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I love seeing what you all are making for our Macaroni Noodle Challenge!! So much fun is happening! Remember our Modern Mommy + Me pasta necklaces? Well I had to get one more project in as I’ve had Manicotti Dachshund Dogs on the brain ever since this challenge began. So we finally made some and the kids …
We’re re-thinking the macaroni Necklace this Mothers Day and coming up with few modern versions! Miss M and I had a lot of fun playing with pasta and we love our necklaces. In fact I love my necklace so much that I wish it was more durable than manicotti pasta noodles! I have a few other necklace …
My boys are getting older and therefore getting more opinionated about what they will and will not wear/do/etc. Anything cutesy is pretty much off the table. Bunny ear headbands are in the banned group. Solution? Put a bandit mask on the bunny ears and suddenly it’s no longer cutesy but cool! And I get to …
To get my kids to more excited about doing their homework I put a set of freshly sharpened pencils into one of our Pencil Head Holders from my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make with and For Kids. It totally works! They pick their favorite pencil and get down to business! You can also store your kids …
Spring is just around the corner and we can feel it in the air! So we’re celebrating by getting our DIY stamp making on and creating and playing with a new set of floral stamps – made just for the occasion! (and you can me over on Studio 5 presenting these stamps today too at 11:00). I pulled …
We had fun turning simple colorful paper scraps into a sweet little necklace. It’ so easy and I love the fun and artsy vibe in the end. Head over to Minted for the full DIY. And how sweet is our little neighbor Mia? She’s a dream. sweet dresses by Mabo Kids. Sweater from Aymara knitwear.
Happy Friday friends! If you missed the signing for my new book, PLAYFUL: Fun Projects to Make With + For Kids, at the Provo Library you’re in luck because I’ll be doing another signing at the GAP at University Mall in Orem, UT on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 1:00-3:00 pm. We’ll be doing a craft and …
It’s Formula 1 racing season and to celebrate with our friends Kids 21 we’ve made some cardboard race cars. We’ve shared our DIY on the Kids 21 facebook page where they are having a really great instagram contest! You could win your very own model Ferrari car. To enter, simply style your kids up in the …
I had the best time chatting with Monica Lee of Smart Creative Women last week and the interview is now up on her site! We talked about so many things that creatives go through such as finding your voice, juggling you creative, business and personal life (especially as a mamma!). I’d love your thoughts on …
It’s here. Time for backpacks, pencils, erasers, notebooks and more! I can hardly believe summer is coming to and end. It’s all been too too fast. So now I’m already thinking about after-school snacks, homework incentives and crafty cures for boredoms so thank goodness we have a few DIY activities up our sleeves with KID …