Hi there! With summer flying by, I’m in the middle of a lotof things and enjoying some little treats. Like the saltwater taffy I got onthe little getaway I took with my husband a couple of weeks ago. Lots ofit. From a little place in Southwest Missouri, right off the highway, calledThe Candy Factory. The…
Today, I want to show you a little book I made for a friend’s daughter. Yes, these are real flip-flops. (Think dollar store!) These are child size, so they make a cute little mini book. Do you know someone who might like to fill one of these with little summer pictures? It’s a perfect little…
The magic of a little child’s brain is one of the most exciting things on this earth, isn’t it? The thoughts hidden inside those cute little heads, behind those big eyes are amazing. My kids had really vivid imaginations when they were small. (They still do.) My daughter, now in her 20s, lived in a…
Handmade envelopes make such pretty snail mail and are perfect for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, Easter, or just to brighten someone’s day. If you’d like to learn how to make envelopes from magazines, scrapbook paper, or any paper, really, read on. My daughter made these envelopes with scrapbook paper a while back. That brought back memories…
My husband helped me clean our bedroom closet over the weekend, He didn’t know what he was in for. (He does have a lot of boxes of stuff in there.) The closet is now spotless and fresh, and during that adventure, I unearthed some fun treasures – old photos that had never been transferred to…
Woohoo, it’s my SITS day! (I bet you couldn’t read that in the weird post-title font, could you?) I’ve been looking forward to being featured on SITS, and the day has come! I’m so happy (and kind of nervous–like I’m having a party and didn’t clean well enough!) I’m a shy one, after all… If…
This cute, no-sew Christmas ornament from fabric scraps could very well be one of the easiest crafts I have ever done. I can’t even remember when I made the one in the picture, but a crafty friend showed me how to do this many years ago. The ornament has a quilted look, like a crazy…
I haven’t been blogging the last few weeks (will update you soon, and I miss being here!), but my heart feels the need to do something to help the victims of the super typhoon that devastated the Philippines last week. It was one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, and the devastation is unimaginable. As…
Have you ever wondered how to freeze squash? In past years, we didn’t grow enough extra produce to freeze, but this year, we grew a lot of nice butternut squash. Last summer we didn’t get too many (remember last year’s garden with many pumpkins but few squash?), so I just cut the few I had in half lengthwise…
Have you ever wondered how to house train a dog fast? Even a bit more tricky, have you ever wondered how to house train an adult dog? Here’s a fuzzy phone pic of our Sunny, in all of her ungroomed glory, that captures her quirky self. For those new to my blog, Sunny is our…
Ever since my 19 year old daughter was tiny, she has said that she wished we had an apple tree, or a peach tree, or a (fill in the blank) fruit tree. I always told her that trees take so long to grow, it would be too long before we could reap the benefits. So we…
Every year, spring itself is like a huge surprise to me. After a long, gray winter, I’m always surprised at how stunning the bright green grass looks and how breathtaking the sun looks, streaming through leaves. After many years of this, it seems that feeling wouldn’t happen, but it always does. More sun and more…
