Last week I went to a homemade ornament exchange party where everyone brought a handmade ornament, picked a name out of a bowl and gifted that person their ornament. Isn’t that such a fun idea? We don’t have a Christmas tree this year so I wasn’t planning on making any ornaments. This party gave me […]
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O’ Holy Night Christmas Banner
I have a bit of a crush on banners, specifically banners with words on them. I have already made a happy birthday banner inspired by this sweet banner for you know, birthdays. And even though Christmas is technically Christ’s birthday – or the day we celebrate it – I didn’t feel like that fit the […]
DIY Colorblock Instruments
While browsing the One Spot at Target the other day, I came across these little wood instruments for $1 each. They’re cute but were missing something, so I decided to make them even prettier with some fun colors. I used supplies I already had on hand; craft paint and a paint brush, washi tape, and […]
November Thrift Store Finds
I found a lot of note-worthy things in the month of November, both at thrift stores and garage sales. Today I’ll be sharing what I found at thrift stores – since you know, this is titled thrift store finds – and will be back next week to share all the garage sale scores. I added […]
DIY Clay Houses
I’ve always been a fan of working with clay. In high school I somehow managed to win some art awards for the things I made (it still feels so strange to call them pieces of art). So after over three years of not touching clay, I decided to give it a go by making these […]
DIY Christmas Branch Garland
This is our third Christmas together as a family. Our first Christmas Nani was nearly a newborn and we had just moved into our house, so we didn’t do much decorating for the season. Last year we were unemployed and only staying afloat by the grace of God, so rather than buying a Christmas tree […]
DIY Dip Dyed Bubble Wand
About a month ago we were at the Saturday Morning Market when Elijah asked me to buy him a $10 bubble wand. I had never seen one before but it was pretty cool the way it made huge bubbles almost effortlessly. It appeared to be made out of dowels and some string so for $10 […]
DIY Party Hat Decoration Station
Yesterday I shared pictures of Elijah’s birthday party but wanted to dedicate an entire post on the decorate-your-own-party-hat station. I got the idea from Oh Happy Day who you should really go check out. For supplies I used googly eyes, pretty pipe cleaners, assorted washi tape, pom poms that the kids and I made out […]
Ice Cream Birthday Party
I’ve never thrown or hosted a birthday party before, but for my son’s 10th birthday I wanted to do something special for him. Elijah was so excited, I was super nervous. Spoiler: In the end, everything turned out great. In our tiny house I set up a sundae station, a party hat decorating station, a […]
DIY Triangle Garlands
I’ve been on a garland kick lately. As in I can’t stop thinking about all the different garlands I could make and hang. My house is nearly covered in garlands, in preparation for my son’s birthday party of course, but I’m not completely sure I’ll take them down after that. I even hung garlands at […]