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Easy DIY Luggage Tags

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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…

Sending Love Projects

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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…

Quick 1 Minute Mini Envelope Tutorial

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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…

Happy Valentine’s Day to “Ewe!”

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As usual, I didn’t get a Valentine’s Day post up until the day itself–which is probably a little ahead for me since I’m usually posting after the fact! The Ladybug and I whipped up a few Valentine’s Day tags for the crew’s teachers yesterday while she was home sick with an earache. (Which is hopefully on the mend!) I had come across a couple different versions of using “ewe” on cards over on Pinterest and am a big fan of using sheep since they are so easy to draw. I’m … Continue Reading…

Smashbook Journaling

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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…

Simple, Handmade Gift Ideas

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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…

Lunchbox Love Notes

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It’s been a while since I posted anything from my crafting workshop. (It’s been a while since I had time to do anything in my workshop!) But I’ve been having some trouble with the big “A” around here (that would ATTITUDE) and I thought that it was time to break out the lunchbox love notes again. I’m all about consequences, but I think they need to be served with a large helping of love and positive reinforcement as well. Plus, this is a good reintroduction to my workshop since I’ve … Continue Reading…

Wallets for My Boys

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I got my workshop all neatened up while I was off at Christmas, even though I was too busy with the kiddos to do much crafting. But part of my New Years planning is that I’ve written out a rather daunting list of all the crafting, sewing, and creating that I want to get done this year. The good news is that I have a whole year. The bad news is that I have a big list. But I got started the other day with something that I’ve been promising … Continue Reading…

Getting Our Craft On

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Since we were together for 4 days, I suppose it’s only natural that my sister and I would break out our scissors and glue and get our craft on. Saturday night after eating and shopping and sleeping and shopping and cleaning and drinking lots of coffee…we spent a few hours ripping and tearing and gluing and glittering and waxing philosophical about all the things of faith and God that we’ve been learning over the last year or two. I didn’t really expect to stay up until 4:30 am–especially with only … Continue Reading…

Craft Kids

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This weekend was pretty busy, but Sunday I let the kids go ahead and do some crafting at the dining room table while I was cleaning and running back and forth with customers at the farm. The kiddos got some stickers and spending money from Mimi and Papa (Mr. Fix-It’s momma and step-father) in a surprise package a few days ago. Some of their money goes straight into the bank or their 527s, but some of it they get to keep in their salsa-turned-money jars as spending money. I love … Continue Reading…

Winter Babies…Blessed Life Design Review

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Both of my little boys were winter babies, one in December and one in January. So I spend the whole winter trying to convince Mr. Fix-It that their baby hats were necessary even if they were sort of…baby-ish. We had them stashed everywhere and wore a couple almost out. My favorite was a hand-knit, light yellow one we got from the hospital with Speedracer. I still have it stashed away for his baby book someday. I’m always on the hunt for cute baby hats for winter baby gifts–useful and cute … Continue Reading…

Crafting and Football

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So I’ve been crafting in between everything in our lives these day getting ready for our first craft show in a few weeks. You know, one more thing to throw on the pile of Fall busyness–it adds a little excitement to our days. (‘Cuz we need so much more around here, right?!) I was even working on the commercials during the football game. You know, the one where our Packers wiped the field with the Denver Broncos? Yeah, well, here’s some tips if you’re going to craft while watching football… … Continue Reading…

Gift Tags

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This weekend I sat down to finish up some covered journals and decided that the scraps would make some lovely gift tags. I got a little carried away and ended up just going and going even when I ran out of scraps and starting in on brand new paper. I liked the way the scraps came together so well, I’ve got a couple more journals in progress using the same combinations!  The blue ones are my favorites right now. I’ve also been using glitter a lot. I like the way … Continue Reading…

Notecard Sets…Wednesday Windings 09/21/2011

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I’ve been pretty busy lately getting ready for my first craft show in October.  (So excited!!) Unfortunately, the Fresh blog was also infected with the malware problem I had recently over here at High Cotton and it’s a mess right now and taking a lot of my time to sort out. (But the Storefront is still up and as full of fresh, funky, fun as ever!) But I’ve been splitting time between sewing and papercrafting. Notice all the Wisteria purple?! I’m still crazy about that new color and about the … Continue Reading…

Cardmaking…Wednesday Windings 09/14/2011

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With the start of the school year, I’m back to being elbow deep in my papercrafting supplies again. I’ve got cards for teachers, notes for lunchboxes, and the holidays coming up fast too! I wish I could say that I’m creating a stockpile, but really everything I’ve gotten done this week is already spoken for! {sigh}  That’s just the way it goes. At least it means there’s a purpose to my hobby! I’m enjoying the new Stampin’ Up! colors (ok, ok, mostly that lavender Wisteria!) and I love their vintage … Continue Reading…