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This December has flown by as December seems to do. I think I’ll share a brief recap of the “Creative Christmas” season we have been enjoying with the kids so far this month. I had meant to be blogging about everything as it’s been going on but a recap is the best I can do in the midst of it all. … [Read more...] about Creative Christmas

I haven’t done a craft show in YEARS but decided that I wanted to participate in one that went on last weekend when I heard about it a couple of months ago. Since I am starting to get back into the creative field now that our youngest is in preschool, it was a great way for me to work toward a … [Read more...] about Virtue Lovely Market

I was so honored and excited when I was asked to mention a new craft book on this blog called Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry. I don’t have time to do a “proper” review with photos and project making from the book until after the holidays now, but I at least wanted to mention the book for … [Read more...] about FOUND: A Last Minute Gift Idea: Rubber Band Jewelry Book

Sometimes chocolate is just so good that it has to be blogged about. We first discovered Haute Toffee a couple of years ago at an iSanctuary fundraiser. The great thing about the way that iSanctuary does fundraisers is that when someone purchases a ticket, 100% of the amount goes directly to their … [Read more...] about FOUND: Haute Toffee

I have been busy getting things together for an upcoming craft show. It’s a church craft show, but it’s not your grandmother’s church craft show…. actually I really like grandma crafts so I don’t even know why I said that but you know what I mean. I’ll be selling the greeting cards I designed for … [Read more...] about Tis The Season to Make Things

Happy Thanksgiving week! Among the many things we are thankful for, we are particularly thankful for the wonderful preschool that both children have been blessed to attend. K was there last year and now M is there for this year and next. I can’t help but compare K’s class Thanksgiving feast last … [Read more...] about Feeling Thankful

Have you ever had “two cents” just drop right in front of you out of nowhere and they are just SO good that you HAVE TO pick them up and put them in your pocket? That’s what happened to me when I was in the car the other day for ten minutes by myself (a rare luxury for any stay at home mama) and … [Read more...] about Two Cents: Be a Peace MAKER

Norman Rockwell has been a favorite illustrator of mine for as long as I can remember. My parents even took me to The Norman Rockwell Museum on an East Coast trip when I was in High School. I will never forget getting to see his paintings in person. It’s funny, because I just assumed that … [Read more...] about Norman Rockwell Moments

My husband just had a birthday and I wanted to share the birthday gift I gave him…an oversized print (the biggest size that I could find on mpix.com – the quality is so nice btw!) from a photo that he took over a decade ago at our favorite beach. We have wanted to blow it up for years, but he took … [Read more...] about Focus On What Matters