Halloween DIY Ideas
Decorating with some favorite Halloween DIY's for the season! Thrifted dishes with waterslide decals. Spray painted ceramics is an easy, very fun DIY project. (Instructions for both of these projects- and more- can be found
Stacks of Books
If anyone is looking for kid's chapter books at Seattle Goodwill stores, I must apologize now, because I think the kids and I cleaned house around town yesterday. I told them they could have any
Worth Documenting
Today reminded me of the huge bonus we as a family get by having our office at home- days with lots of good, creative energy filling the house. Music playing, plenty of coffee going,
Visual Cues
I am going to blog as often as possible this week, simply because I'm just not feeling like blogging. Can you tell? Does that reasoning make sense? (I know, me neither.) When I redid
Painting the Family Room
In the midst of plenty going on around here as usual, I’ve decided that now, right now, is the time to paint the family room. Peter is convinced that I can’t paint a room
The Cranes Released
Our school auction was this past weekend. Rooms full of flowering branches and origami cranes. I must say, it looked really beautiful in its simplicity. (Many of those cranes have been
Imagine Delightful Freshness
This is not quite the family room redo I had in mind. And frankly, I have Todd Oldham to blame. I bring home this book for the kids last week, thinking that over our
Origami Cranes by the Thousands
The origami cranes we are using for decoration at our school auction this Saturday are complete. I am now stringing the very last sets. Looking at all these cranes make me so happy,