and any kind of outgrown worn out jean item from our closets and my sister's family...they are included here. It was quite and undertaking but proves to be quite warm, useful and a wonderful outcome to recycling!



Quilt I made for my Father-in-Law for Christmas a few years ago. All made from his old work jeans which included a few paint and grease spots along with holes in the knees. Adds character to the hard work he put into making it too. It is a rag style quilt with the flannel backing.

How do you keep your kids happy on a long weekend out of school? Let them have a sleep over with their cousins and have them help you bake with chocolate! I enlisted their help in making some yummy cookies that my Mom and Grandma made for me as a kid and they were a hit. The kids had fun peeling the wrapper off the chocolate. We used peanut butter and spread it in between 2 ritz crackers and dipped it in our melted chocolate. Yummy! For my "I don't like peanut butter kid" we just simply dipped his cracker in chocolate and he was a happy camper. (I need to update the date on my camera.)