Thanks to my parents’ move, I acquired an entire bushel basket of old blocks and wooden spools. They belonged to my (great) Grandmother Osborne. And while we loved the historic aspect of them, they were just sitting (for years) in the bushel basket. I decided to repurpose them into something decorative – a more fun […]
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Easy Fancy Blanket
This was such a fun project – even better that it was fast to do! – with a WOW result. For your own pom-pom blanket, plan on using 1.5 yards of fleece (2 yards if you want a group snuggle size) and about twice as many yards of trim as yards of fleece. I saved […]
Simple Homemade Baby Gift | Cheater Quilt
This is officially one of my favorite one-hour gifts to make. It really couldn’t be easier. To make a cozy baby blanket, all you need is: Two yards material (I like to do one yard of flannel and one yard cotton), cut into one yard pieces Satin binding Light loft batting That’s it! Simply sandwich […]
Easy Family Gift | Preserve Priceless Family Recipes
This was such an easy thing to make and yet so very meaningful for me and my mom and sisters. I found the how-to on Spoonflower’s blog – Spoonflower prints your designs on material, which is a great way to create something totally unique. In my case, I have a collection of hand-written recipes from […]
Fun Kids Gift | Easy-Craft Unicorn Outfit
This was one of the easiest, most confounding and fantastic projects I’ve ever worked on. I’m just going to say: Pinterest demonstrates exactly why technical writing is a profession. What makes sense to one person does not necessarily make sense to another. That being said, my project inspiration and the original instructions are here. Shopping […]
Fun Kids Gift | Easy-Sew Dinosaur Tails
It took me 5 months to make these for my nephews. In reality, it took about 6 hours to do both of them, but life got in the way of getting them done. I don’t care, though, because they are SOOOOOOO cute! I could write the how-to, but the source where I found these does […]
Doll and Stuffed Animal Bandaids
This is a super-easy craft project. Literally you can whip up several of these in a couple of hours, and provide hours of fun for any littles who want to help their stuffed friends’ boo-boos. I’m totally indebted to this site for the idea, which I pinned to my craft Pinterest board eons ago. Grab a couple of pieces of felt – bonus points if one is tan like a standard […]
Give Your Old Jewelry New Life
I made the best gifts for my sisters this year: Their very own jewelry trees! The project was inspired by my Grandma Alloway’s tree. I wrote about it several years ago. We knew my Aunt Sheryl would inherit Grandma’s jewelry tree, so I asked to inherit my Grandma Alloway and Grandma Osborne’s jewelry collections. The […]
Fresh and Festive
These festive thank-you gifts are fast and easy to make with a few roses and fresh cut greenery. And it’s fun to find other places to stick the leftover greenery. It’s still the only holiday touches on display at my home at the moment. I’d better get cracking!
We Love You…
I posted the recipe for The Boy’s ultimate chocolate chip cookies the other week. When The Niece posted “I miss those!” on my Facebook wall next to the cookie’s photo, I knew a certain college student was in dire need of a late semester care package. So we made a batch of the Uncle’s chocolate […]