After getting married and having kids, one starts to forget about many different things from their wedding day. The table decorations start to fade. What your meals were. The music being played. I don’t think that I could ever forget the process of making my handmade brooch bouquet. I have always been a unique individual that liked to think outside the box. I kept seeing these pop up on Etsy during my inspiration phase of planning and I was not ready to spend like $500 for a bouquet. I think I would have been more likely to spend that...
My recent love affair with Mid Century modern furniture is what I would call a tab unhealthy. I want every piece of furniture in my house to have angled tapered legs? Is that weird? No? Ok good… This piece that I made was something that I had been thinking about for quite a long time and thinking of the most efficient way. Let’s be honest..I have a 3 yr old. I don’t have time be sitting in a garage making furniture. But I want to make furniture. What is a girl to do? What?! Sorry..mid mod gets me all revved...
Have you ever wanted to really make those Halloween props you see all over but think they are too hard? THINK AGAIN! We made this grim reaper (We call him Grim for short) in maybe a couple hours with very few materials. Materials PVC piping – Depending on how big you want him, you can choose the size of pipe. Just make sure you get elbows for shoulders and well..elbows. Concrete cement – Use this to keep the piping from moving as you add stuff Chicken wire – I am sure you have some of this in your garage already....
The idea of traveling with a toddler can strike fear in some of the strongest parents ever. I can understand it. We have done some traveling with Inga before she has recently turned 3 and it was certainly interesting. I think the only way to make traveling with your toddler bearable is to have a good Offense AND Defense. Bring some stuff to keep their minds busy but also bring the shit that will shut them up if it goes South. Our families live all over the place so we end up needing to travel a lot if we ever...
When my mini decided that she wanted to be in the kitchen, there was no conversation about this. It was either hold her as I am cooking or she would grab the little cat ottoman and try to bring it into the kitchen. We already had the IKEA stepstool (I don’t know why because I am a giant), but I thought that we could add some height to this and she could climb up that. This isn’t a huge DIY project but for anybody else that is currently dealing with the pick me up pick me up stage this could...
I am sure one of things that many parents dread is the absolute hideousness (yup making it a word) of child proofing. Putting those weird covers on the door handles, giant air mattresses around your pointy furniture, and gates at every corner that just seek out stubbing your toes and laughing maniacally as you hobble away…or fall down the stairs. Every single one of your lovely decorative items has been hoarded away into a cupboard that of course you are unable to get into without a key fob, key pad number and retina scan to open. It doesn’t have to...
You know what I am talking about. Those Pinterest posts regarding babies and nurseries that are just so effin’ cute, you can hardly help but wish you could be their child. Pinterest can be an amazing place for those pregnant days when you can’t stop thinking about babies and you have made the decision that you are going to be the “quirky crafty mom”. It can also set a standard that nearly no mother can feasibly meet. I can’t even tell you how many hours were used up scrolling through to get the most perfect inspiration picture of how I...