Baby, it’s cold outside! Normally that is something you just hear in the northern states, but today it seems to be cold all over the country! Going with that old adage… If life gives you lemons, make lemonade… if Mother Nature gives us cold, make snowflakes! Although playing outside is not an option today with …
Nothing is quite so nostalgic as putting up the annual Christmas tree. Memories are shared, and we meander through the years every time we touch an ornament. I love traditions so my family was quite flummoxed when I had Tim make me a wooden tree this year. I will talk more about when we finish …
The kids and I have had fun making our own watercolor painted fabric this week. We took ordinary flour sack towels and turned them into beautiful hand painted fabric squares that we are now been busily stitching embroidered leaf patterns on. There are many way to use both the watercolor painted fabric tutorial and leaf embroidery project. …
Inspired by Wimzeecal’s Ombre Pinecone Tutorial, which we have link to before, we decided to kick off our fall crafting with some of our own Ombre Painted Pinecones. I complete one ombre painted pinecone myself, but the girls quickly took over and added their own spin to the project. It wasn’t long before we had …
I am beyond thrilled that last year I began painting. I will never be an exceptional painter, but finally picking up a paint brush fulfilled an unrequited dream and the time I’ve spend drawing and painting fills me with so much pleasure it is hard to believe I waited until I was 60 to begin in earnest. …
For many, many, many years… probably more years than some of you have been on this earth, I have yearned to paint. Not fancy, hang in the Lourve paintings, but paintings that would fill my journals with water colors of my gardens, little drawings of romping animals, and ultimately, simple paintings that could accompany the …
Back from our week’s little break. Did I get everything done I wanted to? Ha! Did I rest? Ha! Did I have a wonderful time? Absolutely! So, I didn’t finish organizing the craft room. And, I didn’t finish the baby’s stroller blanket. And, I didn’t get time in the garden. As a matter of fact, I …
For those of you who had been following along with our State Studies Unit 1, I wanted to let you know that our State Studies Unit 2 is almost complete. I have been adding everything you need to do the unit on the State Studies Unit 2 Overview page. I will not be sharing each …
As you may remember, a few weeks ago the kids made hand dipped beeswax candles (you can read about how making the Hand Dipped Beeswax Candles here). They had to cure in the freezer for 3 weeks so that gave us some time to come up with an awesome way to display these special candles. …
In a rather Willy Wonka-ish manner, I turned the basic pattern of our Watermelon Applique Block into a fantasy Watermelon Flower! Here is our newest coloring page. After I watercolored the page, I went back and added some detail… just ‘cuz. Pattern for Watermelon Flower Coloring Page can be found HERE. Watermelon Applique Block can be …
Here is our newest coloring page based on our Bunny Applique Block. Children… or you… can use markers, crayons or paintings. The only requirement is to have fun 🙂 Pattern for Bunny Coloring Page can be found HERE. Bunny Applique Block can be found HERE. A VERY basic watercoloring for your Coloring Pages tutorial can be found HERE.
Here is our newest coloring page based on our Inchworm Applique Block. Children… or you… can use markers, crayons or paintings. The only requirement is to have fun 🙂 Pattern for Inchworm Coloring Page can be found HERE. Inchworm Applique Block can be found HERE. A VERY basic watercoloring for your Coloring Pages tutorial can be found …
