Holidays

We have finally come to day 12.  It’s sad, true, but that means it’s Christmas, right?  I almost had to end on day 11 because a nasty cold came over our household.  I even laid down for a bit during daylight hours yesterday which is kind-of a big deal for me.  I’m thankful to just ...

Whew!  It’s Christmastime!  It’s been pretty busy around here with Christmas prep and activities.  I took a little online break because I think it’s nice to unplug often.   Anytime is a good time for unplugging really, but especially during the holidays.  Everywhere I look people are on their phones and then the kid’s are ...

I saw this idea and immediately pinned it.  I thought it was crazy awesome and that’s all there is to it.  I added my own twist by printing the pictures onto sticker paper (found here) and just sticking them right on the gifts.  I really like the way they turned out once I convinced my ...

I’ve had a long-time plan for this drawer.  Besides being a spool/thread holder in the off-season, this big guy provides a variety of options for year-round display. I finally pinned the pictures I’ve seen over the years on blogs to my Pinterest to a very creatively named board called “printer’s trays“. I like this one for ...

Caramel is one of my very favorite things.  Even more than plain caramels I love salted caramels and goat’s milk caramels.  I love the creamy vanilla flavor with the bite of the goat’s milk. Yummy.  I don’t know why I don’t make them very often, but I’m glad I did this Christmas.  I saw this ...

Have you noticed lately, that the word old is being replaced with the word “found”?  I noticed it first in a Pottery Barn catalog a few years ago when they were starting to bring the salvage look back because it was coming to new life again.  They started selling items called “found” items which were ...

You’ve probably seen that one super-cute peppermint wreath floating around Pinterest.  I love the simplicity of it and that you only need glue, peppermints, and a wreath form.  I had planned to make one, from this pin, but then I watch “Elf”.  I’ve said before that if you haven’t seen that movie, you most definitely ...

Are you having an awesome Christmas so far?  Ours is starting to look that way.  I mentioned before that we are on break from homeschooling right now, but it hasn’t felt like it.  It seems to be taking some time for the “vacation” to set in.  Right now it feels like perpetual cleaning, dishes, laundry, ...

So00, this week the kids and I attempted to make snow-globes.  We all know the kind that is made in the baby food jar, the tomato sauce jar, or the ever so fabulous mason jar.  A month ago, while at the craft store, I happened upon some super-cool looking plastic snow-globes which had my 3 ...

Chalkboard paint is not a recent original idea, but getting/making the paint, taking the supplies out, and deciding what not to paint how many things to paint is the hard part.  The pots below I had sponge painted when I was first married (8.5 years ago) back when sponging was trendy in the craft world…or ...