*(Happy Summer Everyone! I am re-sharing craft idea / post from our archives dated last year, because it’s a fun idea & favorite of mine for this time of year! Hope you enjoy!)

We had some people down a couple of weekends ago, and while they were here, the kids and I got to making pinwheels.  O.k., in the end, it was mostly me really working on them.  They needed to be fine tuned, to work properly.  Making this quick little craft was on my agenda, so I already had the supplies.   The kids visiting us each took one home.

Ours has served mostly as home decor

Dyeing Easter eggs is one of our family’s favorite creative Easter activities.  (And photographing the process, is also one of mine.) But every year, dyeing hard-boiled eggs causes us personal dilemmas.  For one, there is the question of how soon, is too soon, to dye eggs. Then we are afraid to put them in the fridge, knowing condensation will likely form on our artwork, when we take them out on Easter day.  Of course, we are always sad to crack and peel our hard work off, and then we’re a little leery of eating them anyway!

So this year we decided…..we’re blowing out the eggs!!  It solves all

Well, you all know the cartwheels I turn, when it comes to themes/months/seasons/holidays, etc. So imagine my delight, when I came across this easy craft for monthly plaques! It’s an idea that was put together by Suzanne, at Just Another Hang Up, and she calls this full-year project:   Plaque Attack.

I will get to all of the details you’ll want, at the end of this short & sweet post.  Since Suzanne also covers how this project is done in depth, I did not bother photographing every step of the easy way.   She also designed all of the month’s files, and is

While my home is not completely decorated for the upcoming ‘month of love’ just yet, I knew it was time to get to some Valentine crafting!  I happened to see this craft from Martha Stewart Living, and was inspired to try it ourselves, with a spin or 2 of our own on it.  By melting crayons in between wax paper, and cutting out hearts, some very cute Valentine’s decor can be made!  That Martha is a clever one, huh? ( Or, her creative team – whatever. lol.)  You can make this craft as quick and simply. or as involved, as you choose, and I am going to tell you the ways

The kids and I were recently brainstorming for ideas, to put together a very special package for a certain little boy.  It was very special circumstances, that called us to put something together very special, just for him. I wanted to share with you all this idea our oldest, {A}, came up with:  Making a no-sew fleece blanket for him.

It was the perfect idea, with the circumstances for this little boy.

The kids had received fleece blankets like this before, as gifts, and as single layer blankets.  But I wanted to see

I don’t plan on having a big post on our Halloween/Hallowtide this year.  But last night I got to thinking about some of our past Halloweens, and the costumes we’ve come up with, and I went digging through photos. Putting together costumes, is a creative process of sorts, so we thought this section of the blog was a good place for this.

There is SO much I could share with you from our pre-blogging days, because I have always taken lots of photos.  But I haven’t always shot digital.  The scanning of old photos, and cleaning up dust particles, etc, is not a process I enjoy. At all.  But if I’m inspired enough to share with you some old stuff, I

We had some family down a couple of weekends ago, and while they were here, the kids and I got to making pinwheels.  O.k., in the end, it was mostly me really working on them.  They needed to be fine tuned, to work properly.  Making this quick little craft was on my agenda, so I already had the supplies.   My niece and nephew each took one home.

Ours has served mostly as home decor, since then, being the time span between Memorial Day weekend, and the 4th of July.   But today we took them down to the sea shore to really test drive them!

So it was almost the end of January, when I put up our ‘winter themed’ fan pull.  Because, I had to make it first!  Next year, they will all be up right on time, because they’ll all already be made.   But for this little craft-session, I also made February’s. A LOVE theme of course.

We’ll look at the winter one first.  This one we’ll probably use maybe in late November, if it has snowed, and maybe the first week or so of December. But then we’ll be having our Christmas fan pull up for the rest of December.  The winter one here will go back up for the month of January, and maybe early March until it feels like spring.  Unless of course I make a… (READ MORE......) | 9 Comments