As I mentioned in my last post, we are READY for spring around here. Sunshine. Warmth. Color. Anything to get beyond this cold grey reality. While the weather around here isn't totally cooperating with my desires, I'll continue to take matters into my own hands and create something to introduce a little warmth and pop of color. Take that Old Man Winter. If you've been around here for a while you know that I love to make flowers out of all kinds of materials for different projects. Burlap. Continue Reading
VLOG Behind the Scenes: The Ultimate Cardboard Box Fort
Did you ever build forts as a kid? Do your kids build forts now? We often use blankets to create forts and we lay them over chairs and tables to create a fun hideout. In our latest YouTube videos, we show you how our family built the ultimate cardboard fort. In part one, we used left over boxes from the holidays and some boxes that were donated to us from a family move to create our fort. The kids actually inspired and launched this project on their own by creating individual cardboard Continue Reading
VLOG Behind the Scenes: Fun Family Paint Dropper Craft Tutorial
Did you see our big news!? We were so excited to share in yesterday's post that we have started a YouTube Channel! This really is a family project. Our kids are all in. They are so excited but also learning how much work it is. Here they were, patiently waiting for us to have all the supplies and camera equipment set up. Don't they look thrilled!? They did actually have a lot of fun. We all did. If you haven't seen this vlog episode yet, check it out now! I made a major mistake and Continue Reading
Launching a New Chapter
We started blogging a little over 10 years ago. I know for sure because we started when I was pregnant with Jeremiah who turned 10-years-old a few months ago. It all started as a way to stay in touch with our family and friends while we were spending a lot of time on the road. In between my family updates, I started posting Friday Project Spotlights as a way of sharing simple DIY craft projects for my friends to do with their kids. With no attempts to market these posts, somehow they picked up a Continue Reading
Old Home Tour
We laughed with our realtor yesterday about the use of the term "house" versus "home." There is a difference between the two words. One seems matter of fact and the other is personal. Since we began this house attack process, our living residence was a "house" in most of my frame work. I had a list of to-dos and I just kept at them. This week, the list of to-dos got less and less until we were done. Now that I am not in task mode and breathing (and able to sit once again), I am getting sad Continue Reading