Tag Archives: crafting

Easy DIY Luggage Tags

Posted on by July 26, 2017 5
Easy DIY Luggage Tags from chipboard and scrapbook paper via Walking in High Cotton

As I wrote last week with our Summer Camp Packing lists (did you download your FREE copy?) our kiddos have been adventuring away from home a lot this summer. They visited my sister, my mother-in-law, and now church camp. This is Speedracer’s first year at church camp and we’ve developed several little rites of passage for the first year. One is that they get their first toiletry bag (or shaving kit bag for the boys) and one is that they get their personalized luggage tags. This is an easy and … Continue Reading…

Organizing a Smashbook Box…and More Journaling Pages

Posted on by March 29, 2017 8
Organizing a Smashbook Box {via www.walkinginhighcotton.net} #smashbook #scrapbook #journal #art #organizing

I mentioned last year that I was really enjoying the new “smashbook” form of scrapbooking and journaling. It works for me, my style and my time limits. Well, I’m still crazy about it. I have one journal filled, and I’m working on two others. I’m moving in a generally chronological order with the family books, and I’m fitting about 4 months into a book. But they’re not restricted to that. Some pages are more personal journaling if I find an old picture I love, or want to tell and old … Continue Reading…

Sending Love…the Mail Out

Posted on by January 11, 2016 2
Sending Love...Valentine's Day in a box. {via Walking in High Cotton}

I mentioned earlier this week that we are working on some special “sending love” projects and I would share pictures before we mailed them. Here ya go… The idea of Valentine’s-in-a-box was so fun! I flipped through my craft stash (which is actually starting to get a little low!), used a few coupons, and hit up our Dollar Store. Not everything was “valentines” but everything was pink and white and red. {smile} We included some red fruit snacks, some pink soap, and lots of cut outs for decoration! You’ll see … Continue Reading…

Sending Love Projects

Posted on by March 12, 2017 4

I used some of our recent snow day time to get help from the kiddos working on some “sending love” projects I’ve had on my To-Do list lately. We all made Get Well Soon cards for Mr. Fix-It’s grandma (we call her “Bea”) and printed off some pictures to send with them–because who wouldn’t feel cheered up seeing pictures of my adorable kiddos? {smile} I made a birthday card for my Grandma Koeller and sent it off. Grandma Koeller has come to visit us several times the last couple years … Continue Reading…

Homemade Cowboy Birthday!

Posted on by March 28, 2017 2
Homemade Cowboy Birthday party at Walking in High Cotton

As I mentioned before, we don’t do birthday parties every year. But this year everyone gets a party. And the Cowboy wanted a cowboy party. Naturally. I think we were able to pull it off pretty well. Pinterest was a bit of a help to me–but honestly, in this case it was also a bit overwhelming. I’m…speechless…at the lengths some parents are going to for birthday parties. Especially for 1, 2, and 3-year-old who won’t even remember it other than the pictures in their scrapbooks! But I digress… Most of … Continue Reading…

Nature Study Display Frames

Posted on by November 13, 2013 2

We love nature study around here. It’s one of our favorite real life homeschool topics and can fit in to pretty much any moment of the day. But it also means that we have quite the conglomeration of feathers, rocks, skins, twigs, beetles, moths, and other cool finds. We use nature journals to save pictures, drawings and notes (along with the occasional leaf) but our adventures to the Virginia Living Museum inspired me to create nature study display frames to put on the walls in our newly painted playroom. It … Continue Reading…

Less Clutter, More Grace…Thankful Thursday #2

Posted on by March 12, 2017  

So…I’ve been simplifying around here. Meaning–getting rid of lots of stuff! I’m tired of coming home to a messy house that takes hours to clean–we have too much stuff if we can’t keep up with it in a half-hour a day during the week. (“Deep” cleaning can wait until the weekends!) And I’m a major  clutter culprit here! So I’ve been pitching stuff and donating stuff left and right! Today I’m thankful for… 1. A patient husband! Yes, he complains about the clutter sometimes, but he’s been awfully good about … Continue Reading…

Quick 1 Minute Mini Envelope Tutorial

Posted on by June 22, 2017  
1 Minute Mini Envelope Tutorial for lunchbox notes, camp notes, or any other sending love moment! via Walking in High Cotton

I love sending my kiddos lunchbox love notes all through the school year so that we can all stay connected while we’re apart for the day. So you know I had to come up with something for the Ladybug while she was away at camp for a whole week! I sat down to make up little notes to stick in her bag and remembered something genius I saw on Pinterest at some point. Mini envelopes made of hearts. Yep, jackpot! Quick, easy, versatile. I made up about 10 of them, including personal … Continue Reading…

Smashbook Journaling

Posted on by March 12, 2017 2
Smashbook Journaling at Walking in High Cotton

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had tried out some Smashbook supplies for scrapbook journaling and was really enjoying them. Actually, I’m kinda crazy about it. Since New Years I’ve already almost filled one journal. I think it’s a case were I’m not completely sure if it’s the medium or just that I was in the right mindset. But I’ve been able to really throw off my normal expectations about scrapbook page design and that dreaded need for chronology and just do it. It’s been a very personal … Continue Reading…

10 Craft Supplies That Weren’t On My List!

Posted on by March 12, 2017 2

I’m a crafty sort of person. When my kiddos need something for school, I’ve got twine, paper, glue, scissors, thread, fabric scraps, buttons, construction paper, markers, chalk, pipe cleaners, dried macaroni, googly-eyes, yarn, miscellaneous sheets of transparency from report covers and craft supply packages…all the usual crafty suspects. But when the Ladybug went to build her model of Jupiter (and 4 of the 63 moons!) we ran into a couple things I just wasn’t quite prepared for and we had to do quite a bit of scavenging to make it … Continue Reading…

Catching These Moments

Posted on by January 22, 2013 1

Wow–WordPress is driving me crazy lately! I don’t know what the deal is, but I’ve been losing drafts (lots of drafts!), losing uploaded pictures, or losing picture quality–I’m not a photographer, but usually you can at least make out faces! Come on! I guess some great posts will just have to wait a while–but here’s a right this minute post for ya! My “baby” is turning 5 today! Our sheep are very pregnant. Very pregnant. Hugely pregnant–poor waddling darlings! And I’ve discovered the pure joy that is Smash books! Scrapbooking … Continue Reading…

Simple, Handmade Gift Ideas

Posted on by December 3, 2013 3
Simple handmade gift ideas--baking, crafting, and lovely packaging! {@www.walkinginhighcotton.net}

Do you have neighbors? Teachers? Music instructors, coaches, church friends, a mail lady? Co-workers or a boss? We love to reach out in love to all these outside-our-family-but-still-precious-in-our-lives folks at Christmas time. But this can get so expensive and overwhelming so quickly! So this is where I love to pull out the craft supplies and get gluey!  Here’s a few simple and handmade gift ideas to get you going! Baking! Baking is the easiest way to spread a lot of love and joy quickly and inexpensively. And it’s something that … Continue Reading…

Mod-Podge and Davy Crockett

Posted on by October 23, 2012 1

So, what does motherhood mean? Motherhood means going out in the yard in your slippers to rescue a rotting cow horn from the dog’s mouth to help your son become Davy Crockett. What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever had to Mod-Podge together at the last moment? This ranks right up there for me. The Cowboy watched Davy Crockett as part of his character research for his American Heritage Speech at school and got fixated on the powder horn. (Probably because I had already produced fringed pants, a coonskin cap, and … Continue Reading…

Recycled Crafts from Isle Be Green

Posted on by September 24, 2012  

Looking for some great trash to treasure ideas? Need a little colorful, budget-friendly boost around the house or yard? Check out these great ideas from the Dirt Diva, via the recent County Fair! How about a little palette art? Or a fancy chandelier? Colorful planters, anyone? How about something for the yard? There’s nothing pink paint can’t improve! This next one probably isn’t for everyone–it definitely wouldn’t look that good if I had done it! But can you say GORGEOUS?! And my absolute favorite… We are SO doing some of … Continue Reading…

A Few Free Web Favorites

Posted on by March 9, 2017 1

This weekend we’ve got a lot going on. The Ladybug and I are heading up to Northern Virginia to visit the American Girl Store for her birthday. We’ll be meeting my sister (who is fondly and forever known to me as Cheese) and niece (the Diva), and my mother-in-law (that would be the Mimi) and other niece (whom we’ll fondly call Curls from here on out) for lunch, and shopping, and then dinner at the American Girl Bistro. And my men are going to be staying home and cleaning up … Continue Reading…