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Boho-style Felt Trivets that Protect Your Dishes and Table in Style
The holiday season is here, and Winter weather is settling in for many of us. The cooler weather and the thoughts of upcoming celebrations lead many of us to think about sinfully scrumptious foods that warm our hearts and souls. My favorite dishes, bread stuffing, bread pudding, my Dad’s oven-baked applesauce, and green bean casserole, bring back memories of family celebrations and make me pull out my most treasured casserole dishes to begin planning. Yes, just like I pick my outfits based on what shoes I want to wear, serving dishes often dictate the holiday menu at our house. I consider myself a foodie, so the right menu is essential, but I am first and foremost a visual creative, and how a meal looks and is served is at least fifty percent of my holiday experience. I also enjoy when form and function come together beautifully, and this project ticked all those boxes.
Illustrated Alphabet Books - H is for Helping Hunter Learn to Spell Her Name
I love illustrated alphabet books, and one of my favorite books as a kid was Richard Scarry's "The Best Story Book Ever." It began with an illustrated alphabet. I read and leafed through it so often that it no longer has a front and back cover. When the youngest member of our family started learning her alphabet, I thought fondly of my favorite book and immediately started planning my version of an illustrated alphabet book. I created it for that day very soon when she starts to spell her name. As you can see, the result is an illustrated alphabet book titled "H is for Hunter."
Happy May Day!
This May Day card was created using vintage, botanical game cards discovered at a thrift store. I painted the perimeters to bring out the color of the flowers. I then scanned the cards into my computer and printed the images on watercolor paper. I cut the images out, placed a grommet in each corner, and glued them to the front of a 5” x 7” greeting card. The vintage game cards remind me a little of seed packages, and the thought of spring flowers prompted this May Day card.
Upcycle Old Photos and Send a Message of Love this Mother's Day
This gift idea for Mother's Day is beautiful and simple to make, and it won't clutter up Mom's bookshelf or give her more stuff to dust.
At some point, most of us end up having too much STUFF! Some people really like stuff. Others are mindful of getting rid of stuff. If your mother is mindful of getting rid of stuff, give her stationery made out of upcycled photographs of flowers. Not only are you getting rid of old photos, but your mom can feel good about getting rid of your gift.
Spring Nesting
What we nostalgically think of as Spring, warming weather, the bright blue skies of longer days, and the fragrance of daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips blooming everywhere, has taken its time revealing itself this year in a lot of places.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how lovely are thy branches? Adorn with snow and mistletoe, diamonds, pearls from long ago….. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how will you tell my story?
Butterfly Jean Jackets - Off On a Tangent
I ended off on a tangent with this project much like a flittering butterfly’s flight. A bundle of calico fabric cut for a quilt commonly referred to as “Parasol Girl” inspired these butterfly jean jackets.
Vintage Bingo Chip Necklace
These vintage bingo chip necklaces pay homage to both of my grandmothers. The bingo chips were my granny’s, and the beads came from my grandma’s costume jewelry.
When you bought all your gifts online but forgot to buy wrapping paper... - Upcycled Wrapping Paper
I forget to buy something every year, and this year it was wrapping paper. “@*&^%!!!”
Ring Around the Rosy - Kid's Fashion DIY
This project is a depiction of the age-old nursery rhyme, Ring Around the Rosy.
Bad-Girl Scout Jacket
The idea for a Bad-Girl Scout Jacket came after I started searching the internet for additional patches to finish my Good-Girl Scout Jacket. I stumbled onto LukeDrozd on Etsy and fell in love with the “Alternative Scouting for Boys & Girls Merit Badges” that I found there. The skills they represented, like cult leader, soothsayer, informant, bribery, and espionage, were more than I could resist.
Scary Spiders for Halloween
This post is a scary Halloween spider hack from Dollar Tree and Dollar General, and it is so easy to make!
Good-Girl Scout Jacket
The recent dip in Summer temperatures has me yearning to wear jackets and boots and has prompted me to begin planning my winter wardrobe. This good-Girl Scout jacket is definitely at the top of my must-wear list this Fall.
Bat with Bloody Eyeball - Another Dollar Tree Halloween Hack
This is another fun and easy Dollar Tree Halloween Hack. All you need to complete it is: Dollar Tree Hanging Black Bat, 1” Wood Ball, Bright Red Delta Paint, White Acrylic Paint, Black Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Extender, Zeyar Red Metallic Pen, Zeyar Fluorescent Fiery Amber Pen, 0 Liner Brush, 10/0 Liner Brush & the video below.
Dollar Tree Halloween Hack - Sugar Skulls
This project transforms plain, Dollar Tree Halloween skulls into vibrant Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls.
Preserving Memories
This blog is about preserving memories.
Remember This?
Memory games are fun for kids and families, no matter their age.