New Bedroom Curtains
I’ve finally gotten around to a window treatment for the bedroom. I got a steal of a deal on these curtain panels from Ikea, but still need to hem them.
Yellowstone Photo Book
I’m working on a photo book of our trip to Montana and Yellowstone National Park. I’m using Snapfish, which I’ve used quite a bit before and liked the results. I’m curating the photos – trying to decide the length of the book and what…
Movie Night Doodle
This is a doodle that started out as sharpie on paper, then was colored and manipulated with GIMP on the computer. Not to inspired tonight – just ready to go to bed!
Travel Trays
Something that’s always hard for my kids when we’re in the car for a long period of time is having a flat spot on their laps to eat snacks, play with toys or especially color or write on. You can buy special travel trays…
Crib to Headboard Transformation Complete
Finally, after I started this project forever ago, I’m done with my drop-side crib to headboard transformation! Here’s what our bedroom and bed looked like before: Nice college-style bedroom. Note the absolute lack of design elements. Here’s what it looks like now: Oh my…
I’ve got an idea for a travel game for the kids, and I need to draw cars for it. I messed around with a vector graphics program tonight for a bit, but I’ve still got a lot of work to do – think of…
Mindless Physical Labor Equals Mental Creativity
I had a lot of physical work to do today (steam cleaning the carpets) and it was the perfect kind of work for letting the mind wander, since it doesn’t take a whole lot of brains to push a steam-cleaner back and forth across…
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