Choosing a paint color for a room in your home can be downright overwhelming. There are endless color palettes, and brands, and swatches (oh my), and it’s nearly impossible to pick a color off the little paint chip. After completely painting our new home from floor to ceiling,( indoors and outdoors) we’ve learned to stick to Read Post
DIY Frozen Birthday Cake
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links from Amazon, all opinions are my own. Since the release of the Frozen DVD this week, it seems like it’s the first time in forever since we’ve seen the film. (It’s now on automatic loop in the minivan.) And since so many friends are getting ready to throw their Read Post
Teaching Tuesday: How to Make a Planet (with an old CD!)
Remember that feeling in school when you walked in and realized that you forgot a project was due? Pure panic in the bottom of your gut?! Yeah, that happened to me today, but it wasn’t my homework, it was my daughter’s for preschool. We were supposed to make a planet this weekend out of paper Read Post
DIY Christmas Ornaments: Clothespin Snowflakes
And just like that December is here! If you haven’t given it much thought… it’s time to get busy and make some homemade gifts. But you still have time if you want to try something homemade! This year we are making several kinds of ornaments for our friends for the holidays including these DIY Christmas Ornaments Read Post
DIY Christmas Ornaments: Vintage Sheet Music
I know I know…Christmas is still 6+ weeks away…but there’s something magical about the temperature dropping, and the festivities surrounding the holidays! Before I had kids, I always liked to bake, or bring something homemade to my friends and co-workers. But now that we have teachers gifts to consider, and more family friends, so I Read Post
DIY: Super Duper Simple, No Sew Tutu
I have a very creative daughter, who loves to draw. Her favorite subject these days is rainbows, so it came as no surprise when she told me she wanted to be a rainbow for Halloween. A few catalogs came in the mail, and she fell in love with a rainbow costume from Chasing Fireflies. I Read Post
Another Pinterest FAIL – Butterfly Clips
Pinterest experiment butterfly snack bags, harder to make than it looks. From the pictures, you might think…that’s pretty cute! But let me tell you, making these snacks for Lila’s 4 year old VPK class today was anything but easy. Well for me at least. I must completely lack normal adult gross motor skills…because I Read Post
