I live in a nice town. It seems very insulated and safe. And it is. Almost always. Except for the one time our car got broken in to. In our driveway. While we were sleeping in the house. A few feet from the car. It was not a big deal. We didn’t really lose anything. …
I’ve been slowly making progress with the Christmas decorating. I’m planning to be done approximately one day after Christmas. Today, I tackled the mantel. I have my upcycled yard sale mirror that I LOVE, but it is not very Christmasy, so I had to get a little creative with the color scheme for the mantel. …
I decorated my tree. I’m going to share what I love about it with you. I love that my kids decorated it with me and my son sang Christmas carols while we did it and then he and his sister sat down and read the Christmas story out loud. Together. I swear. No joke. They …
My kids are 7 and 10, and I swear, I already am having a hard time figuring out unique presents for them that will actually pull their attention from the dreaded “screens”. Here are some ideas: I love this 3 in 1 game table because even if my kids don’t like it, I’ll totally play …
Time for a monthly update on how this little blog is doing and on how accountable this little blogger has been to her goals. November Goals Goal #1 Create a schedule of posts – I have sort of a rotation of topics I like to cover, but it would make life easier if I could …
Ok, I’m officially ready to embrace the fact that it is Christmas and I must start to buy gifts. I try really hard every year to find something that is unique to the giftee. Here is what I would pick for the Music Lover in my life. Fender Stratocaster Pickguards – I’d like to find a …
Remember I made the kids Advent Calendars out of K-cups? Well, I didn’t just repurpose the cup. I repurposed the coffee that was leftover in the cup, too! I made another sugar scrub. A few months ago I made a lemon and a brown sugar scrub and I really love them both. They leave my skin …
Many months ago I started thinking about how many k-cups I use in a week. It’s a lot. I started saving them instead of throwing them away because I thought that there must be a way I could repurpose them. I found ideas for using the cups for seed starters, stringing them into garland and …
I had our monthly Girl Scout Meeting this past weekend and I wanted to do something sort of Thanksgiving themed. All of the Thanksgiving crafts I found were a little immature for ten year olds, so I settled on these adorable Native American Inspired Dream Catchers. They satisfied my self imposed Girl Scout craft rules …
Every once in a great while the craft gods shine down upon me and something turns out seriously awesome. As in, I can’t believe that thing was born from my hands. Tonight, friends, was one of those nights. Tonight I made this DIY Yarn Christmas Tree. ***This post contains affiliate links. If you click …