11 Summer Crafts for Teens and Tweens
How is it possible that it’s been 9 years since I wrote my first 13 Crafts for Teens and Tweens? I have so many new posts to choose from that…
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10 Process Art Invitations for Fall & Winter
Process art can be offered every day in all seasons; let’s be honest. It doesn’t really matter what the materials are; the key ingredient is giving children the choice to…
Doily Snowflake Stars
[[IMG:1]] The idea for these beautiful, lacy snowflake stars came from the paperbag stars we made last summer. SITS Girls had the original idea and made them out of white…
Egg Carton Mushrooms
On New Year’s Eve day I was scrolling through Instagram and saw this post for @ingthings whereby she shared some little mountains she knit for friends that were coming over…
The Best Cut-and-Come-Again Flowers for a Cottage Cutting Garden
[[IMG:1]] There is a version of a cutting garden where you are constantly replanting, waiting, and calculating what will be ready and when. I have been in that version. It…
The Most-Loved Blog Posts of 2025 (Spoiler: You Really Loved the Garden)
[[IMG:1]] It’s time for one of my favorite posts of the year — your top 10 reader-favorite blog posts of 2025. And you made one thing very clear: you are…
How to Harvest Cut Flowers from Your Garden
[[IMG:1]] The flowers on my kitchen table right now have been there for over a week. Not because I did anything extraordinary, just because a few small habits done consistently…
Easy DIY Plaster Fireplace With Electric Insert
An easy way to build a DIY plaster fireplace on a small budget using an electric fireplace insert and Venetian Glaze plaster paint. Have you ever wished, hoped, and dreamed…
Easy DIY No Sew Curtains With Trim: Step By Step Tutorial
How to make your own DIY no sew curtains with passementerie trim using hem tape for grandmillennial style on a budget. For the longest time, I have envisioned a pair…
Easy DIY Closet Shelves & Bifolds to French Doors
Last time we shared the home office saga, this was the current view… [[IMG:1]] It’s taken a lot of planning, building, and painting to finally reach this point. But then…