It’s no secret that I love crafts that can be made from items I have around the house already, like these coffee filter snowflakes and sock puppets. Maybe it’s because I’m lazy, cheap, interested in keeping things simple. Yeah, that’s it! Anyway, here’s a Thanksgiving craft you can make with items you likely have around [...]

My youngest daughter is obsessed with hats. She wears a different one around the house each day. Some days it’s her winter hat, some days it’s her baseball hat and on some days it’s even her bike helmet! Since she loves wearing things on her head so much, I decided to make a turkey hat [...]

While Thanksgiving is a lot about the food and yummy Thanksgiving recipes, in our home it’s also about setting a festive table for our family and friends. So every year we use our handprint turkey plates and handmade woven placemats. I also like using decorative placecards so there’s no confusion over where everyone sits. Last [...]

It is no secret that I love any craft with my girls’ handprints on them! So in addition to this special keepsake, I also cherish this colorful handprint turkey that my daughter brought home from school. How did her teacher know I had a thing for handprints?

Not only do I get an adorable handprint turkey, [...]

Pumpkins get a lot of play this time of year. Don’t get me wrong, they deserve it! We get a lot from them as well. First we get the joy of picking them. Then we get the fun of painting them. After that they sit up tall and look very festive on our front porch.

Not [...]

I love bread. All kinds of bread. Croissants, bagels, sourdough, corn bread . . . This time of year, I’m lucky enough to feast on my mother-in-law’s banana bread because she brings it every year for Thanksgiving. But I’m considering making a bread of my own, so I started looking around.
During my travels around cyberspace, [...]