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  • My Book Staircase

    My Book Staircase

    One day skimming through Pinterest I came across the idea to make your staircase look like a stack of books, and I decided I didn’t even want carpet on my stairs. I want books.

  • Using Transfer Paper to Make Freezer Paper Shirts

    Using Transfer Paper to Make Freezer Paper Shirts

    I went on a bit of a shirt making kick. I made maternity shirts, the baby shirts, and shirts for my husband, father, father-in-law, and brothers-in-law for Father’s Day. I learned quite a bit making them, and I like how they all turned out. I made the baby a shirt for the 4th of July…

  • Using Acrylic Paints on Clothing: The Best Fabric Medium.

    I’ve seen so many cute baby and maternity shirts online, but at $15 (on the low end) for something a baby will grow out of so quickly seems like too much for me. But there is some hope for cute onsies! I’ve seen that you can use the Cricut, freezer paper, and paint to create…

  • Jack’s Big Announcement Photoshoot

    Jack’s Big Announcement Photoshoot

      Jack finally spilled the beans! He will be a Big Brother in September! We tried to let Lilu be part of the announcement pictures also, but she was just eating the jelly beans. Oh well. I made the signs with some paint and my Cricut. The eggs were from Target, and I just used…

  • Grinch Ornaments for Giacomo’s 1st Birthday

    Grinch Ornaments for Giacomo’s 1st Birthday

    It’s crazy to believe a whole year has gone by since my Mr. Man came into the world. I always say that the day he was born it felt like an explosion, that my heart grew 3 sizes that day like the Grinch. So for his first birthday, we had a Grinch themed party. Giacomo…

  • Jack’s Room: 3 Must Have’s for a Baby’s Room

    Jack is on the move! Almost out of nowhere he started crawling and pulling himself up in his crib. As soon as he started, I immediately saw all the dangers in my house that needed to be baby proofed. I ran to Babies R Us, bought just about everything, and spent a weekend altering doorknobs…

  • Using my Cricut Explore for Giacomo’s First Craft Project

    I’ve been dying to use my Christmas gift since Christmas, the new Cricut Explore. I had a Cricut Expressions and thought it was silly to buy a new machine, but I wanted the new model so badly! It has easy material settings, can cut, score, and write on all kinds of material, and the design…

  • DIY Necklace: Wearing the Beach all Year

    DIY Necklace: Wearing the Beach all Year

    I grew up here, ten minutes from the beach. I can’t imagine having to plan on going to the beach. It’s something I do so casually that I still forget what a special place it is. I usually go to the beach during the week, after work, and alone. We love Island Beach State Park.…

  • Gardening Wreath

    I’ve been behind posting my wreaths, but here is my gardening wreath I made to hang before and after my flag wreath. So cute! The base of the wreath is a 10ft. leader hose in a wire wreath. You also need twine, gardening gloves, flowers of your choice, and a toy gardening kit. Use twine…

  • 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.…