I know I’m not the first person around blogland to do something like this, but when I found out that my sister was feeling a little down on her 30th b-day, I knew this belated gift would cheer her up! I took a gift tin I had lying around and covered the outside with fun…
Knowing I have a house full of crazy, creative kids, blogging friend, MaryLea from Pink & Green Mama, sent me a copy of her Ocean Fun Art Camp e-book to try out with them. We chose the ocean in the bottle craft to try out, since I had all of the supplies on-hand, and it…
A while back, the lovely people at CSN gave me credit toward something I had REALLY been wanting to purchase, so that I could review it. I was holding off on the writing the review until I finished the room, but in the meantime, CSN contacted me again, and said it was time to review…
Our anniversary hit on a weeknight this year. I still wanted to mark the date, but getting a babysitter and going out, just wasn’t a realistic option, that night. I was reminded of my parents’ anniversary celebrations from when I was growing up. They never had much money and Mom maintained that she preferred her…
Today marks 11 years of marriage for BSB and me! So I had to pull out a few of the pictures and reminisce. This is a picture of us dancing the tango at our wedding reception…seriously! We took lessons and surprised all of our guests (not the band, of course), with a choreographed tango. It was awesome! I…
Back to school means back to trying to getting organized! But, at least in my crazy world, organization should be pretty! I don’t have the before for this one, but imagine a well-worn, typical, wood-framed cork bulletin board. I painted the frame off-white, covered it in fabric I found as a curtain valance at goodwill, and…
I know in some parts of the country, it seems ludicrous that we are back in school, but today was the big day! I’m thinking maybe they do it this way in Phoenix, because it is too hot to do much of anything else right now. We get long Fall and Spring breaks, because it is feasible…
It’s time to wrap-up our wonderful Christmas in July party! Thanks to everyone who submitted their great ideas for Christmas gifts and projects. If you are looking for some inspiration, you will want to check them all out here: Laurie, our celebrity judge from Tip Junkie has picked her favorite projects. Each of the following…
Reminder: Today is the last day to link up your projects to my Christmas in July party! Hurry! You might win a great prize! Blog swapping with Kim @ seven thirty three today. Don’t forget to head over there and check out my post!***** Hello to all of you creative My Insanity readers! My name…
Our Christmas in July party is still going strong. The linky list will be open through Tuesday night, so it isn’t too late to share your fabulous ideas with us and get a chance at winning the Christmas gift tags from The TomKat Studio. Speaking of Kim and the TomKat Studio, if you haven’t been…