Monthly Archives: November 2011

Black Friday Shopping Crafter’s Edition!

So for all of my readers who aren’t from the states & haven’t heard of it today we celebrated Thanksgiving in the US making tomorrow ‘Black Friday’ it’s one of the biggest shopping days of the year where many stores … Continue reading

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My Big Fat Ebates Check Arrived & Money Saving Holiday Tips!

My Big Fat Ebates check from my summer purchases arrived today.  It’s not anything extreme but almost $10 more then I had in my bank account yesterday!  Last year I got over $30 back from my holiday purchases from JoAnn’s … Continue reading

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Holiday Cards for HEROS

We are not a military family, but we live near a navy base and have made many friends over the years who are.  I have watched what these men, women & their families go through on a regular basis and … Continue reading

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Handmade Holidays: Making My List!

Well it’s that time of year again!  Over the last 3 years I have been trying to have more & more of our holiday fun & gifts be handmade, and as you have seen in  the past I love sharing … Continue reading

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Hutch Makeover Part 1

I have to say that our house is quite big now at almost 2200 sqft from it’s original just over 1400 sqft size.  But like with most additions adding 700+ sqft to one end of the house couldn’t fix the … Continue reading

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Crochet Scarves

Let me start off by saying I have a lot of ADD tendencies, one of those is the need to be doing something with my hands.  So over the last few months I have found that when I am bored … Continue reading

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Parker Want a Cracker? w/ Mini Tutorial!

I didn’t think I would be able to last years Cat in the Hat with Thing 1 & Thing 2.  But I think I was wrong! I showed you the twins costume last week… but the cherry on top was … Continue reading

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