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I trust all US readers had an excellent 4th of July. Ours was hot, hot, hot! We spent most of the day in my parents pool (here in Colorado – where the fires are finally starting to calm down and be contained. Hopefully no new ones will pop up!). We had a great time though. …
I have to give full credit to my cousin Crystal for this summer fun idea. For the Mudpuppy giveaway she commented: “So this summer me and the kids made a summer fun jar so I don’t have to be as creative everyday. Each week they pick out an outing, a food to make, and an …
It’s that time of year again. School is almost out for the summer and A is growing out of practically every shirt he owns. We needed to think fast (and thrifty) so off to the store to get $1 shirts (we found ours at the Dollar Tree) and then back to the craft lab to …
Mom’s are the best, right? And although we should be celebrating them on a daily basis, I’m so glad we have a specific day set aside to show the mother’s in our lives just how much we really appreciate all that they do for us. Well, Mother’s Day is just 3 days away which leaves …
We like to do handmade Christmas cards for the teachers, etc. during the season and apparently we’ve hit on a tree theme that we just can’t shake. This year we had a lot of fun “finger painting”…but not in typical sense of the craft. I made a simple tree graphic and printed it out on …
If you haven’t yet been over to Creature Comforts to check out EZ’s fabulous online holiday guide, Gifted, you should do so now. It’s a fantastically curated guide chock-full of unique and of-the-moment gift items. EZ was so sweet to ask me to create some free downloadable gift tags for the guide and I couldn’t …