nurturing hope, creativity, family
This morning I was trying to get ready for the day when my two year old put on a purple dress, marched into my bathroom and announced, “Mom, tan you move so I tan brush my hair? Can you?”
She then pulled up the step ladder and pushed me gently. I handed her the brush and got out of the way.
What else was I to do?
It was totally worth it. She’s a lot cuter than I am!
My husband’s friend recently gave us a dozen eggs from his backyard chicken coop. (What a great way to make us regret giving away our Easter chicks!
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I couldn’t help but pause and appreciate the subtle differences in their color.
The words “I’m not a brown girl” have come out of my mouth many times, meaning that I don’t love it enough to want it on all of my walls, or on the exterior of my house. I just love other colors far more. However, when I see all these shades of brown together, they are beautiful to me. It’s almost like looking at a paint swatch, but much prettier because it’s a naturally occurring variety.
This morning I am thankful for an unexpected visual treat. It’s uplifting to appreciate the color in ordinary things.
What color have you noticed lately?
Hopeful Homemaker
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! To make it even more fun, I decided to embellish our clothespins with ribbon. My ribbon organizer is inspiring me to use my ribbon more often.
All you need is ribbon, clothespins, scissors and a hot glue gun.
First I measured and cut my ribbon. With a hot glue gun, I simply went around the clothespin and carefully adhered the ribbon to it.
Repeat the process with as many clothespins as you want!
I think they add a fun bit of personality to my topiary-turned-reminder station project.
This quick project made me happier than I anticipated. Suddenly I’m thinking of all the places I can use these cute clothespins! They will definitely be making appearances in more areas of my house.
Happy, cheerful, useful. This was also a no cost project, since I used ribbon scraps and clothespins I had on hand. If you need to buy clothespins, I found a package of 18 for $1.50 at my local grocery store. Not bad! (In this economy, it’s kind of fun to discover things that cost less than $2.00).
What would you use them for?
Jennifer shared at The Inspired Room