So every year my husband and I give all of our neighbors the exact same gift...ever year...same thing...year after year... a big old roll of wrapping paper. Seriously. Every year. (Except for that year when I read that book about the history of salt and gave everyone a can of Morton's Salt along with a note about why salt is the most interesting thing ever...but that is another post for another time.) Anyways as I was saying we always give our neighbors wrapping paper for Christmas. I'm big ... View the Post
A Handmade Christmas: The Holly and the Ivy….
I needed a couple of thank-you gifts for some people recently, so I spent one afternoon embellishing some handtowels up for Christmas. I thought they would be a nice, but practical and usable gift. I bought the towels at Costco (they have a 12 pack for $16--and they are the thicker, high-quality towels.) I paired the towels with some of the foaming hand soaps from Bath and Body Works (that were on sale for $2), tied them both up with a ribbon and passed them out. For the towels, all I did ... View the Post
Gracie’s Scrappy Heart (and other Christmas ideas to make for or with your children)
Last night Grace gave this scrappy handmade heart to her Grandma. It was her birthday and Grace spent 3 afternoons working on this heart. Sure it's a little funky but it was made by a 4 year old. To make it I just drew a giant heart on a square canvas (purchased at Hobby Lobby) with Elmer's glue. Then Grace placed scraps all along that glue trail to make the outline of the heart. Next I smeared glue in sections inside the heart let Grace fill it up with fabric. We continued this process ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: What Get Measured Gets Done
Several weeks ago when Elizabeth and I got to meet Daryl Hoole we also got to listen to her give an entire lecture on raising children...and I took like a million pages of notes... One of the things that she said that stuck with me was:"What gets measured gets done." I have always liked to make lists and cross things off of them.I make a "Things to do today" list every single day.(It's just one of those habits...I drop off the car pool, go and get a soda, then make my list...every ... View the Post
Flashback: Yukon Cornelius
It's about this time of year that I am up to my eyeballs in handmade projects...and loving every minute of it. (Really...I love to have an excuse to "have" to make something.) This year the majority of my gifts will have, at some point, come in contact with a sewing machine...but it hasn't always been this way... Take, for example, Yukon Cornelius: I painted him up for my husband like...oh...7 years ago. (Before I even owned a sewing machine.) I think the wooden guy was supposed to be ... View the Post
The Any Occasion Skirt Tutorial
So awhile ago I had this idea to make some sort of a skirt for Grace that she could wear for any holiday. I wanted it to be "festive" but not stuck being just for Christmas or Valentine's Day or whatever. (Although, let's face it. I like holiday specific clothing as well...I just posted those angel shirts for crying out loud.) Anyways...thinking one item that can be changed to fit different holidays...this is what I came up with: The Any Occasion Skirt Just a simple skirt with a bow ... View the Post
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