do it yourself divas: June 2016

DIY Felt Bunting/Banner

3:22 PM

As you all know we just celebrated this little dude's first birthday. I am in complete denial that a year has come and gone so quickly. Why do our children have to grow up? Some times I just want to punch time in the face.

I wanted to add a little pizazz to his party, so I decided to create this little banner. You want to make one too?? Just check out my tutorial below!

Supplies List:

Mat

Happy Birthday baby boy! Man alive we love you!

-Meg

Baby and Kids

Baby Boys' First Birthday Parties with Glam Love Parties

1:23 PM

Once upon a time, a little more than year ago, Steph and I were very much pregnant. We were both expecting baby boys, and we both had the same exact due date. You can't plan that! We joke that our boys are "twins", destined to be best-friend-cousins for life.

They were, of coarse, born on different days, cuz you can't plan that either.

We just had the BEST time celebrating our little one year olds. There is nothing, NOTHING, better than family. These little people are what life is all about.

We first celebrated Sweet William, the elder of the two.

Can you even handle that face?

I put this adorable tassle garland above his bed to decorate for his big day. Adding a couple of balloons inside his crib was the icing on the cake.

{Tassle Garland}

Less than two weeks later it was time to celebrate Leo Love.

{Tassle Garland}

We couldn't help but celebrate the twins' first year with a little cake smash.

This picture is my favorite thing. It shows their different personalities so perfectly. Leo: energetic, smiley, and adventurous. William: cautious, timid, and and bit serious.

Kind of hilarious!

{Tassle Garland}

Thanks to Glam Love Parties for making our "twin" boys special days, just that much more perfect. If you have a birthday in your future, so basically if you are alive and are human, you HAVE to check out the amazing things that Sasha from Glam Love Parties has to offer. She is the sweetest person and is incredible at helping plan for and decorate parties.

-Meg and Steph

Baby and Kids

PediaSure® Grow & Gain DIY Recipes for Healthy Kids

10:04 AM

This post brought to you by PediaSure® Grow & Gain. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Do It Yourself Divas.

When we were contacted by PediaSure® Grow & Gain, and asked to try out their new recipes, we were beyond excited, and anxious to share this product with you, our readers. We have been compensated by PediaSure® Grow & Gain for this post; however, we are sharing our own thoughts. All opinions are our own.

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My kiddos and I tried two recipes. Both of the recipes that we tried used the Vanilla Shake.

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DIY

DIY Wifey and Hubby T-Shirts for Wedding, Honeymoon, or Anniversary

4:25 PM

Hey guys! I was so close to buying the adorable Wifey and Hubby shirts online, but once I saw the price tag, I thought, no.... I'll just make them instead. I saved so much money just DIY-ing this project! I bought plain gray t-shirts from Old Navy for $5, (they were 50% off - score!) and then I made my own DIY Fabric Paint and created my own stencil with freezer paper.

These shirts were perfect for our wedding anniversary! Everywhere we went, we got the sweetest compliments on our shirts. It made me pretty happy :).

Let's get started! If you have a Cricut machine, that would be amazing for this project. Since I don't, I used an exacto knife to make my stencil. Watch the movie at the bottom of this post for all the details on how to make a freezer paper stencil by hand, or click here for our stencil tutorial.

Once your stencil is made, iron the freezer paper to the shirt.

Use fabric paint to fill it in. I love to make my own DIY Fabric Paint because it saves me lots of money over time and you can use any acrylic paint, so your color options are endless. It also lasts forever - wash after wash after wash, without cracking or peeling. It's fantastic, you'll love it!

Watch our quick video tutorial below for complete instructions. I would love to see how your shirts turn out - tag us on Instagram so we can see!

Baby and Kids

DIY Fairy Garden

8:18 AM

“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”

― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Each year we follow the gardening rule of planting after Mother's Day. This year, along with the tomatoes, peppers, squash and zucchini, Clara and I decided to make our very own fairy garden.

In the far corner of our garden box, nestled behind the raspberries, the darling garden sits.

We found all of our supplies at Hobby Lobby, the Dollar Store and of coarse the local thrift store.

I made the cute bunting with felt, wooden skewers and tulle.

This little chair was an amazing thrift store find. While I was in the check out line, the lady in front of us told me that her grandmother use to make this very furniture, out of non other than beer cans. Amazing!

This little garden has kept my imaginative four year old busy for hours on end. When Clara's little neighborhood friends come to visit, our fairy garden is a huge hit. Here's to childhood dreams, believing, and letting them be little!

-Megan

Health

All Natural Skin Care for Pets

10:43 AM

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pet Caress, LLC From Human to Animal® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

We are so excited about this package that arrived in our mailbox! You guys know how much we love all natural products, (from cleaning supplies, lipstick, health remedies, you name it!) and we are sure this one won't disappoint. Finally, skin care products for your pup that are natural and that you can trust from Pet Caress. We will be testing the following products; we can't wait to tell you guys what we think!

Shampoo
Odor Control Mist
Shed Control
Sun Protector
Brush Me Silky Mist

You can easily shop online for these products and see exactly what goes into them. Honestly it's pretty amazing to read about all the human quality ingredients.

Our hope is that we will be able to tackle her odor problems around her collar and get her smelling really nice. German Shepards shed a LOT, so I'm really excited to see how the shed control works over the next couple of months. Scout also has some patchy fur. I hope that we can calm it down a bit and make her shine with the silky mist.

On a sad note, Scout had to have surgery this morning to remove some abnormal growths. We don't know yet if they are cancerous, but I'll keep you guys up to date. Ten years ago we lost our first German Shepherd to cancer, so we hope we won't have to go through that again as a family. Today, we plan on pampering Scout and loving her just as she so freely loves us.