The other day I made a sweet little fairy wand, a tulle wand, and showed you how to make a tulle pom pom. I had some left over materials, so I decided to make a flower fairy one. Again, this type of wand (at least the way I made it) is meant for older kids … Read more
Chris called me the other day and said he saw an OTC boy/girl gender test by Intelligender at the store. After some research and chatting with others online, it appeared that the test was approximate “80%” accurate and could be taken, get this, anytime after 6 weeks. I figured since you have a 50/50 shot at … Read more
Sometime in May I became aware of Eleven Collection Kids shoes and I don’t remember if they contacted me or I contacted them, but we made a connection and I gladly accepted a review to check these out. After previewing several of their styles online, I knew without a doubt I was in love with … Read more
I’m having a hard time becoming happy. I should be super happy, thrilled…I mean its a baby, right? Babies are love and joy and …oh, who am I kidding. Babies are work and stress and diapers and another 6 years to get to the point I am now where I have peace in the daytime … Read more
A few weeks ago I was signed up for a Christmas stocking exchange with another blogger. Part of the rules (which I made myself and started to regret) was that you needed to be creative in your stocking….you could glue it, iron it, sew it, but you had to incorporate some sort of “making” it. … Read more
The other night I went out and bought some Christmas crafts with full intentions on making a stand up ribbon Christmas tree with a Styrofoam cone. Then I had trouble figuring out how to wrap it with fancy paper how I wanted and thought…ok, what else can i do with this ribbon. Here is what … Read more
This super easy Hair Accessory Organizer DIY is a must have for any little girl. I use this often to keep ponytail holders (pony-O’s), hair-bows and headbands in one neat place. Scroll down to the bottom to get a Printable Version of this DIY ! Before you get started! If you need a great place … Read more
After doing the post on how to make a fairy wand, I had extra materials that I had bought in preparation and decided to make a tulle wand. Here is a how to make a tulle wand tutorial and a few do it yourself directions that will hopefully inspire you to create for Christmas or … Read more
How to make a tutu…for your kitten! Yes, I am that cruel. And bored. Plus I have 6 rescue cats and they keep tearing up my stuff, so I like to torture them with love on occasion. First, if you don’t know how to make a tutu, I have instructions there. The only difference in … Read more
Last night my husband took me around to every SPCA, cat shelter, cat find-a-new-home-cause-someone-sucks-and-didnt-get-their-cat-spayed place. In the beginning, we found plenty of cats that were wonderful and sweet, but I found none that said “that’s our new family” member. I just know when its the right fit. Then the last place we visited, literally 5 … Read more
As you know over here in my house we have been doing some lifestyle household remodeling upgrades. Or redecorating rather. Now that I have moved on mostly from the living room (atleast I will if my DH every gets the shelf I bought on the wall), we are now onto (into?) Charlotte’s room. Yesterday, I … Read more
Standing on the edge of the water the past few months has caused me some great reflection. As my toe touches the sand, now dotted with black specs, no doubt remnants of the oil disaster, I can’t help but feel lucky; blessed. Blessed you say? Blessed for what? The brackish water, the industry falling apart, … Read more
Like I said, back on Tuesday I noticed two spots on her upper back, scabbed over, and thought they were some nasty spider bites. Then Friday morning, I found a few on her shoulder and lower back (the white is dried Benadryl) but it wasn’t till I saw a scab in her eye, which I … Read more
Sigh. Day #3 and she came home with this: I cannot tell you how hurt her feelings were. And the worst part is she insisted she did nothing wrong. She couldn’t articulate to me what rule she broke or what happened, which means she didn’t understand herself. Every day the teacher puts a system on … Read more
This morning while watching the news (which on occasion I do to make sure there are no minors stuck in coal mines or Ben & Jerrys hasn’t put out a new flavor) and what do my wondering ears should I hear? A story about Giselle Bündchen, you know- that leggy supermodel that makes 20 million … Read more