i’m going to just admit it…i’m becoming a nag…and it drives me crazy…

getting my 3 kids out the door in the morning on time is just not easy…our mornings are nutso around here with my 2 dogs playing wrestlemania 3 in the living room & constant searches for shoes & “what do i need to do today??”s… meanwhile, my coffee hasn’t gotten a chance to kick in…so i find myself resorting to nagging…

“did you make your bed???”

“did you brush your teeth???”

“why is this laundry all over the place????”

“are your books supposed to by lying on the floor here???”

& i feel like my kids are tuning me out…i’m becoming that “wah wah wah wah wah” voice from charlie brown, i just know it…

but an adorable set of little russian paper dolls has come to my rescue :)

when i saw the kaisercraft mini book & patterned paper in this month’s add-on all in a row i fell in love…and when i got my kits & my girls were peeking at all my loot, they both fell in love with these little beauties too… “mommy can you make something for me with them???” “oooh i love this one mommy!  she is my favorite!!!”…so i kept thinking…hmmm…how can i put these little ladies to work?  & then it hit me…and our little morning chore book was born :)

so now my little paper doll friends are helping my girls’ remember exactly what they need to do each morning before they come pounding down the stairs for breakfast…i can be downstairs getting the lunches ready & sipping my coffee and let these little beauties do all the talking…and it has been working…by the end of this week, my new best little paper doll friends have become my best ever mommy’s little helpers :)

so here’s what i did….i painted the mini book with a few coats of cream colored acrylic paint…adhered the cut out beauties to my painted pages…then i used glossy accents and lots of bling (my girls love bling :) to pretty them up…then using some letter stickers, some flowers, my favorite alpha stamps & the scallopy frame kenner road stamp i created the pages…a bit of doodling here & there & then using the gorgeous orange fabric strip from the kit, i tied on a loop so that the little book can hang from the doorknob of their bedroom door..and everything (except for my tools & a bit of twine) came to straight my door in my kenner road kits…

we love it :)

so what do you have planned for your little russian paper doll friends??  i’d love to hear your ideas!

here’s to smooth mornings…fresh hot coffee and a nice long weekend!

hope you get some creating time!!  Happy Memorial Day!!

xoxo

gi

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