We exchanged Valentines at work this year, and I wanted to do something really fun and cheesy for my all-female office. I decided to take some pick-up lines and make some Ryan Gosling-style “Girl…” valentines.       I designed 20 cards and printed them on some nice matte presentation paper. I cut the cards […]

        Steve and I decided to go all out for Halloween this year with a Day of the Dead couples costume. There’s a whole boring backstory, but the gist of it is that it wasn’t supposed to be so elaborate, but it snowballed and became a whole thing. Which is what we do. Every […]

These adorable pom-pom climbing spiders are a simple mechanical toy. They climb up and slide down the strings. Get the full tutorial to make your own on Disney Imagicademy!

These Halloween Bird Feeders are a quick and easy project for kids to make using cereal and pipe cleaners. They feed your neighborhood birds and double as spooky Halloween decorations to hang around the yard! Get the full tutorial on Disney Imagicademy.

These mini gravestones make a spooky addition to a fairy garden or Halloween terrarium. Get the tutorial on Disney’s Imagicademy.

Thanks to Kroger for sponsoring this post! Visit Kroger’s DIY Easter board on Pinterest to get more ideas for Easter! It’s time for Easter baskets! It drives me crazy when I want to make a gift basket and the basket costs more than the stuff I fill it with. Especially with kids’ Easter baskets. This […]

Are you looking for a fun Easter morning activity? How about an Easter Scavenger Hunt for kids to find their Easter baskets! This is photo-based, so even pre-readers can play along. Check out the how-to on Spoonful. Thanks to HP for sponsoring this post.

Here they are! Stockings are done and hung by the chimney with care. We are having a minimalist Christmas this year – what with all of our stuff still stuck in California and now not slated to get to us until probably January. Probably. Who knows?! But I was informed that stockings were “one of […]

Stephanie has a really fun one for us today! I think kids would love to get in on making a card like this! Here’s Stephanie: I thought I would add a little “geek” to our greeting cards this year, and add a simple circuit to create a light-up reindeer! Supplies recycled card blanks and envelopes […]

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! I hope that as your read this, your bellies are stuffed with pie. Caila returns today with another basic sewing tutorial that can have so many uses over the holidays. The drawstring bag! I love her suggestion to make a bunch of them to hold Advent treats. And I also love […]