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Our house has crayons and scissors and paper and tape and all kinds of craft supplies at the ready and easily accessible at all times. It’s not uncommon to find my kids drawing in their “Dino Field Guides” or painting pictures for their art wall. Legos are every day toys and we have special spots…
My husband has been begging me for a dry erase board for a couple years now, but I just could not bring myself to purchase a white board to hang on my wall and take up precious “art” space. The other day I was looking through some of my antique windows that I rescued from…
From Halloween until the New Year it seems like we are constantly going to parties or visiting with friends and I like to keep a stash of gifts on the ready. Candles are one of my go-to hostess gifts and a BIC lighter is a perfect complement. Have you seen the all new BIC design…
We are a visual family. My kids love playing games on my iPad (mostly educational……ish), playing Wii Sports with their dad, and watching their favorite Disney movies over and over. To be honest, with three kids 6 and under, putting on a movie is sometimes the only way to settle things down for a bit….
There’s nothing like getting a homemade card in the mail from a friend or loved one. How creative are you? Even if you aren’t, you can still use Stampin’ UP! I have used Stampin’ UP in the past and have really missed it, so when I got the chance to review their Everyday Occasions kit,…
Halloween is almost here and my kids are super excited. They’ve been begging to do a Halloween craft and my daughter suggested painting pumpkins. Since we hadn’t been to the pumpkin patch yet and I wasn’t in mood to clean up paint mess, I suggested trying one of our favorite crafts Halloween-style : tissue paper…
I am not big on Halloween decorations. My kids are always bugging me to put up spiders and skeletons and scary witches. It’s just not my thing. I haven’t dressed up in an actual Halloween costume since 2004. But my kiddos love every spooky thing Halloween has to offer. So they were super excited to…
For a kid it’s hard to find a more magical place to visit than a toy store. Especially when the toy store you are visiting is Brilliant Sky Toys & Books. Brilliant Sky Toys & Books is a franchise chain of local specialty toy stores. If you live anywhere near one of their 15 locations…
A pop of color can brighten up almost any room. An easy and very inexpensive way to add a bit of color here or there is with a painted vase! What you will need: A glass vase — this is a great way to reuse the vases you have stored away in your cabinet or…
Are you just as excited about FREE BIRDS coming on November 1st as we are? To kick it off, I wanted to share with you this awesome partnership of FREE BIRDS and kiwi crate. They partnered together for this awesome giveaway. You also remember the teaser, Shannon, shared with you in June right? If not,…
At our house we celebrate Halloween but it’s not a huge holiday for us like for some other families. The kids like to dress up but we rarely buy new costumes for the occasion. We have plenty of costumes in the dress up box and if you don’t like those then I’ll be glad to…
This past weekend I was able to attend the Type A conference in Atlanta. One of the speakers was Gary Jerry from Disney. He shared some really interesting statistics about creativity and how quickly we lose curiosity and creativity as we grow up. After his presentation I was talking with a few friends and…