My Coloring Book (and Marker) Collection

 Hey Y'all!

Here's a quick look at both.

Coloring Book  & Marker Collection:

Lots of markers!

Spectrum 

Crayola

Copic

Hobby Lobby

Prisma

and several other brands...

Coloring Books! (The bulk of our coloring books come from Ollie's.)

Chris' coloring books:

Mine, followed by Chris'...

(except the one his brother is borrowing, which is another horror type book LOL)

I think my favorite is probably the Disney Villains book.

It's way more coloring books than two people need, but we like them all.

Which coloring book is your favorite? Share in the comments below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

My Birthday List (& Plans)

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My birthday is coming up soon (June 19th)!

We don't really have any plans, or at least none I know of. (There's not anything specific I'd like to do.) We did do lunch and Bath & Body Works sale today, and I got some Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body wash. Woohoo! I had been using men's since mine ran out, and while I didn't mind it'll be nice to not smell quite so manly.

Wishlist #1:

Camp/Van Life Stuff

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/BCUK4XAQV473?ref_=list_d_wl_ys_list_1&filter=unpurchased&sort=price-asc&viewType=list

Wishlist #2:

Specifically Me

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/V47OT9NO6RJD?ref_=wl_share

Happy 42nd Birthday to me!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

My Least Favorite Things (Currently)

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Since I did my Top 3 Favorites, I figured a bottom three in the same categories may be interesting.

TOP 3:

 https://craftinwifescreations.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-favorite-things-currently.html

Bottom 3:

In no particular order, one craft item, one beauty item, and one random item. 

1) 

Mini Electric Iron from Dollar Tree~ I have no "craft in progress" pics for this because it didn't work. 

To clarify it did get warm, but definitely not hot enough to adhere HTV to any surface. I tried both cloth, and wood. It was a big no go. It didn't even work well for ironing the wrinkle out of the fabric during preheat. It may work for something like perler beads, but I'd just buy a regular iron for that. Doesn't even come close to comparing to the Cricut Easy Press Mini. Would NOT recommend! They can't all be winners.

*Couldn't find a link, but the website is not exactly user friendly.

2)

 Pacifica Pineapple Bubbles Clarifying Mask~

It seems like this may have been discontinued (I can see why.) as I can't find it online. (I got mine from TJ Maxx.)

Pacifica site:  https://www.pacificabeauty.com/collections/skincare

I never could get this to work right. Maybe it was user error, but it didn't bubble, but also didn't feel like a mask (or a cleanser). I gave it several tries, and it never "worked". It also didn't do anything for my skin, it felt and looked the same before & after. The scent was okay, but fairly overpowering. I've not tried anything else from the brand, am I missing something? Let me know in the comments.

3)

Picture Credit: https://www.aldireviewer.com/little-salad-bar-farmhouse-potato-salad-steakhouse-potato-salad/

Aldi Steakhouse Potato Salad~

We all tried this, and none of us liked it much. (5 adults, 3 kids) It seemed sweet, but also kinda like a loaded potato salad. The flavors just didn't combine well for our taste. We all prefer a mustard potato salad, and knew going in this was different, it's just not for us. If you like a semi sweet potato salad you may love this.

What are some of your least favorite things? Let us know in the comments below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Not The Planned Marker Inventory...

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I'll get out and share my marker inventory when we're not visiting family.

There's no way I'd want to spend that much time in the van going through all the markers and filming/photographing, and I definitely wouldn't drag them all in with Mr. Fingers, who's 1 1/2, or Goober who's 4. The 9 year old is currently getting in to drawing, and the oldest and only girl, 12 has been into drawing and crafts/art since she was little. 

Maybe some day the youngest two are napping, we'll get it all out and craft together.

A few pics:

The 9 & 12 year olds didn't want their pictures take this time. The 4 year old did, but also didn't want to stay still, lol.

Naps

Contemplating

Drinks at the strawberry festival

Have a great day,

Craftin; Wife

My Favorite Things (Currently)

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Here are a few of my favorite things...

I'll do a top three of my favorite things. one craft item, one beauty item, and one random item. 

In no particular order:

1) StarKist Tuna Bowl-

Surprisingly, we both really like these. Even more surprisingly we both think out of the 4 variations that three are great, and the Tomato Basil is only okay. We do these for lunch, especially on the go, quite a bit. They're cheap, compact, easy to store, and taste good. We always eat them cold, out of the pouch, with a fork.

2) NexGen Hemp Seed Oil Lotion-

We got ours from Dollar Tree, but it's not on their website. I did find it online for $6.

I like this because it smells good, is pretty moisturizing, and inexpensive. 

The oil provides good skin moisturization. Furthermore, oil has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of specific skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, and acne rosacea. Favorable results likely relate to the GLA component of hemp oil.

3) Craftables Vinyl-

I really like all their products, they always are even prettier than pictured, cut and weed extremely well, and adhere with ease. I will always recommend their products to vinyl crafters. I also like that they are a smaller company, and are US based (in TN). Their customer service, and product knowledge is unmatched. I can't say enough good things about the brand.

What are some of your favorite products currently? Let me know in the comments below.

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

My Current Makeup

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I filmed a clip about the makeup I've got with me awhile ago, and that's what gave me the idea for this blog.

All my makeup fit's in this vintage travel case:

I do have my eyeshadow brushes in the Elmo case from the Sesame Street x Wet 'n Wild collection, and it too will fit in the case.

Video:

After the video I realized I cold fit even more, because of the lid style being lifted. In total I think I have about 16 lip products, and 30ish palettes, a tinted moisturizer, primer, setting spray, and powder...

Pics:

I took these pics in a bathroom, so they aren't the best pictures, but you can see all the items I'm taking!

 All my face brushes fit in this black travel case I picked up at a thrift shop (brand new!).

Palettes:

Colourpop Muppets Holiday

Revolution Beetlejuice

TooFaced White Peach

TooFaced Matte Nudes & Just Peachy

Lorac Venice Beach

This one came out blurry, oops!

I.B.Y. Sunday Funday

Lorac Santa Monica

TooFaced Holiday

More TooFaced Holiday Collections

Even more Too Faced:

Holiday Palettes

Salted Caramel

Kitty Likes To Scratch

Nabla ??

Various Kara Cosmetics Palettes

Even more TooFaced Holiday & Major Love

Revolution Beetlejuice Face Palette

More TooFaced, PB & Jelly

Various 9 pan Colourpop

More Revolution Beetle Juice Collection

Wet 'n Wild x Sesame Street

Putting it all together:

Everything fits with ease. The only negative is that most everything has to come out to get to all the things I need (want) daily. That's not a big deal for me, it just means I'll probably get more use out of everything since it'll all have to be touched every time. So far I have rarely gotten the case out, but maybe that'll change lol.

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Catch Up My Planner(s) With Me

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I like to keep a planner, but haven't even opened mine since February. It was past time to do a little catching up.

We got these planners a few years ago in a Michaels Grab Bag, all of them were Recollections brand. (Chris also has a planner, but I didn't get it from him, I'm 99.9% sure he hasn't touched it anyhow. He always wants a planner, but rarely ever uses one.)

I've shared about this planner before here:

https://craftinwifescreations.blogspot.com/2024/01/goals-for-2024.html

Things that have changed since that blog? I've really grown to like the layout. There's a lot of space for each days activities to be written out.

My (main) Planner:

I'm doing pretty well on my goals for the year, some are completed..

I just recently filled out this bucket list section, all are goals I'd like to achieve this year, except the first one. It's more a 5 year goal.

I've already ticked off a few!

Note to myself, a tiny bit of catching up/getting up to date.

This section is a bit impossible to fill out, every day is so different, especially the afternoons. Moving forward I'll skip it, like I do the daily goal tracker in the rear of each month.

I also still don't use the calendar format pages for anything. To do so seems redundant.

Working on this weeks page:

I also still use the Dollar Tree pens (https://www.dollartree.com/r2-blast-colorful-roller-ball-pens-3-ct/355205).

Purple is Craftin' Wife's Creations, Green is Outland Adventures, and Pink is everything else.

Figuring out the blog, and social media schedule:

For now that catches us up in my planner.

We've recently implemented the Budget Planner, but I think after flipping through it, and filling it in some for this blog, it's not quite what we're needing.

As I was flipping through it was evident this planner is more focused on earning/saving than budgeting. I modified the pages to fit my need as best I could.

After I filled this in we got the notice that our van insurance has went from $30 to $55 monthly, we decided to go yearly and save a bit of money.

My phone had one more month before it was eligible to switch to the yearly plan, so that's what that notation means.

 

I've shared enough, it's really none of your business what's in our Money Market account.

This is the page I feel is most relevant to us, and I could just as easily do this in any notebook, so we'll see if we opt to change this out and just do a budget notebook in the future.

 

Do you use a planner? Which one(s)? Let me know in the comments below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife