“new” blog…new name?

Category: everyday | February 9th, 2012


*a little blurry, but how sweet is this girl?? she gives kisses now and it melts my heart. 
now that i am writing about life and such and not focusing mainly on crafty projects, i feel that PLC just doesn’t fit anymore. to be honest, i was never 100% in love with the name. lol. so i am in the process of thinking of a new name for the blog. good thing my url, kristenmcashan.com, won’t change, so it shouldn’t affect any of you readers. just wanted to share that with y’all. i am really excited too. there might be a little blog makeover too. nothing too big though. :)

monday funday

Category: baby, everyday | February 7th, 2012




yesterday we were out and about allllll day. miss P was amazing. although i’m sure the 2 hour nap in the car helped. lol. we started out at the Austin Children’s Museum for the Baby Bloomers. it was our first time, and i am in love! i’m sure P is too, since she had so much fun. this place was filled with so many baby/toddler (3 and under) friendly things. so many activities and hands on stations. we spent 3 hours there and there was never a dull moment. saw some of her buddies there too. we had a great time. if y’all are ever in town on a monday from 9-12 then i highly suggest this place! small fee, but well worth it.








we had a birthday party to go to downtown at central market as well so we stayed around (since it’s about an hour ride home), she took a two hour nap and i had lunch in the car. :) then it was time to hang out with a bunch of 5 year olds! she had so much fun watching them and trying to keep up with them. oh and climbing anything and everything. it had rained right before. that didn’t stop her. she was soaked, but had a smile on her face the entire time.



look what made an appearance. ;) there’s still more leftover. get these things away from me! anyone want some? seriously.

monday funday was great. an hour and 15 minutes later we were home. whew.

DIY ~ paper accordion flowers

Category: DIY | February 6th, 2012


a few of you have asked how i did my fav wall decor for miss P’s birthday. at the time when i was making the actual flowers, i managed to snap a few shots with my phone, so i will just post that. i know i can do it all over again and take better photos with my real camera, but let’s be real here guys. ;)





materials: paper, glue, and however you want to hang them. i used Christmas ornament hooks

*i used 12″x12″ scrapbook paper that i already had on hand (you can use a different size paper…the bigger the paper, the bigger the flower) ;)
1. fold the paper accordion style. back and forth, back and forth. i used 3 sheets of paper for each flower, so i folded all 3 of them together at once. all about short cuts.
2. trim the edges (you can do this several ways to create variety)
3. fold each paper down the middle.
4. glue the fold together for each paper
5. glue all three sides together to form the flower
6. determine how you will hang them and done!! (i used Christmas ornament hooks since i hung them on my blinds, but you can use tape, tacks, string, etc.)


when you have a lot to do, i suggest doing an assembly line. goes a lot faster. :) yay happy paper accordion flower making!