I always feel a little sad taking down the Christmas decorations. The house always seems empty. This year I decided to make a winter wreath to hang up when I took the Christmas wreath down. I was inspired by this wreath. I followed the decorations for finger knitting, and finger knit an entire skein of fluffy blue yarn. Then I wrapped it around a wire wreath frame. After I finished wrapping … [Read more...]

Last year I forgot about teacher gifts until the last minute. This year I'm trying to work ahead.The kids rotate teachers for different subjects (math, science, and reading) but they each have the same three. So I wanted to make something for each of them.I've got the reading and math teachers gifts made so far.I was going through my scrapbook paper collection and found these two fun papers. I mod … [Read more...]

My middle sister is not a crafter. So I was a little surprised when she told me that she went to a craft night with some friends to make a Christmas pine wreath. (With live pine boughs.)Like most craft nights there was more visiting than crafting. So she brought the rest of her supplies to my house for me to help her finish.Our wreath, wire, and some embellishments all waiting to be … [Read more...]

I really want to focus on being thankful this month. And it's something that I want to encourage in my children as well.I have seen lots of great ideas for beautiful thankful trees and garlands. image viaAnd I had great intentions of getting one made this year. But the time has slipped away and I didn't get one made. I was feeling sad until I saw this idea for a simple gratitude … [Read more...]

I love fall. And I am happily letting pumpkins, in all varieties, take over my house. I have been drinking lots of pumpkin hot chocolate. I even bought the kids pumpkin pie Pop Tarts. And last weekend I went to a Fabu Fall Pinterest Brunch (what an awesome name, right?) where I made this glitter monogram pumpkin. I started by spray painting my pumpkin black. Then using a stencil I … [Read more...]