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 [...]

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 [...]

Okay, so I know that you don’t usually celebrate a baby’s first 3.5 months of life by mailing the birth announcements.  I realize it’s supposed to happen sooner than that.  But… when it’s your 8th baby and you’ve done it for all your other children, well, you do it late rather than not doing it [...]