Crafts, Finances and Life Experiences of a Stay-At-Home-Mom
Shortly after the shelter-in-place order came down, a sweet girl in our neighborhood came up with a great idea: a painted rock scavenger hunt. She posted about her idea on the neighborhood social media sites. Then, she kicked the whole thing off by filling her front yard with painted rocks and even went so far …
You know those super pretty quilts with super intricate quilting? There are swirls or feathers or boats or what have you. Yeah, I love those quilts. And I am also positive I will never be able to create them. I mean, not without spending thousands and thousands of dollars on a giant long-arm machine and …
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Long before coronavirus and the associated shelter-in-place order, we have been obsessed with Netflix baking shows. We have seen every episode of The Great British Baking Show, Nailed It, Sugar Rush, Zumbo’s Just Desserts, etc. Slowly, with this obsession came the desire to try baking crazy, pretty looking things on our own. After all, it …
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You know when you have an idea for a project and it’s great on paper, then you start working on it and run into problem after problem? Yeah, that’s how this quilt played out. I saw triangle quilt after triangle quilt on Pinterest and they were all so cute. Luckily, I have a friend that …
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I have a lot of sisters. Four to be exact. And they are all very, very different people. One of my sisters, the middle child, stands out from the rest (typical middle child). I’d describe the rest of us as rainbows and butterflies and her as roses and skulls. She dyes her hair and dreams …
I really don’t know what it is about toddlers, but they love to play pretend in the kitchen. My son is no exception. For his second birthday, he got a set of wooden Disney magnets for the refrigerator. I don’t think those things spent more than a day on the fridge before they got turned …
A few months or so ago a good friend of mine asked if I would be willing to fix a quilt she’d made for her son. Props to my friend, she made the whole thing by hand! Unfortunately, in the battle of quilt vs washing machine, the washing machine was victorious. I have a little …
Summer and all its wonder has finally arrived. Between joining the neighborhood pool, a family beach trip and signing our toddler up for swimming lessons at a nearby gym, we have become quite the water-frequenting family. Out of boredom and curiosity, I searched Pinterest for some water-related sewing crafts and I stumbled on some absolutely …
Over the summer, we took a family trip to the beach. I definitely had some reservations as I was well into my 3rd trimester, work was pretty hectic for my husband, and you know, we have a toddler. Alas, the trip was deemed a mandatory family reunion and we really had no way of getting …
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something via one of these affiliate links I will receive a small portion of the profits at no additional cost to you. Baby #2 is set to arrive in the next few weeks. My second pregnancy has been so different from the first. We spent so much …