My pre-teen gal Lucy has been pondering lately what to call play dates with her mates. You see, she doesn’t really want to call them play dates anymore. And I admit, I never really liked the term all that much anyway. She decided recently, as she was planning some long awaited hang time with her [...]
Family Projects
Craft Out
June 18, 2010
Summer mama
June 15, 2010
We all love the idea of being summer mama. And we love that our friend Amy took a little time to create some intentions so that she could be the best summer mama she could possibly be. With the help of her two amazing and sewing daughters, Ellie and Jane, together they all whipped up [...]
Mothers of Intention
May 25, 2010
It’s summer time folks! And pretty soon the kiddos are going to be looking for things to do, places to go and people to see. Last year we created this awesome Family Summer Center and Calendar and now it’s time to bust it out again. It’s got a place for all your wishes, wants and [...]
D.I.Y. long sleeve t-shirt
March 2, 2010
It sounds super easy of course. And really it is. But it’s also super cool and a great way to get through the rest of winter time without spending some bucks on some new shirts. Even here in Texas we’re having an elongated long-sleeve season with temps a full 10-20 degrees below normal. Brrrrrrrr. We’re [...]
Making the holidays
December 8, 2009
How are you doing holidays in your house? Do you recoil at the idea of this season of sharing? Or do you rejoice at all the delicious and delightful possible ways to achieve comfort and joy and the best excuse ever to make stuff? We’re working on crafting a sweet Christmas here and we’ve got [...]
Letters, postcards, journals and more
November 19, 2009
Sew Mama Sew has a beautiful selection of all sorts of inspirational writing crafts as part of the Handmade Holiday blog selections. There are handmade coloring book ideas and journal covers and sweet and swift to make sketchbooks and more. And, we were thrilled that she selected our Letter Writing Center from Craftzine as well! [...]
Get your craft on
October 9, 2009
I know it’s a little early to be pondering the holidays. Heck, we haven’t even had Halloween yet. But in our house birthday season has begun which means it’s a slippery slope from birthdays into Halloween then a couple more birthdays then Thanksgiving then another birthday then Christmas and well, you can see that from [...]
Summer camp at Craftzine
June 15, 2009
Everybody in the POOL!!!!! But head on over to Craftzine first for a glimpse at our project to craft your very own pool toys. Honestly. All upcycled.
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It’s camp time at Craftzine
June 9, 2009
We’ve got another project up over there at Craftzine so get on over there, find yourself a penpal near or far and get busy.
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Family Crafting!
June 1, 2009
We love sending our family project ideas out into the world giving parents and kids the chance to connect over crafting. We love even more when families contact us and tell us how much they loved doing the project ideas we send out there. We got a note this past week from a family we [...]









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