Turn a closet into a kids play nook and store all your child’s toys the easy way! *This post is amazingly sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens blogger network. Huzzah! *Affiliate links below. This is the closet in my sister’s apartment. She has a 1-year-old little man who is just the cutest (proud aunty here), […] Read more…
Okay supermom/dad ready to help your kids rock the first day of school? …wouldn’t you have loved a customized locker that was cute and helped you stay organized? Send them back to school with an amazing locker styling kit filled with crafty items for them and their friends to use for the day. Most likely your kid is […] Read more…
*A big thank you to Better Homes and Gardens at Walmart for sponsoring this post. Opinions and projects are always my own…and honey, I’m excited to share them with you! This post also contains affiliate links. It’s cleanup time, and my youngest daughter turns to me, with her sweet little face all scrunched up, and […] Read more…
Pulling from our own childhood collections, or picking up a random cute/educational book here and there, we accumulated quite a few for the collection, a mini library of sorts, before it was all over. Once our son was born, and interested in playing with/reading books we started looking for ways to store them that […] Read more…
First, let me emphasize that this tutorial is best for canvas or fabric bins. Please do NOT try this tutorial on plastic bins…you don’t want to deal with melted plastic. I originally used this technique to make t-shirts for my sorority in college. When you live on a college budget, $50 for a sewn applique […] Read more…
Well, it has finally happened. My eldest daughter asked me to create a chore board that is “pre-teen appropriate”…aka she is ready for a big girl chore system, no more cute printable sheets with colorful dots filled in like the ones we currently use. *Sigh* my baby is growing up! Seriously, anyone know how to stop them […] Read more…
You and your child spend 30 minutes searching for a single pencil, and the glue she just used yesterday. You begin to actually wonder if the dog really IS eating the homework, and the homework supplies…didn’t you just stock up 2 weeks ago? It’s like someone is playing a mean magic trick where they make all homework supplies disappear into thin […] Read more…
I’m thrilled that my 11-year-old daughter wants her room to be “all grown up”! I confess, I’m excited partly because that room doubles as a guest room, and partly because I’ve been looking forward to decorating a growing girl’s room. So when we started looking for ways to store her toys, I just about died of happiness when […] Read more…
“Chore charts”, “sanity”, the words might as well be synonymous. If you have kids you know how incredibly fantastic it would be to have them dash up to you and proudly announce they are done for the day with everything on their chart. Ahhh yes, that’s what happiness feels like. Of course my kids are still […] Read more…
I want to help my children become kind, courteous, self-less little people who put one another other first. Nobody pinch me, I know I’m dreaming!! But if there were ever a dream worthy of pursuit, this would be it. Being courteous isn’t much of a challenge when it is to those outside the home, but sometimes we […] Read more…
My girls are big readers, and big mess makers, and big on losing things.Not a good combination for taking advantage of a “free” library…I believe I’m paying my way in fees. So when I take a moment to write about buying a library book basket, you’ll have a better idea of why…. when you have […] Read more…
Something needed to go above my daughters dresser, it looked a bit sparse sitting in the corner all by its lonesome. Mirror? Or perhaps a few framed photos? I love the look of a finely decorated wall space, but I’m also a die hard practical. Finally I settled on something I knew my ever artistic […] Read more…
Every room should have a curl up, get cozy, never-wanna-get-up-again reading corner. I remember when I was a kid finding clever ways to hide so I could read without being caught and put to work… *chuckle* remember hiding an open book under a towel on the towel bar in the bathroom? Heh heh, I thought […] Read more…
My middle munchkin likes to keep her papers and projects in defined piles on the floor. Fine, at least she “organizes” her stuff (or something like that). In case you were wondering, why yes, yes I am twitching. Of course, I want her to learn that a truly clean room means keeping her floors clear […] Read more…
Keeping a clean house can be like pulling teeth…a lot of pressure now, and painful later. Most of us fuss and “remind” until we’re blue in the face. Hi, my name is “most of us”, and I’m a recovering fusser. It has been quite a journey, I have gone through several chart variations, attempted several […] Read more…
My hubby is a hardcore gamer…was a hardcore gamer? Or is it once a gamer always a gamer? Getting married and having children forced him into early gamer retirement. Once or twice a month he pulls out the Wii for his three little “mini-me’s” to play with him…they bond or whatever. I was really hoping he […] Read more…