Crafts, ideas, recipes and printables to help you celebrate holidays and festive events.
The ongoing cookie challenge between Corinne from Wondermom Wannabe and myself has evolved into a brownie challenge. You may remember that the challenge started with my Oreo Surprise cookie and most recently included Corinne’s Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies. Corinne shared that her children are singing my praises ala Bill Cosby (“Susan is great, she gets…
Although I’m part Irish, I grew up in Hawai’i where St. Patrick’s Day is not really celebrated much. I never thought that much about St. Patrick’s Day until I had children. Now days I try to find small, fun ways to celebrate the day, like these quick and easy St. Patrick’s Day Snacks. These shamrock-shaped snacks…
In November when I made Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hats, I made a mistake. Fortunately, I could see that mistake as a St. Patrick’s Candy Leprechaun Hat. So, now that it’s almost time for St. Patrick’s Day, let me show you this very easy to make St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Candy Hat. And rather than a mistake,…
One of the best parts of moving around the country with the military is learning about different traditions and customs, even within our own country. When I lived in Arkansas and Alabama, I learned a little about Mardi Gras. People who celebrate Mardi Gras take it seriously. Me, I’m not so serious. I like the bright, festive…
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve gotten together with some blog friends to share fun St.Patrick’s Day ideas. If you know me at all, you know that my idea involved an upcycled craft project. This time it uses upcycled yogurt cups for St. Patrick’s Day treats. They’re very easy and almost free. So let’s leap…
Who loves Dr. Seuss? Me! Me! I love Dr. Seuss. I love him with juice. I love him with mousse. I love Dr. Seuss with a goose. I love him, love him, that’s the truth. Sorry. Couldn’t help myself. Dr. Seuss Day is March 3rd this year. And no matter how much I plan for it, it always…
Whenever I’m out shopping, I’m always on the look out for small gifts for the kids for upcoming holidays. At the after-school-started school supplies sales, I found these metal pencil boxes for only $.88 each. I quickly grabbed 3 of them knowing I could turn them into a diy decorated box perfect for Valentine’s Day gifts…
Somehow Valentine’s usually creeps up on me before I’m ready. I think it’s because I’m still coming down off the Christmas high and exhaustion. But I’m often scrambling to come up with a frugal easy last-minute Valentine’s gift for the hubby. If you’re like I am, then here’s the perfect easy last-minute Valentine’s gift and it’s frugal,…
Tips on how to store decorations to protect them from the elements. Tips learned from living in 20+ different homes around the world.
Tips for packing Christmas decorations and protect them to survive a move from 20+ military moves around the world.