How we added a baby gate around the banister at the top of our stairs in our home, and how we removed it.
Crafts
Crafts and DIY ideas to create for your family, your children, your pets, yourself and your home. These simple crafts are fun and creative!
Christmas Gifts, Part V {Car Trash Bags}
{Car Trash Bags} Last, but not least… I made these for the guys seeing they’re harder to sew for. The tutorial I used was here. Super simple and it used up some of my lower quality, but much thicker (which is good!) Pul fabric that I had on hand. They came out cute and they … Read more
Christmas Gifts, Part I {Dish Towel: No Sew}
Since I became a predominately stay-at-home mom, I’ve done better than expected adjusting to just having Daddy B’s income, but I really struggle with gifts because it isn’t a gift to me if I didn’t somehow get the gift myself… financially. As a result I’ve stressed myself out the past two years making gifts. I … Read more
DIY Training Undies
Baby G isn’t ready for these yet, but my mom’s neighbor has been really helpful and sent us a lot of hand me down clothes for Baby G, as well as sending over toys to borrow when we go to Texas to visit my mom. Her grandson is about to start potty training so I … Read more
My “Happy Journal” {And the Key to Happiness}
I have been keeping my “happy journal” for the past 10 years at the suggestion of an old friend of mine. It is the opposite of the typical journal where you write all of the events in your life- good and bad- that occur. I found that while typical journaling help me get “out” the bad … Read more