DIY Bird Feeder

Calling all bird lovers! Did you know that February is National Bird Feeding Month? To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to create a little DIY Bird Feeder tutorial. I remember making pinecone bird feeders in Girl Scouts when I was young. While looking online for other ideas, I found this post on Pretzel Bird Feeders and decided to make some. This is a great craft to do with kids because its so easy and fun to make. While I was standing in the kitchen, my fingers covered in peanut butter, I thought … [read more...]

Tea For Two

Legend has it that the discovery of tea was made thousands of years ago by Confucius when he was in his garden one day and a tea leaf blew into his cup of hot water. Over the centuries since then, tea has played a special part in the lives of people all over the world, refreshing their everyday lives and enhancing special occasions. In this tote we have gathered the essentials for afternoon tea with a close friend: Your favorite tea, homemade cookies, and chocolate truffles. Packaged up together … [read more...]

Mother’s Day Spa Basket

Mother's Day is just around the corner. I love Mother's Day because my kids and husband love to spoil me! My favorite gifts are always things that are homemade. And if the gift is designed to pamper me? All the better! This lovely collection meets both of those criteria. Plus, once you know how to make the bath salts and soap, you can make them anytime at all. You could even make them for yourself! Shhhh . . . don't tell! This is a fun gift to make, especially with friends or for friends … [read more...]

Custom Photo Coasters

These are my grandsons! It’s just amazing what a little effort will do. I now have these terrific coaster mementos of my grandsons, Caden and Dylan, which will make great party decorations as well. I made them in about five minutes (of my time) using the new style of the month called “Custom Style”. If you think about “Custom Style” you can become very intimidated because it is totally blank. First you look at all that blankness and think, “maybe some other time” because it seems … [read more...]