• Project: 52

    December 28, 2022

    If you know me at all, you know I love a good project to dive into. Case in point: The 100 Day Project (and here). (I’ve done it for like eight years running.) Before that, I ran several iterations of something I lovingly called Project: Miracles (all about the power of gratitude journaling based on the book Make Miracles in Forty Days* by Melodie Beattie) and Project: Food Budget (tracking food spending for a specific period of time). So it came as no surprise to me, the husband, my mom, and the rest of my family when I told them…

  • DIY Eye Glass Cleaner

    August 26, 2020

    DIY eye glass cleaner is incredibly easy to make. It requires a grand total of 3 ingredients and will make your glasses sparkle. One of my biggest pet peeves is dirty eye glasses. You know, the kind of dirt and grease that requires actual eye glass cleaner to fix and not a microfiber cloth or end of your shirt. With a baby who loves to grab the glasses off of my face and put her hands all over the lenses, I have had more than my fair share of dirty eye glasses this past year. And by dirty, I mean…

  • 5 easy sewing projects to make for little people

    July 7, 2020

    If you’re looking for projects to make FOR or WITH your littles, I’ve got you covered. Here are five kid-friendly sewing projects I’ve done and loved and would do again in a heart beat. I have always been enamored by sewing. When I was in high school, my favorite sewing projects included scouring the racks for jeans at the local thrift store and then sewing in patchwork panels down the side and turning every pair I could find into bell bottoms. I even went so far as to have my great aunt, who was a professional seamstress, teach me how…

  • Learn how to make big paper stars from lunch bags!

    April 15, 2020

    Anna and I made big paper stars from plain old lunch bags today. When we saw a video of this being done for the first time, we both let out a gasp of delight. We knew that this was on our must-do list and made sure it was in our rotation ASAP. We have a feeling it will be on yours, too. Why? Because it’s an easy craft, even for those who are self-described as craft-impaired. All you need is a handful of paper lunch bags, a glue stick, a pair of scissors, and your hands. But don’t let the…

  • Get your craft on with these fun projects!

    April 10, 2020

    Looking for new ideas for crafting with kids? Here are 7 fun projects that we have tried and loved to add to your must-do list. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been crafting daily for the last 3 weeks now. The only reason I know this is true is because of the piles of crafty goodness that are strewn throughout the house. Some of it’s in the kitchen, others are downstairs in Anna’s play area, and more still is sitting on the edge of the kitchen table waiting for a new home. Why do you care about any of that?…

  • Inspire a little magic with pocket people

    April 3, 2020

    Anna has been obsessed with fairies for the last year or so. It started with watching Tinkerbell and then hit full throttle a little while later after seeing fairy gardens online. She’s been drawing fairy houses and building fairy gardens for months. And, now, she has found a love for pocket fairies thanks to our egg carton fairy craft we did a few weeks ago. After our initial burst of inspiration using the fairy template, my mom and I have been working on various templates for fairies of our own. As a result, Anna and I have been having fun…

  • The Magic of the Smush (Painting)

    March 27, 2020

    We are almost two weeks into our 100 Day Project and I have to say that smush paintings have been one of our favorites so far. What are smush paintings, you ask? They are a style of painting where you lay blobs of paint onto paper then cover it with wax paper and SMUSH the paint down to create beautiful abstract paintings. The baby even got in on the fun and got to smush her painting in a zip-top bag. I loved how easy they were to create, how beautiful the end product was, AND how contained the mess was.…