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Fun Confetti Balloons

Love these balloons. Easy to blow up with the attached blow piece which is great for those who fight to blow up balloons like myself. Usually I have to get help to blow balloons up but not with these. This is a 15 piece set of 12 inch balloons filled with confetti. Great for pretty much any kind of party. Think New Years! Kids will love popping these and having the confetti fly everywhere.

I like that I can use the mouth pieces over again for other balloons we might have. I do have a few words of caution. I did find while blowing these up that smaller pieces of confetti can end up in your mouth so be aware so that if you have children helping you are close by.

To get the confetti to stick to the balloons like you see in the top picture I find that rubbing the outside of the balloon creates enough static to hold the confetti in place so that you have a more even look, instead of the confetti just laying at the bottom of the balloon like in my pictures. It was a bit of trial and error to figure it out but thought I would save my readers the time.

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DIY Bun

I love to style my daughter's hair. Believe me with having 6 girls and 2 grand daughters I have done lots of hair. Even with that many I am still learning hair styles or easier ways of doing a style. Take buns for one. They are hard to do if you have a little one who wants one but doesn't want to stay still long enough to get one. I really believe this is where the messy bun came to be formed from. 

With bun makers like this one from Skinosm I am able to put up buns in a matter of seconds. Yes seconds and they look great. I love this set because you get 6 different colored bun makers. Think slap bracelet meets hair band. They are colored but I have found each color works well if you cover all of the edges evenly which is quite easy. 

Each one come with directions to either make a bun or a french twist. I love to put two of these in the girls hair. I start with a part and two ponytails to keep my place then I take one elastic out and follow directions for a regular but placing it where I would have one ponytail instead when I am down my girls have two cute buns on their heads. One of the favorite styles my 15 year old likes to wear.

This 6 piece set can be found at my affiliate link below.

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French's tomato ketchup with no high fructose corn syrup

I am super excited about companies like French's stepping up and making their customers happy. We have always enjoyed French's products but now we have a new reason to love their products like this one French's tomato ketchup. This ketchup has no preservatives, no artificial colors or flavors, is non GMO, and the best part there is no High Fructose Corn Syrup.

This makes me one happy mama and my family give it thumbs up for taste. We all agreed it taste more like tomato and less like a sweetened tomato. This is great for baking and using in recipes. You would be surprised by what you can add ketchup too. For us ketchup is mainly used as a condiment on hot dogs, french fries, burgers, and meatloaf.

What do you use ketchup on or in?

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Binval Photo Clip String Lights

So excited to hang these up. For the Holiday we will hang our cards on them, then after the holidays we will use them for pictures, art work, etc. These remind me of one of my favorite shows where they use something like this to communicate with each other.

Easy to use just add 3 AA batteries per set this one comes with two sets with 15 clips on each string. It has a timer and several modes. I like the combination the best for the Holidays. Now to get some nails so we can hang these right. We have just moved in so not everything is here nor will it fit but I have certainly not seen any of my husbands tools so will have to pick up some small nails as tacks will not go into our walls without hammering them in. 

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