Do you follow Project Inspire (formerly The Girl Creative)? I’ve been following her amazing blog for a long time, so imagine my excitement when Diana accepted my application to become a contributor for 2013. I’ll be sharing a Thrifty to Nifty project one Thursday a month. Yesterday, I shared a French Press Cozy I made {…Continue Reading}
I’d always pretty much considered Valentine’s Day an adult holiday until I had kids. Â Now I appreciate the sweetness and fun of a day (or month!) to immerse ourselves in everything hearts & love & affection. Â I’ve had this plan to upcycle an old sleeveless sweater into a pillow and today I’m sharing what I’ve {…Continue Reading}
This is a quick upcycle project with a sort of long story. Dave has had this fuzzy wool sweater that he’d had since college. It was large to begin with and then got stretched out. Add on Dave’s recent weight loss and it was a big billowy mess on him. You get where this is {…Continue Reading}
Having two little girls, it’s kinda nice that I have only nephews to be able to satisfy my more masculine crafting ideas. Well, Dave keeps hinting that I never make him anything, so maybe I should tackle that soon! Anyways, my nephew Alex is turning four in a little over a week and I’ve been {…Continue Reading}
Remember the shoe rescue I performed on a pair of adorable ballet flats that wouldn’t stay on Arden’s feet? Well, it seems I have a thing for saving nautical-inspired items from Old Navy… I really wanted to participate in Elsie Marley’s Kid Clothing Week Challenge, but you know I’ve been up to my eyeballs in {…Continue Reading}
I had two cotton robes that I had purchased as guest robes, but after about four years only one of them had ever been used. So I decided to redo one of them into a robe for Arden.  They’re nice organic cotton – I bought them while on a business trip in Thailand. I {…Continue Reading}
I like having a small lamp in the nursery so you can turn on a soft light for middle of the night diaper changes and feeding sessions.  Inspiration struck for my bird and tree-themed nursery when I saw this decorative bird house on sale 50% off at JoAnn’s. It was perfect…. except for the color. {…Continue Reading}
I was loving the use of shutters on mantels I saw here and somewhere else and was plotting a trip to my local ReStore when my gaze fell apon the detritus of our fencing/tree removal/garage reconstruction projects in the back yard and eyed up the old wooden fence gate. Aha! It’s about the right size (check), weathered {…Continue Reading}
