We had a small family birthday party for my son this year, but I tried to still make it special for him with some little embellishments. Specifically, a Spiderman birthday party was requested and the theme started out with a Spiderman invitation. I whipped these up with my Cricut in my usual minimalist style. It was especially great to see how the embellishments I made were reused to make birthday cards from guests. The crafty recycled cards made by my…
This super cute and awesome craft was made by my friend, Shay Lin, for her daughter’s first birthday luau centerpieces. For those of you not from Hawaii, baby first birthdays here are a HUGE deal, with hundreds of guests! She saw the idea for these DIY fairy silhouette mason jars on Pinterest and contacted me for help with the fairies. My ONLY contribution was the cutting of the fairies on my Cricut machine. She came over one night and we…
My grandparents are getting older and they are getting more unstable on their feet, whether they like to acknowledge it or not. Everyone knows someone who is at risk for falls. Whether it is a parent, grandparent, or other loved one, it is scary to think about falls because of all the injuries that can occur from them. The most important thing for falls is fall prevention before they even happen. This article will review important fall prevention information, like…
Why grow DIY borax crystals you ask? My son is big into treasures because of a school project that had his class defining and collecting treasures. Since then he has been collecting rocks, crystals, sticks, and anything shiny to keep in his treasure jar. The jar is almost full, and I decided growing some crystals would be an awesome project to add to his shiny collection. The crystals turned out to be beautiful, fun, and educational. Both of my kids…