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Top Handmade Gift Ideas 2023
I’ve always considered that handcrafted gifts carry more meaning than store bought ones, especially when they are customized to the recipient’s taste. In this era of fast fashion and cheap imports, handmade gifts allow me the opportunity to personalize the gift with...
8 Christmas Clearance Crafting Bargains
The Christmas Clearances are great for finding crafting bargains. Here are 8 items I always look for that I’ll use through the year.
Media Day Ideas
Media Day can be a bit tiresome for the kids waiting around for the pro photographer. Lighten it up a bit with these fun selfie props.
Custom Door Decorations for Traveling Teams
I’m not the team mom. Somehow though, I became the team mom who does the door decorations for travel weekends for our club soccer team.I’ve been doing it for about a year now, and you can see the progression of my creations here,and here. Previously, I was really...
Garden of the Gods
Click here for dog and family friendly activities you can enjoy in the Garden of the Gods Nature Park in West Colorado.
Bag Tassel Hack – How to Make Purse Tassels
How to make purse tassels quick and easy? Make a custom bag tassel using this supplies hack. Customize it for your school, team, or holiday!
Top Handmade Gift Ideas 2023
I’ve always considered that handcrafted gifts carry more meaning than store bought ones, especially when they are customized to the recipient’s taste. In this era of fast fashion and cheap imports, handmade gifts allow me the opportunity to personalize the gift with...
8 Christmas Clearance Crafting Bargains
The Christmas Clearances are great for finding crafting bargains. Here are 8 items I always look for that I’ll use through the year.
Media Day Ideas
Media Day can be a bit tiresome for the kids waiting around for the pro photographer. Lighten it up a bit with these fun selfie props.
Custom Door Decorations for Traveling Teams
I’m not the team mom. Somehow though, I became the team mom who does the door decorations for travel weekends for our club soccer team.I’ve been doing it for about a year now, and you can see the progression of my creations here,and here. Previously, I was really...
Celebrate Spring!
Easy Easter Egg Decorating Hack
Here’s a quick and easy Easter egg decorating hack. No paint or water involved but the eggs come out beautifully. Click through to see how.
St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
So the hubs comes home from work one night and says he has to take cupcakes to the office. "Say what? Why?!" "Because I've been bragging on your...
Easy and Delicious Mardi Gras Cookies
This is a recipe for cream cheese spritz cookies, but I'll give you a little backstory on this. I made the dough for these spritz cookies that I...
Easy Easter Chick Cupcakes
Are you looking for a fast and easy Easter cupcake idea? All you need to make these cute chicks are the basics: a little food coloring, canned...
Easy Easter Bunny Project – Hobby Lobby Dupe
This simple, super cute boxwood Easter bunny with gingham ears is perfect for Easter and is as about as easy a project as you can get! It comes...
Mess-free Easter Egg Hack!
Decorating eggs is a mess. Easter eggs and stained hands go hand in hand, right? Whether you’re dyeing real eggs with food coloring or you are...
Our Community Coffee Red Bag Family Tradition
This post is sponsored by Community Coffee, however all opinions are my own.Red bags. He always gave the red bags of Community Coffee at Christmas....
Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey Cake
First world problems: our liquor cabinet is overflowing at the moment, and we have an impending move looming on the horizon. My job is to purge all...
Last minute Easter Entertaining ideas
Girl, you know it's Easter this weekend! Are you ready? Are you? I was on KTEN in Denison this morning with anchor Gregg Watson and we were getting...
St. Patrick’s Day Pots of Gold at the End of a Rainbow
Well blimey! We got visited by a lucky leprechan who left us a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!How cute are these tiny pots of gold???I may...
How to throw a Louisiana-style Crawfish Boil
If you’ve ever lived in Louisiana – and then somewhere else – there are a few unique experiences that you will miss deeply after you’ve left the...
Decorating Plastic Easter Eggs
The thing about Easter eggs is this: No matter how you dye them, it’s a hot mess. The more fancy you want the design to be, the messier they are,...
Lucky Leprechaun cocktail recipe
Happy St Patrick’s Day! If green beer isn’t your thang today, how about you try my “Lucky Leprechaun cocktail?” It’s the perfect drink to cheer your...
STEM Easter Basket Ideas
Easter is right around the corner and I’m about to recycle the Halloween candy into the Easter eggs. The very last thing on the planet that t...
SPA Easter Basket Ideas
In a previous post, I showed you what the Easter Bunny was going to leave for the Princess Cupcake: a STEM-inspired Easter basket that made ev...