WINNER: SWEET ON PAPER CONTEST!


We challenged you to create packaging for a sweet treat using paper in any way for the opportunity to win an 11″x17″ All-In-One Brother Scanner/Copier/Fax/Printer. Your gorgeous entries blew us away. It’s outrageously difficult to select a winner for these contests so we brought in a couple of experts to help us judge. Introducing…

Amanda, Proprietress At Large, Bake it Pretty
Learn more about Amanda here.


Marian, Founder, Sweetopia
Learn more about Marian here.


And of course these two, who insisted on adding their two cents.

But back to the big announcement. The winner is…
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Sweet On Paper Contest SLIDESHOW!

Happy Monday talented prudent mamas! Our panel of judges are hard at work reviewing all of your lovely Sweet On Paper Contest entries. It’s so hard to choose! So while we are deciding who will win the 11″x17″ Brother All-In-One Printer/Scanner/Fax/Copier, take a look at a bunch of beautiful entries!

Stay tuned! And while you wait, leave a comment! See your entry? Have a favorite? Just want to say hi?
You could win a gorgeous children’s chair from Belle & Blue!

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Party Craft Stations Four Ways. Ole!


For our FIESTA we went all-out with four different craft stations. We picked up about 12-16 items for each station and let kids pick and choose which they wanted to do. We had about 60 kids so everybody got to take home something.

I whipped up little signs with the fancy printer we are giving away, then glued them to cardstock and made easel backings to stand them at each craft station.

The four craft stations included painting maracas, decorating sombreros, planting succulents, and decorating tamborines. All huge hits, though I think the tamborines went first.


Learn how to create Party Craft Stations Four Ways and get our sources for the least expensive stuff after the jump…
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MORE PRUDENT BABIES!


We’ve been harboring a little secret over here, but it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. Or should I say cats?

That’s right…. IT’S TRIPLETS! We are twelve weeks along (though I look more like 20) with three bundles of love. Am I terrified? Yes. But I’m also overjoyed. Three new prudent babies!  Now please excuse me while I take a nap.
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Big Little Felt Universe


We are so excited to announce this giveaway because this is one of the most adorable craft books we have seen in a long time! Big Little Felt Universe by Jeanette Lim contains over 70 felt projects in full color with lifesize patterns. Now we have all seen amazing felt fruits&veggies…

but have you seen… felt cacti?

or a felt doctor’s kit?

or felt tools?

or a felt laptop?

And so many more projects. Amazing! One of the things I love most about this book is how boy-friendly the toys are. We are always saying that boys get totally robbed compared to the amount of DIY projects geared towards little girls, well not this book! It has something for everyone.

Here is a link to the Banana Split Sundae Project from the book. FREE Y’ALL!

and a few mor pix…


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Planting the Garden


Gordon made his first trip to the Dallas Farmer’s Market this weekend when we set out to buy the plants for our garden. We would have like to do some seeds, since that’s when you can actually feel prudent for putting a garden, alas it’s too late for seeds here in Texas what with 100°+ days are right around the corner. We might still try some just to experiment.

As always, the girls had a blast at the market, sampling the vendor’s wares and helping to pick out the plants.


We let pregnant Brookes do all of the heavy lifting.

Find out what we got and see it all planted…
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Cookie Decor: How to Make A Cookie Board & Cookie Bunting


I used to detest paper projects and cookie decorating because of the precision and attention to detail they require. I don’t know what happened, but lately I’m totally Sweet on Paper. Since we asked y’all to create paper packaging for a sweet treat for our Sweet on Paper Contest to win a new Brother All-in-One 11X17 Printer/Scanner/Fax, I thought I’d try to do the same. And once you spend this much time making cookies, what’s a few more hours?

Here’s my entry, find out How to Make A Cookie Board Display and Cookie Bunting after the jump…
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