Using Beach Pebbles to Create a DIY Decorative Mirror
Last summer we spent a wonderful week on a family vacation at the Oregon Coast. The house we rented was right on the ocean, on a great beach with only one slight drawback – the 20 yards of rocks and beach pebbles between the…
Bedroom Gallery Wall
Tonight I’m working on the gallery wall for our bedroom redesign. I’m using a variety of frame shapes and sizes, but all the frames are black and the images are in sepia or black and white. Once I have all the frames ready with…
TV Tickets
My kids watch too much TV. Of course they think they watch not quite enough TV, and would I kindly please turn it back on again thankyouverymuch? But secretly, they know they watch too much TV as well. For awhile now I’ve been using…
Rag Doll Bunny – Pattern
Okay, the pattern is done! I made both the body and head more egg-shaped than in the sketch (I like the subtle Easter tie-in) and the proportions are a little different. It will make a pretty big doll, but I think that will make…
Rag Doll Bunny – First Steps
I’m planning to make rag doll bunnies for the kids for Easter, so tonight I’ve been sketching out bunnies to come up with something I can make a pattern out of. I don’t have anything to show yet – its been a lot of…
Birthday Plate
Every year my daughter’s preschool offers an opportunity to create and purchase “make it plates“; melamine plates with your child’s artwork on it. We did it last year with both kids and their plates have been such a hit – they use them every…
Pantry Reorganization
Another rainy day . . . it seemed like a good day to re-organize the pantry closet. So, after a not-so-quick trip to Ikea for storage cannisters I got to it. Its finished up for now, although I could use a few more containers,…
Cupcake Fabric
A few days ago my daughter drew me a picture of a cupcake that I just love: The first thing I thought of was to turn it into a fabric, so I did, using Spoonflower. First I tried it with a pink background, like…
T minus 1 Week to Web Launch
With one week left to work on the preschool website before it’s launch to the school, I’ve been working steadily, some days more than others. This is what my ‘to do’ list looks like: Looking at that hot mess, I think its time to…
More Web Work
So it turns out I now have a deadline to complete (mostly) the preschool website: two weeks! That means that there might be many posts like this one coming up, since my uninterrupted web development time overlaps completely with my creativity time (after bedtime,…
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