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Seasonal Crafts

  • Toadstool Planter and Lilu’s Big Announcement

    Toadstools are adorable. Last summer I made these ceramic toadstool houses and a toadstool bird feeder.  To bring the toadstools outside, I made toadstool flower pots. They are really easy and cheap to make. I used inexpensive plastic planters and painted them red. Then I used white caulk to make the spots on the planter.…

  • Easy Flag Crafts

    It’s been a little over a year since I started my blog, and I feel accomplished  having a second post about the 4th of July. Between Flag Day and Independence Day, I keep the patriotic decor up in my house from the middle of June to a little into July. Last year I made a…

  • Pot Tower

    So you’ve probably seen these adorable pot stacks on Pinterest. I made them last year for the front of the house. This year, I put them on the side, against our fence.   I think like them better there because the honeysuckles on the fence make them look even more whimsical. I didn’t use a…

  • Pot Wreath

    Ok,  it’s been over a month since I made it, but I thought I should put my May wreath up. If you haven’t seen the wreath on Pinterest yet, prepare yourself for something pretty.   My friends Caroline and Sarah came over for a Pinterest party, and we decided to make these wreaths.  We found…

  • Felt Button Pin to Jazz up my Coat

    Oh how I love springtime! My first flowers started to bloom outside my house, and the smell is amazing! Spring also means lighter colors and clothes. I can finally put away my thick winter jacket and pull out my pink pea coat. I love the bright color of my jacket, but I decided I needed…

  • Easter Wreath & Vacation

    Ahhhhhh spring! It has sprung! I love it! We just came back from some time in California (vacation for me, half work half vacation for Matt). It was a nice transition to spring, because I think (hope) while we were out there we missed the last of winter’s fury. We spent the first half in…

  • April Fool’s Day/Chicken Day for Mom!

    In case you didn’t know, one of my many jobs is an English Professor, so I love the fact that April Fool’s Day could be traced back to one of Chaucer’s most popular Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, about a fox who plays a trick on a rooster.  You can check out the real…

  • Irish Potato Candies: Happy St Patrick’s Day!

    Happy St Patrick’s Day! Today my mom is making some corned beef and cabbage and I made some Irish potato candies for dessert. They aren’t actual potatoes, but cream cheese and coconut candies rolled in cinnamon to look like tiny potatoes just dug up from the ground. Irish potato candies are super-fast and easy festive…

  • St Patrick’s Day Crafty Fun

    I started decorating for St. Patrick’s Day last week. I am a bit Irish somewhere down the bloodline; My father’s grandmother, I think. Matt’s birthday is the day after St.Patrick’s Day, and his favorite color is green, so I do like to decorate for the holiday. Sara had the idea to use horseshoes for St.Paddy’s…

  • Love Letters

    I love decorating for each holiday, especially because it gives me a reason to be crafty. The love letters are the easiest Valentine’s Day decorations you could possibly make. They are very similar to the Noel letters I made for Christmas. Here, I used a sequence heart for the O in LOVE, and Mod Podged scrap…