• How to Throw a Superhero Party Worthy of ‘The Avengers’

     “How to Throw a Superhero Party Worthy of ‘The Avengers’’” Invitations: Start your party off right with the perfect invitation. You can make your own postcard invitations with cardboard cut-outs of bright blue painted stars, and include the details about your party in a thin black marker. Decorate the front of each with classic comic book words like POW!, ZAP! And WAM! Décor: The Avengers bring together 6 epic superheroes. Create your own easy decorations with cardboard cutouts of spiders and paint them black, neon green head’s of The Hulk and classic American flags for Captain America and, throughout the party, use bold colored streamers, which will add some mystery to the room. Centerpieces: Choose your favorite Avenger and decorate the table around that character. Use lots of primary colors, since comic strips are usually blue, yellow and red. Print outs of comic book pages covered in contact paper make great placemats. Blanket your tables with these to tie the décor together and include stars, spiders and Hawkeye cut-outs on wooden sticks around the table with silver confetti. Music: Keep the music simple but fun. “Live to Rise,” the original song written for and appearing in the film is the first single from the Marvel…

  • TomBow Scrapbook Tape

    SURPRISE!! I love taking pictures! I crack myself up I’m so FUNNY!! (Course this is really ONLY funny if you either a) know me in real life or b) are a regular follower of Peanut Butter and Whine.)  Almost all my posts include at least 1 picture or 10. (If I thought I wouldn’t alienate all my readers because of load time I would post so many more pictures every day!)I love taking pictures and capturing these memories!! My favorite pictures are of my Grandbabies! These 3 kids crack me up!! As a result my camera is never far from me at any time. I print out my favorites for frames, to carry with me or add to a scrapbooks and memory books. While I love creating photobooks online and having them professionally printed I also love plain old fashion scrapbooking!  My dream is a once a month scrapbook club! My own version of a book club. (JUST way MORE FUN!! Sorry Selena!)I’ve learned that when you are creating a handcrafted memory book the MOST important item you need is your adhesive.  It doesn’t matter if you have the cutest picture and the BEST embellishments if it doesn’t stick to the…

  • My Giveaway Round Up!! @BounceHouses

    Amanda O left a comment last week on my  “What I’m entering” and she called it my Giveaway Round Up.  HEY!! Amanda I love that name!! Soooooo……welcome to the newly renamed Giveaway Round-up!!  This week you get ONE …. yup only one giveaway!!  I want this prize so BADLY that it deserves it’s very OWN PAGE!!!!  A BOUNCE HOUSE!!!!!!!!  A BOUNCY HOUSE!!!!! Wouldn’t this make me the GREATEST GRANDMA EVER!??!?!?!?!  There are so many to choose from!! Living in Southern California I think the bounce house has to have water…. But there are SO MANY to choose from!!!! With or without water. This giveaway is being hosted over at Two of a kind working on a full house The bounce house is provided by Bounce House Now. Maybe this one instead……….. Go check ’em out!!  The prize is $500 toward a Bounce House!!!  What do you mean you don’t need a bouncy house!!?!  Then win it for my Grandbabies!!  : O    See??  I’m always thinkin’!!! If walls could talk, my blog would whisper, “It wasn’t me.”Because somehow, somewhere between coffee refills and letting the dog out, the Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine keeps sneaking in and removing pictures and videos. I don’t…

  • "Fit Mom for Life" Review & G!veAway!!

    I am so fortunate to bring you a book review from Dustin Maher called “Fit Moms for Life” How to Have Endless Energy to Outplay Your Kids.  HELLLLOO!!!  This book was written for ME!! First off I have to tell you the stories from the Moms, that are in this book, are amazing. The before and after pictures will have your jaw on the floor.  Each of the Fit Moms has their story with their before and after pictures. These Moms also give you their tips to achieve your weight loss goal.  Some have exercise tips, some have nutrition tips. Each and every story is amazing. Dustin has the book broken down into twelve chapters. But from the second page and the line “If you don’t help yourself, who will?” I was hooked. The benchmark Fitness Test……… well, lets just say I really REALLY needed this book!! I don’t like to say FAIL I prefer to say under-achiever!  But, give me time!! Next chapter is on FOOD for Fuel.  I love the line “If your Great Grandma didn’t eat it. DON’T eat it!” My Great Grandma was from wagon train days… This line can’t POSSIBLY mean me…. REALLY??!  I think…