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Personalized Fun

We all know I love school supplies – and that love gets bumped up a notch when you can personalize them!

I really can’t wait until my kids are a few years older and I can start ordering from a service such as Identity Direct. This particular company has over 400 personalized items for kids [...]

Sock Puppet

My Mom sent us a sock puppet kit for Christmas last year and we made one and then never got around to making the other. It wasn’t too hard to figure out though I remember it taking a little while. So here is Fluffy! You can’t see but he also has a belly button because, [...]

Altered Notebook

Well, kind of altered. Maybe more like covered. A few weeks ago one of my girlfriends started looking for wedding things – ideas for centerpieces, dresses, etc. – and she mentioned wanting a notebook to keep notes in. I’ve had a few moleskine (love them!) notebooks for a little while and wanted to cover one [...]

Temporary Tattoos

I’ve wanted a tattoo for a long time – but then I end up changing my mind. I change where I want it or what it should be, even if it is just a tweak. Can you imagine getting a tattoo then wanting to tweak it? Yeah, that wouldn’t be cool! I do think I’ll [...]

Online Meal Service

Over the years I think I’ve turned into a fairly decent cook. We’ve gone from ramen noodles and hamburger helper to very rarely eating prepared meals like that. We make just about all of our meals from scratch – mashed potatoes from real potatoes, homemade mac and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs are a few favorites [...]

Anyone Twitter’ing?

How many of my crafty girls are on Twitter?
Scroll done a touch and you’ll see a twitter badge – my picture along w/ my posts and my friends are in the badge. At the bottom is a twitter logo w/ “are you following me?” beneath that. So are you on Twitter?
It can be addictive! It’s [...]

Leaves Transformed

Check out this page showing step by step instructions of how to transform maple leaves into roses! How very cool is that! I particularly love the last picture showing all of the roses with leaves underneath them – what a beautiful centerpiece. I can so see those on a table for a fall wedding!
Hhmmm, ideas, [...]