Posted in crafting, finished objects, recycling, tagged advent calendar, baby food jar, family memories, modge podge, recycle, time ticket, tissue paper, upcycle on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What do you do with too many baby food jars, some really cool tissue paper, and a can of spray paint?
Why, you make an advent calendar, of course!!
I wish I could say that everything I used I already had on hand, and had we unpacked all of my stuff we would have, but because some [...]
Posted in food fun, recycling, tagged canning, garden on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I was young, my parents had a huge garden out in our backyard. The last few weeks of summer and the beginning of the fall were filled with busy days full of picking, preparing, pickling and packing so that we’d have jars upon jars of food ready to grab at a moments notice during [...]
Posted in crafting, in progress, recycling, tagged dryer lint, egg cartons, firestarters, old candle wax, recycle, reuse on July 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, in fact it’s four months worth of dryer lint. Pretty, no?
Mom has a new house, with a new fireplace… and every fire needs some method of ignition. Back when we lived in California, most of our friends lit their fires with fancy red buttons beside their fire screens, or a few by remote. But [...]
Posted in in progress, recycling, sewing, tagged maternity modifications, recycle, reuse, ripped up, thrift, wedding dress on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Geez Louise! I managed to get a lot done today! It definitely helped that I had someone here to help me with the kids while I cleaned up… I never heard of a Mother’s Helper before I moved to this neighborhood, but I have to say, it is an amazing concept!!
Last night I ripped into [...]
