DIY Advent Calendar

Tired of buying advent calendars with tiny chocolates in them every year?  Me too.  Not quite ambitious or crafty enough to create one of those elaborate 24 envelope or 24 boxes advent calendars that are all over Pinterest?  Me either.  Here’s my in-between. Grab…

Tuesday Crafternoon: Gobble Gobble, Thanks

Bean hijacked crafternoon today.  Tuesday crafternoons began so I could plan to have structured time with my kids and give them artsy project time that they love.  I take responsibility for planning the activities each week, with input from them around themes.  Being a…

Tuesday Crafternoon: Paper Tube Owls

My Bean collects toilet paper tubes. “We should reuse these”, she’ll say (she’s really great at reusing and recycling).  Problem is, I have some kind of creativity block when it comes to paper tubes.  I know there are a million things to do with them,…

Tuesday Crafternoon: Halloween Tree

My daughter, my ‘Bean’, is a project/artwork factory. Give the girl some paper/scissors/glue/crayons and she will wildly produce mass amounts of finished product. We cherish every piece, of course, but there comes a time when we just can’t do anything with it. Our house…

Tuesday Crafternoon: Channeling my Grandma

Falling leaves have given inspiration to people for hundreds of years and every year when my lawn is becoming covered I am reminded of my Grandma Kit. I have fond memories of collecting colorful fallen leaves and bringing the huge (as it is remembered…

Got Thyme?

The green leafy herb: I’ve got plenty drying in the kitchen. The seconds, minutes and hours of the day: I come up short. Working full time (with an hour commute), being a Mommy and a Wife doesn’t leave me feeling with a lot of…