My Son's 5th Birthday Party- Pirate Theme!

It's about time that I post about my son's birthday party from last month! He had a Pirate theme and I had lots of fun putting everything together!! I did a party for extended family the Saturday...

Top 12 Posts of 2012

Happy New Year! I know ended 2012 by not blogging very much. Hopefully I will have more time and drive to post more frequently! Here are my 12 most popular posts from 2012, according to page...

My Heart Hurts.

Christmas Gift for the Teachers

Hi everyone, I hope your December is going smoothly! I just wanted to pop in and share what I put together to give my son's Kindergarten teachers {there is a Teacher plus a T.A. in his class.} I...

My DIY Stocking Board

I made this stocking board last Christmas and never got a chance to share...... I had this drawer front that my hubby brought me from work that was destined for the trash.I knew the size was just...

Reindeer Thumbprint Ornaments

Last year I helped my kids make up these tree ornaments to give my parents for Christmas.(Then we made another set to keep for our tree!) We just used acrylic craft paint for them to dip their...

DIY Christmas Pillow

Hope you're enjoying your Wednesday! We are getting SO MUCH snow here today it is insane! I made a few projects last Christmas that I never got around to posting about. The first is this pillow...

Magnets for Kids` Masterpieces

Last week I did a simple project. I made some magnets to display my kids` latest masterpieces on the fridge...... I had some magnetic picture frames that were empty, so I made the text on my...

Halloween Decorations

I'll level with ya, Halloween isn't my favourite holiday.I do a bit of decorating, mainly pumpkins. I keep it simple & cute. I'm not into the "scary" stuff. In our living room, I have this display...

Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids

Since last weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving, I helped my kids make some crafts! I helped them put together these Thankful Turkeys (I used this idea from Meet the Dubiens).They told me what they...

'Happy Halloween'- Free Printable!

Happy October 1st! With the countdown to Halloween on, I made this print to put with my other Halloween stuff in my living room: And I am sharing the printable with you!All you have to do is click...

Big Brother Kits

Before my sister-in-law had her 3rd boy recently, I wanted to make something for her older boys for when they visited in the hospital or for at home or whatever. You know, stuff to keep 2 little...

Batman Wipes Case

I wanted to make a wipes case for my sister-in-law who had her first baby last month. She is all about the Batman stuff for him. She picked out this fabric for the wipes case & I think it turned...

Baby Subway Art

Hello! My long absence from this craft blog of mine was not planned, but life has been busy! I had 2 new nephews born last month & in addition to buying them cute little clothes I, wanted to make...

Clothespin Photo Block

I love my kids. I love taking pictures.So you can imagine that I take lots of pictures, mostly of my kids! I enjoy new, fun ways to display pictures in our home. So I made up this little photo...

Play Clothes Board {trash to treasure}

Today I just have a simple DIY project to share...... This was a project I made when there was still snow on the ground! I had this kitchen cabinet drawer front: All I did was paint it white. Then...

Simple Ideas for Travelling With Kids

A couple weeks ago, our family went on a little holiday around our gorgeous province of Alberta and even went a little bit into Montana. Over about a week we drove 2070 kilometres (or 1286 miles)....

Classic Craft Tutorials!

Happy Friday & welcome to the fifth & last day in my series this week: Classic Crafting and Creativity! Each day this week I am sharing a round-up of my favourite & the most-viewed past posts....

Classic DIY Fabric Flower Tutorials

Happy Thursday & welcome to the fourth day in my series this week: Classic Crafting and Creativity! Each day this week I am sharing a round-up of my favourite & the most-viewed past posts. Today is...

Classic Kids' Birthday Parties

Happy Wednesday & welcome to the third day in my series this week: Classic Crafting and Creativity! Each day this week I am sharing a round-up of my favourite & the most-viewed past posts. Today is...

Classic Trash-to-Treasure Projects

Happy Tuesday & welcome to the second day in my series this week: Classic Crafting and Creativity! Each day this week I am sharing a round-up of my favourite & the most-viewed past posts. Today is...

Classic Organization Posts

Happy Monday & welcome to the first day in my series this week: Classic Crafting and Creativity!Each day this week I will share a round-up of my favourite & the most-viewed past posts.Today is all...

Wedding Subway Art {gift idea}

Hello everyone! I didnt intend to be away from crafting/blogging the past couple weeks, but I sure enjoyed the break! Hopefully I can start feeling creative again :)My little sister got married at...

Pom Pom Clothespin Magnets {tutorial}

Happy Friday everyone! Today Im going to show you how I made these:To make the pom pom....Step One: Cut out circles from your fabric of choice. (I used an Advil bottle to trace my circles.) You can...

Maple Leaf Sugar Cookies

Yesterday was a rainy day so I decided it was a good opportunity to make some cookies!I busted out my container of cookie cutters & decided on a maple leaf shape.And I got to use my cute new red...

Washi Tape Canada Flag Block

Heres another craft I whipped up for Canada Day.......I had already painted the block white, so I just grabbed an x-acto knife & cutting mat, a maple leaf die cut shape, and some washi tape......I...

My Memories Giveaway WINNER!

The winner of the My Memories Suite giveaway is......Congratulations! I will contact you via email soon.

Canada Day Frame

Hey everyone I have another simple Canada Day project to share today!I had a matted 8 x 10 frame & I thought it would be cool to add this scrapbook paper to it! I removed the mat so I could mark...

Canada Day Canvas

I have another simple Canada Day craft to share with you today, a Canada Day Canvas.......I had some of this awesome scrapbook paper in my scrapbook stash & I thought the squares & design of the...

DIY Canada Day Block

Im going to be sharing some Canada Day crafts with you this week!Today Ill show you how I made this Canada Day block...Here are my supplies:-wood block, mine measured 5 x 5 3/4 "-white paint {I had...