After introducing my new reminder tree to our family earlier this week, my children have enjoyed clipping their information in a fun new place where it’s easy to see.  Tonight when my daughter brought home a one inch wide note about her gymnastics meet (which I had forgotten) we knew right where to put it!  [...]

Easter is a holiday that means more to me with every passing year but I don’t enjoy the thought of spending a lot of money on the commercialized aspects of the holiday.   I see the cute Easter baskets for sale in the stores and think that I could just make my own, but I [...]

Are you like me?  Do you save bits of ribbon from this gift or that bag because it’s just too pretty to throw away? I save ribbon, but sometimes wonder what to do with all these little pieces of beauty. Today I decided to put some of them to use.  I made a bunch of [...]

Here’s what I’ve been working on: Today I’m guest blogging for May Arts, and it’s all about how to use ribbon to throw a beautiful, festive party. Click here to read it! Jennifer

After more time spent winding ribbon than I expected it to take, I have this to show: Much as I love ribbon, for years I’ve done a lousy job of storing those leftover pieces or strips of lovely ribbon off of packages of some sort.  Tired of sorting through this: I went on a walk [...]

I have been completely ga-ga over my baby’s feet since she was born.  It should be no surprise, therefore, that I used her feet to make a valentine celebrating her first 6 months of life. I glued the ribbon around the edge of the footprints to help create the image of a heart.  Nothing fancy, [...]

My project for the May Arts Valentines challenge is completed! This project was fun to do, and I may have found a new favorite ribbon in the process. The ribbons I used are all manufactured by May Arts.  Here’s how I did it. I began by cutting a piece of unbleached cotton to the size [...]

I have a confession to make.   I am a ribbon junkie.  I can’t help it.  It’s all so beautiful, and you can do so many things with it.  I can breeze through most any store making a beeline for what I need without being waylaid for any reason, unless I spy ribbon!  If I see [...]