I have a soft spot for old school birthday parties at home. I mean, yeah we have had a few Chuck E Cheese parties in our day and it's always really temping to just throw a few hundred dollars at an indoor playspace and hit the bakery but you know me. I ... just ... can't. I really love the feeling of a houseful of kids, homemade decorations and a crazy towering homemade cake. Originally, we had planned a party in Santa Monica at Pacific Park and we ended up getting passes for the girls and doing that as a family, and throwing an old school party at home instead. (read). | |
I had seen these around all over and just love, love, loved them! They perfectly combine my love of paper crafts and reading! I am not at all a fan of scrapbooking, but I love me some scrapbooking paper. I hope to be bit by the scrapbooking bug eventually, because I do really like the finished product - either of the wee ones or our friends. However, at the moment I'd rather knit. That's pretty accurate of almost anything ha! (read). | |
These cards were a fun afternoon with the kids, a way to show our far flung family and friends some Halloweeny love. I mean of course we try to send postal love as much as we can anyway, but festive love is the best kind of love, oui? Le duh is the appropriate response. (read). | |
This is easily one of my favorite projects I've made. I adore Halloween and I adore countdown calendars so pairing the two makes me happier than it probably should. The original inspiration for this project came from Make it, Give it. I followed the basic guidelines but since, you know, I'm me, I had to make them a little more. Haha. I love how they turned out and I made a little tutorial in case you want to make one too! (read). | |
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Finding crafty ideas for teachers can be rough because even after only a few years of teaching, with an average of 20 kids in each class just imagine how many hilariously crafted gifts they already have. Or how many 'incredibly useful' mugs they must have! I'm not out to always give the best gift, but I do aim to give each teacher something they'll actually use. (read). |
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My mother has always made a really fun and (often a really big) to do out of everyone's birthdays. Not just my Dad & my sister, but also my aunts and uncles and close friends have had serious birthdays courtesy of my mother. As is the case with a lot of people who work hard for other people, she hasn't had many serious birthdays of her own. (read). |
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I made these as a little end of school year thank you for the secretary at the kids' school. She, like most elementary school secretaries, has been so helpful and we really owe her this year for all the trouble she's gone to, to help us get settled in the school and help us through living in the country with only one licensed driver! (read). |