From the monthly archives: November 2011
This was my project while I was waiting for my son to take his violin lesson. It’s only a half hour, so there isn’t really enough time to go anywhere. It made perfect sense to grab a few supplies and think of something to make while I was sitting in the car. This was one [...]
Okay, so by now you know how much I love Pinterest for collecting ideas. I’ve been wanting to make my own nativity set to replace the one I’ve been using for many years. Here are some of the creative sets I found during my Pinterest search: (click the image to get to the source)
Over the weekend my family made our traditional gingerbread houses. This year we ended up having a boys house, a girls house, and a grown-up house. There is always a little crossover between the houses, and we are all allowed to add candy or ideas to any house.
They boys’ house had [...]
Pinterest is a great source of ideas for all things creative. I knew that my family would be making gingerbread houses this weekend, since that is what we try to do every year the weekend after Thanksgiving! We have three generations participate in this project, boys and girls. The boys have often created bunkers or [...]
Here is a thoughtful gift to give to a piano player in your life. Anyone who plays the piano, to me, is golden, because both my dad and my husband play by ear. It is such a gift to hear someone play the piano at the end of the day. I am a lucky girl [...]
I found this adorable pillow case while thrifting the other day. I love the fabric, but couldn’t use it as a pillow case since it doesn’t match what’s in my room right now. I’ve been wanting cute, vintage aprons, and this seemed like a good way to use the pillow case. (It was $1 at [...]
This is a gift you can customize for the gardener in your life. I chose a vintage gardening book, some work gloves (you might pick cuter gloves if you’re giving this to a woman, but this was all I had for the photo), and a hat that you embellish with a flower. If you wanted, [...]
We still have a real tree at Christmas, and we have the perfect Christmas tree stand. Here’s a photo from after Christmas a couple of years ago. (You can’t put a real tree up this early!)
This was my husband’s solution back when we had toddlers tipping the Christmas tree over. It’s a [...]
Here we go:
1. Flag coffee mug. When I moved away, my dear friend gave me the mug from her kitchen, the one I always chose when we had coffee on her porch. It reminds me of her every time I drink from it. This was such a sweet, thoughtful gift, the kind money can’t [...]
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