It’s hard to get anything that even resembles actual food into your kiddos when Halloween is in full swing. Candy for daaaaaaaaaays, bitches! While this is nowhere near being a healthy meal, it’s a fun way to get a bite of dinner on a special occasion. It’s easy to set these up for the kids…
Category: She’s Crafty
Halloween Wreath: Skulls and a Murder of Crows
I had lofty goals for the many Halloween themed blog ideas that I’ve got swimming around in my head! SO many of them didn’t make the cut. I can’t leave this one out, though! It was too awesome, too easy and too accessible NOT to share! So, I’m sorry it’s late but, hey… You can…
Today is brought to you by The Letter K!
I was at Michael’s Arts and Crafts and they had a bin of wooden letters on clearance. They were all mismatched and I couldn’t find a K for the life of me! I kept digging and settled on a J. I had gotten an idea shortly after seeing the clearance bin and was not going…
The Gilded Leaf
Who doesn’t love a little glitz? I mean, I personally love it! You can really glam it up with a touch of rich metallic paint in a multitude of ways! What better choice than the mother of all metallics… GOLD! Today I am going to share something so ridiculously simple, it’s almost embarrassing! So, simple…
Sweet Summer Centerpiece: A table scape too easy not to do!
On my way through the grocery, I saw these vibrant daisies. They were dyed and ridiculously unnatural in color. These were the kinds of cheap flowers that I would have previously mocked. Cosmo said “Get these, mom! They’re cool!”. I chuckled a little and said that they were kind of cheesy, and reached for an…
These are a few of my favorite things: what I did with grandma’s junk
I took some of the strangest things when my Grandma passed. Some she gave to me when she was first diagnosed with cancer because she wanted to be sure that I got them. To an outsider, they would have seemed silly. An old tin pressure juicer, an old church pew, a dilapidated picture of poppies,…
Twinkle Twinkle Table Scape
Independence Day is such a fun celebration. I mean, seriously… When do we get to punctuate a day of barbecue, beverages and the general joy of gathering with our people, with freaking explosives!?!? Am I right? It’s pretty fabulous! I think we sometimes take fireworks for granted because we get them every July, and now…
We made some blue fun dough… and a mess!
I needed to get some work done today and knew that I would be spending the day around the house. We live pretty busy lives and spending entire days at home is a rarity. I do not enjoy the cabin fever that sets in when busy kids get “bored”. So, even though they had a…
Fresh as a Daisy Lemon Bowl
Fresh as a Daisy Lemon Bowl This is good stuff right here, people. This centerpiece is remarkably easy, especially when you consider the impact it will have on your table’s decor. I do this myself fairly often. Even though I have the ability to create just about any centerpiece I like, after years of doing…
Place Cards and name tags and wine corks, oh my!
In this video, I am showing you how to create three different place card/Name tags for your dining table. Such an easy and inexpensive way to add that little extra detail that is bound to impress your guests. I hope you will try it and share any variations that you might come up with, in…
A floral centerpiece in under ten minutes
We all want to dress things up sometimes… hell, sometimes we just need to treat ourselves to flowers! It’s my desire to offer some quick, easy and affordable solutions. Everyone deserves a little elegance in their lives and they shouldn’t have to have deep pockets to attain it. In this video, I will show you…
The Swearing Mom's Guide To Life 