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Quote of the day:
“Put your shoulder to the wheel.” -AESOP, Greek Fabulist

{a good thing to do is make this picture your screen saver so you will NOT forget to play the game} You can print it out and put it on your fridge, at your desk or just keep it in your pictures album on your phone. It’s also good to set a daily reminder on your phone.

The HASH tag for every picture you post will be

#ispywithjaderbomb

(it’s very important that you put this in the comment section for each picture)

YAYUH! Doing happy dance. I finally finished the new photo challenge list for OCTOBER! It’s simple. Pretend you are playing I SPY like you did when you were small. It’s a great way to get in touch with the simple things in life. We all have hectic busy schedules and this is a good way to stay grounded. It’s not hard to mess up because each day represents that day in the month. Don’t worry if you skip a day, we still want you to pick right back up and start taking pictures!

Share your pictures on your INSTAGRAM, TWITTER,FACEBOOK or wherever! I am in love with instagram and what I love most about it is that I can post a picture to facebook or twitter right from it. 3 in 1. That is what makes me happy.

Follow me on INSTAGRAM. My handle is

@jaderbomb

Some fun apps that I am ALWAYS using to add flare to my pictures are:

Camera+
(this app has a ton of filters to make your pics amazing)
LensLight
(I love this app because you can add sparkle and shine to your pictures)
Collage Day
(FREE, this is the one stop shop to add washi tape or whatever to your pics)
PicFrame
(use this to put more than one picture in one frame and you can write on your pics here)
 BubbleFrame
(this app allows you to put your pics in BUBBLE’S and cute bubbles at that)

Are there any apps you use that I can share? What is your favorite thing to do to dress up a picture?  


Are you playing?

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IN OTHER NEWS:

This Friday I will be Co-Hosting a twitter chat with MOEN. If you are not following them on Twitter hurry and follow them HERE. Follow me on twitter HERE.
So don’t forget to put it in your calendar!

This coming Saturday is going to be a fun one! It’s Saturday Social! It’s a linky party that I will be Co-Hosting and you will be able to link up your social media outlets.  I will be hosting a Twitter party so see ya there! (more info on this later this week)

There is nothing better than a fun fall mantle to dazzle up your home. I personally love taking advantage (badly) of every single holiday or special occasion. Check out what I made with things I already had laying around the house!

Happy FALL YALL! I am finally showing you my shelf that I decorated in the kitchen for the Fall holidays. I’ve been showing little tid bits of different projects on Facebook and Instagram so I am excited to be done with this shelf. Fun part will be getting in the attic and decorating the rest of our house!

Monday is almost over and guess what? That means we are are closer to the weekend! Sometimes I find myself counting down the day’s till the weekend. I mean what’s so bad about the week? I think it’s because of work. (haahaa)

I’ve been seeing a lot of Fall decor lately so I figured I would follow the trend. I mean it is FALL YALL! There is only ONE problem with Fall. I am not a huge fan of all the “traditional” Fall colors. EEEK. Did I just say that? When I was growing up our house was always decorated, especially for the holidays. For some reason I only remember my mom decorating in the “traditional” Fall colors, which was really pretty but a little boring to a bright and whimsical girl like me. I swoon over FALL colors every time I see them but I just can’t do it. I mean, look at my kitchen wall color. It’s turquoise. I also added some rustic stars, vintage jars, a vintage “yellow” can and some vintage gas station numbers to my  kitchen decor.

Let take a look at what FALL look’s like in my head…

I am loving red and orange together lately! Check out the candle holder here.

I was totally inspired by my [friend] Stephen with this. Stephen is one of the judges on TLC’S craft wars and he does ton’s of this in his new book “Glitterville’s Handmade Halloween”. Trust me you NEED this book! Buy it here.  I think the black and white make everything else in my kitchen POP. I painted on real wood so it feels warm and cozy when I look at them. (tutorial coming this week)

I love my homemade vases because you can actually add water in them! I will be posting a tutorial this week on how I made them.  I can’t even express how inexpensive this craft is. When I think of Fall I think of natural things. Paper feels natural to me and that is why I used this on my shelf.

What else SCREAM’S FALL like mini flags with mini clothespins! Again I went with natural colors here since I have ton’s of other things bursting with color. I used black and white bakers twine to go along with my black and white FALL theme. You can order mini clothespins in my ETSY shop.

I am loving this print I made the other day. Yes it’s a silk screen. Yes I made it at my house. Yes you can too. Stay tuned for this tutorial because all I will say is you will be purchasing the machine I made it with!

This is a mirror I made a while back but I thought the black and white went with my theme. See the tutorial here.  If you follow my blog then you already know my LOVE for black and white. I think I love it because it allows me to add POP’S of color all over! Remember my bedroom walls and my napkin flags?

How could a live plant not feel like FALL! The fresh green just makes me smile plus it adds good energy in the house!

The rest of the week I will show you tutorial’s on everything I made for my kitchen decor so make sure and come back!

Huge Glittery Hugs, Jade

 Happy Sunday Jaderbugs! If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter then you know that I am in the process of adding tons of new items to my online store! It’s Fall and we all love to start getting our spaces fit for season. I just put some of my new colored mini clothespins in the store and I am loving all of the colors! I have a TON of other colors that I will slowly be adding this week. Hopefully I will have more Halloween colors by Tuesday! Also stay tuned because I will have some “NEW” things by Thursday!

I hope everyone had a great, fun and memorable weekend. It’s such a pretty day here in Louisiana today. I will share some of my new colored clothespins with you but these are not nearly all of them! The great news is I am taking special orders now so if you would like your own colors you can send me a message here:
jade@jaderbomb.com

If you click the picture or the link below the picture it will take you strait to the item in my online store! Make sure and share with your friends.


Mini teal clothespins

Mini purple clothespins

Pink mini clothespins

Mini purple and natural clothespins

Mini natural clothespins

I know your brain is going nuts right now thinking of the things it can do with these babies! You can use them for scrap-booking, hanging cards, flag bunting or as gifts!

Quote of the day:
“I still thing that prayer without words is the best.”-C.S. Lewis

 

Quote of the day:
God, grant me he power to get out of the shower – Monica Sheehan

Happy Happy Thursday! I could of sworn I just said in a post I can’t wait till Friday. Who would’a thunk it would get here so fast? Surely not me.  I think you know by now I love glitter. I swear, I have inhaled so much in my lifetime I believe it’s running through my veins. How cool would that be if everyone had a different color of glitter inside of them!

I bought this tape dispenser at Target the other day because I truly needed one. I think that is the ONE thing I never bought in my entire life. Can you believe that? Of course it was kinda boring so I figured what better way to “dress” it up!

Have you seen my Mexican Folk art plates? Click HERE to check them out!

INGREDIENTS: 

Tape Dispenser
Martha Stewart glittering glue
Martha Stewart glitter
Martha Stewart craft brushes
Martha Stewart glittering tray
Mod Podge
*happy thoughts which will create happy designs
(at least that is what jaderbomb thinks) 

 What I did first was apply Mod Podge in certain sections with my craft brush then sprinkle glitter on top. I did this step to get my “background” glitter down. The background is the biggest sections on your tape dispenser. Let it dry. Once it is dry I used my glittering glue to draw my designs. The great thing about this glue is the tip. It is tapered so you can really “draw” things accurately with it. I like to do one color of glitter at a time, let it dry then move onto the next design. I did the pink first, then the purple and last my designs incase you were wondering. That’s it Jaderbugs!  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I can’t WAIT to see you in the next post!

p.s. I have some fun FALL things coming up so make sure and check back in with #teamjaderbomb

Good, Happy, Bright, Whimsical, Fun and Glittery is how I felt when I woke up today!

Saying that, I really wish I could sparkle like the Edward does in Twilight. How cool would what be? Would I really push it if I said I would change the color to teal sparkles instead of clear?

I have this bittersweet relationship with Halloween. I have always loved it/hated it. Now don’t take that literally because you will see a lot of Halloween stuff on here in the next couple of weeks. I like the (PRE) Halloween game not the actual “day game”.

The free printable I am posting today is from a movie that I love, Nightmare before Christmas.  You can print this out and use it as stationery, or write a note on it and frame it. I printed a few out on card stock to write notes on. I like the durability of card stock. It feels a little more “professional”.

FREE FOR NON COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY
Prints up to a 8×10. [watermark is not on download]

Click below to download your free PDF
Nightmare_before_Christmas_Jaderbomb

Enjoy the “pre-HALLOWEEN” printable,
see ya in the next post!

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Well howdy hoo, Jaderbugs! Is it really Sunday night already? I couldn’t wait to share this “delish” mexican lasagna recipe with you. I cooked it last week but I am just now getting around to posting it. I posted it online and everyone wanted the recipe so let’s get to it!

Quote of the day: SAY NO ILL OF THE YEAR TILL IT IS PASSED

INGREDIENTS: 

2lbs Ground Beef
1 pack of Corn Tortillas
1 can of Rotel
1 small box (16oz) of Velveeta Cheese
2 can’s of Corn
Pinch of Paprika
1 bag of shredded Mexian Cheese
(Large Baking Dish)

Before you start anything put your oven on 350˚.
The first thing you will do is brown your beef. I like to add a pinch of Paprika and any other seasonings at this point. After your meat is completely browned you will add your rotel & corn. Cook this mixture down on high for about 10 minutes. While this is cooking down, dice up your block of velveeta cheese and melt it in the microwave. When your cheese is melted add it to the meat (slowly), corn and rotel then stir completely until it is mixed well. Cook this down on med/high for 10 minutes. Once cooked down you will start putting it together in your baking dish.

You will layer it just like you would a lasagna. Start by putting some of your mixture on the bottom then cover that mixture with corn tortillas. Complete the same steps over again until you reach the top of your baking dish. Finish it off by putting your shredded cheese on top. Bake this with no aluminum foil for 15-20 minutes or until your cheese is completely melted.
And VOILA!!!!

I can’t even find the right words to express how GOOD this is. It’s like pouring glitter and gold in your mouth while spraying your self with Chanel Chance. So you get it, right! It’s that good.

Enjoy this Mexican Lasagna Jaderbugs

See you in the next post.