It feels like life has been super crazy busy lately, more even than normal. The girl has after school activities three days a week, it’s a busy time for husband and me at work, and it’s also the time of year we most want to be outside because it’s still light and cool in the […]
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 […]
Knit Oak Leaf in Fall Colors {Iron Craft Challenge}
I used to participate in the Iron Craft Challenge over at Just Crafty Enough all the time, but then I got busy with the book and had no time for extra crafting, and then the book was done but I didn’t feel like making anything or wasn’t sure what to make. But this week it […]
Fun Fall Felt Projects for Kids
The other weekend I was working on a project that became the No Sew Fall Leaf Garland, which you can see over at Sugar Bee Crafts. As you might imagine from the name, it involves leaf shapes, and as you might imagine from the title of this post those leaves are felt. I decided to […]
Painting with Leaves
Are there fallen leaves everywhere where you live? We are making a valliant effort to keep up, but they just keep falling! Last weekend the girl and I went on a leaf hunt and decided to do some crafting with some pretty leaves we found. We painted the leaves and then pressed them onto paper. […]
Easy and Yummy Snack Mix for Fall. Or Whenever.
I’ve been seeing posts all over the place about fall snack mixes. Now, I’m not exactly sure why we need more things to snack on this time of year, which is pretty much all about snacking for about 10 weeks straight. But I’m kind of done with Halloween candy (not that it’s gone, I’ve just […]