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DIY: Red, White and Blue Duct Tape Bags
Happy Monday. Hello from the US. We’re here on our Summer Vacation.  (Who hoo!)  Our jet lag is going great and we’ve jumped right in to the fun. We’re moving into “cousins week” which will bring a cousin-camp-craft: Red, White, and Blue...
DIY Paper Treehouse
   Do your kids have Tree House dreams? Here’s a Tree House shortcut! Let your kids make a DIY PAPER TREEHOUSE. Unlike real Tree Houses, these can be made with materials that you have in your home already and without the risks that come with...
Monday Printable: Midsummer
Happy Monday! It’s both Midsummer week and the last day of school. I wanted to bring Midsummer to you today! Surrounded by flowers — flowers on our lawn, flowers growing wild and flowers the kids bring home every day – bringing...
5 Gift Ideas for Teacher
An Apple for Teacher + other teacher gift ideas: 1. Tuck an Apple Card with a pen into a Pocket Wrapped Journal or, instead: an apple-red bookmark in that pocket with a book: Gift Wrap Series #3 Part II: Pocket Gift Wrap with Gift...
DIY: Flower Tea Bags
Flower Tea Bags painted with tea! Flower Topped Tea Bags make a perfect gift. We started experimenting with tea for Mother’s Day and loved the results. Can you believe this color is actually tea? Make them for yourselves or as gifts!...
Make Butterfly Houses with Chalk Lids
Can Brie + Butterflies be friends? YES!  Save those left over Brie and Camembert packages and make these: Chalkboard Topped Butterfly (or Bug) Containers.  Not only is this a re-cycling project, but it’s also a super-easy, super snazzy and functional Butterfly House...
Party Perfect: Wax Luminaries in 2 Variations
Isn’t it time for merry-making for you, too? Today, I wanted to share our Ice Lantern’s Summer Sister: Twins! Follow along below to see how you can make these, too! 2 Variations. Style #1: Floating or simply plain. Style #2: Petals It...
Gift Wrap Series #26: Hand Print Gift Wrap — Mother’s Day Inspired
Join me on INSTAGRAM for MORE INSPIRATION Are you ready for Mother’s Day? This gift wrap is perfect for Mom. It’s an all in one: card + gift bag that is complete with a flower. I’ve been so captivated by...
Big + Small: Wrapped Washer Necklaces for Design Mom
Today, I’m a contributor over at Designmom and confess that I’ve been checking all day to see if these were ready to share with you.  I’m so happy that the time has come. Sometimes simplicity speaks the strongest, don’t you agree? Today’s project...
DIY: “Cinco de Mayo” Serving Spoons
Happy Weekend! Make these festive spoons in a snap! I know that I signed off on Friday with a weekend good-bye, but realized that I had to share these with you. Warm Spring weather brought a Mexican Aperitif to us, this weekend. (This will be Friday...
Surprise Birthday Party
Ok. What’s not to love about a party? I love everything about them. Are you the same? Throwing a surprise party is well worth the efforts! Since our daughter’s birthday is in December, we’re almost always traveling on her date....
How to Make a Flat Mailable Alphabet Piñata
(Would you believe that this piñata slips right into an envelope? YES, they’re mailable, keepers and adorable, don’t you agree?) I’m weak for piñatas. Are  you, too? They’re a regular part of our family birthday fare. I was pondering a birthday...
My Map Book
Today, I’d like to share, My Map Book by Sara Fanelli. I picked it up years ago. While it’s not a book that you sit down and read together, it’s a book that you sit down and do together. It sparks wonderful...
DIY: Pen Case from Recycled Jeans
JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MORE INSPIRATION | HERE  Why did I not think to build our Rapunzel a tower?… But, instead … sewed our Rapunzel a pen case, which she flew off with today! The two of us have been packing...
DIY: Diary with lock
What every “spy kid” needs: Super Strength Locked Diaries! You don’t have to have a party like ours (click here), to have one of your own! These Diaries and handmade tasseled arrow pencils (click here), among other spy pieces, were our Secret Agent Give...
Happy Easter and Swedish Easter Candy
“Glad Påsk” from Sweden. Today, I’m sending you happy Easter wishes. Familiar with the term “Lördaggodis” then you 1. must be Swedish or 2. have lived there! Although there are no ‘Peeps” in Sweden, there is candy galore! Despite the...
Bunny Oranges
Hello! Happy Friday. This is a fitting closure on this bunny week: Sunshine fruit bunnies for your sunshines? Make these funny bunny oranges, in a few simple steps.  Hop on down below to see how.We learned over breakfast that “Påskkärring” (Swedish Easter Witches) like...
DIY: Mini Bunny Basket Pillows with Design Mom
Oh, our house is one hippity, hoppity, happy place!  I hope you’re the same. Have you done any Easter decorating, yet? Here’s one more super fun project: Our Bunny Basket Pillows,have friends! I’ve created these little brothers and sisters for DesignMom. Pull...
Glitter Egg Ornaments with Dioramas or Monograms
Glitter Magic! These ornaments are gracing corners of our house, bringing charm and are being packed up for gift giving later this week. We’ve had so much fun, but I do feel like I’m sprinting in a “craft-ath-alon.” There’s so much...
Earth Hour: DIY Lightbulb Vase
Happy Weekend. Did you know that it’s Earth Hour tonight at exactly 8:30? Are you turning your lights off?  I confess, I’ve never really recognized it before, but, not only are the kids reminding us of the time; they’re also...
Bunny Basket Pillows
BUY my new ABC Flower Safari Book | HERE“R IS FOR RANUNCULUS RABBIT” A BUNNY BASKET PILLOW, ANYONE? Top left: felt bunny Top right: velour bunny Bottom left: corduroy bunny Bottom Right:flannel bunny with embroidered details, all on linen fronts. We’ve made many more combinations and...