Some of the Best Things in Life are Mistakes: June 2013

Mommy Monday Week #12

Each week I will feature the most popular post from the previous week. The featured posts from last week that had the most clicks were

Sarah from My Joy Filled Life shared a Free Printable July 2013- June 2014 Calendar

and

Nicole from Children are a Blessing shares her miscarriage story and her views on birth control.

The featured post that was my favorite from last week was

Steffany from Spit and Sparkles shares her Ovarian Cancer story and the blessing of her children. Being a cancer survivor too, I loved her story and her message of early detection being so important to survival.

If you were featured please grab an "I've Been Featured" Button and display it proudly on your blog!

The Mommy Monday link party is for any posts relating to being a mom. The posts can be about marriage, homemaking, parenting, crafting, or homeschooling. I reserve the right to remove any posts that I find inappropriate. I am a born again Christian and want my blog to reflect that. This blog reserves to delete any posts that it deems inappropriate.

An InLinkz Link-up

Patriotic Washi Tape Banner

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you know that I love banners! I make a banner for every season to hang on my stair railing.

For the summer, I decided on a patriotic theme. I searched Pinterest for ideas. I found several that I liked that were too time intensive for me at this time. I continued my search and came up empty.

In the meantime, I was also searching Pinterest for Washi tape ideas. I had just received the cutest rolls of Washi tape in the mail from Pick Your Plum. As I was searching Washi tape ideas I found this pin posted by someone who obviously orders from Pick Your Plum too.

I love how it turned out and it was super easy to make!

My most pinnable posts

Sometimes I pin something and it just sits there and dies; no one repins it! Other times I pin something and it gets repinned over and over.

This is a roundup of my posts that have been pinned the most.

1. The Best Dr. Seuss Activities

2. Hot Air Balloon Shower Decorations

3. How to Make the Best of your Child's Public School Experience

4. 15 Verses that Encourage During the Difficult Times of Life

5. Ideas and Printables for a Skylander Party

6. Free Printables for Summer

Mommy Monday Week #11

Each week I will feature the most popular post from the previous week. The featured posts from last week that had the most clicks were

Are Children a Blessing or Burden? from Children are a Blessing

and

20 Free Summer Activities from Bugs and Beans

The featured post that was my favorite from last week was

Why our Girl's Bibles are Falling Apart from Sisters Raising Sisters

If you were featured please grab an "I've Been Featured" Button and display it proudly on your blog!

An InLinkz Link-up

Skylander Birthday Party with Free Printables

My friend Eileen throws the best birthday parties! She always has a theme and sticks to it. She includes even the smallest details. Her son Gavin and my daughter Sydney are friends so we were present for her most recent bash. It was Gavin's 8th birthday last week and she threw him a Skylander party.

Never heard of Skylanders? Honestly, neither had I! You can learn about the Skylanders on their website here.

All of the food items were labeled according to the Skylander theme:

Print the Skylander Cake Topper here.

Sydney with the Birthday Boy

Food Cards can be printed here.

Element Station Cards Can be Printed here.

Skylander Themed Party Favors

Mentos Party Favor Labels can be printed here.

Ella was one of the Party Guests Pictured here with the Birthday Boy's Sister

Print Your Free Skylander Printables:

Cake Topper

Food Cards

Element Stations

Party Favors

Note: I have been receiving some feedback that the printables aren't lining up for everyone. When you click on the link it will look like everything is not lined up. As soon as you hit the download arrow and download the document, everything will line up perfectly.