Category Archives: Home and Family Life

Great Disney Activity Books for Kids to Celebrate Spring

Celebrate spring with fun Disney activity books from Parragon! As a Parragon Book Buddy, I received these materials for free to review. All opinions are my own. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I guess it’s probably really every season, but it feels like spring is especially frenetic. There’s …

How to Get Rid of Magazines Once and For All

Sarah White March 17, 2017 Home and Family Life0 Comments

Learn how to get rid of magazines for a boost of usephoria. It’s great to get rid of things. I have a love-hate relationship with magazines. As a writer, I love that magazines exist because they give people like me places to get published, and to get paid to do …

How to Make a Garden Pictograph to Track Plant Growth with Your Kids

Sarah White March 14, 2017 Home and Family Life1 Comment

Make a garden pictograph with your kids to track when you water the garden, how your plants grow, and more. Thanks to Education.com for this great idea! The girl loves to garden and observe the plants and creatures in the garden. We’re so ready to get going on the garden …

Trash Your Plastic Bags for an Easy Usephoria Boost

Sarah White March 3, 2017 Home and Family Life0 Comments

Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I don’t even know where they come from. I really try to use cloth shopping bags when I go to the grocery store, or pretty much any other store. Sometimes I forget, sure. Sometimes I run by the craft store and forget to …

The Joy of Usephoria

Sarah White February 24, 2017 Home and Family Life1 Comment

I love using the last bit of paint in the bottle before it dries up. Getting every stitch I can out of a ball of yarn. Reading a book and passing it on to a friend, giving it away, taking it to a Little Free Library or to my public …

How to Organize a Child’s Bookshelf

Sarah White February 20, 2017 Home and Family Life2 Comments

I don’t think it’s possible for a child’s bookshelf to stay well organized for long. And that’s probably a good thing. We want our kids to use their books, to pull them off the shelves and spend time with them. We wish they would put them away properly, but at …

Check Out this Gorgeous Coloring Book from Kaffe Fassett {and a Giveaway}

Sarah White January 26, 2017 Home and Family Life9 Comments

If you’re not a fiber artist you might not have heard of Kaffe Fassett, and if that’s the case he should certainly be on your radar. He is the color guy for knitters and quilters, having designed countless gorgeous, colorful, complex garments and quilts that are heralded as works of …