Do your kids love to bring you treasures too? Depending on what we’ve been reading, discussing or watching lately, the girls will bring me flowers (or weeds) and bugs and worms and leaves and rocks. The rocks get all sorts of fun descriptions – they’ll call them “magic crystals” or “gemstones” or “special rocks”. They’re…
Spray Painted Apron: A Tutorial
So, I get this box of stuff in the mail from Martha. She included a note. “Make something awesome for your Mom for Mother’s Day, Susan! Love, Martha.” NO PROBLEM! Who could say no to *Martha*? Look at what she sent: Amazing, right? I was really, really excited about the all-surface paint. Paint that works…
Leather & Olive Oil
Two of my favorite things, and now even better together! I recently bought a pair of custom made sandals from this cool local shop where a guy fits your foot to a sole and then literally builds the sandal of your choice around your foot. He made each strap fit perfectly around my foot, and…
Presumptuous Potholder
Well that’s a bit cheeky. Because it’s a potholder! Get it?! As in, “I will hold the hot things so you don’t have to”? That probably would’ve been funnier if I hadn’t tried to explain it. Let’s ignore my very individual sense of humor (inherited from my mom) and enjoy the freehand concentric heart quilting…
Plaid Product Review and Easiest Shirt Ever Tutorial
Amy of Mod Podge Rocks recently teamed with Plaid and asked if I’d like to review a product of my choice. Before her email even made it all the way through cyberspace to my inbox, I was jumping up and down and squealing YES YES YES!!! Plaid has a ton of cool new products, so…