Clever and Cute DIY Valentine’s Day Cards & Gifts
My older kids are all passed the age of needing the Valentine’s Day cards for their friends or classmates, and the babies are too little, but that doesn’t stop me from stock piling ideas for when my two youngest are in elementary school. I can’t wait, some of these are just so cute and appear […]
Valentine’s Day Wedding Cakes
I love how romantic Valentine’s Day can be, and I think a wedding on this most romantic day of the year is fabulous! I especially love the idea that a Valentine’s day wedding can use my favorite colors, red and pink and have everyone say how beautiful it looks and not how girly or anything […]
Paper Heart Crafts for Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, why not start your heart craft projects? We found some of these to be perfect to do with young children or even to make for lovely little gifts. A Sweetheart of a Soap Here’s a sweet twist on soap-on-a-rope. The simplest route to your heart soap is to […]
DIY Baby Bootie Patterns
So now that I have a new little one at home, and tons of fabric scraps, I thought it would be a great time to make some booties! So this weekend my older daughters and I are going to make some baby booties for our little miss Courtney. I found some really really cute baby […]
DIY Baby Mobiles
While on a quest to find the perfect baby mobile, I decided I’d rather make my own than buy one. So off to the internet I go to search for just the right one. There are tons of awesome DIY mobile tutorials – why buy one when you can make your own for so much […]
Easy DIY Baby Essentials
Well I admit I may have baby on the brain right now, but I can’t resist some of these great tutorials for easy to make baby items. Even if you’re not an avid sewer (like myself), it’s still possibly to create some of these beauties without ripping your hair out. These would also make great […]
DIY magnets
Who doesn’t love magnets? They always come in handy too, and I seem to find places for them all over: the fridge, the white boards, my magnetic craft boards, the mini fridge…. I love collecting magnets from vacations as they make a great souvenir, but I really love creating my own. I’ve made little mini […]
DIY Quiet Books
One of my most cherished possessions is a huge quiet book that my mom made me when I was just a few years old. I loved that book when I was little and I will most definitely be passing it down to my own children one day. But with a little one on the way […]
Amazing things to make with paper mache!
Remember making stuff with paper mache when you were a kid? Perhaps it was covering a balloon or making some sort of animal shaped pinata. Now there’s a whole new level to paper mache – and there are so many cool things to make with it. I scoured the web for the neatest tutorials that […]
Pasta Appetizer Recipes
Coming from an Italian background, I believe past can be used for every meal, any course, including dessert! But today we are going to focus on pasta appetizers. While Pasta as a first course is not uncommon, sometimes finding a good recipe can be difficult. So today we are going to share a few of […]