Looking For The Beautiful Things In Life

I came across this video today and wanted to share it with you because I know how true it is... "WHAT WE LOOK FOR... WE WILL FIND". I have learned this very important lesson and I love little reminders like this.

We all have days that seem to never end. What will help us through these days are the things that we choose to look for. The little things. The little joys that we find in life. The more we choose to focus our attention on these beautiful things, the more they seem to show up. That is why I love to look at my blessings. When I choose to focus on my blessings, I notice that my mood starts to lift. The day starts to look brighter. The things that made the day drag, start to fade into the background. 

Today I choose to focus on:

A good relationship with my hubby.

 Good times with friends and family.

 The beauty around me.

 A yummy cup of coffee.

 Butterfly kisses.

 Being silly with my family and enjoying life.

What do YOU choose to focus on today?

How To Make A Tie Dye T-shirt With Sharpie Markers

This is such a fun project for kids AND adults! It is easy and inexpensive. It is a great way to make your old T-shirts look new. 

What you will need:

*An Old T-shirt

*Sharpie Markers

*Rubbing Alcohol

*Cup 

*Rubber Band

*Dropper or Squirt Bottle

The first thing we did was pour the rubbing alcohol into our dropper bottles. The droppers make it easy to apply the alcohol to our designs.

 The next thing we do is place our T-shirt over the top of the cup and place the rubber band around the cup. After we are done coloring our design we filled the droppers with rubbing alcohol and squirt it over the marker designs.

The more rubbing alcohol you use on your designs, the more the colors blend. It is a lot of fun and very creative to come up with great patterns.

The last thing we do is set the T-shirts out to dry. 

Tips:

1. Make sure you use plenty of alcohol

2. You do not have to use the cup. You can make your design anything you want it to be. You can even write names or words. If you use names or words, be sure to put cardboard or something between the front and back so the words don't bleed onto the other side of the T-shirt. 

3. If you press the colored portion of your shirt onto a part of the shirt that was not colored and you wet it with rubbing alcohol, it will transfer the colors to the uncolored part.

Watch our video on how we did our Tie Dye T-shirts! 

How To Make A Friendship Bracelet - An Easy Kids Craft!

I give easy, step by step, instructions on how to make these cute Friendship Bracelets. This is a craft that is easy enough for kids to do without help from their parents. They are fun and inexpensive to make. I would love to hear from you if you give this a try. 

How To Wrap A Stone With String - More Ideas!!

I will show you many creative ideas on what you can do with your painted rocks, seashells and coins. My inspiration was to create a backpack decoration for kids. I thought it would be neat to use cool painted rocks to decorate a backpack zipper. When I figured out how to do it, I realized that we can use this idea for wrapping lots of other things besides rocks. This opened the door to plenty of ideas for jewelry, decorations and crafts. You can make wind chimes, key chains, jewelry, zipper embellishments and much more.  I would love to hear some of YOUR ideas too. I feel that there is so much more that we can do with this idea.