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I’ve been having so much fun with the Painters Paint Markers from Elmer’s! I shared my timeline notebook with you a couple of weeks ago and I decided to share my latest project, too. I think I’m most impressed with the sheer versatility of the Painters Markers. They can be used on so many different [...]
One of the challenges, with teaching children, is to find a way to help them digest, organize and retain information. Over our two decades of homeschooling, I’ve learned that one way to be successful at that is to be sure your students experience the information in several different ways. Allow them not just to read [...]
My granddaughters are at the peak of their “princess stage”. All four of our own girls have gone through it and what fun it is for a mom (or a grandma) to get to participate while they still love the frills and ribbons, lace and bows, twirly skirts and everything girlie and feminine. The [...]
I recently made each of our granddaughters adorable new “Twirly” Skirts with my new Brother CS6000i sewing machine and I wanted to do something for their hair that would match. I love all the flower hair clippies you see, around; so I decided to try and do something like that. I used fabric scraps left [...]
This is the post that never ends. It goes on and on my friends…. lol That’s the song that came to mind as I started editing pictures for this fabulous giveaway from Brother and my tutorial for “twirly” skirts and their matching flower hair clips. After whittling it down to 42 pictures and still having [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, I kinda, sorta, maybe, a little bit, like Pinterest. lol The premise behind Pinterest is a good one, because you find interesting products, money-saving tips and ideas for your home and family, crafty projects you can do with your kids, make for gifts or use to spruce up your home [...]
First of all, let me say that if you have a picture frame lying around the house, this cute and simple project will likely be less than $2! I spent $5 on a frame, used a few cents-worth of Elmer’s Double-Sided Scrapbooking Tape and added a dry erase marker; so I spent a little under [...]
Guess what? You can create some inexpensive, and yet very personalized gifts, for Christmas. Yes, you can! It’s super simple. Think positive! I just made three adorable pillowcases for our grandkids, in a little over an hour, and THAT included stopping to take pictures and to start some rye bread rising! Here’s all you’ll [...]
