Several months ago one of my favorite parenting blogs had a post about the Mother Bear Project .  They are an organization that collects han...

I saw an idea in blogland to use your salad spinner to make art.  We used foam egg shapes from the $1spot at Target.    Blobbed on some...

My friend Andrea's boys had a combined birthday party, with a superhero theme.  I thought this pattern was a perfect choice if I wanted...

I liked the watermelon hat I did as part of the rainbow so much that I wanted to do another.  My stepsister is expecting a baby girl in mid-...

A friend on my message board mentioned that she had seen a cute idea for a baby gift--a rainbow of hats. Darn it.  I had been looking for a...

I have been wanting a chore system for my kids, but none of the ones I saw marketed for preschoolers (either to buy or to make on pinterest)...

Summer 2010, when my kids were two and three, we made adorable handprint American flag tank tops to wear.  I didn't want to get rid of ...

I took two skeins of light grey wool yarn that had been in my bins, unloved, for  who knows how lon...

Before: small, plain, sturdy bookshelf that my husband brought into the marriage.  It has been housing various things in the guest room, but...

Thanks to  pinterest , I found a new use for my ugly old Ikea coffee table.  Pinterest is littered with Ikea Lack end tables turned lego ta...

I crafted Christmas gifts for my nieces and nephews this year (and for my mom, but I think I forgot to take pictures of that one!). A door...

I just noticed that I never blogged my scarf! This was my first ever real object done entirely in knit.  I'm still a new knitter, still ...

I have been doing a little bit of Christmas crafting plus a handful of other small projects.  I can't blog the Christmas crafts since I ...

I read this idea a few years ago and thought I'd like to try it when my kids were old enough. I think we've reached it, at 3 and 4...

My favorite DIY carrier back when my babies were babywearing age was a mei tai that I made from the Ball Baby pattern . Super easy to sew, ...

When we got our Ikea Expedit for the playroom, I couldn't decide what sort of bins or baskets I wanted to put in it for toys. I landed...

I can't take credit for any of this "crafting" since we paid someone else to do it, but I'm so pleased, that I had to blog...

Saw this in my morning blog reading and thought it'd be fun on this chilly fall morning. Ours aren't as polished as hers, but they ...

I made my three super kids some capes! I used this tutorial , with one small change. I used youth size XL tshirts instead of the suggested...

My son asked to be a jazz trumpet player for Halloween. Knowing that it would create a riot for one of them to get a toy instrument and not ...