My Favorite February Posts

girly and pink feathery headband instructions

1.  DIY Valentine’s Feather & Fabric Flower Headband

This is such an adorable head piece for a little girl.  I can’t wait to see it on our baby girl some day!

2.  Ribbon Spool Holder

I love having my ribbon right where I can see it and grab it. [...]

Tuesday Tip: Use a Binder Clip to Organize Cords

use a binder clip to organize cords

ORGANIZE YOUR SPACE.

Have cords lying on the ground?  We do, or did.  Jeff usually charges the iPad and his iPhone every night so next to his nightstand he keeps the chargers plugged in.  This has always drove me a little bit crazy, especially when I vacuumed, but I had learned to live with [...]

Button Bow Tutorial

how to make hair bows with buttons

DIY.  SAVE MONEY.

Here’s a slight upgrade to my simple bow tutorial I previously posted.  Make use of Grandma’s old jar of buttons!

Supplies: ribbon buttons hot glue gun floral wire bow clip Game Plan:

1.  Follow steps 1-3 of my simple bow tutorial.

2.  Make a couple of [...]

Monster Truck Birthday Party

monster truck party invitation

CELEBRATE.

When we asked Rylan what kind of birthday party he wanted, he shouted, “Monster Trucks!”  When he didn’t change his answer over the next several weeks, I started searching for ideas and this is what we came up with for his party.  We like to make the day special but not go overboard [...]

Thursday Leftovers: Soda Bottles make Fab Vases

sunflowers in vase

SAVE MONEY.

Here’s what was on my mind a year ago today… love this idea and use it all the time with cut flowers!

So my favorite thing to use for a flower vase is an old glass soda bottle.  If you don’t have an old one lying around, a new [...]

Monster Truck Birthday Party Game

games for monster truck birthday party

Instead of doing a game for Rylan’s Monster Truck Birthday Party, I chose to create a path on our carpet using electrical tape for the kids to drive their monster trucks on.  I taped a couple of ramps down too and some cars for them to jump over.  Rylan loved it and [...]

Monster Truck Cake Tutorial

how to make a monster truck birthday cake

DIY.  SAVE MONEY.

Cakes are expensive to buy pre-made, so if you have a little bit of time, it’s much more cost-effective to make one yourself.  I thought this one was super easy to make because there is not a whole lot to it yet your monster-truck-lover will think it is super cool, especially [...]

Burlap & Clothespin Framed Photo Collage

ribbon photo collage

TRASH TO TREASURE.

Awhile back, strong storms came through Shelbina, Missouri, and even ended up breaking a window in Rus-T’s store where Noelle and I sell some of our ABColumbia products.  One of our large framed prints got knicks in the frame and then the glass broke later during a transport.  I was just [...]

Thursday Leftovers: Stay Warm

tuck pants into socks

It has officially been a year since I first started blogging and I honestly don’t know where the time has gone.  When I first started blogging a year ago, I was afraid I wouldn’t have enough to blog about and the funny thing is, I still haven’t gotten around to blogging about [...]

Ribbon Spool Holder

how to organize rolls of ribbon

DIY.  ORGANIZE.

If you’re a craft person, then I’m sure you have a stash of unruly ribbon hidden somewhere.  Ribbon is one of this annoying things to store because they come unrolled easily and take up a considerable amount of room.

I had been storing mine in a box for quite some time, but [...]