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I've wanted to change it up around here, and I hope I don't throw you off.  Yes, We're one of THOSE Couples is now Other Side of the Rainbow.  I was never thrilled with the original title, but stuck with it.  Now that we've crossed over, it seems fitting.  I still hope to mess around with the layout/design a little bit.  Hopefully I'll come up with something soon!  Thanks for sticking with me! In other news, I figured out how I can be in two different blogger accounts at the same time, which has helped me to start commenting again!  I'm on one account in internet explorer, and another in chrome! 

We've got a big birthday coming up here in less than two weeks!  While I know that the first birthday is a celebration for the parents and not so much the baby, it hasn't stopped me from getting my craft on.  Since we moved out of state this past summer, we are having the party back where all of our friends and family are, so it is also a good chance to get to see people we don't anymore. As an elementary school teacher, I've always dealt with extra/broken/unclaimed crayons.  Bins and bins got filled in my classroom with the discards, and my kiddos always knew where to go if they were missing a color.  But, 30 pounds of extra crayons is excessive!  I heard someone mention melting down well-loved crayons and reshaping them to be useful again.  I decided that this would be a fun party favor for the kids coming to the party, and cheap for me to make. Originally, I was just going to use a regular muffin tin to make the crayons, but while shopping for other craf...