I have these cute little Santa’s clotheline garlands I bought from my Avon lady several years ago. I have Santa, Mrs. Clause and an Elf clothesline and they are all adorable. However, if I didn’t have those, I’d be scouring … Read More...
Roundups of DIY ideas
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15 Holiday Garlands, Banners, and Buntings
One of the most popular ways to decorate for the holidays is to hang a garland, banner or bunting from the fireplace mantel, across a window or in an archway. Here are several different ideas to get your juices flowing. … Read More...
9 Santa Crafts for Christmas
Ho ho ho! 🙂 Yeah, ok, so I’m not Santa… anymore. I was for a long time though! This will be the first year that my kids have “outgrown” believing in Santa, or at least believing there’s a person named … Read More...
12 Fun Letter Initial Craft Projects
Seems that initials, monograms and family letters are all the rage right now. There are some really cute ways to express your creativity, here are just a few examples. If you know of others, feel free to leave a link … Read More...
Snow Cone Roundup
Check out the kitchn for recipes for DIY snow cones and shaved ice. Find the roundup HERE, which includes raspberry-blueberry snow cones from epicurious. And for the old school purists, remember THIS is back.
10 Fab DIY Photo Displays
My husband asked me the last time we moved why I no longer hang up all the family photos in the hallway. You know the display. It looks like your Aunt Gertrude’s house with all the 8×10 frames filled … Read More...
Make A Toy Cash Register
With just a few simple materials and your printer, you can make this adorable pretend cash register to help your children learn their numbers stretch their imagination! Looking for plastic money 
check these sets out.
Pretend play is a important … Read More...
360 CROCHET
360 – That’s about how many days til next Christmas. Plan Ahead!!
Look what I found. This is so cool. I love to recycle and this is a perfect, very easy recycling project with which we can include crochet.
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STITCH N PITCH ST. LOUIS, AUGUST 6, 2007
Were you at the St. Louis Cardinals’ Stitch n Pitch? And, what do you know about St. Louis after all?? Just the above…..
Did you know that 850 needle artists attended this game??
What do crochet and baseball have to … Read More...
50 Ways to Use Essential Oils
1. For Scent-Sational smelling towels, sheets, clothes, etc. place a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto a small piece of terry cloth and toss into the clothes dryer while drying. Add 5 drops essential oil to 1/4 cup … Read More...
6 Ways To Get Crochet Yarn For Free
We’re always looking for something FREE, aren’t we? Well, there are several sources for obtaining FREE YARN. While there may be no such thing as a ‘free lunch’, there might be a way for you to enhance your yarn stash … Read More...