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Easy (and cheap!) Salt Dough Hand Print Dish for Mother’s Day

Easy (and cheap!) Salt Dough Hand Print Dish for Mother’s Day

  Easy (and inexpensive!) Salt Dough Hand Print Dish It’s a quandary every year; what do we get for Mom, Grandma and all the other important maternal figures in our lives on Mother’s Day? Here’s a great inexpensive gift that they will treasure forever. A …read more

Ten Thoughtful Ideas for Mother’s Day that Won’t Break the Bank

Ten Thoughtful Ideas for Mother’s Day that Won’t Break the Bank

  Are you ready for Mother’s Day? In other words, are you ready to make Mom’s day truly special with this list of thoughtful ideas for Mother’s Day?    Make something with your own hands You don’t have to be a little kid for this to …read more

Easy Easter Egg Topiary

Easy Easter Egg Topiary

  Easy “Egg-straordinary” Craft to Welcome Spring The definition of Spring Fever is “a feeling of restlessness and excitement felt at the beginning of spring.”   Raise your hand if you’ve got Spring Fever. Ooh! I do, I do! Pick me, Pick me!   Maybe it’s …read more

How to Make Kid’s Chore Charts that Works

How to Make Kid’s Chore Charts that Works

Kid’s Chore Charts That  Work (really!) Summertime and the living is easy, right? Or it would be if you could get the kiddies to willingly and happily help around the house. Kid’s Chore Charts to the rescue!   Sometimes it’s so much work to get …read more

Decanting ideas for budget friendly décor

Decanting ideas for budget friendly décor

  Decanting ideas for budget friendly décor I’m always looking for ways to add beauty and elegance my home, although those concepts usually come with a hefty price tag. But here I have an easy idea that costs next to nothing but gives you big …read more

Ribbon Bookmarks – An inexpensive and thoughtful handmade gift

Ribbon Bookmarks – An inexpensive and thoughtful handmade gift

  Are you looking for a personal, thoughtful gift? How about Ribbon Bookmarks? They’re an inexpensive and thoughtful handmade gift. Most every crafty person I know has a secret stash of bits and pieces of ribbon and fabric, old costume jewelry, buttons, baubles, bangles and …read more

Paper Bag Floor

Paper Bag Floor

Paper bags?  On a floor??  You betcha! To make a floor that’s recyclable, durable, and beautiful read on.     THE PAPER BAG FLOOR   What You’ll Need:  A floor (the uglier the better) Paper Grocery Bags, Packing Paper, or Kraft Paper White Glue (not …read more

11 Cool Uses for Pillowcases (besides covering pillows)

11 Cool Uses for Pillowcases (besides covering pillows)

  Here are 11 Cool Uses for Pillowcases (besides covering pillows!) Pillowcases are available at yard sales, thrift stores and clearance racks for next to nothing. Chances are you have some you never use sitting in your linen closet right now! Let’s get them out …read more

Finger paints and potato stamps make great summer fun.

Finger paints and potato stamps make great summer fun.

  It’s time to unleash your inner artist! Everybody likes to play with finger paints and potato stamps – even grownups!    I propose we all send finger paint and stamp art to our adult kids and act all disappointed if they don’t put it …read more