When I was in my early 20’s my grandma gave me the gift of a microwave potato bag that a friend of hers had made. I thought it was just about the strangest thing ever. A bag to cook potatoes in the microwave? But after I started using it - I realized just how darn […]

I am so tickled at how well this DIY genie costume turned out. It was my first attempt at harem pants from scratch and it was a pain free process (thanks to a great tutorial I found which I’ll share in a minute)! I was so glad when my little family friend agreed to let […]

My six year old is always very clear about what she wants her costumes to look and feel like. So this year when she asked for a “squishy pumpkin with a jack-o-lantern face” - I knew she meant it. This DIY pumpkin costume was one of the easiest costumes I’ve ever made. The primary costume […]

I LOVE making unique costumes so when I told our friend I’d make her Halloween costume this year - I was excited to see what she came up with! And she did not disappoint. She wanted me to make her a ninja octopus costume! So cool. And I think it turned out pretty great! This […]

If you’re like us - summertime means wet towels and swimsuits EVERYWHERE. It drives me crazy! When our kids were younger, we had a metal fence that wrapped around our pool and that became the de facto towel rack. But eventually rust got the better of it and it had to come down. Then our […]

So weird story…I was sitting in my backyard watching my kids in the pool and I happened to look down. Lying on the ground were these wooden stakes we purchased to lay out an outline for where we’d like a new border for the grass in our yard. We thought we’d use the stakes instead […]

When my friend mentioned that she wanted to make her own shower for the backyard I immediately thought it was a super idea! We followed the basic design of an image we found online (sorry, but I can’t find the image - if you recognize your design, please let me know so I can link […]