The other morning, after we had been out on a date, the girl woke us up just a little entirely too early. She was totally ready to go and we totally were not. As husband made pancakes, I offered the girl a project I’d been saving for an occasion when I needed something simple to […]
Set up a Trick or Treat Table for After Bedtime
Halloween is a lot of fun, but it can be overwhelming for little kids, who still need bedtime to happen earlier than big kids will want to go inside. This trick or treat table is just the thing to keep your house welcoming even after bedtime. You could also use it as a candy station […]
Make a Burlap Bow to Decorate a Simple Fall Wreath
As much as I craft, I’m not really a decorator, but this year more than any other I’ve been feeling a desire to decorate our front porch for fall. It all started with the apple-themed fall porch decor I made for Walnut Hollow, but then I decided we really needed a wreath. I mean, there’s […]
Notions: Halloween Crafts and Games
I know I just wrote about pumpkin crafts last week, but tis the season for lots of fun fall things so I wanted to add a few more in case you’re still looking for ideas to do as we gear up for Halloween or if you’re planning a Halloween party for your kids. If you […]
Pare Down Your Yarn Stash with Style with Knitless
As a yarn crafter, I know I am not alone in the problem of having too much stash, yarn kept for someday projects that might never happen. And while fall and winter are great knit-like-crazy, use-all-the-yarn-you-can times, I know it’s probably still not enough to bring my stash down to reasonable proportions. I’ve come to […]
Make a Tassel Necklace from a Keychain
I went to an event at my daughter’s school recently and scored as a door prize a lovely suede tassel keychain from GiGi New York. Sweet, right? Except I’m not really a giant keychain kind of girl. So of course I had to get crafty with it. These keychains are everywhere right now, and tassels […]
Notions: Pumpkin Crafts Edition
I’ve skipped a couple of weeks of notions thanks to not actually working on Mondays. Such is life. But here were are on the cusp of fall and it’s the perfect time for crafting with or without kids. There are a ton of great craft tutorials out there with a fall theme, and many, many […]