Author: Michaela
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Up-cycled Dress Made Into A Generational Family Keepsake
Our daughter is the only granddaughter on my husband’s side of the family. Therefore, she gets all of the girly, pretty, and pink things. Including being handed down this beautiful dress from my sister-in-love. The Dress I then learned some history behind the dress. Not only did this dress belong to my mother-in-love, but she…
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How to Make Your Own Nativity Silhouette Flameless Candles
When looking for new Christmas decorations, I found some beautiful silhouette candles. I decided to try out making my own, and it was very easy. Here is what you’ll need: First, measure your candles and decide the size you want your images to be. I based the sizes off the height I could get on…
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New Fun Family Tradition, LEGO Race
One thing our family shares is a great enjoyment of LEGO. While our boys are amazing at coming up with their own creations, our daughter loves the familiar Minifigures from her favorite movies, and I love cute and fun sets that give me step by step instructions. This Thanksgiving break we decided to take our…
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How NOT To Make A Scrap Quilt – Part 2
If you’ve been following along in my scrap quilt journey, you’ve seen that so far things have not gone super great. Unfortunately, things have not improved. You’d think this far along I would learn to slow down, but instead I seem to do the opposite. Determined to just hurry up and get this darn thing…
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Make It Mini Verse Donuts Remix
I acquired from a friend some of her duplicate Make It Mini Verse food sets. Today I was in the mood for something sweet, so decided to do something with these cute mini donuts. I used a little bit of the chocolate glaze on the plate to stick the donuts in place curing with my…
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Wassail- The Perfect Warm Cider to Spice Up Your Christmas Season
I was first introduced to wassail through my husband’s family. Since then, it has become a staple part of our Christmas celebrations (I even started adding it to our Thanksgiving spread.) While some cook wassail on the stove, I prefer to cook it in my crockpot. I make it first thing in the morning, and…
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Mini Verse Make It Mini Ravioli
I love a quick and easy craft kit. These mini resin food and lifestyle crafts are not only simple to do, but they are stinkin’ adorable! And I love the surprise of not knowing what you’ll get. To make the ravioli, I first filled the plate by layering ravioli, sauce (resin), ravioli. I then cured…
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Making A Christmas Advent Wreath Out of A LEGO Wreath
Two things we love in this house – Lego and Christmas! Since my kids are getting older, I decided this year I wanted to add to our yearly traditions the Advent Candles. I began searching for a wreath centerpiece, but wasn’t finding anything that I was really excited about. Then I saw that LEGO came…
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How To Make Mini Pavlova (inspired by Bluey)
For years I heard other parents talking about the show Bluey. Since my kids are older (7-11 age range) I never thought much of it. Until we were waiting our hotel watching tv and it was the only thing on. We were all instantly hooked, and the rest is history! Naturally when season 3 came…
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How NOT to Make a Scrap Quilt – Part 1
The reason I started this blog was to help others learn about different crafts. In this instance, it’s my mistakes that will guide us. While I looked through my large scrap fabric pile, I wanted a quick way to use all (or most) of it. I decided that making a quilt out of it would…