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Spring / Easter Fan Pull

Laura — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:28:26 +0000

Just a quick share of my fan pull for Spring & Easter.

These beads are so beautiful. They are heavy, like marbles, but smaller.

And just ....pretty.

Fan Pulls: for Winter & February

Laura — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:41:56 +0000

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 [...]

A Christmas Fan Pull

Laura — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:09:43 +0000

The other day, I found myself gazing at this tiny, intricate, beautiful little ceramic egg, that I spontaneously hung from our fan pull in our sun room one day, quite awhile ago. I wondered why it never struck me as a little Easter decoration until then, and how it really didn’t look quite right hanging [...]

A Craft Guessing Game: Over Already!

Laura — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:25:17 +0000

Well, how was THAT for a quick game?? Who knew we had such a smarty pants in the house? : ) JODI from New Beginnings, guessed correctly with Clue #1. {A} and Michael created a chipmunk house, with the 2 cd houses. Here are a few more photos of the project in progress, from the [...]

A Craft Guessing Game: Clue #1

Laura — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:38:01 +0000

As I’ve mentioned, with swim lessons every day, and home school reporting still being done, we’ve had little extra time to do much crafting. I’ve actually got a bag of supplies for a project, right here next to me! But no time to do it. And anyway, no camera to photograph it if I did [...]

Liberty Shakers!

Laura — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:02:36 +0000

I saw this craft somewhere online I think. I thought it was a great one for the kids to make, so they could have a little something to make some ‘joyful noise’ at our various celebrations coming up for America’s birthday! Living in America’s Hometown, our town most always has a huge, big long 4th [...]

Imagination, Running Wild.

Laura — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:33:38 +0000

{J} has been a very busy boy in the past few weeks. If you were following our blog here back in March, you may have caught the post titled Fly Him To The Moon, which was about a solar system {J} made, and about how he is ALWAYS. MAKING. SOMETHING. He is literally his own [...]

We Rock!

Laura — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:17:03 +0000

I was wondering what my oldest daughter was doing out there in the driveway. She was getting rocks together, to surprise us with our very own Rock Family. Ourselves, actually. Left to right: Mama, Daddy, {A}, {J}, {O} and {S}. I was taking photos before the glue even dried, and become transparent. Sorry ’bout that. [...]

Stained Tissue Easter Cross

Laura — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:45:49 +0000

The kids have been working really hard with their school work, and will actually be done with their formal work in just a couple of weeks. So in preparing our hearts and minds for this Holy week, we decided to do some more lengthy study of the Stations of the Cross, and then get creative [...]

Wooden Toys

Laura — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:40:02 +0000

Honestly, there are times I wonder, just a little bit, if our kids are actually pioneer children. They truly enjoy the simplest of toys, games and activities. We’re thrilled, because we prefer the simpler things in life, anyway! But I sure am glad that they, too, can find such appreciation with simple, simple things. Such [...]