Design & Home

DIY Design: Paper Lace Mobile

May 19, 2013

Simple projects that look like they took hours to make are my favorite kind! This Paper Lace Mobile looks very complicated but the reality is you can make it in about 30 minutes….shhhhh don’t tell anyone…. If you’ve been following my recent posts you’ll know I’m going through a mobile obsession right now….last week I [...]

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Science & Design for Kids: Recycled Bird Feeder Mobile

May 10, 2013
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I’ve been obsessing over all things mobile ever since receiving a hand made frog mobile as a baby shower gift. As a designer I was already predisposed to liking them, after all aren’t Alexander Calder’s mobiles every design snob’s dream art piece?  Of course I’d need a proper place to hang one as well, but I [...]

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DIY Home Design: Entry Hooks

January 23, 2013
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So after living with the scenario pictured below for way too long I decided it was time to find a proper place for all our hanging “stuff”…. all the bags and purses, sweaters and lunch boxes, and general clutter of everyday life. We don’t have a proper entry area, just a 3-1/2 foot wide hall [...]

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Our Creative Week

January 21, 2013
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Our Creative Week is a snapshot of the activities that have kept us occupied over the past week, some are impromptu projects, others more planned. Hope this inspires your creative week. We’ve been so sick! I guess it was bound to catch up with us but the week has been rough for the whole family especially this pregnant mama [...]

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Creative Spaces for Kids: Writing Center

January 19, 2013
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Slowly but surely the breakfast area within our kitchen is morphing into a craft and art space and here is the latest addition: a Writing Center. I got the idea from reading Mariah Bruehl’s  Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder. Ms. Bruehl has some wonderful suggestions for creating kid’s activity and [...]

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Winter Wreaths: A Medley of Online DIY Tutorials

January 2, 2013
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Ever since I worked on my Fall Wreath Tutorial I’ve become a little obsessed with wreaths. I always thought of wreaths as a floral craft, which I have yet to tackle, so making them never appealed to me until I spotted the yarn wreath…then inspiration struck! Suddenly I saw wreath possibilities in everything, not only [...]

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Mini Winter Terrariums

December 22, 2012
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For the record, I’m pretty obsessed with terrariums, dioramas, mini villages, train sets etc. Today I’m sharing a  fun little holiday DIY project: Mini Winter Terrariums on Holidays Homemade. For the full post click here. Over the past few weeks I have been collecting jars in preparation for this post, looking for the perfect container for [...]

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Fall Yarn Wreath Tutorial

November 12, 2012
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I’ve been a bit of wreath addict lately. When a project comes together and you make something you love at the end, the first thing you want is to do it all over again! I have been wanting to make a yarn wreath forever and finally decided it was time to jump in. After a [...]

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DIY Chalkboard Wall

September 28, 2012

This past spring/summer we reconfigured our breakfast nook. Eventually I plan on sharing the complete renovation but couldn’t wait to give you a glimpse into my favorite part, the Chalkboard Wall! I have been wanting to paint a chalk wall somewhere for the longest time. As part of transforming our breakfast area from strictly a dining spot to [...]

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Impromptu Project: DIY Lego Table

September 16, 2012

Every once in awhile I come up with one of those, “Why didn’t I do this ages ago?” easy projects. Yesterday inspiration struck!  I was getting rid of a few things in my kids’ room including the Duplo Lego table we hadn’t used in a year or more and thinking to myself wouldn’t it be fun [...]

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