Classy Classic's By Kandis

Another year, another round of giving! Do you give out gifts for the kids extra people? This year is all about simple and thoughtful! Hi good morning and welcome to Classy Classic's By Kandis! Can you believe it's almost time for the jolly man to come? This year for the teachers we thought we would keep it clean, simple and cute. With the year coming to an end.... a very long emotional, stress testing year, I decided it's all about the giving, in a smaller way! My kids have 4 teacher gifts to give out this year. I am the mom that will put so much thought and extra into gifts that it almost become more then it should! So this year I went to the dollar tree and had it set out for about $5 a teacher. This may seem little but I really like how they are coming together! If the gifts seem "not done" that's because, well they are not! Hahaha. I wanted to get the blog set up tho to help with so e cute ideas for this holiday season when it com...

When growing up the garden was always there. My mom always had a garden, if you had the room you grew a garden! That was how it was. We learnt never to say we were board, especially when mom was in the garden! You were not going to be board long, she made us help with the gross potato beatles! To this day I remember how gross they were and I am oh so thankful that I do not have them! I think it was the kind of potatoes that she grew. I remember getting into trouble for my best friend and me eating all her peas, or chewing up the green onions cause it made out spit green! Haha oh the memories in the garden. Those memories have changed a little as I am the one planning, planting, weeding and pulling, prepping and so on. With this said I could not imagine not having a garden. It's a lot of work, but the outcome can be so great. The years have changed and out weather is not the same.... by know means. It has almost been freezing here already and it's August. With t...

Summer time!  We tend to what seems like eat way more in the summer months!  Maybe it seems like it, maybe because I don't want to cook, when it's so nice out.  Who want to do the same thing everyday like cook supper when you can be out playing in the sun.  This is a reason why I love freezer meals, but if freezer meals is not your jive, or you don't have any on hand.   Have no fear mama Kandis is here lol.  Hi I'm Kandis a stay at home mom and wife. I have 4 children ages from 10 down to 6 months! I tell you food can go fast here, I'm always thinking on what's the next thing to make! What to do for supper again tonight Lol!🤣  So let's talk burgers, easy, fast and will save you money!  Sounds magical to me lol, so let's start! There is always those go to summer meals. Those foods that seem ok to constantly eat over and over in the summer.  In this house one of our staple go to foods is good old burger...

Good morning everyone and welcome to Its A Mom Life! If you are new here to Its A Mom Life, make sure you hit that follow button for all the blogs here! I am all about mom life and every thing that it comes with. As you can tell by the title this blog is all about homemade laundry detergent! This is something that I have been making for a while now, and when I run out I always kringe on the store bought stuff now. I of coarse had found this one Pinterest, I will leave the link below for you! It is easy and lasts a long time. It will last me between 6 to 10 months. In have never but wanted to take note of how long it lasts. I like that I can find the items easy and for the most part it is just mix together and carry on. I use a big tub for this as it is a powder. The most work is to grate the laundry bars with this I just use my cheese grater. Yes just my kitchen grater as I find it fine to use on soap. So let's talk about what you need. You need: 2-3 bars or Laundry soap I u...

Good moring and welcome back to Its A Mom Life, if your new make sure you go ahead and hit that follow button for all the upcoming blogs. Grab a coffee, and join in the topics, I have a variety of topics that get covered Here on It's A Mom Life. So if your ready let's do this! It's Thursday which is a new recipe! How to make icing sugar. I find it costs so much to make icing sometimes. The amount of icing sugar that is used and for the fact it's like $5 bucks a bag... or something lol, it can add up really quick! I find I run out when I need it! So one day push came to shove and I had to make some! Where I always to when I need to find something trusty Pinterest! I will leave the link below however this one is so straight forward and easy, the only thing I will say that I didn't like is that it is more gritty, as it is hard to grind down enough. All you need is 1 cup of sugar to 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. This will make 1 cup of icing sugar. All you do is p...

Hello and good morning. Welcome to Its A Mom Life, if your new make sure you go ahead and hit that follow button for all the fun. What A great Tuesday, the weather is warming up and my window is opening more and more. That fresh air is wonderful, puts a little hope into my day. Do you look forward to opening that window? There is nothing better then a fresh smelling house, unfortunately with kids the house sometimes has kid smells in it lol. Air freshener can smell very thick, and it can add up with how much you need to use! Then you have all the added chemicals that are put into that bottle. There is an awesome diy recipe for homemade fabreeze that I would love to share! I have been using this kind for a long time now, it's quick and easy to make, and is much cheaper. I will share the link that I had originally followed, mine is different now. As for how I make mine all you will need is : an empty spray bottle (I have a very old needing to be replaced old fabreeze bottle)...

Hello and good morning, happy Tuesday. Great day for an awesome day for another diy product. One I think you're really going to enjoy! As I am in love with this one! Isn't it crazy how much everything costs these days? I am always shocked when I walk into a store to grab something and then find myself standing there for what feels like forever trying to decide whether I really need that item now or not, after seeing the price tag on it! I find that materialistic items can be the worst! Do you agree? Cosmetics and feel good products are insane! After spending I don't know how much on makeup and face care, I knew there had to be a better way. So hopping on Pinterest where I go for almost everything haha I decided to try makeup remover as I enjoy having the wipes for vs the bottle of liqiud, but not wanting to spend the money they wanted, I gave it a try! I will say this, I am not going back! These wipes cost very little, are so easy to make and work fantastic. It can even...

Hello, good morning happy Tuesday. This diy Tuesday is a good one, I have been making this product for a long time now! This is something that I found to work great, and save a LOT of money! This is making your own fabric softener! This product is one of the easiest things I make and will not go back to store bought! This product contains ingredeints that you will more then likely have on hand and if not very cheap to get! So if you're ready let's get to it! For homemade fabric softener all you will need is: an empty jug ( I just have a very old fabric softener jug)  2 cups of conditioner any kind, I use the cheapest from Wal-Mart, you can use dollar store but for the size difference I use Wal-Mart!  You will need 3 cups white vinegar. Last you need 6 cups warm water.  That is all you need! So now let's make it, take your 2 cups of conditioner and 3 cups white vinegar and mix together, pour into the jug, then just add the 6 cups water. Give it a shake I try ...

In the world today of all the hustle and bustle it can be hard to stop, take a step back, look around and just enjoy! I have made, tried, loved and hated lots of different products. With life as busy as it is with 4 kids, and money being tight from here and there I make a lot of my own stuff. Some of the products are worth it all, and some not at all. However with that said this is one product that I love and will keep making! This is homemade baby wipes! How much money gets spent on random baby products? Yes you need wipes when you have a kid, but do you need some that are not actually good for the baby! Store wipes I find not to be the best there is alcohol in them, they dry out if left in the vehicle and freezes (As I live in Saskatchewan it's cold a lot of the year) they are expensive, and just not the best! With this I have a recipe that is so easy to make, costs so much less then buying them, and work great without drying out the baby's bottom! Sound like something yo...

Things sure have changed these days when it comes to Valentine cards! They are not cheap and not what they use to be, what do you think? This year the kiddos are making the cards for their class! The nice thing about this is that they are super excited about doing it, and we don't need to come up with a bunch crazy saying (which are not always easy for me), with these Valentine card's they are just cut, glue and write! This year I found a couple choices. There were 3 different cards choices, there was a bear with the saying "- I Hope You Have A Bear-y Happy Valentine's Day, Spinning heart which I wrote "I Hope You Have A Spinning Valentine's Day. Last was a knock knock joke. This has 2 googly eyes and reads: Knock,Knock,Who's There Eyes Eyes Who Eye Wanted To Say Happy Valentine's day. They were fun to make with the kid's, I ended up doing extra prep as I just used computer paper and traced out and cut out all the parts because, I ran out ...

Hi there, and welcome to It's A Mom Life! Valentine's day is always a busy time here in my house, as my oldest kid was born on Valentine's day and being my only daughter out of 4 kids, that is a very special thing! So, I have always tried to amp things up a bit, however it's not like things are always a good deal for this materialistic day! So with all that I try to find new ideas and diy projects that we can do together in the house. Crafts can go a long way for quality time, and the can be displayed as decorations around the house. I also try to do something that they will find special for them. This year I had seen a lot of buzz about hearts on the door stating what the parent finds special about the child! I figured I would give it a try, and the outcome as been awesome! My daughter is a little more in it, then my son, as I am only writhing for the two older children that can read! I have pre cut out hearts so all I need to do is the writting! With this every n...

The fact of it all is that as a mom of 4, I get busy! Even being a stay at home mom, it gets crazy here! Does this sound familiar? So lets make what we can easier! For this I want to say and show you a very easy homemade cleaner, that can be used for any surface. This is good for counters, mirrors, cupboards, floors, you need to wipe it down you can go to this! What is it you might be wondering? It is the good old vinegar and water, that's right that's all it is. I add some essential oils to it just to add some nice smells to the house air! This makes it easy to change smells as the season's change also! So... for this all you need is: A spray bottle Vinegar Water Essential oil To make it's just as easy, fill spray bottle about 1/4 full of vinegar, fill rest of way with water then simply add essential oil about 10-20 drops or to desired strenth! That is it, an awesome inexpensive all purpose cleaner, to help save time and money! Give it a try what scent's ...