While I love to get crafty with my kids and get elbow deep in art projects, let's face it -- it is virtually impossible to ever really clean up glitter, which can so easily and quickly get embedded in your carpet fibers and don't even get me started on play dough- it has been banned from my house! That is why Get Crafty with this DIY Terrarium is the perfect craft! But lest you think that … [Read more...]
The Sunday Swoon: How to DIY Your Very Own One Direction Concert T-Shirt
I am not the craftiest person which confirms one truth- the crafty gene does not exist. How can I dare make this very bold statement? because I have given birth to a Daughter that has glue and paint running through her very veins. She is always busy cutting and planning out some type of collage or craft- and to be quite honest- she has GREAT IDEAS. I know I'm slightly biased but I love that she … [Read more...]
The Sunday Swoon: Get Crafty With Your Kids and Win a My Chord Friendship Bracelet Maker
Congrats to our winner Trisha B. One thing my kids can tell anyone who asks about me, their mama, is that I LOVE handmade gifts. I have spent the past 13 years (since being inducted into the motherhood trenches) amassing, saving and displaying all of my kids' crafts throughout my house. That's right their artwork from kindergarten is prominently displayed on our living room mantle and in just … [Read more...]
Let Your Kids Take a Passport to Imagination This Summer At Michaels
As parents, our responsibilities to our kids are never-ending. Of course, there are the basic needs — like food, clothing and shelter — but increasingly there is this unrelenting media pressure being heaped on us to keep our kids up to speed educationally so that they'll eventually be able to compete in a progressively cutthroat workforce. I hate the fact that I feel compelled to sign my son … [Read more...]