Pinterest- Healthy Lunch Ideas

Like most of you, I am obsessed with pinterest.  I thought it would be fun to show you what I am pinning this week.  I have been thinking about new, creative, healthy lunches for the kids. It has to be something easy and something that I know they will eat too. 

 

Sprinkles make everything better, right?

Source: wendolonia.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

My kids love sushi. 

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I would like this in my lunch box.

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Nice twist on a traditional sandwich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: wendolonia.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Anything on a stick is sure to be a hit.

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I have tried this before.  It works!

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This is a good way to get the kids involoved.

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I actually have this sandwich cutter.  I guess I should use it.

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Mmmm.  Yummy.

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What have you been pinning this week?

Organic Striped Baby Quilt Pattern

I am very much a beginner when it comes to quilting.  I am still a little intimidated by the process, but I feel like I am slowly getting there.  I decided that I wanted to make a quilt for a baby gift.  I knew I wanted to use organic material, so I found this adorable fabric at fabricworm.com. I fell in love with it instantly.  I did some sketching, some math, and finally settled on a plan.  I decided to do a simple striped quilt utilizing the whole width of the fabric. I used 7 different fabrics.  I already had the Michael Miller woodgrain fabric, which matched perfectly.  I ordered a half yard of all the fabric except the orange dot fabric that I used for the backing.  I used 1.5 yards of it.  I would suggest getting 2 yards of the fabric you are going to use for the backing though.  I had absolutely no wiggle room with the 1.5 yards.  I also had a yard of the woodgrain fabric so I used it for the binding. 

Here's the breakdown:

1 yard of the fabric that will be used as binding and for stripes

2 yards of fabric for backing and stripes

5 half yard cuts of various coordinating fabric

Finished Quilt Size: 40" x 50"

I wanted the stripes to be random widths.  I labeled the photo so that you can see the measurement of each stripe.  I used the width of the fabric selvedge to selvedge.  Then once the fabric was cut I trimmed the selvedge off and made sure they were all the same size.  The ended up being about 40" wide.

I pieced the quilt top together.  Then I realized that I did not quite have enough for the backing so I added a stripe towards the bottom.  If you use 2 yards of fabric, you should be able to have the whole back solid though.

 

Then I basted the top, batting, and backing together and quilted it. I lined up my walking foot on each of the seams and quilted along each side.

I used a 2.5" strip for the binding.  I sewed the binding to the back by hand.  I really like how it turned out.  

 

 

 



52 Weeks of Me- SOOC

I cheated a little bit this week.  I didn't actually take these photos, but I am using them anyways.  I really wanted to crop this one, but I didn't.  So it is definitely SOOC.  I also must add that these were taken with our waterproof point and shoot.  My husband was in the water. 

 

 
I was bummed that this photo was so blurry and I had that crazy look on my face.  At least he caught me jumping though. 

Labor Day Weekend Camping

We did a little camping over the long holiday weekend.  It was hot, but we had a blast.  Here is our set up.  The kids sleep in the smaller tent and Mitch and I sleep in the bigger tent.

Here's my mother and father in law's tent.  We are all jealous of their tent.  It is huge!!

We rented a pontoon boat on Saturday and spent the day on Tims Ford Lake.  It was a perfect day to be on the lake.


It pooped everyone out. 


I hope everyone had a great Labor Day!!

Sandwich Wraps

Last week I made sandwich wraps for the kids to use in their lunch boxes. They were excited to pick out the fabric. I want to make some reusable bags too, but have not gotten around to it yet. I also made one for Mitch and have one cut out for me. They definitely come in handy.

I used a wrap mat that we already had to create the pattern.

I used Procare for the backing to make it waterproof, but still machine washable. I have only handwashed them so far, but I like having the option to throw them in the wash.

Here's a sneak peak at what I have been working on this week. Hopefully I will have it finished next week with more details.

Green Limeade

The kids are always starving for a snack when we get home in the afternoon. I usually feed them something, but I try to not snack on anything until dinner. Yesterday I was a little hungry, but very thirsty. When I opened the fridge, I saw a bottle of limeade. Then I had one of those light bulb moments. What about a green limeade?



Ingredients:
1 cup of spinach
1.5 cups of limeade (I am sure lemonade would work too)
1 cup sparking water (I used lime flavored La Croix)
ice



Blend all the ingredients together. Enjoy!



This tastes best if you drink it right away.

52 Weeks of Me- Behind

Well, behind pretty much sums up how I feel about my 52 Weeks of Me project right now. It also sums up how I feel about this week. We have had a crazy busy week this week and I have been feeling very behind with everything that I need to do. So I decided I would jot down a to do list for the week while I had some free time waiting in the car pick up line. It also meant I had a few spare minutes to snap a photo.

I always feel so much better once I make a list.