A Crafty Soiree #27

It's my favorite day of the week. Can't wait to see what you've come up with this time around! From last Thursday's gathering, I picked out two participants who were inspired by baby or children's room decor to make their projects and one who's designed a quick way to add some spring into your rooms.
A mother to be's nursery choices, along with a really fabulous and modern set by DwellStudio, led to the baby shower invites, cupcake toppers, and decorations shown at Pressed Down Shaken Together.
AmieAnn at Pinkapotamus created a custom name hanging for her friend's daughter that matches her Potterybarn Kid's bedroom set. Those sweet little dressses hanging from a laundry line are too cute!
For those of us who are tired of winter, and want a quick injection of spring brightness into our home, kiki creates has made a new free print! What a pretty and easy way to update your space for the season...with no mod podge, hot glue, or paint involved!

<a href="http://www.katiesnestingspot.com/" target="_blank"><img width="150" border="0" alt="A Crafty Soiree" src="http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/KTnestingspot/Blog%20Buttons/FeaturedOnBlueButtoncopy.jpg" /></a>Ladies, for being our features this week, we're happy to offer you our special Crafty Soiree Ribbon! It's yours to proudly display! Don't forget to check out today's Crafty Soiree post at Yesterday on Tuesday, we both pick three participants to feature each week so you might have been featured by Malia. But you'll have to visit her to find out!
<a href="http://www.katiesnestingspot.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img width="150" border="0" alt="Katie's Nesting Spot" src="http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/KTnestingspot/Blog%20Buttons/KatiesNestingSpotButtoncopy.jpg" /></a>Now it's your turn to link up! The linky will be open for a week, so you have plenty of time to join us! Here are some guidelines for our guests:

• Link up your creative projects! Crafts, Kid Crafts, Decor, Recipes, Sewing and Organizing tips are are welcome.
• Add up to FOUR links to share, you can link up projects from your archives, but please make sure it's not something you've previously linked up to A Crafty Soiree AND you add a link back to the party!
• Add your links to the specific posts and not your blog's homepage.
• Add my Crafty Soiree button above or link back to me in your posts, so others can find us and join in!
• Please comment on the post linked up in front of you. All partygoers love meeting new friends... don't just stop there...if you see something that catches your fancy-- stop by and say hi!
• Please consider following the hostesses, me and Malia, we want to get to know our guests.
• Most importantly... enjoy yourself and have fun!

Don't forget, A Crafty Soiree is hosted on two blogs, so when you link up on one your link will automatically show up on the other one too! Please note, by linking up to A Crafty Soiree, you're giving permission to feature your project and photos in the future, with proper credit of course☺

MEGA Bloks Domino Build Game Review

MEGA Blok's Domino Build game is a bright and colorful game for children ages 3-6 years. Players will have fun learning all about colors and numbers while matching and developing fine motor skills. It’s a great product for both boys and girls and suggested retail value is $10.99.What we liked most about Domino Build is that it's fairly quick and easy to play, a great one to introduce your children to board games. The youngest of children should be able to play with little frustration and it's simple enough for two children to play together independently. The MEGA Bloks are a nice addition to a traditional matching domino game and add interest. My daughter enjoys playing with the animal MEGA Bloks and creating her own imaginary animals.On the flipside, our daughter is four and a half years old and it's not very challenging for her. I think that children older than her would quickly loose interest. It's really best for the younger side of the suggested age range. I think for her age the game is no longer about learning colors and numbers but rather a good way for kids to work on cooperative play and taking turns. It would be a good game for a play date or for older siblings to play with younger ones.MEGA Bloks Domino Build is around ten dollars and a good choice for families with young children and priced right for gift giving too. It's nicely made with sturdy cardboard dominos, cute illustrations, and hands-on fun. For maximum usage, I sugguest purchasing it as your child first begins to show interest in games.

Even though my child has outgrown it for learning purposes, she still enjoys playing it and we can play several games in a short amount of time. It's a good game for us to play when we have ten minutes or so between activities and outings.
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Disclosure: A complimentary reviewers copy of the game was provided to me, along with information and materials within this post, via Team Mom. Personal experiences and options related are unbiasd and not influenced by this relationship.

Kid Craft: Making Cards with Foam Shapes

I'm sure this never happens to any of my readers, but well, sometimes...my darling daughter can be a never ending blur of activity and noise. And I have to admit, at times keeping up with her can be tiring, annoying, and a drain on my sanity. Sometimes after she's been yammering to me nonstop for an hour I just want a little quiet.

During our last big snow storm, she was stuck inside and full of pent up energy. Driving me NUTS! Nothing kept her attention longer than a nano second and I could NOT read one more book to her. Finally we hit upon two boxes of self adhesive foamies in the closet. Hallelujah!

She decided she wanted to make cards, just like Mommy. Can't tell you how relieved I was that sorting, organizing, peeling off the backs, and the sticking of these suckers kept her busy for an hour. Ah, a blissfully quiet hour of peace for me!

As the snow fell we both worked in the office together, and I could tell she put a lot of effort into these letters to Aunt Jody and Uncle Jeff. Afterward she asked me to take pictures and put them up on my blog. Cause that's what I do when I make something. Too hysterical, can't tell she's got a blogger for a Mom! Craft foamies, a mom's life saver, they're a good thing!

PS: Sorry about the wonky color the fronts photographed pretty true to color but for some reason the insides did not and I couldn't fix them properly in Elements.



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