Summertime and the living's easy. I've been cooking and baking up a storm lately! Figuring out how to sneak a few more veggies into my kids diet has been an ongoing adventure around these parts. Luckily, if you add cheese to almost anything my kids are in! I picked up a bunch of zucchini the other day with the intent of making zucchini bread, but wouldn't you know it, I grabbed a couple too many. So I had to get a little creative with it! These zucchini taco rolls were quick and easy ... Read the Post
Zucchini Taco Rolls
Faux Suede Earrings made with Cricut
So summer is finally here and thank goodness! I've been feeling in a crafting funk for the past couple of months, wanting to make all the things, but too overwhelmed with school to do anything about it. School ended a couple of weeks ago though, and I've been a busy girl since then! I've been dreaming about those beautiful Nickle & Suede earrings ever since I saw them, but I realized with my Cricut I didn't have to dream anymore. I picked up a variety pack of Cricut's faux suede ... Read the Post
Crown Molding Framed Instagram Display
I spent spring break trying to spruce up the second floor of our home. I don't spend a lot of time up there, it's the kids bedrooms, bathroom, and playroom. I go up each night at bedtime, and sporadically during the day to break up fights or encourage a cleaning party, but hang out, not so much. I've noticed though that lately they seem to be avoiding spending time in their spaces and really just want to hang out in the main living room. At first I though they wanted to spend more time ... Read the Post
How to Make a Wicker Basket Light
So about a year ago I had this crazy idea to replace the sad, broken lamp in my living room with something a little more my style. Something a little more boho, a little more funky, a little more me. I looked and looked and looked online and while I found some ridiculously awesome ones on Etsy and amazon, they were either WAAAAY more than I wanted to spend or they just weren't quite right. I sent out a call on my Facebook to have my friends and family keep their eyes peeled at flea ... Read the Post
Wonderland Party Favors
My littlest daughter turned five last fall, which if you follow along with my crafty adventures you might have already known. I shared these amazing Wonderland inspired invitations a couple weeks ago and today I am going to show you how I made the party favors for her party. Lucky for me, I was able to make A LOT of the decorations and party prep over the summer before school started back up and my life got crazy. I have been absolutely loving my new Spellbinder Platinum machine. It is ... Read the Post
Wonderland Party Sign with Cricut Draw and Cut
About 5 months ago my littlest turned 5 and we threw her the most wonderful Alice in Wonderland tea party. I made tons of fun crafts, created some of my favorite invitations of all time, and even had themed food to go with it! I had high hopes of sharing it all with you right away, but then life got a little busy and I kept waiting for that perfect day to photograph all the things. So of course, I never got around to sharing it. Today I'm going to show you how I created super simple ... Read the Post
Teaching Art Through Graffiti
I work with middle school kids and sometimes it is hard to generate a lot of excitement about art, however our study of graffiti was not that way! We started the week with a short video about the history of graffiti and followed it with a really amazing conversation on the difference between art and vandalism. The community we live in has a lot of both and listening to the conversations between kids on this subject was pretty incredible. These are the slides I projected on the board after ... Read the Post
Uncovering Old Floors for a Living Room Update
Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity for me! I loudly declared at dinner on Friday night that I would be removing the carpet from the living room the next day. Like it was a fact. As though there was no question to my statement. Mind you, my husband and I have been talking about doing this for the better part of four years, but it seemed like a daunting task. There is furniture to move, heavy rolls of carpet to dispose of and thousands of staples and nails to pull painstakingly from the ... Read the Post
Explore Bremerton, WA: Naval Adventure Day
It's no secret I love the Pacific Northwest. One look at my Instagram feed and you'll see it's peppered with shots from our region. I want to share and nurture that same love with my children so we take a lot of "adventure days" on the weekends. The last one we took was up to Bremerton, WA. Bremerton is a funky little city and the home to the states Naval fleet. We started our day by heading to the USS Turner Joy. The Turner Joy is a retired Naval Destroyer that has been turned into an ... Read the Post
Middle School Art Classroom
Last winter, on a whim, I applied for a middle school social studies teaching job thinking I had no chance of getting an interview, let alone being hired. Fast forward a couple of months and not only had I interviewed for the job, but I'd been hired! I was ecstatic! I was going from an hour long commute to a 10 minute one. I would be working in the same district as my kids. I was going to have SO MUCH more time! After being hired, I was taking a tour of the school with the principal and ... Read the Post
Life, interrupted. The beginning.
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming to Bring You: LIFE • interrupted When I first began writing this site back at the very bitter end of 2013 I was a stay at home mom of three. I had never in my adult life been unemployed and I had never spent my days, nights and weekends catering to such a demanding audience. I was wholly unprepared for what it would be like. I imagined long, lazy mornings complete with a warm hearty breakfast before walking my son to school. ... Read the Post
Cubist Cardboard Faces
Once we were all done learning the elements of art it was time to learn a little bit about the different art movements through history. Because Picasso and Cubism are so crazy I think they are a great place to start. I like to vary our projects between easy and challenging so that no one gets too discouraged or is to bored. I started off with a brief overview of what Cubism is and a couple examples of what it looks like. Cubism Cubism was invented around 1907 in Paris by Pablo ... Read the Post
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