I know it’s a bold statement. A weighted blanket changed my life. Pfft. I guess what I really mean is it improved my sleep exponentially, which is basically life-changing for an exhausted mother. If you’ve been around the blog for any amount of time, you know we have a child who hates sleep. Just in…
Maaaan, we’ve already been in our new house for a whole year!! Well, I should be careful to call it new, since it was built in 1929, but it’s certainly new to us! In some ways, it seems like we’ve been here forever. Like where else could we have been? And in other ways, it…
When Stevie was a baby, I used the IKEA RIBBA shelf in his room as a bookshelf. It was awfully cute. But one big problem? The books kept falling off! The lip of the shelf was just too low and all those big board books were constantly tipping over. So I eventually took them down and…
OK just one more craft for the week. I am DIY-ed out. It had to be easy and it had to be inexpensive. With my logic, ornaments are small – therefore faster to finish – so I figured I’d go in that direction. This one took longer than the ribbon ornament because you have to cut out so many squares,…
Oh, this tinsel tree. I made so many mistakes that it took forever and I had to redo it 3 times. It’s not difficult by any means, but I didn’t have a tutorial to follow, so I was winging it. And we all know how that goes. My uncraftiness really had a chance to shine…
These pom-poms are kind of my favorite. I loved having fluffy little pets all around the house. And I enjoyed throwing them at Stevie’s head continually while he wasn’t looking. Perfect rainy day activity. Plus, they look so cute on the mantle! Baby Jesus and pom-poms go together right? Here’s where I found the easiest…
This week, I’ll show you a few of the craft projects I attempted for Christmas. My whole entire life, I have always tried to be a crafty person. But I’ve realized over the years, and all of the failed attempts, that I’m just not. And that’s ok. These ones are actually so easy, they made…
So I guess Thankful Trees are a thing now. I had passed one up on Pinterest and thought it was a cute idea. Maybe a blog reader or two haven’t seen these yet. When I first decided to make one, I thought “Where can I buy sticks?” (And that just shows you how my brain…
Here is a simple last minute tutorial for a cute pumpkin. This is what I decided to do this year. And by this year, I mean 10 minutes ago during Stevie’s nap. Playing up the ombrè trend. Our carved pumpkins always seem to fail, so paint is the way to go! Supplies: Pumpkin 3 paint…
I’m sure you guys have all seen some of the adorable mantle displays out there. And some people are so impressive to change their mantle decor with every season or holiday! I am not one of those people. In fact, my mantle has been the same since the dawn of time. There’s nothing wrong with…