Homemade Paper Collage Postcards, Revisited
I finally had time over the weekend to work on more paper collaged postcards and they were so fun to do again. I made three cards this time, all of them with a flower theme. This one is my favorite: I used my daughter’s…
A Homemade Hat for an Afternoon Tea Party
I’m going to an afternoon tea party today with a bunch of my mama friends, and the lovely ladies who are hosting it requested we arrive in hat and gloves (with whimsy encouraged). I have a few sun hats but they aren’t especially whimsical…
Grilled Cowboy Steaks with Onions and Green Chiles
When it’s nice out in Seattle you have to grill out – I think it’s actually a law or something. Last night was so beautiful and we were all in the mood for beef so I grilled up some steaks with onions and chiles….
Handmade Paper Postcard Collage
I worked on such a fun project this weekend – a postcard made by collaging cut origami papers and pasting them onto card stock. I only made one because I didn’t have time to do more but I’m looking forward to having some free…
The Ultimate Birthday Song Playlist
Ever since my daughter’s first birthday I’ve made a custom playlist for her party, and later for each of her little brother’s parties as well. I try to fit in as many birthday songs as possible and then fill in between the songs with…
Aguadito Con Cerdo {Cilantro Pepper Pork Stew}
Aguadito is a Peruvian style soup (or stew) that is a great use for leftovers in the kitchen. In fact, it tastes better when you use leftovers. We usually make it with the turkey carcass after Thanksgiving, but you can also make an amazing…
Kidproofing the Kindle: A DIY Kindle Fire Cover
My husband got a Kindle Fire this past Christmas, and ever since then he’s been tempting fate with it by leaving it around naked (no cover)! I’d been meaning to make a cover for it for awhile but when I accidentally dropped a brush…
What A Sad Day
I was all set to write a post about a Kindle cover I made this weekend but I can’t seem to concentrate on it now. All I can think of is the senselessness of the Boston bombing – my heart goes out to all…
Homemade Easy Reader Books and a Free Sight Words Memory Match Game: Fun Ways to Support Literacy Learning
My daughter is a kindergartener working so hard on learning to read at school, and I wanted to come up with some ways to support her learning at home in addition to the suggestions from school. Since I’m sure there are others of you…
Cook the Collection #4: The King Arthur Flour Cookbook
(Disclosure: The cookbook links below are affiliate links and if you happen to make a purchase through them I’ll receive a few cents of your purchase – and of course would be so grateful!) I guess I needed to bake something else this week as a…
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