As my good friends know, I love to sew. However, I've been searching for new ideas for baby gifts. Fabric paint is a fun choice, and you do not need to be Renoir to have success with it. I recently made a onesie for a baby gift. It was fast, fun, and affordable. This project…
Spring is the BEST time to start thinking about how to spruce your place up on both a limited amount of money and time. Even though you might be dreaming of a bulldozer pulling up to flatten that part of your home that you just don't like, it's never going to happen. Taking the approach…
I love when my children introduce me to something that I've never heard of and it turns out to be really cool. Have you discovered Tagxedo yet? (www.tagxedo.com) It's a super site where you can create custom designs in many shapes, colors, and sizes. You can simply save your image like I did here, or…
If you're like me, your home improvement list is a mile long. Unless you have an ATM in your living room, chances are you are consistently reigning in your projects. It's a constant struggle: you desperately want to channel Martha Stewart and make your home look like it's destined for HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. Instead, you have…
We've been snowed in for 24 hours, so I decided to tackle Hadley's Valentine's Day cards with her. It may be one of the last years I actually get to make handmade cards with one of my kids, as the older two have moved on to the "cooler" store-bought kind. I actually did these with Whitney…
As I said a few days ago, I believe the value of art is in the eye of the beholder. I don't believe that you have to spend much money to make your walls look great. I remember my sheer disappointment when I saw the Mona Lisa hanging in The Louvre. Small, dark, and depressing.…