Travel Stairway Photo Wall

I thought it would be fun to blog about some different photo projects I have done. I really enjoy doing photo projects, and I've done a lot of them, so maybe in my next few posts, I can show you some of the projects that I've done and and do some DIYs on how I did them.

About a year ago, I blogged about how to do a stairway photo wall, but in that post, I had not put any pictures in the frames yet.  I ended up using pictures from some of the places my husband and I have travelled to, and I labelled the name of the place, and the year we visited the place at the bottom of each photo.  I did this using Pixelmator, but there are a lot of other programs you could use to do the same thing.  After I did that, I had the pictures printed out at Wall-Mart.

I think it ended up turning out really well!  It looks really nice, and it's fun to walk up and down the stairs, and look back at the places my husband and I have visited.  If you'd like to know how I did it, go check out my blogpost, "How to do a Stairway Photo Wall."

Vegetarian Grocery Haul

Today, I'm going to be doing a vegetarian grocery haul.  I picked up some food from Food Lion to make some vegetarian meals that I found the recipes for online.  My husband and I are not vegetarians, but I thought it would be fun to try out some of these meals.

Vegetarian Meals:

Squash Casserole - Moms with Crockpots
Vegetarian Fajitas - Slow Cooker from Scratch
Vegetarian Tacos - Cooking Classy
Vegetable Soup - SkinnyMs.

My Grocery List/What I Got:

Dairy
Greek Yogurt
Almond Milk
Grated Cheese
Butter
Sour Cream
Eggs

Tinned/Packaged Food
Split Pea Soup
Vegetable Soup
Salsa
Guacamole
Vegetable Broth
1 Can of Diced Tomatoes
2 Cans of Black Beans
2 Cans of Vegetarian Refried Beans
French Bread Crumbs
1 Can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 Ounce of Taco Seasoning
Quaker Granola - Oats, Honey, Raisins, & Almonds Cereal
Crackers

Fruits & Vegetables
Bananas
Pears
Kiwis
Blueberries
Avocados
Salad in a Bag
Vegetables
Onions
Garlic Cloves
Red, Yellow, and Green Peppers
Cherry Tomatoes
Medium Sweet Potato
2 Carrots
2 Celery Stalks
3 Medium Squash
3 Medium Zucchini
Tomatoes
Lettuce

Drinks
Apple Juice
Orange Juice
Cran Pomegranate Juice

Smoothies

Water

Frozen Food
Corn
Green Beans
Hash Browns
Waffles
Frozen Pizza
Halo Top Ice-cream

Houseware
Paper Towels
Large Freezer Bags
Trash Bags

Baked Goods
Bagel Thins
Pimento Cheese
Humus

Candies
Almonds
Dried Cranberries/Blueberries

12 Months of Dates DIY Gift Idea

I found this idea on Pinterest, and made it for my husband as a Christmas gift.  It's called, "12 Months of Dates."  There is a cute poem and cards that you can print out with each month on them.  On the cards, you can fill in whatever date you think would be fun for that month.  Here are the dates that I used in case anyone is looking for ideas.

January - Dinner Downtown and Ice Cream for Dessert
February - Game Night
March - Stay at Home Date (Dinner and a Movie)
April - Coffee Shop
May - Fancy Restaurant
June - Double Date
July - Dinner with Molly, our dog (Restaurant that has outdoor seating and allows dogs)
August - Hike and a Picnic
September - Shopping and Dinner
October - Random Date
November - Concert
December - Dinner in a Different City

She has some more date ideas on her website.  You could also buy the gift cards or tickets ahead of time which would motivate you to actually go out on all of the dates.  Here's the link for anyone who is interested.

12 Months of Dates - Clean & Scentsible

Aqua Blue Wedding

Here are some pictures from our aqua blue wedding in case anyone is looking for ideas.

Andrew and I

My Wedding Dress.  I found my dress at a local bridal store.

Andrew's tux.  He wore a black tux with a white vest and tie.

Our Wedding Party. The flower girl's family picked out her dress and the ring bearer wore an old tux that Andrew's brother wore when he was a ring bearer in his aunt's wedding.  

Me with my Bridesmaids. Two of the bridesmaids wore matching aqua dresses and my sister wore an aqua maternity dress because she was pregnant with my nephew at the time.

Andrew with his Groomsmen.  The Groomsmen wore black tuxes with aqua vests and ties.

Andrew and I with our Parents. Our dads wore black tuxes with silver vests and ties, and our moms picked out their dresses.

We put our bouquets in mason jars with blue marbles on our wedding party table.

Wedding Table Display (pictures from each year we dated displayed on a table as you walked into the barn where we had the wedding reception)

Bride and Bridesmaid Updos with Flowers

Bride and Bridesmaid Updos with Flowers

Aqua Blue Wedding Cake

Aqua Blue Wedding Cake

A friend of mine did our nails the night before the wedding.  She put small shiny sequins on the tips.

Flower Arrangement on Wedding Food Table

We used a box from Michael's with a swirl flower pattern to store the wedding cards people gave us at the wedding.

Aqua Blue Wedding Bouquet

Decorated Amphitheater

Wedding Centerpiece

Aqua Blue Wedding Alter Flowers

Basket Where We Put Our Wedding Fans

The fans had our engagement pictures on them. We printed off the pictures at Staples, glued them to a large popsicle craft stick, and tied a silver ribbon around each one.

Barn we had our Reception in.  We hung icicle lights on the columns.

Mason jar with flowers from Kroger used as an outdoor decoration

We hung mason jars with flowers from shepherds hooks.

The Easiest Quiche Recipe

-January 2017

Here's how to make Bacon and Cheddar Quiche.  I made this for my sister who just recently had a baby and I thought this would be a nice thing to bring over for her, her husband and kids.  It's super easy to make, and something the kids would eat as well.  I found the recipe on Pinterest.  Go to the link if you'd like more variations!

Bacon & Cheddar Quiche - How to This and That

Ingredients:

• 6 Eggs
• 1 1/2 Cups of Milk
• 1 lb of Cooked and Chopped Crispy Bacon
• 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese
• 1 Deep Dish Pie Crust
• Salt & Pepper

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Fry your bacon and cut it into little pieces.

Whisk the eggs and milk in a large bowl.

Add half of the bacon and half of the cheese to the egg mixture and stir it all together.

Pour the mixture into the piecrust.

Put it in the oven for 20 minutes.

Add the remaining cheese and bacon on top

and place the quiche back into the oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

When it’s golden brown and raised, it's done!

Once you take it out of the oven, let it sit for ten minutes, and Enjoy!

100 DIY Photo Gift and Craft Ideas

I found most of these ideas on Pinterest and I included some that I have come up with and made on my own.  Here are the links for anyone who would like to try out these projects themselves. Eventually, I would like to make some of these and post them on here and use some for inspiration of projects I would like to do and maybe sell on Etsy.

1. DIY Tile Photo Coasters - Popsugar
2. DIY Baby Board Book - Sohosonnet
3. Dog Picture and Paw Print Frame - Leigh Carter (I got this frame from T-J Max, but it looks like it would be pretty simple to make.)
4. DIY Chalkboard & Tassel Graduation Frame - My Sister's Suitcase
5. Crayon Frame - Felt So Cute
6. Adventure Book - maichan808.deviantart.com (I made something similar when Andrew and I went to San Francisco.  We tracked our whole trip on FourSquare and I screen shotted all of the places we went/maps, and I made it into a photobook with pictures we took from the trip.)
7. Wedding Disposable Camera Saying - Leigh Carter (We used this at our wedding.  We had disposable cameras on all of the tables at the reception and this little saying was wrapped around all of the disposable cameras.)
8. Homemade Laminated Photo Placemats - Mommysavers (This is something my mom made with my sister and I every year and she's now been making them with my nephews.  It's really easy.  You just get a piece of cardboard and you put pictures from that year on it.  You can also write down the year on the placemat. You can reuse your old christmas cards, and include them on the placemat as well.)
9. Toy Car Frame - hotwheels.mattel.com
10. Popsicle Stick Frames - Eighteen25
11. Picture Collage Letter - House on the Way
12. DIY Mini Photo Magnets - sundaesins.blogspot.com 
13. Wedding Table Display - Leigh Carter
14. Wood Clothespin Card Holder - Save On Crafts
15. A Count Down Frame - etsy.com 
16. DIY Lamp Picture Frame - That's What Che Said
17. Lego Picture Puzzles - Jenae (I Can Teach My Child!)
18. Mason Jar Picture Frame Vase - Home Stories A to Z
19. DIY Yarn Frame - Spoonful of Imagination
20. Picture Frame with Old Books - Better Homes & Gardens
21. Transfer Photos to Wood - The Saw Guy
22. Photo Backdrop - Down Home Inspiration
23. Twigs Picture Frame - HGTV
24. Washi Tape Frame - Bombshell Bling
25. Simple Duct Tape Frame - There's Just One Mommy
26. Simple Bow Frame - Shanty 2 chic
27. Old Door Made Into a Picture Frame - madiganmade.com
28. DIY Photo Frame from Maps - Alyssa B. Young
29. DIY Newspaper Frame - Saved by Love Creations
30. Personalized Photo Frames - DIY Projects
31. Picture Frame with Scrabble Pieces - Practically Functional
32. Photo Frame Wreath - Michaels
33. Family Photo Display - Styletic
34. Photo Bag Picture - Leigh Carter
35. Photo Candles - Evite
36. Mod Podge Photo Ornaments - Our Southern Home
37. Photo Lamp Shades - Curbly
38. Photo Flower Pot - Decozilla (One of my kids at school gave me something similar to this as a gift at the end of the school year and it said, "Thanks for helping me grow.")
39. Photo in a Bottle - Bridal Guide Magazine
40. Picture in an Ornament - Decozilla
41. Modern Photo Art - Project Nursery
42. Print Your Instagrams Into Photo Books - Chatbooks
43. DIY Valentine Card Using a Newborn's Stamped Feet - Super Mom!
44. DIY Brag Book - Nalle's House
45. Biography Photo Book - Leigh Carter (I made one of these for a lady who had a home daycare that I used to help at.  I took old pictures of all of the kids over the years, interviewed her and included that in the book as well, and wrote a little story for each page.)
46. Coloring Page Frame - Super Coloring
47. Magazine Paper Frame - Faith Weekly Walley
48. Framed Paw Print - owncats.com
49. Fingerprint or Handprint Frame - Surfin' Through Second
50. Crayon Frame Christmas Ornament - My Classroom Ideas
51. Fancy Table Frame - HubPages
52. Wood Photo Frame Desktop Organizer - Consumer Crafts
53. Recycled Colored Pencil Picture Frame - PerpetualKid.com
54. Lego Frame - negossito.com
55. Wooden Photo Blocks - Originate and Renovate
56. School Paper Storage File Box with Pictures from Each School Year - dandee
57. Photo Wrapping Paper or Using a Photo as a Gift Tag - mix97-3.com
58. Personalized Guess Who Game - Madsens Memories
59. Shadow Box with Old Broaches and an Old Photo - Robin Bourbonnais
60. DIY Picture Ledges - Notes from Nessa
61. Instagram Magnets - Sticky9.com
62. Turn an Old Guitar into Wall Art with Photos - topics.mooo.com
63. DIY Picture Frame Magnets - landeeseelandeedo.blogspot.com
64. Family Yearbooks - Eighteen25
65. Beach Picture Frame Collage - Leigh Carter (A project that I did.  I got all these frames from Kohls and I put pictures from the Outer Banks where my husband and I went on our honeymoon.  I arranged them in my bathroom.  I have some over the doorway, some on the walls, and some overtop of the medicine cabinet.)
66. Seasonal Empty Frame - Tip Junkie
67. Balloon Memories - The Cottage Market
68. Ring Bound Travel Journal - Saturday Morning Vintage (We made one of these when I was a kid.  We went on a cross country trip and we collected postcards from each place we visited and made them into a ring bound book.)
69. Postcard Photo Album - WordPress.com
70. DIY Photo Puzzles - Capturing Joy with Kristin Duke
71. Displaying Photos on a Clothesline - Cherryblossoms and Faeriewings
72. Photo Guitar Picks - personalizationmail.com
73. Photo Cupcake Toppers - etsy.com
74. DIY Photo Bookmarks - Nearly Crafty
75. Photo Mugs - Ann-Marie Loves
76. Photo Key Chains - Killer B. Design
77. Photo Fans - Leigh Carter (This is something we did at our wedding.  I got married in July so it was a great wedding favor.)
78. Clothesline Frame - Joyful Scribblings (I did something similar with pictures of our dog.)
79. Photo Jewelry - Annie Howes
80. Old Watches Turned Into Arm Bracelets - Just Imagine 
81. Photo Stickers - socialprintstudio.com
82. Magnet Gallery Wall - Photojojo!
83. Grandchildren Estimated Time of Arrival Frame - kiddosathome.com
84. Baby's First Year Calendar - MacKenzie (Cherrios and Lattes)
85. DIY Photo Memory Quilt - wikiHow
86. Photo Candlestick Holders - weddingpartyapp.com
87. Personalized Photo Map - Cut, Craft, Create
88. Stairway Photo Collage - Leigh Carter
89. Photo Lantern - hometalk.com
90. Photo Magnets - The Huckaby's Happily Ever After
91. DIY Pallet Plaques - Industry Standard Design
92. DIY Family Photo Blocks - Shanty 2 Chic
93. DIY Photo Calendar - Maggie Holmes Design
94. Cityscape Photo Luminaries - A Little Craft In Your Day
95. Photo Christmas Tree Ornaments - landeeseelandeedo.blogspot.com
96. Photo Canvases - Designer Trapped in a Lawyer's Body
97. Transfer a Photo Onto Glass - Do Small Things with Love
98. Transfer a Photo Onto Metal - The Huckaby's Happily Ever After
99. Wedding Shadow Box - All Things New Interiors (I did this.  I put a picture of our wedding invitation in it and then I took part of my bouquet, and put it inside of it, and I put one of my wedding fans in it as well.)
100. DIY Photo Box - It's Always Autumn

So those are all of the photo gift and craft ideas.  I hope you liked this post and it gave you some ideas on some photo gifts or projects you'd like to do!