Felt Christmas Tree Farm

Felt Trees for Christmas Easy Beginner Sewing Project

Create a darling Felt Christmas Tree Farm to Decorate! This felt Christmas tree farm makes a perfect decoration that can go out in the fall and stay up through the entire holiday season. It is a fabulous beginner sewing project because it requires one basic stitch. Before we get started on the tree farm, here are TONS of great ideas for Christmas Crafting. Homemade Hot Cocoa is always a great …

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Extraordinary Lunchbox Notes

Extraordinary Lunchbox Notes Sprinkle Kindness

Extraordinary Lunchbox Notes My new book, Kindness on Purpose, has matching little lunchbox notes that are super adorable.  My design team and I came up with some fun ways to use them to spread kindness like crazy.  We turned them into extraordinary lunchbox notes using foil from Therm-O-Web to make them shiny and bright.  I love how easy it is to attach one of the notes to a goody and …

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DIY Clay Leaves

Clay Leaves Activities for Kids

DIY Clay Leaves Pluffy clay is super soft and so easy peasy to work with.  It was so fun to create these diy clay leaves using the autumn colors from the three different packages that Sculpey sent to me.  I am excited to share how easy it is to make the leaves AND a couple of fun ways to use them too.  This post is sponsored by Sculpey but the …

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DIY Grateful Sign

Handpainted Autumn Decor

  DIY Grateful Sign It’s always a great idea to be grateful.  I love that there is a special time of year where we focus on gratitude so I made a DIY grateful sign to add to my holiday autumn decor.  It is perfect for adding to a tiered tray display or setting out on a shelf as a stand alone piece.  This is a fabulous project for beginning painters …

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Wood Slice Pumpkins

Wood Slice Pumpkin Decor

Wood Slice Pumpkins on a Board Autumn is my very favorite time of year.  These wood slice pumpkins make decorating any area of the home (or porch) easy peasy.  I love the added wine corks too because it makes this decoration perfect for my wine loving friends.  Of course, any cork at all could be used! Wood slices can be found at just about every craft store and can also …

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Paper Bag Pinata Craft For Kids

DIY Paper Bag Pinata

Paper Bag Pinata Craft for Kids Kids of all ages love surprises, celebrations and festivities. It is so easy peasy to make this pinata – and only requires a few supplies including my favorite paper crafting adhesive, Easy Tear Tape from Therm-O-Web. I really do LOVE this stuff because it holds things together with such strength.  I don’t know that anyone would want to hit the pinata because it is …

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Random Acts of Kindness – Kindness on Purpose Book and Ideas

Random Acts of Kindness – Kindness on Purpose Book and Ideas I spend most of my life doing my best to be a leader in the kindness game.  I’m so very grateful for the opportunity to share my soul with you guys here on my blog and now in a book with corresponding products thanks to PaperSalt.  This began when I started working on the watercolor illustrations for this book …

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DIY Worry Dolls and Friendship Bracelets

Make Your Own Worry Doll

DIY Worry Dolls and Friendship Bracelets The cord that I received recently from Hemptique is so so beautiful and fabulous to work with.  It is gorgeous in both color and texture.  I have had so much fun working with it and creating new ideas for projects and ways to package gifties.  I am excited to share two of my creations, DIY Worry Dolls and Friendship Bracelets.  This post is sponsored …

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Shark Week Jello Treats

Shark Week Jello Dessert Treats

Make some yummy ocean jello with sharks for a sweet treat. Shark week is a fun time to learn about these marvelous creatures that rule the oceans.  I whipped up some shark week jello treats that are super cute and yummy too.  They are a great little dessert to serve while working through the activities in my Shark Activity Pack.   To make the jello treats, you only need two ingredients, …

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Monster Printables and Dollar Store Crafts for Kids

Monster Printables Activities

Use these free monster printables to create fun dollar store crafts! Monsters are make believe creatures that can become friends when treated with love and kindness, right?  I am excited to share these printables that I created in 2015 and just came across this morning.  I never shared them!!!  What?  I was searching for them on my blog and couldn’t find them. I searched my computer because I remember doodling …

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