Last weekend, the girls and I put together this package for a friend’s birthday present. It was a fun and easy project and now I’m working on a few more –one for our house and some for gifts. If you … Continue reading
DIY bean bag toss
Yearly Archives: 2014
DIY shutter key hook
We misplace our keys all the time and it is so frustrating searching for them when trying to get out the door with two kids. I’m sure we’ve all been there. I often see cute key hooks in stores and … Continue reading
DIY hot air balloons
We made hot air balloons for Summer’s first birthday and I thought I’d share this fun project. It turned out to be a great preschool activity for Gemma and the hot air balloons were pretty for the parties and now … Continue reading
treasure blocks, the class
Treasure Blocks was a really neat class that focused on allowing children to define the concept of “treasure”. This project came to me last Summer when I was trying to think of things for Gemma to do around the house. … Continue reading
object printing, the class
Object printing was such a fun class! Each kiddo received a strawberry basket that included the following items: plastic animal paper towel roll, cut into a 1″ section cork small sponge pine leaf plastic ice cube small plastic cup lego … Continue reading
Clay Creations, the class
I just finished my second art class session this week and it was a blast! This class focused on creating imprints with nature objects in clay. We used leaves, pinecones, seashells, twigs and flowers and they turned out so beautiful! … Continue reading
Exploring Watercolor, the class
I’ve just finished my first class which ran for two weeks called Exploring Watercolor. It was a lot of fun and I think the kids really got a great introduction to watercolor which was one of my main goals. The … Continue reading
yard sale steals
For my 30th birthday we went on a little mini vacation to the central coast for a few nights. When we planned the trip, we didn’t know that one of the small towns was having a city-wide yard sale that … Continue reading
strawberry lemonade pie
I first ran across this strawberry lemonade pie from Martha Stewart magazine. It looked so good I had to try it but since I’ve started making it, I’ve realized a couple of tricks to getting it to turn out just … Continue reading
sewing a maxi dress tutorial update
My original chevron maxi dress tutorial seems to be making its way around pinterest so I decided to update my tutorial with step by step instructions to clarify some of the questions you’ve written me about. Here is my brand … Continue reading