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last monday the kiddos were out of school. my little girl had been asking for a playdate for many weeks and well, i'm not so good with that kind of stuff. so this was a great day. i asked for the girls and then we decided to just all get together...so we headed over to my dear friends house for the boys to play, the girls to play, and then well, of course us moms to play:)


i may or may not have a slight problem with pinterest. i try to limit myself, but boy do i love the ideas floating around. i keep telling my dear friend she needs to get on, so that morning i got her hooked up. as we were deciding how to be crafty we browsed pinterest and saw that adorable yarn craft above. (well, not exactly that one!)


now, something you should know about my dear friend. she has yarn out the wazoo!! and she loves to get rid of things so this was the perfect craft. we sat down and made yarn ball after yarn ball. isn't it cute? she just did a round one, but i wanted to attempt to do the heart shaped one. i plan to do an office makeover and this will definitely have a place on the wall.


i love pinterest, i love my dear friend, i love our kiddos, i love that the girls waited patiently to show us their play while we wrapped yarn balls, i love these sweet days...



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Shannan Martin said…
1. Thank you for your sweet, understanding comment on my scandalous :) SM post. I could tell we are heart-twins by your words.

2. Did you see that thing on Pinterest where you put the yarn scraps in a suet feeder so all the birdies can fluff their nests and add a little pizazz? I don't even HAVE yarn, but it makes me want to go get some!
March 1, 2012 at 2:24 PM
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