<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098</id><updated>2012-02-11T15:52:15.087-08:00</updated><category term='childhood'/><category term='Japanese beetles'/><category term='terrarium'/><category term='child'/><category term='dad'/><category term='block'/><category term='ornaments'/><category term='magazine'/><category term='display'/><category term='fish'/><category term='swing'/><category term='books'/><category term='salt dough'/><category term='cardinal'/><category term='W118 by Walter Baker'/><category term='kids crafts'/><category term='polyvore'/><category term='birds'/><category term='nature'/><category 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uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1046</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6918120922716861592</id><published>2012-02-11T15:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T15:52:15.119-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Vow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/31243791134381893/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/31243791134381893_dOMW0JZh_c.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href=""&gt;Uploaded by user&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/carlajaggars/" target="_blank"&gt;Carla&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girls &amp;amp; I saw The Vow today.  It was good and sad and good and their apartment was great and her wardrobe was fantastic and His butt...I did not realize we were going to see his butt.  The love story was so strong.  Channing has a tender side and I believed that he loved her.  It's based on a true story and we loved it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6918120922716861592?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6918120922716861592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6918120922716861592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6918120922716861592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6918120922716861592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/vow.html' title='The Vow'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5101865909042981512</id><published>2012-02-10T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T10:35:29.722-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It was a good fight</title><content type='html'>Though we were not on the favorable side when the final buzzer sounded, I can honestly say that I have never been prouder of my girl and her teammates.  It was a hard fought battle till the last tick of the clock.  Even when they got behind, they didn't get down.  They didn't get frustrated.  They just.kept.trying.  They played together as a unit and I am proud of that.  We lost.  And, as I told her, it wasn't because they were a better team.  Sometimes, no matter how you try, it just doesn't go your way.  They played with great sportsmanship and determination and that's all I could have asked for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5101865909042981512?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5101865909042981512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5101865909042981512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5101865909042981512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5101865909042981512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/it-was-good-fight.html' title='It was a good fight'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2845807585493877735</id><published>2012-02-09T10:35:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T10:38:01.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Basketball Tournament Round 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207798970276120789/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/207798970276120789_1rHFDCN2_c.jpg" width="554" height="574" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ambrose.edu/files/news/basketball_0.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.ambrose.edu/news/students/intramural-3-3-basketball-tournament&amp;amp;usg=__GbkZoxB5EfhK9YchLjuAZl0jQ30=&amp;amp;h=598&amp;amp;w=577&amp;amp;sz=226&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;start=28&amp;amp;sig2=jYNzX1c1AzQ07jXhufwdlw&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;tbnid=5MDrmPwcb52d2M:&amp;amp;tbnh=159&amp;amp;tbnw=151&amp;amp;ei=HxOxTMqoC8H68Aar7aTXBQ&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbasketball%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D653%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C929&amp;amp;itbs=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=762&amp;amp;vpy=251&amp;amp;dur=38&amp;amp;hovh=229&amp;amp;hovw=221&amp;amp;tx=166&amp;amp;ty=122&amp;amp;oei=FROxTOyCFIP48AbquaT5Dw&amp;amp;esq=5&amp;amp;page=3&amp;amp;ndsp=14&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:4,s:28&amp;amp;biw=1024&amp;amp;bih=653"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/lorivjohnson/" target="_blank"&gt;Lori&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight, after work, I am driving south again - 56 miles one way - to go to my daughter's 2nd round basketball tournament.  It really is a scenic drive - and l am not complaining - because l cannot wait to see them play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 minutes before my alarm went of this am, I got this text: "Today is the day we will either rise to the occasion or sink below the others." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pretty poetic for 8th grade, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go girls!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2845807585493877735?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2845807585493877735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2845807585493877735&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2845807585493877735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2845807585493877735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/basketball-tournament-round-2.html' title='Basketball Tournament Round 2'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-3278064866715571908</id><published>2012-02-08T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T15:33:20.487-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I love love love paper flowers!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/198580664789232145/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/244179611016370944_5h1IbjmZ_c.jpg" width="495" border="0" height="658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://luxefinds.com/Search-Results.php?q=Weddings+how+to+make+paper+flowers&amp;amp;searchName=how+to+make+paper+flowers&amp;amp;domainId=1"&gt;luxefinds.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/mbwedlock/" target="_blank"&gt;Michelle&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cannot wait to make some of these!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-3278064866715571908?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/3278064866715571908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=3278064866715571908&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/3278064866715571908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/3278064866715571908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-love-love-love-paper-flowers.html' title='I love love love paper flowers!'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2605566386802891341</id><published>2012-02-07T10:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T10:27:03.199-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, still woodland dreaming</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/174725660512657360/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/174725660512657360_7l87vb5K_c.jpg" width="475" height="630" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.hostessblog.com/2009/09/woodland-forest-party-theme-part-1-woodsy-elements-toadstools/"&gt;hostessblog.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/noochka/" target="_blank"&gt;Stefanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I continue to work on the Fairy Land event, I see woodland stuff everywhere.  There's sooo much and  I want to use it all!  But alas, I cannot (I think that was the British in me coming out hee hee - too much Harry Potter for me).  I have to decide what is the best look for the occasion.  Mentally, I have start subcategories for other woodland parties - perhaps one with a girl/pink twist or a camp theme.  Hmmmm...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2605566386802891341?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2605566386802891341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2605566386802891341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2605566386802891341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2605566386802891341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/yes-still-woodland-dreaming.html' title='Yes, still woodland dreaming'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2583130623721850044</id><published>2012-02-06T08:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T08:40:58.434-08:00</updated><title type='text'>art makes you happy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/16114511136547991/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/135459901261845713_IbmRReHf_c.jpg" width="334" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyoqbhenNv1qa2txho1_400.jpg"&gt;29.media.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/leah_dent/" target="_blank"&gt;Leah&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Art makes you happy.  Well, it makes me happy.  I never feel more alive than when I am creating or sewing or writing or drawing or...Art comes in many different forms.  What's your favorite?&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2583130623721850044?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2583130623721850044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2583130623721850044&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2583130623721850044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2583130623721850044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/art-makes-you-happy.html' title='art makes you happy'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-3758802776727078746</id><published>2012-02-03T09:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T09:15:45.913-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/104286547591145924/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/104286547591145924_9WdSy2du_c.jpg" width="554" height="415" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://cottagemagpie.com/how-to-sew-pillow-cover/"&gt;cottagemagpie.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/dduubbya/" target="_blank"&gt;Louise&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This (above) is what I plan to do this weekend. :) It isn't my picture but I am going to be sewing sewing sleeping and sewing.  Soungs like a good plan, eh?  I have a business meeting tonight - not sure how long it will last, more of a planning meeting that anything.  I have to set up for my art class on Saturday but I won't be there because my daughter &amp;amp; her team are in basketball tournaments this weekend.  I am sooo excited.  I hope they will - I do - but if they loose, they have had a rough couple of weekends with injuries and team losses.  If it is the end of their season, then I think it will be welcomed.  They are a good group of girls and have gone through a lot - persoanlly and on the court.  So after the tournament game, the weekend is mine.  All mine...mine and my sewing machine's. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a great weekend!&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-3758802776727078746?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/3758802776727078746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=3758802776727078746&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/3758802776727078746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/3758802776727078746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-weekend.html' title='Happy Weekend'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6571782740411815802</id><published>2012-02-02T08:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T08:54:06.302-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><title type='text'>Girls party craft</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/74942781269035839/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/74942781269035839_Jmhvdikl_c.jpg" width="500" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://chzifshoescouldkill.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/cool-accessories-ring-of-the-day-cant-pick-them-all.png"&gt;chzifshoescouldkill.files.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/ckp1987/" target="_blank"&gt;Christina&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This would be a super cute - and easy - craft to do at a girls birthday party.  Oooo! I want some too.  Would it be weird to wear one of every color?  Too flashy, right?  :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6571782740411815802?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6571782740411815802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6571782740411815802&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6571782740411815802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6571782740411815802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/girls-party-craft.html' title='Girls party craft'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-449357595023740320</id><published>2012-02-01T09:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T09:20:13.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Applesace cinnamon heart ornaments</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545598154/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545598154_Jgymnr2x_c.jpg" width="266" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.blog.evajuliet.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-04T07:28:00-08:00&amp;amp;max-results=10"&gt;blog.evajuliet.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to make some of these darling hearts.  They will smell divine and are so cute!  Last weeek, at my art class, I made up a batch of applesauce cinnamon playdough.  When the kids entered the room, their noses went into the air to take a whiff.  It smelled heavenly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-449357595023740320?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/449357595023740320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=449357595023740320&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/449357595023740320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/449357595023740320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/02/applesace-cinnamon-heart-ornaments.html' title='Applesace cinnamon heart ornaments'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1068120745101393665</id><published>2012-01-31T17:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T17:09:08.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>True</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/176203404140700761/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/176203404140700761_n5xoRI76_c.jpg" width="229" border="0" height="220" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;source=hp&amp;amp;biw=1280&amp;amp;bih=898&amp;amp;q=let+it+be+tattoo&amp;amp;gbv=2&amp;amp;oq=let+it+be+t&amp;amp;aq=0&amp;amp;aqi=g10&amp;amp;aql=&amp;amp;gs_sm=e&amp;amp;gs_upl=532l3626l0l4894l14l14l1l1l1l1l286l1927l3.5.4l12l0#hl=en&amp;amp;gbv=2&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=1&amp;amp;q=if+it%27s+not+ok+it%27s+not+the+end&amp;amp;oq=if+its+not+ok+its+&amp;amp;aq=0sS&amp;amp;aqi=g-sS3g-msS1&amp;amp;aql=&amp;amp;gs_sm=e&amp;amp;gs_upl=75561l79782l0l81082l18l17l0l0l0l0l363l2728l5.3.2.4l14l0&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;amp;fp=141f9ee04dd96cac&amp;amp;biw=1280&amp;amp;bih=898"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/elenahilton/" target="_blank"&gt;Elena&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-1068120745101393665?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/1068120745101393665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=1068120745101393665&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1068120745101393665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1068120745101393665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/true_31.html' title='True'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4375153292602473513</id><published>2012-01-31T09:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T09:10:05.298-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Valentine's Day inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/31173422390448176/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/50595195783466423_Wx5F5YZL_c.jpg" width="427" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://themcclenahans.blogspot.com/2011/02/cousin-love-valentines-party.html"&gt;themcclenahans.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/hearthandmade/" target="_blank"&gt;Claire&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I found this pic on pinterest, I knew I had to share it.  It's so cute and so simple.  I love it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4375153292602473513?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4375153292602473513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4375153292602473513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4375153292602473513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4375153292602473513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentines-day-inspiration.html' title='Valentine&apos;s Day inspiration'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8941857600571259963</id><published>2012-01-30T18:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T18:59:23.065-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/57420963968772008/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/131941464052924241_CgLA13SZ_c.jpg" width="500" border="0" height="603" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href=""&gt;Uploaded by user&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/nanditam/" target="_blank"&gt;Nandita&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8941857600571259963?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8941857600571259963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8941857600571259963&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8941857600571259963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8941857600571259963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/yes.html' title='Yes!'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-7804768438018660642</id><published>2012-01-30T09:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T09:12:12.948-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poofs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='child'/><title type='text'>It's a party</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545591733/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545345480_kXkUaKtr_c.jpg" width="430" height="650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.thebrokeassbride.com/2010/09/what-im-into-lately-wedding-inspiration-cheap-wedding-ideas-from-etsy/"&gt;thebrokeassbride.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the easiest ways to make it a party, is by adding a dozen or so of these poofs to your ceiling.  Think of the color variations!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7804768438018660642?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7804768438018660642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7804768438018660642&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7804768438018660642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7804768438018660642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-party.html' title='It&apos;s a party'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-7067741030103848059</id><published>2012-01-28T17:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:29:05.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shadowbox'/><title type='text'>Fairy Shadowbox</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZoEQTGBLTs/TySgVs6LFJI/AAAAAAAAFwA/A9CVq6orUJ8/s1600/jan2012%2B298.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZoEQTGBLTs/TySgVs6LFJI/AAAAAAAAFwA/A9CVq6orUJ8/s320/jan2012%2B298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702859322850743442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I created this fairy shadowbox when trying to think of what a 2 year old might want to do at her birthday party.  It's simply created, using a small shadowbox, construction paper, fairy foam stickers that I recently found at Michael's, and some misc items.  They turned out pretty cute.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7067741030103848059?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7067741030103848059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7067741030103848059&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7067741030103848059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7067741030103848059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-shadowbox.html' title='Fairy Shadowbox'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZoEQTGBLTs/TySgVs6LFJI/AAAAAAAAFwA/A9CVq6orUJ8/s72-c/jan2012%2B298.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5250752532043451423</id><published>2012-01-28T17:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:25:50.240-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cake stand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lantern'/><title type='text'>Fairy Accessories</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJRPqNvpW8g/TySfwY8WunI/AAAAAAAAFv0/2VP45UhpuWA/s1600/jan2012%2B297.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJRPqNvpW8g/TySfwY8WunI/AAAAAAAAFv0/2VP45UhpuWA/s320/jan2012%2B297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702858681836026482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I came across these beautiful pieces and am going to work them into the Fairy Land event.  {swoon}&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5250752532043451423?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5250752532043451423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5250752532043451423&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5250752532043451423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5250752532043451423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-accessories.html' title='Fairy Accessories'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJRPqNvpW8g/TySfwY8WunI/AAAAAAAAFv0/2VP45UhpuWA/s72-c/jan2012%2B297.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-922264767467794195</id><published>2012-01-28T17:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:22:27.751-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='party theme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decorations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes'/><title type='text'>Cakecup Picks</title><content type='html'>Are you stuck for cute cupcakes?  I have a simple solution.  These simple picks.  I created with with 2 paper punches, some stickers to match the theme, and toothpicks.  It's easy and inexpensive and your once plain cupcakes now match your party theme!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-owiHU7_fImM/TySenSSDqdI/AAAAAAAAFvo/jYBFK8j9iYA/s1600/jan2012%2B294.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-owiHU7_fImM/TySenSSDqdI/AAAAAAAAFvo/jYBFK8j9iYA/s320/jan2012%2B294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702857425917553106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXy9UHC2Ylc/TySecs_Q7CI/AAAAAAAAFvc/oKRJvEt22_k/s1600/jan2012%2B293.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXy9UHC2Ylc/TySecs_Q7CI/AAAAAAAAFvc/oKRJvEt22_k/s320/jan2012%2B293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702857244107926562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0WtiL9xLDvA/TySeTV_8yrI/AAAAAAAAFvQ/r13smwIx8xs/s1600/jan2012%2B292.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0WtiL9xLDvA/TySeTV_8yrI/AAAAAAAAFvQ/r13smwIx8xs/s320/jan2012%2B292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702857083317963442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQD2ZfSu_HE/TySeLP82dnI/AAAAAAAAFvE/4L3pHKcW5D4/s1600/jan2012%2B291.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQD2ZfSu_HE/TySeLP82dnI/AAAAAAAAFvE/4L3pHKcW5D4/s320/jan2012%2B291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702856944255399538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vV-Ak7q3Ud4/TySd-yOUe3I/AAAAAAAAFu4/lne0S5h63aE/s1600/jan2012%2B290.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vV-Ak7q3Ud4/TySd-yOUe3I/AAAAAAAAFu4/lne0S5h63aE/s320/jan2012%2B290.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702856730117176178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cute, huh?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-922264767467794195?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/922264767467794195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=922264767467794195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/922264767467794195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/922264767467794195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/cakecup-picks.html' title='Cakecup Picks'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-owiHU7_fImM/TySenSSDqdI/AAAAAAAAFvo/jYBFK8j9iYA/s72-c/jan2012%2B294.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4040835259995402260</id><published>2012-01-28T17:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:15:35.945-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Recycled Robots</title><content type='html'>I am NOT a hoarder.  I am a crafter. :)  I "collect" things - not hoard them.  I am kidding.  For the past few months, I have been driving my family crazy with saving every juice lid, milk cap, toilet paper roll.  But today...it all paid off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids used all those caps and things to create their own robots.  Here's what they came up with!  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJZVVxWSCUs/TyScp2BSYmI/AAAAAAAAFus/Dd2ioitXT9A/s1600/jan2012%2B285.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJZVVxWSCUs/TyScp2BSYmI/AAAAAAAAFus/Dd2ioitXT9A/s320/jan2012%2B285.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702855270847373922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HFXYEXE20TU/TyScfMpuoNI/AAAAAAAAFug/OGaYoI_6JFs/s1600/jan2012%2B283.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HFXYEXE20TU/TyScfMpuoNI/AAAAAAAAFug/OGaYoI_6JFs/s320/jan2012%2B283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702855087944016082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-byKKnL5JDrE/TyScT4ZFRJI/AAAAAAAAFuU/bAaTpykFthw/s1600/jan2012%2B278.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-byKKnL5JDrE/TyScT4ZFRJI/AAAAAAAAFuU/bAaTpykFthw/s320/jan2012%2B278.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702854893526926482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N8_rzU2TjU8/TyScIq_wvZI/AAAAAAAAFuI/aJa9Rd0YNC8/s1600/jan2012%2B276.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N8_rzU2TjU8/TyScIq_wvZI/AAAAAAAAFuI/aJa9Rd0YNC8/s320/jan2012%2B276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702854700952501650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wPxaJVEsnUA/TySb9op-III/AAAAAAAAFt8/PEv6FWzE_Eg/s1600/jan2012%2B272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wPxaJVEsnUA/TySb9op-III/AAAAAAAAFt8/PEv6FWzE_Eg/s320/jan2012%2B272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702854511345672322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I actually think that the parents had just as much fun creating right along side their children today.  It was a great snapshot of true quality time shared between parent &amp;amp; child.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4040835259995402260?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4040835259995402260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4040835259995402260&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4040835259995402260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4040835259995402260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/recycled-robots.html' title='Recycled Robots'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJZVVxWSCUs/TyScp2BSYmI/AAAAAAAAFus/Dd2ioitXT9A/s72-c/jan2012%2B285.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1707466860479131134</id><published>2012-01-28T16:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:06:40.030-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland animals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrarium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schleich animals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Mini Terrariums</title><content type='html'>Mini terrariums! that's what we made today!  The kids (and the parents) had so much fun creating their mini mossy landscape.  You need few items.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENK0215QNJA/TySaMGlCeEI/AAAAAAAAFtw/DVhd3pSDsFk/s1600/jan2012%2B262.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENK0215QNJA/TySaMGlCeEI/AAAAAAAAFtw/DVhd3pSDsFk/s320/jan2012%2B262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702852560872962114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First, you cover the bottom of a clear party cup with pebbles then soil then we added some reindeer moss (but you don't have to) and moss.  Then you get to add the fun stuff - small animals or bugs.  I had a few wooden mushrooms there too.  Here's what they came up with...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEVxOUaPl2o/TySZ_y3EocI/AAAAAAAAFtk/az3pD2jCTlo/s1600/jan2012%2B264.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEVxOUaPl2o/TySZ_y3EocI/AAAAAAAAFtk/az3pD2jCTlo/s320/jan2012%2B264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702852349421461954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NfkCKAJxJUI/TySZ3MOJ-5I/AAAAAAAAFtY/0krMfhkm9oA/s1600/jan2012%2B265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NfkCKAJxJUI/TySZ3MOJ-5I/AAAAAAAAFtY/0krMfhkm9oA/s320/jan2012%2B265.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702852201610345362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8YYcMbCXKQ/TySZudlUPUI/AAAAAAAAFtM/hSBrfqCaJKg/s1600/jan2012%2B267.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8YYcMbCXKQ/TySZudlUPUI/AAAAAAAAFtM/hSBrfqCaJKg/s320/jan2012%2B267.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702852051652066626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a-ZjxTZybDU/TySZjboo1KI/AAAAAAAAFtA/rPldSxXkG_E/s1600/jan2012%2B268.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a-ZjxTZybDU/TySZjboo1KI/AAAAAAAAFtA/rPldSxXkG_E/s320/jan2012%2B268.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702851862150567074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--sSMf7jr5OY/TySZa5NQm3I/AAAAAAAAFs0/MYqZ_nJLWSo/s1600/jan2012%2B275.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--sSMf7jr5OY/TySZa5NQm3I/AAAAAAAAFs0/MYqZ_nJLWSo/s320/jan2012%2B275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702851715469974386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One little boys asked his dad to add a "lid" so his snail wouldn't crawl out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ch73IX09mg8/TySZMI5KS3I/AAAAAAAAFso/Mjwzqpppi_Q/s1600/jan2012%2B279.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ch73IX09mg8/TySZMI5KS3I/AAAAAAAAFso/Mjwzqpppi_Q/s320/jan2012%2B279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702851461982604146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One little boy decided to just play in the moss.  The animals had gathered for a party.  I love the way their imaginations work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4v48ew1VcU/TySY-A74yHI/AAAAAAAAFsc/vtqy42A_-Zg/s1600/jan2012%2B281.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4v48ew1VcU/TySY-A74yHI/AAAAAAAAFsc/vtqy42A_-Zg/s320/jan2012%2B281.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702851219328387186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This would be a perfect Earth Day project or gardening project or...the sky's the limit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-1707466860479131134?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/1707466860479131134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=1707466860479131134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1707466860479131134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1707466860479131134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/mini-terrariums.html' title='Mini Terrariums'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENK0215QNJA/TySaMGlCeEI/AAAAAAAAFtw/DVhd3pSDsFk/s72-c/jan2012%2B262.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8004111012514364757</id><published>2012-01-28T16:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T16:54:08.252-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='small motor skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playdough'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Applesauce Cinnamon Playdough</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kmaEKrBVJ38/TySX41Tdp4I/AAAAAAAAFsQ/C6dKFmWy7Uw/s1600/jan2012%2B269.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kmaEKrBVJ38/TySX41Tdp4I/AAAAAAAAFsQ/C6dKFmWy7Uw/s320/jan2012%2B269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702850030795073410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the kids arrived this am to the art class, their noses lead the way.  We made up a batch of applesauce cinnamon playdough for their small motor exercise and sensory pleasure. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 c. ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. applesauce&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. glue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole room smelled soooo good.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8004111012514364757?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8004111012514364757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8004111012514364757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8004111012514364757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8004111012514364757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/applesauce-cinnamon-playdough.html' title='Applesauce Cinnamon Playdough'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kmaEKrBVJ38/TySX41Tdp4I/AAAAAAAAFsQ/C6dKFmWy7Uw/s72-c/jan2012%2B269.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5514474058509588961</id><published>2012-01-28T16:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T16:49:09.356-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ocean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aquarium'/><title type='text'>Squishy Aquariums</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ggLgCbGjyXQ/TySWlPRVtqI/AAAAAAAAFsE/1riV6NPWfv8/s1600/jan2012%2B260.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ggLgCbGjyXQ/TySWlPRVtqI/AAAAAAAAFsE/1riV6NPWfv8/s320/jan2012%2B260.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702848594656474786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today in our art class, we made these squishy aquariums.  The kids ages 2 1/2 - 5 loved them.  Even one little boy's baby sister loved it.  To make them, you'll need:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hair gel&lt;br /&gt;Plastic fish&lt;br /&gt;Sequins or small spangled for "pebbles"&lt;br /&gt;zipper bags (I used small earring ones)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_p1FMUcDttg/TySWY67CPPI/AAAAAAAAFr4/sLxlmO7BIuU/s1600/jan2012%2B261.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_p1FMUcDttg/TySWY67CPPI/AAAAAAAAFr4/sLxlmO7BIuU/s320/jan2012%2B261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702848383035784434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First add the sequins, then squeeze in the hair gel, next add a fish or two!  Easy peasy - and sooo fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5514474058509588961?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5514474058509588961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5514474058509588961&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5514474058509588961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5514474058509588961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/squishy-aquariums.html' title='Squishy Aquariums'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ggLgCbGjyXQ/TySWlPRVtqI/AAAAAAAAFsE/1riV6NPWfv8/s72-c/jan2012%2B260.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5826234049947598178</id><published>2012-01-27T09:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T09:17:55.264-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Migraine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/56646907782496317/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/56646907782496317_ejlAwgRI_c.jpg" width="269" height="369" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://fieldandsea.tumblr.com/page/70"&gt;fieldandsea.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/laurelstar/" target="_blank"&gt;Laurel&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry for not being here yesterday.  I sort of felt like the above picture - in a fog.  I had a migraine.  I have them sometimes, several a year.  Usually a get them on a day that I have nothing planned.  My body says, "Oh, nothing on the schedule...hummm, I think I will give you a migraine and put you to bed."  My migraines are accompanied with vomitting, sensitivity to light and sound, blurred vision, cold chills, and just an odd feeling - like thoughts and words take longer to reach my brain and process them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I struggled through.  I had a business meeting that I was anxious about (details later), I needed to be a work, and my youngest had an away basketball game.  By mid-afternoon, I was functioning quite well.  Then, I drove 68 miles round trip to the game.  Between the pouring rain, the ref's whistle, the cheering, and loud music - my head was thumpin'.  I went home, got a hot bath and put myself to bed with an ice pack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am better today - not 100% - but better.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5826234049947598178?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5826234049947598178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5826234049947598178&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5826234049947598178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5826234049947598178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/migraine.html' title='Migraine'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8063200534673393071</id><published>2012-01-25T09:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T09:51:28.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Butterfly Tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545548236/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/64950419595465504_eF4Z0kAc_c.jpg" width="400" height="523" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/images/2008/02/03/butterflies.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2008/02/swarm-by-kelvin.html&amp;amp;h=523&amp;amp;w=400&amp;amp;sz=88&amp;amp;tbnid=vdEjGLZZqNaBRM:&amp;amp;tbnh=131&amp;amp;tbnw=100&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dswarm%2Bof%2Bbutterflies&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;q=swarm+of+butterflies&amp;amp;usg=__8ArUCS1JoGJ1oRGNzPsumvpvHRs=&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=OrpYTbCLE4mqsAO98ZCiDA&amp;amp;ved=0CCIQ9QEwAw"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw this picture today and was in awe.  I would like to find a way to work it into the Fairy Land event somehow...somehow.  Maybe paper butterflies on a more twiggy tree.  okay, my mind is going crazy.  The ideas...the ideas...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8063200534673393071?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8063200534673393071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8063200534673393071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8063200534673393071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8063200534673393071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/butterfly-tree.html' title='Butterfly Tree'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5991503469511226709</id><published>2012-01-24T16:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T16:27:38.173-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Robots!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lguZA4Uu4gU/Tx9LpU_s7UI/AAAAAAAAFrs/MV64IfXwqJ4/s1600/jan2012%2B238.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lguZA4Uu4gU/Tx9LpU_s7UI/AAAAAAAAFrs/MV64IfXwqJ4/s320/jan2012%2B238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701358826656951618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On Saturday, in our preschool art class, we are making these robots!  I have been saving caps of all kinds, have recruited members of my extended family to do the same, and basically have been driving my household nuts with "Don't throw that away - I can use that!"s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BLCAcaLgmY/Tx9LeHmIpAI/AAAAAAAAFrg/Yd1ztzcWv-k/s1600/jan2012%2B239.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BLCAcaLgmY/Tx9LeHmIpAI/AAAAAAAAFrg/Yd1ztzcWv-k/s320/jan2012%2B239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701358634081494018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This would be a great boys' craft or something to do at a playdate.  I will take pics of the kids' creations on Saturday and post them.  Saturday - with the mini terrariums and this - is going to rock!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5991503469511226709?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5991503469511226709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5991503469511226709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5991503469511226709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5991503469511226709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/robots.html' title='Robots!'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lguZA4Uu4gU/Tx9LpU_s7UI/AAAAAAAAFrs/MV64IfXwqJ4/s72-c/jan2012%2B238.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8140429753996812873</id><published>2012-01-24T16:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T16:12:39.428-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paper Butterflies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5JYdO2atvvw/Tx9Iy6khAeI/AAAAAAAAFrU/aWV1gBJ8kPo/s1600/jan2012%2B222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5JYdO2atvvw/Tx9Iy6khAeI/AAAAAAAAFrU/aWV1gBJ8kPo/s320/jan2012%2B222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701355692827410914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am cutting out 100s of these paper butterflies - the paper looks like French script writing and vintage sheet music.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8140429753996812873?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8140429753996812873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8140429753996812873&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8140429753996812873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8140429753996812873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/paper-butterflies.html' title='Paper Butterflies'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5JYdO2atvvw/Tx9Iy6khAeI/AAAAAAAAFrU/aWV1gBJ8kPo/s72-c/jan2012%2B222.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5505732993952639802</id><published>2012-01-24T09:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T09:13:55.471-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Opportunity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/195977021254396766/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/195977021254396766_gph1CUiE_c.jpg" width="465" height="700" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://loosegoose.tumblr.com/post/66628566/emilyposts-via-kari-shma-secret-garden-door"&gt;loosegoose.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/nefertiti79/" target="_blank"&gt;nefertiti79&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An opportunity has knocked on my door.  And I smile when I think about it.  Now the question is...how do all the pieces fit together?  Life is an adventure.  We will see what happens :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5505732993952639802?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5505732993952639802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5505732993952639802&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5505732993952639802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5505732993952639802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/opportunity.html' title='Opportunity'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4434530527122689216</id><published>2012-01-23T17:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T17:10:31.156-08:00</updated><title type='text'>For Bella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unoSFay-q38/Tx4E_MH5UKI/AAAAAAAAFrI/6BB4lS5J_a4/s1600/jan2012%2B226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unoSFay-q38/Tx4E_MH5UKI/AAAAAAAAFrI/6BB4lS5J_a4/s320/jan2012%2B226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700999661930238114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4434530527122689216?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4434530527122689216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4434530527122689216&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4434530527122689216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4434530527122689216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/for-bella.html' title='For Bella'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unoSFay-q38/Tx4E_MH5UKI/AAAAAAAAFrI/6BB4lS5J_a4/s72-c/jan2012%2B226.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-9094760217483024902</id><published>2012-01-23T17:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T17:04:37.677-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mushroom Bracelets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xDJf3nkdkpI/Tx4Deo-HCaI/AAAAAAAAFq8/85vWzXf28KA/s1600/jan2012%2B227.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xDJf3nkdkpI/Tx4Deo-HCaI/AAAAAAAAFq8/85vWzXf28KA/s320/jan2012%2B227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700998003226511778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday at Pat Catan's craft store, as I was checking out, I saw these adorable glass bead bracelets.  They were $1.00 each.  Cute huh?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-9094760217483024902?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/9094760217483024902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=9094760217483024902&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/9094760217483024902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/9094760217483024902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/mushroom-bracelets.html' title='Mushroom Bracelets'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xDJf3nkdkpI/Tx4Deo-HCaI/AAAAAAAAFq8/85vWzXf28KA/s72-c/jan2012%2B227.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6138185453609204559</id><published>2012-01-23T16:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T17:02:49.480-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bunting'/><title type='text'>Bunting</title><content type='html'>I made a bunting tonight.  I am going to make several for the Fairy Land event.  I think it turned out super cute.  I am going to drape them over the backdrop - a birch forest for a great photo op!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrwCpQBh8Jo/Tx4CnH1WdWI/AAAAAAAAFqw/Gduehr45OX4/s1600/jan2012%2B229.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrwCpQBh8Jo/Tx4CnH1WdWI/AAAAAAAAFqw/Gduehr45OX4/s320/jan2012%2B229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700997049438598498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pztvtaTM5c/Tx4CeHELnUI/AAAAAAAAFqk/5bz_NiGa3Mk/s1600/jan2012%2B232.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pztvtaTM5c/Tx4CeHELnUI/AAAAAAAAFqk/5bz_NiGa3Mk/s320/jan2012%2B232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700996894613544258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JEdubCA0_-I/Tx4CSiPn5LI/AAAAAAAAFqY/42cd7PdB9j0/s1600/jan2012%2B233.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JEdubCA0_-I/Tx4CSiPn5LI/AAAAAAAAFqY/42cd7PdB9j0/s320/jan2012%2B233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700996695750862002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lF1_WoRTnLk/Tx4CGYofo9I/AAAAAAAAFqM/-LpUZv-CtHc/s1600/jan2012%2B234.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lF1_WoRTnLk/Tx4CGYofo9I/AAAAAAAAFqM/-LpUZv-CtHc/s320/jan2012%2B234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700996487012393938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q-NA3pg959E/Tx4B9D0t6uI/AAAAAAAAFqA/os2fY5DYMCU/s1600/jan2012%2B235.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q-NA3pg959E/Tx4B9D0t6uI/AAAAAAAAFqA/os2fY5DYMCU/s320/jan2012%2B235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700996326807694050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The pieces are all coming together slowly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6138185453609204559?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6138185453609204559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6138185453609204559&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6138185453609204559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6138185453609204559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/bunting.html' title='Bunting'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrwCpQBh8Jo/Tx4CnH1WdWI/AAAAAAAAFqw/Gduehr45OX4/s72-c/jan2012%2B229.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-790031314673499694</id><published>2012-01-23T09:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:25:33.386-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Purple Cabbage</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/185210603395219331/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/185210603395219331_gEeV0q8b_c.jpg" width="427" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://blomsterverkstad.blogspot.com/2011/09/hostlada-autumn-box.html"&gt;blomsterverkstad.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/bettypropes/" target="_blank"&gt;Betty&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn't this beautiful with the thyme and purple cabbage in a rustic box?  I may have to do this someday.  I passed by a flower show that had the purple cabbages in an old tea cart and the snow had fallen on its leaves - so beautiful.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-790031314673499694?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/790031314673499694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=790031314673499694&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/790031314673499694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/790031314673499694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/purple-cabbage.html' title='Purple Cabbage'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1992598999102596270</id><published>2012-01-23T09:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:19:15.785-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gown'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dress'/><title type='text'>This dress...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545543498/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/251920172875543559_gl9rm7j3_c.jpg" width="554" height="398" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://faveprettythings.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-06T19%3A15%3A00-05%3A00&amp;amp;max-results=30"&gt;faveprettythings.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know how sometimes when you see something, it literally takes your breath away?  This dress did that with me.  It is stunning.  I am thinking of adapting it to be my Fairy Land dress.  Can you imagine it in purple?  Yes, this Event has sort taken over my thoughts and my living room.  But I want it to be magical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a planner.  When I used to do marketing, I loved the thrill of planning an event.  I love to create memorable events and pay special attention to the details.  The memories are made with the details.  For the Fairy Land event, it is ALL about the details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-1992598999102596270?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/1992598999102596270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=1992598999102596270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1992598999102596270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1992598999102596270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-dress.html' title='This dress...'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8397450229440384782</id><published>2012-01-23T09:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:12:34.065-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland animals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrarium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><title type='text'>Terrariums</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/159455643026309183/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/159455643026309183_4q0Jbbc9_c.jpg" width="347" height="350" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2007/11/terrariums.html"&gt;joannagoddard.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/ecwherry/" target="_blank"&gt;Erica&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever since I was a little girl, I have been drawn to two places - the ocean (because we took childhood vacations there) and the forest because my childhood home was surrounded by woods.  It was a magical place with the moss carpeting the ground and leaves dripping from the trees like gems.  I would often take my doll minitures or my Smurfs and play pretend there.  I think every child needs to live by a forest.  So...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am giving the children in my preschool art class a tiny forest of their own on Saturday.  We are making terrariums.  I am most excited about this project.  I will share details later in the week about how it goes and pictures of the process.  Every child should have a bit of the forest with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."  So true, Mr. Einstein.  You really were smart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8397450229440384782?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8397450229440384782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8397450229440384782&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8397450229440384782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8397450229440384782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/terrariums.html' title='Terrariums'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5935398896362704562</id><published>2012-01-22T17:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T17:24:28.435-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From my scrapbook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GIFzmmGSBBU/Txy2sT9IdbI/AAAAAAAAFp0/3OJ1A7r8mHY/s1600/world%2Btable.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; 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cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BY_GCXru4WI/Txy2C7snaJI/AAAAAAAAFpE/sZKVMnnXJGM/s320/toddler%2Bboat.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700631389845022866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oXB4vVfZJeI/Txy19JsEZfI/AAAAAAAAFo4/874bG0ldE4c/s1600/The_journey_of_dreams_by_marialivia16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oXB4vVfZJeI/Txy19JsEZfI/AAAAAAAAFo4/874bG0ldE4c/s320/The_journey_of_dreams_by_marialivia16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700631290521609714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SRseObdB_eQ/Txy12AHtzZI/AAAAAAAAFos/CjSAS4pmZkA/s1600/table%2Bdollhouse%2Bpb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SRseObdB_eQ/Txy12AHtzZI/AAAAAAAAFos/CjSAS4pmZkA/s320/table%2Bdollhouse%2Bpb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700631167694130578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2lmfl-0WblA/Txy1vSgrdoI/AAAAAAAAFog/2TV3yPRqVQM/s1600/story%2Bwall.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 188px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2lmfl-0WblA/Txy1vSgrdoI/AAAAAAAAFog/2TV3yPRqVQM/s320/story%2Bwall.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700631052371588738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HLJTKbB8YUc/Txy1REwYBnI/AAAAAAAAFoU/5k3zYgEpn-4/s1600/peter_callesen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HLJTKbB8YUc/Txy1REwYBnI/AAAAAAAAFoU/5k3zYgEpn-4/s320/peter_callesen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700630533283251826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image peter callesen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GyT1p0DLPp0/Txy08x4w5CI/AAAAAAAAFoI/nnvRq3lAwy4/s1600/kids-playroom-tarzan-room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GyT1p0DLPp0/Txy08x4w5CI/AAAAAAAAFoI/nnvRq3lAwy4/s320/kids-playroom-tarzan-room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700630184620778530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;google image playroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZNbto5Mm84/Txy0ob3IocI/AAAAAAAAFn8/j3wjGa9Pnlg/s1600/kate%2Bpaperie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZNbto5Mm84/Txy0ob3IocI/AAAAAAAAFn8/j3wjGa9Pnlg/s320/kate%2Bpaperie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629835110982082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image: kate paperie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_XW4YSLqtQ/Txy0hiGMtnI/AAAAAAAAFnw/VTIwi66c8ow/s1600/instruments.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_XW4YSLqtQ/Txy0hiGMtnI/AAAAAAAAFnw/VTIwi66c8ow/s320/instruments.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629716525692530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjazLmeKJYI/Txy0abpx2mI/AAAAAAAAFnk/oAG0h6dZnFk/s1600/industrialroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjazLmeKJYI/Txy0abpx2mI/AAAAAAAAFnk/oAG0h6dZnFk/s320/industrialroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629594536794722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u0_V6h5phrI/Txy0L1ThCAI/AAAAAAAAFnY/proUSy8OLTY/s1600/gatherandnest4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u0_V6h5phrI/Txy0L1ThCAI/AAAAAAAAFnY/proUSy8OLTY/s320/gatherandnest4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629343724701698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;images gatherandnest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kVwX4Rtgw1k/Txy0D5LyCII/AAAAAAAAFnM/zMm8qI4zvKo/s1600/gatherandnest3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kVwX4Rtgw1k/Txy0D5LyCII/AAAAAAAAFnM/zMm8qI4zvKo/s320/gatherandnest3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629207327049858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CphvYckEldc/Txyz_6euZFI/AAAAAAAAFnA/TQI4GoOIQPc/s1600/gatherandnest2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CphvYckEldc/Txyz_6euZFI/AAAAAAAAFnA/TQI4GoOIQPc/s320/gatherandnest2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629138955461714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kg6tYm8fCg4/Txyz6IO0XWI/AAAAAAAAFm0/RiOfncrKRwc/s1600/gatherandnest.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kg6tYm8fCg4/Txyz6IO0XWI/AAAAAAAAFm0/RiOfncrKRwc/s320/gatherandnest.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700629039567625570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QAm0wd-Rm1o/TxyzriauJzI/AAAAAAAAFmo/C1QsvQRo2TA/s1600/garland.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QAm0wd-Rm1o/TxyzriauJzI/AAAAAAAAFmo/C1QsvQRo2TA/s320/garland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700628788898834226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image: google - can you imagine it in green?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBFlP3MhLps/Txyzb4efxJI/AAAAAAAAFmc/wLUyAuANURY/s1600/fairy%2Bhouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBFlP3MhLps/Txyzb4efxJI/AAAAAAAAFmc/wLUyAuANURY/s320/fairy%2Bhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700628519942341778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image: google fairy house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9HmqSoj2gJ0/TxyzOwTUWkI/AAAAAAAAFmQ/0TqMCWaFRH8/s1600/chom%2Bbeavers%2Bbend.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 93px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9HmqSoj2gJ0/TxyzOwTUWkI/AAAAAAAAFmQ/0TqMCWaFRH8/s320/chom%2Bbeavers%2Bbend.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700628294409673282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image chom beavers bend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6UlHmDs5TyE/TxyzCiRRnNI/AAAAAAAAFmE/re2uEfa6t9M/s1600/branchingout-image.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6UlHmDs5TyE/TxyzCiRRnNI/AAAAAAAAFmE/re2uEfa6t9M/s320/branchingout-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700628084484578514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image called branchingout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1xrYx3Ix_jY/Txyy0zlteYI/AAAAAAAAFl4/xSnetXpA43g/s1600/arrestedmotion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1xrYx3Ix_jY/Txyy0zlteYI/AAAAAAAAFl4/xSnetXpA43g/s320/arrestedmotion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700627848615524738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image titled arrestedmotion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FN6915agOOE/TxyyjQNxgKI/AAAAAAAAFls/9tcf9bnuZ7s/s1600/ABC%2BForest%2B-%2Bsmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FN6915agOOE/TxyyjQNxgKI/AAAAAAAAFls/9tcf9bnuZ7s/s320/ABC%2BForest%2B-%2Bsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700627547062108322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image: ABC Forest via childrensmuseums.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qz0Xw0vysWs/TxyyRTLEifI/AAAAAAAAFlg/63_SBrSu6lU/s1600/2011-jentalbot4_rect540.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qz0Xw0vysWs/TxyyRTLEifI/AAAAAAAAFlg/63_SBrSu6lU/s320/2011-jentalbot4_rect540.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700627238618434034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image : google&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5935398896362704562?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5935398896362704562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5935398896362704562&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5935398896362704562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5935398896362704562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/from-my-scrapbook.html' title='From my scrapbook'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GIFzmmGSBBU/Txy2sT9IdbI/AAAAAAAAFp0/3OJ1A7r8mHY/s72-c/world%2Btable.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4383878031508712667</id><published>2012-01-22T06:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T06:41:35.132-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sensory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toddler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='preschool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Winter Sensory Play</title><content type='html'>I love this idea found on Pinterest for Winter Sensory Play.  I did something similar in my classroom but used real snow.  I like the idea of the cotton snow - less cold and less wet. I love Pinterest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545548908/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/74168725082757153_2sSC8uwR_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="415" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://shareandremember.blogspot.com/search/label/preschool?updated-max=2010-12-07T10%3A45%3A00-06%3A00&amp;amp;max-results=5"&gt;shareandremember.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4383878031508712667?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4383878031508712667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4383878031508712667&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4383878031508712667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4383878031508712667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/winter-sensory-play.html' title='Winter Sensory Play'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4207204767186469152</id><published>2012-01-21T18:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T18:50:20.355-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Fairy Wands</title><content type='html'>I have been making fairy wands! &lt;br /&gt;I made up a couple of these just to see what they would look like.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2P3zrIi17Lc/Txt36-yTLxI/AAAAAAAAFlU/oVKaO-52mis/s1600/jan2012%2B218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2P3zrIi17Lc/Txt36-yTLxI/AAAAAAAAFlU/oVKaO-52mis/s320/jan2012%2B218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700281608537583378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was just going to use green and purple but I decided to get this bright blue and pink too.  I cut out about 120 glittery paper (cardstock) stars.  My fingers are aching! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FuTMi5veKxM/Txt3v-AxDfI/AAAAAAAAFlI/weDZUXzxz7Y/s1600/jan2012%2B219.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FuTMi5veKxM/Txt3v-AxDfI/AAAAAAAAFlI/weDZUXzxz7Y/s320/jan2012%2B219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700281419351264754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I collected twigs from the yard.  Look, some of them have lichen on them - the woodland theme carries on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tmtb-GcpDgc/Txt3kRxl-cI/AAAAAAAAFk8/aX3D3f9Ul1U/s1600/jan2012%2B220.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tmtb-GcpDgc/Txt3kRxl-cI/AAAAAAAAFk8/aX3D3f9Ul1U/s320/jan2012%2B220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700281218497903042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The wands - though cute - were missing something.  I decided to add a few trinkets.  I think fairies collect trinkets and treasures in throughout the day, don't you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c6K83YHB6dU/Txt3aP2Bi1I/AAAAAAAAFkw/a-fL0ebPV7w/s1600/jan2012%2B221.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c6K83YHB6dU/Txt3aP2Bi1I/AAAAAAAAFkw/a-fL0ebPV7w/s320/jan2012%2B221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700281046180924242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So on Fairy Land day, the children will select their twig wand, the color of the star that they would like, a few colorful ribbons, and a few trinkets to make their fairy wands.  Eeeeeeee! I am so excited to see all of these pieces come together.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4207204767186469152?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4207204767186469152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4207204767186469152&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4207204767186469152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4207204767186469152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-wands.html' title='Fairy Wands'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2P3zrIi17Lc/Txt36-yTLxI/AAAAAAAAFlU/oVKaO-52mis/s72-c/jan2012%2B218.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1391133192565224901</id><published>2012-01-21T17:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T17:20:43.694-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toys frozen in ice</title><content type='html'>This is a really cool (I mean cold) and fun thing to do with your kids.  Ohio is freezing right now, so I am freezing toys!  I took pennies, buttons, beads, small animals and put them in a casserole-sized storage container and popped it in the freezer.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XmQ5LadKUo/TxtiweXTHbI/AAAAAAAAFkk/ivrDB3Zo6QI/s1600/jan2012%2B220.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XmQ5LadKUo/TxtiweXTHbI/AAAAAAAAFkk/ivrDB3Zo6QI/s320/jan2012%2B220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700258338291522994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The kids had so much fun pouring warm water over the ice and trying to chip the treasures out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1RVTI4tb65U/Txtii3FTjNI/AAAAAAAAFkY/WyEkhV31xfc/s1600/jan2012%2B221.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1RVTI4tb65U/Txtii3FTjNI/AAAAAAAAFkY/WyEkhV31xfc/s320/jan2012%2B221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700258104408771794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You could also do this with dixie cups for bathtime.  My friend Regina said that she has done this same concept at a baby shower with those small plastic babies and dixie cups.  The guest with the ice that melts first and the baby is free "wins".  That's a new twist on a baby shower game.  But you could do themed toys - example just polar animals or oh! it would be a fun activity on a hot day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-1391133192565224901?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/1391133192565224901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=1391133192565224901&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1391133192565224901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1391133192565224901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/toys-frozen-in-ice.html' title='Toys frozen in ice'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9XmQ5LadKUo/TxtiweXTHbI/AAAAAAAAFkk/ivrDB3Zo6QI/s72-c/jan2012%2B220.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1451586377768896966</id><published>2012-01-21T16:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T17:08:35.130-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paint'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Painted ponies and zebras and pigs and...</title><content type='html'>I am a preschool teacher.  Well, I was a preschool teacher.  I still have all the stuff of being a preschool teacher - books, counters, science equipment, and animals.  Animals that were in my block area for years, that have seen better days, that are a little beat up - I like to think of them as well-loved.  What to do with them though?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lightbulb!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P9brKaloTD0/Txtfz1J5GVI/AAAAAAAAFkM/alU8t1Z4deU/s1600/jan2012%2B226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P9brKaloTD0/Txtfz1J5GVI/AAAAAAAAFkM/alU8t1Z4deU/s320/jan2012%2B226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700255097414031698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For my preschool art class that I co-teach at the Community Center, I decided to give my well-loved animals new life (and new homes).  With acrylic paints and a little imagination, the kids transformed these animals.  Aren't they cute and colorful?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M844Lch14Ck/Txtfn10dZgI/AAAAAAAAFkA/U_cLnnfj5pM/s1600/jan2012%2B222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M844Lch14Ck/Txtfn10dZgI/AAAAAAAAFkA/U_cLnnfj5pM/s320/jan2012%2B222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700254891434141186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ousi5J_aRWs/TxtfcCmm6ZI/AAAAAAAAFj0/vV9_5TU4IpM/s1600/jan2012%2B227.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ousi5J_aRWs/TxtfcCmm6ZI/AAAAAAAAFj0/vV9_5TU4IpM/s320/jan2012%2B227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700254688707275154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xBDdfoNgt20/TxtfWYL8LBI/AAAAAAAAFjo/S_x1n1RZEKM/s1600/jan2012%2B223.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xBDdfoNgt20/TxtfWYL8LBI/AAAAAAAAFjo/S_x1n1RZEKM/s320/jan2012%2B223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700254591421787154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2jl7T1t6mVo/TxtfLYpyqxI/AAAAAAAAFjc/SzwxpU1aHJU/s1600/jan2012%2B224.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2jl7T1t6mVo/TxtfLYpyqxI/AAAAAAAAFjc/SzwxpU1aHJU/s320/jan2012%2B224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700254402568432402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I overheard one mom say, "Don't paint the beaver.  Wow! That's something I never thought I would say." (laughing)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KhEQivE53og/TxtfAimHDMI/AAAAAAAAFjQ/RYiGe50deUM/s1600/jan2012%2B225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KhEQivE53og/TxtfAimHDMI/AAAAAAAAFjQ/RYiGe50deUM/s320/jan2012%2B225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700254216258784450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This would be a great craft for a party or boys or...just remember that acrylics (although super cheap - Michael's $.33 a bottle) do NOT come out of clothing.  But the kids had a blast with this.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-1451586377768896966?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/1451586377768896966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=1451586377768896966&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1451586377768896966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/1451586377768896966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/painted-ponies-and-zebras-and-pigs-and.html' title='Painted ponies and zebras and pigs and...'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P9brKaloTD0/Txtfz1J5GVI/AAAAAAAAFkM/alU8t1Z4deU/s72-c/jan2012%2B226.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4853239464213631352</id><published>2012-01-20T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:36:20.703-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Children's Hospital New Wing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dR3cHUtck44/Txn5WP0k-vI/AAAAAAAAFjE/8pTCGCLuMCk/s1600/jan2012%2B176.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dR3cHUtck44/Txn5WP0k-vI/AAAAAAAAFjE/8pTCGCLuMCk/s320/jan2012%2B176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860964013570802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I went to visit my friend's baby recently and was in awe of the new wing's decor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gFHplEnFmhc/Txn5L1lEveI/AAAAAAAAFi4/dfvAeNO-gi0/s1600/jan2012%2B177.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gFHplEnFmhc/Txn5L1lEveI/AAAAAAAAFi4/dfvAeNO-gi0/s320/jan2012%2B177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860785170529762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Above is a lounge for families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRJp3z_HFYI/Txn5CE_Ka8I/AAAAAAAAFis/gsxn4NSIn6M/s1600/jan2012%2B178.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRJp3z_HFYI/Txn5CE_Ka8I/AAAAAAAAFis/gsxn4NSIn6M/s320/jan2012%2B178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860617507793858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This squirrel is sooo cute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SFMsTpFHPh8/Txn44jCFItI/AAAAAAAAFig/a_yMtawYn_M/s1600/jan2012%2B179.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SFMsTpFHPh8/Txn44jCFItI/AAAAAAAAFig/a_yMtawYn_M/s320/jan2012%2B179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860453774402258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They even thought of the wall decor with these 3d leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bfr-XFMhrUk/Txn4wGirGNI/AAAAAAAAFiU/t5OPF4WBceE/s1600/jan2012%2B180.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bfr-XFMhrUk/Txn4wGirGNI/AAAAAAAAFiU/t5OPF4WBceE/s320/jan2012%2B180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860308687526098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Look at the purple butterfly tile in the elevator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PaXFpB5xpyQ/Txn4kWk3ioI/AAAAAAAAFiI/DmY-7gA9e3Y/s1600/jan2012%2B181.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PaXFpB5xpyQ/Txn4kWk3ioI/AAAAAAAAFiI/DmY-7gA9e3Y/s320/jan2012%2B181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699860106833267330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This duck...so cute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOInEr7G9zY/Txn4buocNJI/AAAAAAAAFh8/BZg_LPKdxTs/s1600/jan2012%2B182.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOInEr7G9zY/Txn4buocNJI/AAAAAAAAFh8/BZg_LPKdxTs/s320/jan2012%2B182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699859958671881362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The floor is even cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aPiEnCpiZlQ/Txn4HrHYBqI/AAAAAAAAFhw/yQqp0-W1XWQ/s1600/jan2012%2B185.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aPiEnCpiZlQ/Txn4HrHYBqI/AAAAAAAAFhw/yQqp0-W1XWQ/s320/jan2012%2B185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699859614130505378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I would love to meet the designer of this new wing.  Swoon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4853239464213631352?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4853239464213631352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4853239464213631352&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4853239464213631352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4853239464213631352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/childrens-hospital-new-wing.html' title='Children&apos;s Hospital New Wing'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dR3cHUtck44/Txn5WP0k-vI/AAAAAAAAFjE/8pTCGCLuMCk/s72-c/jan2012%2B176.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6439367639226248999</id><published>2012-01-20T15:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:25:06.284-08:00</updated><title type='text'>K&amp;Company</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GtKKZ7sqy8c/Txn3o_gHJ1I/AAAAAAAAFhk/SrFI0wjdK4U/s1600/jan2012%2B188.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GtKKZ7sqy8c/Txn3o_gHJ1I/AAAAAAAAFhk/SrFI0wjdK4U/s320/jan2012%2B188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699859087027021650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I may have mis-typed in a previous post.  Inspiration for Fairy Land came from these beautiful, vintage-looking pieces from K&amp;amp;Company.  Aren't they beautiful?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6439367639226248999?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6439367639226248999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6439367639226248999&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6439367639226248999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6439367639226248999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/k.html' title='K&amp;Company'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GtKKZ7sqy8c/Txn3o_gHJ1I/AAAAAAAAFhk/SrFI0wjdK4U/s72-c/jan2012%2B188.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5917578908681998784</id><published>2012-01-20T15:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:23:05.688-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just because</title><content type='html'>We had a full day, matching toy animals to animal cards.  At 17 months, Little G is pretty amazing.  The animals, we found in a tube at Michael's and the photo flashcards were found at Target's dollar spot.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTiqTMYXeX0/Txn2mw1aNjI/AAAAAAAAFhY/BSTv4M0vBb8/s1600/jan2012%2B190.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTiqTMYXeX0/Txn2mw1aNjI/AAAAAAAAFhY/BSTv4M0vBb8/s320/jan2012%2B190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699857949218453042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She is learning to use utensils.  Peas aren't easy to keep on the spoon. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0My7rUmRsWY/Txn2cqdUtJI/AAAAAAAAFhM/UrmuHiTjEWc/s1600/jan2012%2B191.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0My7rUmRsWY/Txn2cqdUtJI/AAAAAAAAFhM/UrmuHiTjEWc/s320/jan2012%2B191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699857775708124306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These are puzzle pieces that we paired with Sesame Street characters for imaginative play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cnVwnbkgvA/Txn2R27xClI/AAAAAAAAFhA/_e8rFC7XAO8/s1600/jan2012%2B192.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cnVwnbkgvA/Txn2R27xClI/AAAAAAAAFhA/_e8rFC7XAO8/s320/jan2012%2B192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699857590078474834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5917578908681998784?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5917578908681998784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5917578908681998784&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5917578908681998784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5917578908681998784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/just-because_20.html' title='Just because'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTiqTMYXeX0/Txn2mw1aNjI/AAAAAAAAFhY/BSTv4M0vBb8/s72-c/jan2012%2B190.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2635896102523489078</id><published>2012-01-20T15:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:17:31.979-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Preschool Art class</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5821gMMU9x8/Txn1-owE-LI/AAAAAAAAFg0/3Xzrw7CyYsc/s1600/jan2012%2B194.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5821gMMU9x8/Txn1-owE-LI/AAAAAAAAFg0/3Xzrw7CyYsc/s320/jan2012%2B194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699857259853838514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RIMDd-ZHyNk/Txn1p0SbYRI/AAAAAAAAFgo/L2pL6Gr3oqQ/s1600/jan2012%2B195.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RIMDd-ZHyNk/Txn1p0SbYRI/AAAAAAAAFgo/L2pL6Gr3oqQ/s320/jan2012%2B195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699856902173450514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I co-teach a preschool art class at the local community center.  It helps me still connect to a preschool classroom, share my love of art, and still be a preschool teacher (without the long hours).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are 2 of the things that we did last week - a winter collage and shaving cream art.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2635896102523489078?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2635896102523489078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2635896102523489078&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2635896102523489078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2635896102523489078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/preschool-art-class.html' title='Preschool Art class'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5821gMMU9x8/Txn1-owE-LI/AAAAAAAAFg0/3Xzrw7CyYsc/s72-c/jan2012%2B194.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-318068691013935111</id><published>2012-01-20T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:11:37.281-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='owls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Pom Pom Owls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JTNKj0HO8VY/Txn0XEr893I/AAAAAAAAFgc/3dvShS2O1JI/s1600/jan2012%2B196.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JTNKj0HO8VY/Txn0XEr893I/AAAAAAAAFgc/3dvShS2O1JI/s320/jan2012%2B196.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699855480646334322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To make these pom pom owls, you'll need very little.  Googly eyes, giant pom poms, and scraps of felt, but aren't they cute?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e8_jV-Etsm8/Txn0KKZEFvI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/QFGMVGepcng/s1600/jan2012%2B197.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e8_jV-Etsm8/Txn0KKZEFvI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/QFGMVGepcng/s320/jan2012%2B197.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699855258839422706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-318068691013935111?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/318068691013935111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=318068691013935111&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/318068691013935111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/318068691013935111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/pom-pom-owls.html' title='Pom Pom Owls'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JTNKj0HO8VY/Txn0XEr893I/AAAAAAAAFgc/3dvShS2O1JI/s72-c/jan2012%2B196.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6253727004857833388</id><published>2012-01-20T15:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:06:29.889-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A snail's crawl</title><content type='html'>I like Winter. &lt;br /&gt;I do not love Winter.&lt;br /&gt;I do not like to drive in Winter.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AoCWk79k8gA/Txny5qWmUiI/AAAAAAAAFgE/tzU3d5RgsTY/s1600/jan2012%2B212.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AoCWk79k8gA/Txny5qWmUiI/AAAAAAAAFgE/tzU3d5RgsTY/s320/jan2012%2B212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699853875849613858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was my drive last night to my daughter's basketball game.  Eeee-yikes!  10mph for about 5 miles.  A 15 minute drive turned into a 35 minute snail's crawl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-me4Gr0fxJIg/Txnyv-0-KrI/AAAAAAAAFf4/4Y4glTnjPtY/s1600/jan2012%2B213.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-me4Gr0fxJIg/Txnyv-0-KrI/AAAAAAAAFf4/4Y4glTnjPtY/s320/jan2012%2B213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699853709547023026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bumper to bumper...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cb-p1cfGy6M/TxnymCkB1YI/AAAAAAAAFfs/LmRUW-W3T_4/s1600/jan2012%2B214.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cb-p1cfGy6M/TxnymCkB1YI/AAAAAAAAFfs/LmRUW-W3T_4/s320/jan2012%2B214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699853538751010178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But we won by 3 points!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6253727004857833388?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6253727004857833388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6253727004857833388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6253727004857833388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6253727004857833388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/snails-crawl.html' title='A snail&apos;s crawl'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AoCWk79k8gA/Txny5qWmUiI/AAAAAAAAFgE/tzU3d5RgsTY/s72-c/jan2012%2B212.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4656929487540606866</id><published>2012-01-20T14:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:00:43.604-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper flowers'/><title type='text'>HUGE paper flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-23b-uJq8e6M/TxnxHzqsw5I/AAAAAAAAFfg/O1BamJqA85M/s1600/paper%2Bflower.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-23b-uJq8e6M/TxnxHzqsw5I/AAAAAAAAFfg/O1BamJqA85M/s320/paper%2Bflower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699851919844754322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry, it's a bad picture - actually, it's a picture of a picture - but I wanted you to see just how big this paper flowers are that I am working on for the Fairy Land event.  They are HUGE. They are bigger than my head!  I watched a video on Martha Stewart's website and kind of tweaked it a little to my liking.  These are going to be a great addition to the decor of the barn for the magical and whimsical Fairy Land setting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4656929487540606866?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4656929487540606866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4656929487540606866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4656929487540606866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4656929487540606866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/huge-paper-flowers.html' title='HUGE paper flowers'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-23b-uJq8e6M/TxnxHzqsw5I/AAAAAAAAFfg/O1BamJqA85M/s72-c/paper%2Bflower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5643609463918306489</id><published>2012-01-20T14:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T14:52:04.931-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salt dough'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='small motor skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playdough'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>"Snow" Playdough</title><content type='html'>Okay everybody, Winter has hit Ohio.  As I searched for new winter-related sensory ideas, I remembered something that my friend &amp;amp; co-teacher tried a couple years ago in our preschool classroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Snow" playdough.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JThGhaKh6Rc/TxnunXNE4SI/AAAAAAAAFfU/vaYWVq4gomI/s1600/jan2012%2B218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JThGhaKh6Rc/TxnunXNE4SI/AAAAAAAAFfU/vaYWVq4gomI/s320/jan2012%2B218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699849163425243426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You'll need:&lt;br /&gt;2c. flour&lt;br /&gt;1c. salt&lt;br /&gt;1c. warm water&lt;br /&gt;1/2c. glitter&lt;br /&gt;Simply mix it together.  Include the kids! They will love to help in the kitchen and it teaches them measurement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bwIU96sacpI/TxnudqOukdI/AAAAAAAAFfI/6q38CbHLW6Q/s1600/jan2012%2B219.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bwIU96sacpI/TxnudqOukdI/AAAAAAAAFfI/6q38CbHLW6Q/s320/jan2012%2B219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699848996733751762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ta-Da!&lt;br /&gt;Add some polar animals (yes, I know polar bears &amp;amp; penguins are on opposite poles) and let the fun begin.  Playdough is one of the BEST tools to help strengthen those finger muscles - which need to be strong to hold and control a pencil (pre-writing) and scissors.  Shhh! The kids don't have to know that it's educational. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Winter!&lt;br /&gt;Mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5643609463918306489?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5643609463918306489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5643609463918306489&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5643609463918306489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5643609463918306489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/snow-playdough.html' title='&quot;Snow&quot; Playdough'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JThGhaKh6Rc/TxnunXNE4SI/AAAAAAAAFfU/vaYWVq4gomI/s72-c/jan2012%2B218.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6016187195987293004</id><published>2012-01-19T13:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T13:47:10.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wanting to be seaside today</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/274578908500770185/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/274578908500770185_jb9dvsvP_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="469" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66181599/s-a-l-e-the-best-things-in-life-are"&gt;etsy.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/kerry_seeley/" target="_blank"&gt;Kerry&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/274860383477469357/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/274860383477469357_Omw1cavt_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="553" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.twigsandheather.com/seaglass.html"&gt;twigsandheather.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/himeofyourlife/" target="_blank"&gt;amy&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/197806608602929400/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/197806608602929400_wSEKZnWX_c.jpg" width="240" border="0" height="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=aqua&amp;amp;s=int&amp;amp;page=38"&gt;flickr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/sallyleebysea/" target="_blank"&gt;Marie of Sally Lee by the Sea&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/272678952407965272/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/272678952407965272_7vTur1Om_c.jpg" width="362" border="0" height="347" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://unlonely.tumblr.com/post/196751811/jaicentans-via-thewolvesarecoming"&gt;unlonely.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/shawnwan/" target="_blank"&gt;Shawn&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6016187195987293004?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6016187195987293004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6016187195987293004&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6016187195987293004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6016187195987293004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/wanting-to-be-seaside-today.html' title='Wanting to be seaside today'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4833284813753906377</id><published>2012-01-18T16:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T16:53:09.849-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><title type='text'>What I have so far - Fairy Land</title><content type='html'>Okay, this event has consumed my life - well, not really but it has swallowed by my living room...and dining room and...you get the point. :)  This is what I have so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the venue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545508374/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545508374_7Q8qtsK0_c.jpg" width="334" border="0" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=Ny8&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=1016&amp;amp;bih=566&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=keZrDcC8KqgR_M:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.canstockphoto.com/everal-barn-2-0604721.html&amp;amp;docid=SI31PeRTb0g3qM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp0604721.jpg&amp;amp;w=334&amp;amp;h=400&amp;amp;ei=VukMT7uWJOHa0QH8q93lBQ&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=520&amp;amp;vpy=188&amp;amp;dur=1469&amp;amp;hovh=246&amp;amp;hovw=205&amp;amp;tx=131&amp;amp;ty=143&amp;amp;sig=115225168828280195997&amp;amp;page=2&amp;amp;tbnh=170&amp;amp;tbnw=142&amp;amp;start=17&amp;amp;ndsp=9&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:2,s:17"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the idea for my dress...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/4855512067988433/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/4855512067988433_ElKweXDm_c.jpg" width="553" border="0" height="738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;amp;postID=4833284813753906377&amp;amp;from=pencil"&gt;Uploaded by user&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/sidewayspiano/" target="_blank"&gt;Sara&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the inspiration for the centerpieces...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/275001120965910689/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/275001120965910689_uDT4rPnM_c.jpg" width="553" border="0" height="738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://jennyhoople.com/blog/6-awesome-ways-to-bring-moss-inside/"&gt;jennyhoople.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/lotustree/" target="_blank"&gt;Christina&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the inspiration for the fairy houses...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/48413764713832302/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/48413764713832302_HXwpLAiu_c.jpg" width="250" border="0" height="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://delectable-collectibles.tumblr.com/"&gt;delectable-collectibles.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/mbchicks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melody&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the inspiration for the lanterns...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/239816748877082272/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/239816748877082272_nJzBEl0X_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="351" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.theyellowcapecod.com/2010/12/christmas-home-tour-2010.html"&gt;theyellowcapecod.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/sid1968/" target="_blank"&gt;Sheila&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have lists, lots of lists.  Lists keep me sane.  (My husband begs to differ hee hee)  It's a good start.  I have till May.  So far, so good.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4833284813753906377?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4833284813753906377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4833284813753906377&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4833284813753906377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4833284813753906377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-i-have-so-far-fairy-land.html' title='What I have so far - Fairy Land'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6867829247413814398</id><published>2012-01-18T16:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T16:16:18.424-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland crown'/><title type='text'>Fairy Land Inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEI9Yfeffaw/TxdfP0AhfiI/AAAAAAAAFe8/OsZRE4P2Mac/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEI9Yfeffaw/TxdfP0AhfiI/AAAAAAAAFe8/OsZRE4P2Mac/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128578724167202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I wanted to share some of my inspiration for Fairy Land.  These vintage-looking nature die cuts are from K&amp;amp;C Company (you can find them at JoAnn's, Michael's, and Hobby Lobby).  Don't you just love them?  They remind me of my Grandma - she loves birds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xTqO5qe65nE/TxdfKXxbljI/AAAAAAAAFew/DDGyM5mOm-A/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xTqO5qe65nE/TxdfKXxbljI/AAAAAAAAFew/DDGyM5mOm-A/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128485245326898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These die cuts will be scattered about on the tables are decoration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pIM75GX4TE/TxdfETkNQdI/AAAAAAAAFek/8jsBOsfm31Q/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pIM75GX4TE/TxdfETkNQdI/AAAAAAAAFek/8jsBOsfm31Q/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128381036904914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I love these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_v985nJZgQ/Txde-brDmJI/AAAAAAAAFeY/01o776jiuPE/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_v985nJZgQ/Txde-brDmJI/AAAAAAAAFeY/01o776jiuPE/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128280133900434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTmiQXDYRwQ/Txde3wI49YI/AAAAAAAAFeM/IciKpx57wxs/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B%2B3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTmiQXDYRwQ/Txde3wI49YI/AAAAAAAAFeM/IciKpx57wxs/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B%2B3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128165368657282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Below are the crowns that I created for Fairy Land.  The girls will be able to add flowers and ribbons to their crowns to personalize them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UbjbyWvajis/TxdevwInSlI/AAAAAAAAFeA/ao_sRVF-Gqo/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UbjbyWvajis/TxdevwInSlI/AAAAAAAAFeA/ao_sRVF-Gqo/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699128027928545874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Ebytzuo4Z8/Txdej_J9XcI/AAAAAAAAFd0/NvLiOkYcB70/s1600/Fairy%2BLand%2B1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Ebytzuo4Z8/Txdej_J9XcI/AAAAAAAAFd0/NvLiOkYcB70/s320/Fairy%2BLand%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699127825802288578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6867829247413814398?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6867829247413814398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6867829247413814398&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6867829247413814398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6867829247413814398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-land-inspiration.html' title='Fairy Land Inspiration'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEI9Yfeffaw/TxdfP0AhfiI/AAAAAAAAFe8/OsZRE4P2Mac/s72-c/Fairy%2BLand%2B7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2118335051976414535</id><published>2012-01-18T09:19:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T09:19:27.218-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polyvore'/><title type='text'>Items to make fairy houses</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;div style='position:relative;width:600px;height:600px;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/items_to_make_fairy_houses/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=42426173'&gt;&lt;img force='1' border='0' height='600' title='Items to make fairy houses' src='http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/42426173/id/VNX0kfhB4RG9gYmv5V2ZDQ/size/y.jpg' alt='Items to make fairy houses' width='600'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/items_to_make_fairy_houses/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=42426173'&gt;Items to make fairy houses&lt;/a&gt; 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line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/67554063130081881/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/67554063130081881_tDy2h0rk_c.jpg" width="489" border="0" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38120214@N02/5756313244/"&gt;flickr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/ourdaughterfred/" target="_blank"&gt;Amanda&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7043777364309313966?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7043777364309313966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7043777364309313966&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7043777364309313966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7043777364309313966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/true_17.html' title='true'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8664807791472677302</id><published>2012-01-16T16:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T16:17:48.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I think...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/211669251205980118/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/211669251205980118_lN2451Dy_c.jpg" width="268" border="0" height="345" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceeesar/4145698205/in/photostream/"&gt;flickr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/meghann_holland/" target="_blank"&gt;Meghann&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it's true and I think that is how Life is.  You can be happy and sad at the same time and we are always striving to figure it out.  And that's okay!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545529187/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/203295370648864330_2Ff6qHgy_c.jpg" width="300" border="0" height="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.polyvore.com/trading_phrases_inspirational_wall_words/thing?id=26329523"&gt;polyvore.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; 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via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it is pretty amazing :)&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8664807791472677302?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8664807791472677302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8664807791472677302&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8664807791472677302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8664807791472677302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-think.html' title='I think...'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6093133890880365963</id><published>2012-01-15T16:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T16:48:25.927-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Missing the beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/211317407485128000/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/211317407485128000_91qYoJKD_c.jpg" width="500" border="0" height="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://ysvoice.tumblr.com/post/11310997991/on-the-beach"&gt;ysvoice.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/scarletsun/" target="_blank"&gt;Lina&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a child, every year we packed ourselves into of family car and headed south.  As winter creeps in, I find myself missing the beach.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6093133890880365963?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6093133890880365963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6093133890880365963&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6093133890880365963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6093133890880365963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/missing-beach.html' title='Missing the beach'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2615122529571931064</id><published>2012-01-14T13:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T13:46:54.025-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TeePee Playroom</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/97249673173139560/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/97249673173139560_7OizGWd2_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="376" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://blueberryjunkie.com/how-tos/diy-teepee-tent-for-the-kids-playroom/"&gt;blueberryjunkie.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/1983nicole/" target="_blank"&gt;Nicole&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think this playroom is just so cute!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2615122529571931064?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2615122529571931064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2615122529571931064&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2615122529571931064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2615122529571931064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/teepee-playroom.html' title='TeePee Playroom'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-238072897656179978</id><published>2012-01-12T17:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T17:45:31.103-08:00</updated><title type='text'>1000th Post!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/243546292318494478/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/243546292318494478_bYTivUiI_c.jpg" width="450" border="0" height="364" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.puzzlewarehouse.com/Candy-Galore-10509sb.html"&gt;puzzlewarehouse.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/mystical972/" target="_blank"&gt;Antoinette&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my 1000th blog post.  Eeeeeeeee (that's me squealing) I cannot believe that it's been 1000 posts - highs &amp;amp; lows, whimsical &amp;amp; woodland, zany &amp;amp; witty - yep, that's me.  Here's to the next 1000 posts!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-238072897656179978?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/238072897656179978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=238072897656179978&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/238072897656179978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/238072897656179978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/1000th-post.html' title='1000th Post!'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5517274775573547526</id><published>2012-01-12T17:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T17:40:59.574-08:00</updated><title type='text'>True</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/16114511136339699/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/266908715385496653_I34onz4Y_c.jpg" width="375" border="0" height="550" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.minted.com/design-rating/42255"&gt;minted.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/leah_dent/" target="_blank"&gt;Leah&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5517274775573547526?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5517274775573547526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5517274775573547526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5517274775573547526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5517274775573547526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/true.html' title='True'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-7062849824121046557</id><published>2012-01-11T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T09:35:19.838-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy Land'/><title type='text'>Children see detail</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/195625177533514202/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/195625177533514202_EocyS1xz_c.jpg" width="467" height="700" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://photo.net/photos/siwanowicz"&gt;photo.net&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com/juni_x/" target="_blank"&gt;Juni&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I plan for the Fairy Land event,  I am remembering the tiny details - the moss, mushrooms, tiny flowers, spanish moss, twigs, vintage postcards, lanterns, etc.  Children notice the details.  It's very true.  Trust me.  On that special day, as I float around, I am going to here a little girl's voice say, "Mommy, look at the teeny tiny flowers!" or "Did you see all the different kinds of mushrooms."  If you ever want an honest, insight view of something, ask a child.  As I plan, I keep thinking - details, details, details - as I hope to create a magical experience.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7062849824121046557?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7062849824121046557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7062849824121046557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7062849824121046557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7062849824121046557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/children-see-detail.html' title='Children see detail'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-7555451450338158289</id><published>2012-01-10T08:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T08:59:50.933-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polyvore'/><title type='text'>Creating Fairy Land Centerpieces</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;div style='position:relative;width:600px;height:600px;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/creating_fairy_land_centerpieces/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=42043434'&gt;&lt;img force='1' border='0' height='600' title='Creating Fairy Land Centerpieces' src='http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/42043434/id/SKYtgqw74RG-rdDyndwfOg/size/y.jpg' alt='Creating Fairy Land Centerpieces' width='600'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/creating_fairy_land_centerpieces/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;amp;id=42043434'&gt;Creating Fairy Land Centerpieces&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href='http://melanieshanks.polyvore.com/?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;amp;.svc=blogger'&gt;melanieshanks&lt;/a&gt; featuring a &lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/butterfly_brooch/shop?query=butterfly+brooch'&gt;butterfly brooch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=48412011' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img force='1' height='50' title='Butterfly brooch' src='http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/48412011.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=44822471' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img force='1' height='50' title='1STDIBS.COM - Lars Bolander NY - Hand Carved French Poplar Wood...' src='http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/44822471.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=47801849' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img force='1' height='50' title='Pre-Lit Black Twigs with Mirror Pieces - 120cm from Homebase.co.uk' src='http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/47801849.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=44567504' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img force='1' height='50' title='Reindeer Moss in Christmas Decorating | Crate&amp;amp;amp;Barrel' src='http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/44567504.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=48915776' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img force='1' height='50' title='Kirkland&amp;apos;s: Whitewash Wood Lantern, 22&amp;quot;' src='http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/48915776.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7555451450338158289?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7555451450338158289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7555451450338158289&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7555451450338158289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7555451450338158289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/creating-fairy-land-centerpieces.html' title='Creating Fairy Land Centerpieces'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8165849661838395308</id><published>2012-01-09T05:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T05:44:18.027-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dress'/><title type='text'>What should I wear?</title><content type='html'>So last night, I was laying in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking...When I brainstorm a project, I have trouble turning my brain off when it's time to go to bed.  The final question that swirled around in my head was, "What should I wear?"  I think I will make it and it has to be whimsical.  I am drawing inspiration from these...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/252272016596532503/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/252272016596532503_ksSQmhQq_c.jpg" width="375" border="0" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/dress-sarabande/"&gt;blog.metmuseum.org&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/apriljonker/" target="_blank"&gt;April&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545499024/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545499024_LtVyoKjO_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="415" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84653476/renaissance-blouse-royal-blue-or-mustard?ref=sr_gallery_19&amp;amp;sref=&amp;amp;ga_search_submit=&amp;amp;ga_search_query=fairy&amp;amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;amp;ga_ship_to=US&amp;amp;ga_page=20&amp;amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;amp;ga_facet=handmade"&gt;etsy.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545498979/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545498979_v7QkGZ63_c.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=a70&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=1016&amp;amp;bih=566&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=7PhquXOX1cYhEM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.missbimbo.com/forum/t117934,1-bimbo-clothing-in-real-life.htm&amp;amp;docid=X0q6GmWzVsXXJM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://blendnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/balmain-sp-2009.jpg&amp;amp;w=320&amp;amp;h=480&amp;amp;ei=gdAIT8bhGoXx0gGCsonOCw&amp;amp;zoom=1"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8165849661838395308?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8165849661838395308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8165849661838395308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8165849661838395308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8165849661838395308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-should-i-wear.html' title='What should I wear?'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-6326417523015903817</id><published>2012-01-08T18:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T18:47:30.151-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polyvore'/><title type='text'>Forest Wallpaper</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;div style='position:relative;width:600px;height:600px;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/forest_wallpaper/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=41986950'&gt;&lt;img force='1' border='0' height='600' title='Forest Wallpaper' src='http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/41986950/id/ngaRRWw64RGJVEnEprhqhA/size/y.jpg' alt='Forest Wallpaper' width='600'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/forest_wallpaper/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=41986950'&gt;Forest Wallpaper&lt;/a&gt; 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Doug Deer Plush: Toys &amp;amp;amp; Games' src='http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/48497986.jpg' hspace='4' width='50' vspace='4'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-6326417523015903817?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/6326417523015903817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=6326417523015903817&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6326417523015903817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/6326417523015903817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/forest-wallpaper.html' title='Forest Wallpaper'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-4960704420093132728</id><published>2012-01-08T18:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T18:11:55.440-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boys crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='language development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><title type='text'>Story Stones</title><content type='html'>Story Stones are fun, easy, and educational.  They inspire imagination, develop verbal &amp;amp; language skills, and it's a great parent-child craft.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o7Qxnbi6loA/TwpLWI9FClI/AAAAAAAAFdo/cuP9vjDE0kI/s1600/jan2012%2B115.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o7Qxnbi6loA/TwpLWI9FClI/AAAAAAAAFdo/cuP9vjDE0kI/s320/jan2012%2B115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695447522496285266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I used river rocks from the dollar store but they sell them at Walmart, Meijer, JoAnn's, Michael's, etc.  I have a stash of stickers in my scrapbook stuff.  Let the kids put the stickers on the rocks then randomly select three. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have your child make up a story about the items on the rocks they selected.  "One day, a frog and an owl found a sandcastle and..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-8uHoTnCl0/TwpLKvsmGgI/AAAAAAAAFdc/kgtXdv_Pwlw/s1600/jan2012%2B116.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-8uHoTnCl0/TwpLKvsmGgI/AAAAAAAAFdc/kgtXdv_Pwlw/s320/jan2012%2B116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695447326737701378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;happy storytelling!&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-4960704420093132728?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/4960704420093132728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=4960704420093132728&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4960704420093132728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/4960704420093132728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/story-stones.html' title='Story Stones'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o7Qxnbi6loA/TwpLWI9FClI/AAAAAAAAFdo/cuP9vjDE0kI/s72-c/jan2012%2B115.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-7172634535360852115</id><published>2012-01-08T17:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T18:02:54.352-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Moss</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5lnr2iQcwE/TwpKuewIbPI/AAAAAAAAFdQ/GiXF6lchOzc/s1600/jan2012%2B147.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5lnr2iQcwE/TwpKuewIbPI/AAAAAAAAFdQ/GiXF6lchOzc/s320/jan2012%2B147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695446841152793842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KmmVRCijutg/TwpKbAs9fjI/AAAAAAAAFdE/mLQsBVKe8Ps/s1600/jan2012%2B146.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KmmVRCijutg/TwpKbAs9fjI/AAAAAAAAFdE/mLQsBVKe8Ps/s320/jan2012%2B146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695446506668916274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love moss.&lt;br /&gt;I love the woodland theme.&lt;br /&gt;I love everything woodland.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-7172634535360852115?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/7172634535360852115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=7172634535360852115&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7172634535360852115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/7172634535360852115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/moss.html' title='Moss'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5lnr2iQcwE/TwpKuewIbPI/AAAAAAAAFdQ/GiXF6lchOzc/s72-c/jan2012%2B147.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5728627296747030978</id><published>2012-01-08T17:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T17:56:43.931-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper punches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lantern'/><title type='text'>Paper Lanterns</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNkIA_OThaA/TwpIZmX67jI/AAAAAAAAFc4/_5ucClaDgzo/s1600/jan2012%2B162.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNkIA_OThaA/TwpIZmX67jI/AAAAAAAAFc4/_5ucClaDgzo/s320/jan2012%2B162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695444283398221362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was looking for lanterns at different stores over the weekend for centerpieces for the upcoming Fairy Land event.  They can be expensive, especially because I need 20 or so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So...I decided to make one out of scrapbook paper.  This is how it turned out.  Pretty cute for my first one.  It only cost $.75 - 2 pieces of scrapbook paper at JoAnn's.  I used paper punches to make the designs.  I will continue to experiment and perfect them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5728627296747030978?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5728627296747030978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5728627296747030978&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5728627296747030978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5728627296747030978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/paper-lanterns.html' title='Paper Lanterns'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNkIA_OThaA/TwpIZmX67jI/AAAAAAAAFc4/_5ucClaDgzo/s72-c/jan2012%2B162.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-5895052942526162589</id><published>2012-01-08T17:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T17:48:52.355-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy houses'/><title type='text'>Making a fairy house</title><content type='html'>As I plan my upcoming Fairy Land event at the Everal Barn, I wanted to make up a few fairy houses as examples for the children to draw inspiration from for their own fairy houses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's so easy to make this little fairy house.  And the supplies you probably have on hand.  You'll need - 1 toilet paper roll, stones, hot glue gun, half a circle of cardstock paper.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q35GTVnWFaQ/TwpFwXqaUyI/AAAAAAAAFcs/mF5fHnqt35Y/s1600/jan2012%2B161.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q35GTVnWFaQ/TwpFwXqaUyI/AAAAAAAAFcs/mF5fHnqt35Y/s320/jan2012%2B161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695441376051352354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Simply, cut a door in the toilet paper roll then hot glue on the stones.  Curl the half circle into a cone and glue it on the top for a roof.  I fringed the edges to give it a little texture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gCBjHs98N6E/TwpFlRdOEFI/AAAAAAAAFcg/PLLi07oNcKs/s1600/jan2012%2B163.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gCBjHs98N6E/TwpFlRdOEFI/AAAAAAAAFcg/PLLi07oNcKs/s320/jan2012%2B163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695441185406849106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I hot glued the fairy house to a base of cardstock paper for support then added a few paper punched flowers and some friends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-5895052942526162589?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/5895052942526162589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=5895052942526162589&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5895052942526162589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/5895052942526162589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/as-i-plan-my-upcoming-fairy-land-event.html' title='Making a fairy house'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q35GTVnWFaQ/TwpFwXqaUyI/AAAAAAAAFcs/mF5fHnqt35Y/s72-c/jan2012%2B161.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-8120801715684802748</id><published>2012-01-08T17:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T17:38:13.251-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Angel Wings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gb7RQjP39A8/TwpExf2xnqI/AAAAAAAAFcU/zJG_wKlPsD4/s1600/jan2012%2B164.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gb7RQjP39A8/TwpExf2xnqI/AAAAAAAAFcU/zJG_wKlPsD4/s320/jan2012%2B164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695440295918935714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My oldest daughter is obsessed with angel wings.  I found these little angel wing charms at Hobby Lobby and promptly made her a pair of earrings.  She loved them :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-8120801715684802748?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/8120801715684802748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=8120801715684802748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8120801715684802748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/8120801715684802748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/angel-wings.html' title='Angel Wings'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gb7RQjP39A8/TwpExf2xnqI/AAAAAAAAFcU/zJG_wKlPsD4/s72-c/jan2012%2B164.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-2441091160345388707</id><published>2012-01-08T17:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T17:28:11.328-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy houses'/><title type='text'>Fairy Land</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/134404370099043056/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/134404370099043056_vWhrhqJk_c.jpg" width="500" border="0" height="750" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href=""&gt;Uploaded by user&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/cindy_mcdaniel/" target="_blank"&gt;Cindy&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After some begging and pleading (just kidding), my program manager granted me permission to host Fairy Land - I am sooo excited.  You might remember that a friend and I went to something similar last June.  But I am taking it to a new level.  I about fell off my chair when the program manager suggested that we hold it at the Everal Barn - a gorgeous historical barn maintained by the parks &amp;amp; rec dept.  I think I stammered, "p-p-perfect."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a beautiful old barn with exposed rafters and these huge doors that swing open.  It is the sight for many weddings and parties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now, I am in full brainstorming mode, collecting items to make the big day magical.  I am inspired by vintage postcards...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545499796/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/95771929545499796_4AdK4ES6_c.jpg" width="554" border="0" height="336" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=D0k&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=1018&amp;amp;bih=566&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=NrSEPbc8RF9A6M:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://vintageprintable.com/wordpress/links-to-our-frabjous-image-users-plus-user-creations-gallery-post-an-image-link-to-your-site-free/&amp;amp;docid=PylT3xk1pbPRcM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://vintageprintable.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/animal-bird-eggs-2.jpg&amp;amp;w=760&amp;amp;h=461&amp;amp;ei=yRQJT7iACsLc0QG59Ym1Ag&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=689&amp;amp;vpy=278&amp;amp;dur=788&amp;amp;hovh=175&amp;amp;hovw=288&amp;amp;tx=191&amp;amp;ty=97&amp;amp;sig=115225168828280195997&amp;amp;page=7&amp;amp;tbnh=136&amp;amp;tbnw=225&amp;amp;start=58&amp;amp;ndsp=10&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:9,s:58"&gt;google.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and these fairy houses...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545500658/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/145944844144208015_bzEhjZ3m_c.jpg" width="440" border="0" height="550" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://tangiebaxter.com/news/2011/07/02/saturdays-are-fun-fairy-garden-inspiration/"&gt;tangiebaxter.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/95771929545500628/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/48413764713832302_HXwpLAiu_c.jpg" width="250" border="0" height="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);"&gt;Source: &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://delectable-collectibles.tumblr.com/"&gt;delectable-collectibles.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com/melanieshanks/" target="_blank"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(118, 131, 139);" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have several months to plan and will continue to post inspiration :)&lt;br /&gt;mel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8237958198082158098-2441091160345388707?l=whimsicalways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/feeds/2441091160345388707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8237958198082158098&amp;postID=2441091160345388707&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2441091160345388707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8237958198082158098/posts/default/2441091160345388707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whimsicalways.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-land.html' title='Fairy Land'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04475398269430000343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPOGIEQ_pS0/S3SJcjgVc5I/AAAAAAAACWA/aQcNsc57m4c/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237958198082158098.post-1173904645431022499</id><published>2012-01-07T20:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T20:24:29.869-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polyvore'/><title type='text'>Fairy Land Dreaming</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;div style='position:relative;width:600px;height:600px;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/fairy_land_dreaming/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=41935781'&gt;&lt;img force='1' border='0' height='600' title='Fairy Land Dreaming' src='http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/41935781/id/Cp8dqLA54RGnyRdLrtCdJg/size/y.jpg' alt='Fairy Land Dreaming' width='600'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.polyvore.com/fairy_land_dreaming/set?.embedder=1955515&amp;amp;.svc=blogger&amp;amp;id=41935781'&gt;Fairy Land Dreaming&lt;/a&gt; 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