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Quotes: Where do memories go?
Today I’m in quite a serious mood. So no DIY but a brand new category: Quotes. I’ll start with 3 quotes of my own. In february 2011, my lovely mom died of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 73. It...
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DIY: Homemade Cinnamon + Applesauce Ornaments
Last week, N. and I baked some wonderful smelling ornaments for Christmas. These are very simple to make, as you only need 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of cinnamon. We also used 1 tablespoon of...
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DIY: Bird Feeder from Peanut Butter & Bird Seed
Last week we had the first bit of snow already in The Netherlands, so it’s about time to please the birds. N. didn’t go to school today, because of a bad cold. She was glad she could help me with...
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DIY: Fall Wreath from Mini Acorns
I never knew acorns could be so tiny. Untill a few days ago. First I thought they were hazelnuts but well, the tree really was an oak. My youngest and I searched and collected so much of them that we...
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DIY Kids: Princess Castle
Actually, N. and I planned to create a much smaller castle. Only from some paper rolls and some paper. But as I went through our craft supplies, I found so many things that we could use for a castle...
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DIY Kids: Inspired by Piet Mondriaan
After looking at some images showing the famous paintings by Piet Mondriaan, I was sure that a kid would be able to paint something in that direction too. Of course not as well balanced, rectilinear...
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DIY Kids: Heart Art
Sometimes, art can be so simple. I found this great idea on Artsonia. My daughter N. (she turned 5 only 2 weeks ago) loves drawing hearts everywhere so this seemed (and was) the perfect craft for her....
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DIY Kids: Q-Tip Dandelions
I’m so happy that I discovered the awesome website Artsonia, last week. It’s like an online museum, where schools can expose all the artwork their students made. So inspirational! One of the exhibits...
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DIY: Clothespin Snowflakes
Now this is just a quick, simple and very easy DIY project. I made it after a craft that showed up in my Pinterest feed. There are many versions of such snowflakes, so I really don’t know who came up...
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DIY: Some Easy Christmas Crafts
These Christmas crafts are so easy to make that I didn’t see the need to take step-by-step pictures. I made this snowflake for our kitchen window. I used about 5 toilet paper rolls that I cut and...
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