i will be the first to admit that i am not into halloween nearly as much as my friends and neighbors seem to be. i personally don't like dressing up, and i don't really like the spooky/garish aspect of it (think skulls, skeletons, and fake blood...yuck). but if there is one thing i do like, it's ...
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homemade jingle bell wreath
one of the things i love most about the christmas season is the sounds :: the music, the movies, the excited voices of little kids, the ripping of christmas wrapping paper, and the bells. oh, the bells. you hear them in the background of almost every christmas song and there are even songs written ...
homemade christmas tree star ornaments
every year we put a little 4' christmas tree in my kids' room so they can decorate it with all the christmas decorations they make at home or at school. it's "their" tree under which our elf likes to leave little gifts (check out these free printable christmas gift tags for those little gifts!) ...
diy printable sticky notes :: free printables!
look how fun and cute these sticky notes are!! i am one of those people who always writes stuff down. whether it's on calendars, planners, or even random pieces of paper, i feel like writing lists and other notes/memos down on paper is the most effective way for me to keep myself organized and to ...
thanksgiving printable banner template :: great idea for a kids’ thanksgiving craft!
i have to say, my decorations for holidays (ALL holidays!) at the moment are pretty sparse. i can't quite pin down why...though it could be due to the fact that since our married days began we've either been in school with no money for such things, or with young children who kept me so busy i ...
easy holiday fabric bunting
i'll be the first to admit that halloween is not my favorite holiday. i have absolutely no decorations (except these adorable pine cone spiders that we made last year), no pumpkin carving skills to speak of, and i can't stomach most of the garish costumes and decorations that come with ...
easy tie-themed father’s day crafts for kids
i used to love making little gifts for my dad for father's day when i was a kid. where i grew up, school wasn't out for the summer until the end of june so we got to make all sorts of fun things at school, like pinch pots (which my dad still has...and uses!), paper cards with hearts all over them, ...
make it yourself :: christmas stockings
even though my husband and i have been married for several years, we never had our own stockings until last year. the reason being that we lived close to family and so was always at someone else's house for christmas day - and both my mother and mother-in-law had plenty of stockings to spare. so ...
m&m turkey favors :: a thanksgiving turkey craft for kids
thanksgiving is fast approaching, and my kids are getting pretty excited. they love these tulle turkey favors that we use to decorate their place settings on thanksgiving day...they've even given me all of their peanut m&ms they collected from halloween to use in making this adorable ...
halloween spider hat :: halloween craft for kids
the other day my kids said that we needed to decorate more for halloween. i honestly own maybe 1 halloween decoration - i guess i just never got into it! they said we should make some spooky hats to wear, and since we had some leftover googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and pom poms from our halloween pine ...