kiddo valentines

I know I’m a little late on this post, but I’m still going to share! For Valentine’s Day this year, I kept it simple. I drew a few cheesy valentines on smallish pieces of paper (I think they were about 2.5″ by 4″) with my trusty Sharpie. Then I left my almost-four-year-old with his markers [...]

poor bird

I’m having a hard time believing it’s March. Where did February go? I totally missed it! Oh well. Things have been crazy busy around here – hence the lack of blogging on my part. Sorry! I promise there will be a tutorial this Tuesday (I’m such a slacker!).  I had my first sinus infection since [...]

i heart art

Here are some things I’ve been doing instead of blogging:

I’m getting Valentine’s gift card holders ready to stock in my shop (should be there before the weekend).

The weather has been perfect lately so most mornings have been spent at the park. Life couldn’t be better.

Filled a custom order for 45 bird and butterfly notebooks. Loved [...]

weekend to do

Big list this weekend.

+ Clean up. Everything.
+ Make the Bingo cards.
+ Post the Bingo cards as a freebie.
+ Practice the piano accompaniment for the special musical  number on Sunday.
+ Organize my church bag.
+ Deliver the custom book that’s ready.
+ Make sure I win something at the auction over at Bloom.
+ Order our Christmas cards.
+ Dust.
+ [...]

christmas advent calendar

I finally solved my advent calendar dilemma! Hooray! And I’m feeling especially awesome because I didn’t spend one single penny. I managed to only use stuff I already had. So, I’m sharing a little how-to for this one because it’s super easy and I bet you have enough stuff at your house to do it [...]

advent calendars

[the view from our campsite last week]

Hi friends. I hope your Thanksgiving was as tasty and wonderful as mine was. Now it’s time to savor Christmas. Chris got the Christmas decorations out of the attic on Friday so most of our lights on the house are up and our tree is standing and [...]

goals, a giveaway, and on to the weekend

I had two goals this week:

1. Relax and
2. List the left over items from the open house in my etsy shop.

I’ve done a really good job on the first one: read lots of stories with the kiddos, ate lunch on the deck every day, raked leaves in the back yard, wrote letters, made banana muffins.

And [...]

tutorial tuesday: autumn centerpieces

I love Tuesdays! My sister-in-law, Katie, is back (hooray!) to teach us how to make autumn centerpieces. Perfect timing right? Enjoy!

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Here are a few ways to make fall centerpieces out of things you can find in your yard.

All you need to get started is fall leaves, twine, glass vases, and candles.  I used [...]

happy haunting

Wanted to wish everyone a happy weekend.

Our plans include (in the order they come to mind):

+Seeing Mary Poppins downtown
+Trunk or Treating at the church
+Finishing the sprinkler system
+Finding the perfect rugs for our new bathroom
+Eating spooky treats
+Delivering spooky treats to some friends
+Dressing up like a dragon and a bumble bee
+Carving pumpkins
+Finishing 3 furniture projects that are [...]

halloween-y

I’m finally starting to feel spooky around here. It has cooled off a little and I’ve hung a few Halloween decorations. I even made my little guy’s bumble bee costume so we are ready for Halloween! My favorite part of Halloween is the food (surprise, heh). Last year we ate taco soup with salty bones [...]