Now that holidays are over and all the gifts have been unwrapped, I can share some of the DIY projects I was busy with leading up to Christmas! The past two years I’ve attempted to make gift-giving simpler by “themed gifts.” Two years ago the theme was books. That was an awesome year because I…
I decided to make the kids some personalized journals. They love to color, write, and paste stickers so I thought instead of random loose papers, it would be nice to have it all in one place. I picked up some cheap composition books up at the grocery store. Then, some decorative papers at Michael’s. Step…
Last year I came across a great idea over at Nesting Place: adding color to your garden by spray painting urns. I had some urns that I thought would perfect candidates for spray painting; urns that looked very plastic-y. The only problem was I had a hard time finding paint. Last year I looked for plastic spray…
We first made a leaf wreath last year when the boys did a local nature program. I loved it so much I decided to do it with them again this year. First we went on a walk, collecting all the pretty fall leaves we could find. When we got home we sorted them, practiced…
For I have known them all already, known them all; Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. So how should I presume?…
