Sweet Treats & Swanky Stuff Link Party #13

17 May

Yay for Friday, and for all of you who are Canadians, yay for a long weekend!! I am back from vacation, well rested. If you haven’t been, I strongly recommend visiting Los Cabos – it is an amazing holiday destination! Thanks to those of you who linked up your wonderful projects last week while I was away. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, thanks for linking up!

Here are my favorite links from last week:

Sweetest Treat

Super Addictive Brownies from Busy Mom’s Helper- Wow these look incredible! A brownie base with gooey marshmallow middle, topped with a cocoa frosting – mmm thanks for the recipe!

Swankiest Stuff

Photo Charm Necklace from VMG206 - Megan shared this very easy photo necklace tutorial. It looks beautiful and makes a great gift!

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Preschool Learning ~ Letter S Practice {free printable worksheet}

15 May

If you missed it last week – Wednesday is now Letter Worksheet day on Sweet Benanna & Sam. This week we are working on the letter S. Click on the picture AT THE BOTTOM of this post to be directed to the free printable. You can also find links to previous worksheets at the bottom of this post.

Here is how we use our worksheet: First we talk about the letter, which one it is, what it sounds like, whether it’s a vowel or a consonant. There are four pictures at the bottom, but only three of them start with the proper letter. He has to figure out which one does not start with the correct letter, and then he crosses it off. He colors the remaining three pictures (coloring practice) and then cuts them out (cutting practice). Next he glues the pictures into each of the three boxes provided. Then he likes to color the letter as well. Next he practices writing the letter in the space at the top of the page. The space provided at the top for writing helps to give him an idea of how big to print the letter – Preschoolers typically print in GIANT size. He usually likes to print his name too. So there are several different learning applications involved in this worksheet.

Here are the links to the other letters that we have been working on:

Letter T Worksheet

Letter R Worksheet

Letter V Worksheet

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Tags: craft, preschool, coloring, fun, learning, reading, printing, cutting, gluing, alphabet, letters, early learning, fine motor, letter s

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Sweet Treats & Swanky Stuff Link Party #12

10 May

It’s Friday!! Welcome to this weeks edition of Sweet Treats & Swanky Stuff. Thank you so much for joining me today! I am actually on vacation in Cabo with hubby, marlin fishing, beach side massages, and strawberry daiquiries (what a rough life!) At this moment though I am probably itching to check my blog stats, I promised husband that I would leave my I-Phone and all technology at home. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, thanks for linking up!

We had so many wonderful projects/recipes linked up last week, it was really hard to choose! Here are my favorite links from last week:

Peaches N’ Cream Cupcakes from The Bitter Side of Sweet - What is it about the words “Peaches N’ Cream” that makes me salivate? I’m not sure but these cupcakes look heavenly! Visit the link for an easy printable recipe.

Homemade Heat Packs from Plucky’s Second Thought – I have made rice filled heat packs before but Jess from Plucky’s Second Thought uses oats, plus adds some essential oils to hers. I can completely imagine relaxing with one of these around my neck, eyes closed, calming scents, tranquil music….ahh just like a spa. Then the kids noisily enter the room and burst my bubble, kidding, but really it’s a great tutorial and an easy beginner sewing project so go have a look!

Now let’s party! And if you feel so inclined to grab a button, please be my guest.

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Preschool Learning – Letter T Free Printable Worksheet

8 May

If you missed it last week – Wednesday is now Letter Worksheet day on Sweet Benanna & Sam. This week we are working on the letter T. Click on the picture AT THE BOTTOM of this post to be directed to the free printable. You can also find links to previous worksheets at the bottom of this post.

Here are the links to the other letters that we have been working on:

Letter R Worksheet

Letter V Worksheet

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have enjoyed this post!

Tags: activities, alphabet, children, coloring, cutting, early learning, gluing, learning, letter recognition, letter t, letters, practice, preschool, printing, review, worksheet

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Sweet Treats & Swanky Stuff~Link Party #11

3 May

It’s Friday!! Welcome to this weeks edition of Sweet Treats & Swanky Stuff. Thank you so much for joining me today! Next Friday I will be in Cabo with hubby, marlin fishing, beach side massages, and strawberry daiquiries (what a rough life!) I will still be scheduling my link party to happen, but there won’t be an e-mail reminder so don’t forget to come back!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, thanks for linking up!

We had so many wonderful projects/recipes linked up last week, it was really hard to choose! Here are my favorite links from last week:

Sweetest Treats

Caramel Banana Cream Pie – from Busy Mom’s Helper: You cannot tell me that you don’t want to eat an entire plate of this right now! It just looks incredible and probably tastes incredible too! And you know what? No weird ingredients, it is all stuff that you can find and work with easily.

Disappearing Double Strawberry Cookies – from A Handful of Everything - Wow fresh strawberries baked inside of cookies, and then covered in strawberry frosting, yumm! This sounds like the perfect spring time treat.

Swankiest Stuff

Lovely Panties from Old T-Shirts – From Serger Pepper - how much fun is this sewing tutorial? Serger Pepper gives a great step by step tutorial and free pattern for size 4/5 panties. You can re-purpose an old t-shirt or use new material if you like. I am totally making some!

Earth Day Repurposing An Old Suitcase – from Kaminski’s Creations - This sweet little keepsake suitcase has gotten a complete upgrade. She created it using an old suitcase, spray paint, scrapbook paper and mod podge. It looks gorgeous! She also re-does the interior with fabric and…there is more, she shows us what she is creating to put inside the suitcase but I don’t want to spoil it. You should go have a read for yourself, it’s a great project!

Now let’s party! And if you feel so inclined to grab a button, please be my guest.

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The Summer Social Dress {free tutorial and pattern size 2 & 6}

2 May

Fun, flirty, and summer-y sweet~ This is what I had in mind when I created The Summer Social Dress. I am so pleased to finally be able to show you this dress, I have been working on it for awhile now! The fabric is the new line by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs “Little Red Riding Hood”. Riley Blake had sent me a good sampling of this line for a tutorial I am writing for their Cutting Corner’s College (publish date May 27th). I had enough left over to create this gorgeous dress – the exact fabrics are Little Scallops Aqua, and Little Floral White. The aqua and red color scheme is gorgeous and the little characters are too cute! I had an elaborate outdoor Spring photo shoot in mind but alas the unpredictable Alberta weather did not cooperate! Can you believe it snowed on April 29th, I had planned to take the pictures on April 30th. I just could not ask my sweet little models to go outside in -6 celsius weather in these summer outfits. I was kind of bummed to take the pictures indoors. I had an entire pictorial in my mind; a story to go along with the dress. Then I had a bright idea. Why not make my own computerized spring scene and put my models inside? So now I give you the Summer Social Dress. Click here for easy printable instructions and pattern: Summer Social Dress

Too cute, right? The dress is very easy to make and I think any girl would love to wear it. You can also make it as a summer-y top instead – like these pictures:

I hope you have enjoyed this post! Here again are the printable instructions and free pattern in size 2 & 6: Summer Social Dress Tutorial

Tags: sewing, DIY, tutorial, free, little red riding hood, dress, riley blake, fun, tasha noel, size 2, summer, size 6, pattern, flirty, sweet, summer social dress, red, aqua, white, ice cream shop

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Preschool Learning – Letter V Worksheet {free printable}

1 May

If you missed it last week – Wednesday is now Letter Worksheet day on Sweet Benanna & Sam. Last week we shared our free printable Letter R worksheet. This week we are working on the letter V. Click on the picture AT THE BOTTOM of this post to be directed to the free printable.

Here is the free printable: