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I’ve had a long-time plan for this drawer.  Besides being a spool/thread holder in the off-season, this big guy provides a variety of options for year-round display. I finally pinned the pictures I’ve seen over the years on blogs to my Pinterest to a very creatively named board called “printer’s trays“. I like this one for ...

Have you noticed lately, that the word old is being replaced with the word “found”?  I noticed it first in a Pottery Barn catalog a few years ago when they were starting to bring the salvage look back because it was coming to new life again.  They started selling items called “found” items which were ...

You’ve probably seen that one super-cute peppermint wreath floating around Pinterest.  I love the simplicity of it and that you only need glue, peppermints, and a wreath form.  I had planned to make one, from this pin, but then I watch “Elf”.  I’ve said before that if you haven’t seen that movie, you most definitely ...

Are you having an awesome Christmas so far?  Ours is starting to look that way.  I mentioned before that we are on break from homeschooling right now, but it hasn’t felt like it.  It seems to be taking some time for the “vacation” to set in.  Right now it feels like perpetual cleaning, dishes, laundry, ...

So00, this week the kids and I attempted to make snow-globes.  We all know the kind that is made in the baby food jar, the tomato sauce jar, or the ever so fabulous mason jar.  A month ago, while at the craft store, I happened upon some super-cool looking plastic snow-globes which had my 3 ...

Chalkboard paint is not a recent original idea, but getting/making the paint, taking the supplies out, and deciding what not to paint how many things to paint is the hard part.  The pots below I had sponge painted when I was first married (8.5 years ago) back when sponging was trendy in the craft world…or ...

On the first day of Christmas… Salt dough.  We all know it.  We all used it in elementary school or at home (thanks,mom!).  For my family, salt dough meant Christmas ornaments in the shape of little bears representing different years with changing interests.  My family still makes fun of me for the little bear ornament I ...

“I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel.” Love me some Buddy(“Elf”, for those of you crazy people who might not know the reference :)). Yes, it’s that time, people.  We are busy about the birthday celebration around here (you ...

If you’re like me, you see things all the time in stores and in magazines that you could totally make.  This year, with the handcrafted movement ascending to even greater heights, I’ve seen tons.  The decorations are mostly over-priced versions of  popular Christmas-time silhouettes.  A lot are actually made out of good materials so it’s ...

SO, Miss F and I were looking for a quick project one day.  I had just bought these wreaths for $3 at Joanns.  I knew I wanted to make a banner because banners are awesome.  I make a banner every few weeks for all sorts of things.  If you’re like me, you have a few ...