This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FreeOfSulfates #CollectiveBias My daughter is an artist and one of her favorite things to do is for us to craft together. I don't have a crafty bone in my body, or so I thought, but then I came up with this adorable and functional DIY Laundry Sign that anyone can make – ...
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How to Create a Fresh Flower Arrangement Perfect for Mother’s Day
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HallmarkforMom #CollectiveBias As I write this, my mother-in-law has been staying in the nursing home. She fell and broke her dominate arm and could not walk very well, so to get her strong again, she has had to stay there for about 2 months -- which means she is going to be in there on ...
How to Make Cinnamon Dough Ornaments
The holidays are always so much fun around our home. Kayla, now that she is older, finds all kinds of creative ideas to do together-- like making cinnamon dough ornaments. ...
How to Create a Beautiful Stocking Holder for the Holidays
Today I want to show you how to make a really beautiful stocking holder made from a few items that I picked up from my local home improvement store. ...
Create a Winter Snowman Scene from a 2-Liter Coca-Cola Bottle
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #LayerOnLove #CollectiveBias I love upcycling during the holidays. I take old jars and turn them into food gifts. I take baskets I got during the year and build cute pamper me sets for my friends. But my latest upcycle project -- a winter snowman scene that I made using an empty ...
How to Make Easy Football Tailgate Party Favors
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS. All opinions are mine alone. #ScoreAtCVS #CollectiveBias Whenever we are celebrating game days at our house, I always like to give fun treat jars full of goodies for my friends and family. I recently created these easy football tailgate party favors that will have your eager game day visitors leaving happy. ...
Kayla and Her Beautiful Watercolor Paintings
Kayla has been creating art since she was old enough to walk. When she was 3, she created her first drawing on the bottom of our coffee table (which we still have) and laugh about today. It's one of the most precious drawings that we have. I knew then that she had something special inside of her that God was going to use one day. Now, she has moved into painting with watercolors and I am beyond ...
DIY Wooden Snowman That’s Perfect for the Holidays
My daughter has to be one of the craftiest people I know. She made this gorgeous DIY Wooden Snowman so I am sharing with you exactly how she did it. ...
How to Make Light Bulb Christmas Ornaments
In our home, nothing gets thrown out. We are always looking for ways to upcycle and recycle things to help the environment, so when we started changing out our lightbulbs from the old style to the new energy saving style, we had tons of them lying around. It was then that my daughter discovered this idea on Pinterest, and our light bulb Christmas ornaments were born. ...
Spooky Spider Displays in 5 Minutes or Less
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackAndGo #CollectiveBias When it comes to Halloween, nothing says spooky to me like spiders! Of course, our daughter hates them with a passion, and will scream if any of them come near her. Me, I like to look at them and check out their fuzzy legs (as long as there is a glass in between ...
How to Create a Central Tape Station
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SchoolYearReady #CollectiveBias We are getting ready to get full swing into our last homeschool year. It is bittersweet for me, and my daughter is OVER the moon excited to finally be done with high school. I have been in the process of organizing our homeschool area, making it easier for ...
How to Create Your Own Minion Cozie for Your Limited Edition Mott’s Apple Juice
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Minions © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Mott’s is a registered trademark of Mott’s LLP. #MottsAndMinions #CollectiveBias One of my favorite things to do is to crochet. It somehow helps me relax and I love making new creations that I wouldn't normally make. Recently, I made a ...
A Quick Way to Show Someone How “Extra” Special They Are Using Extra Gum and Some of Their Favorite Things
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions for this super cute #ExtraGumMoments gift package are mine alone. Today is my anniversary. I have been married now for 21 years, but have been with my husband for 23 years. He is my rockstar. He is my cheerleader. He is my soulmate. While we plan on going out tonight to celebrate our special day, earlier ...
How to Make Homemade Christmas Ornaments Using Everyday Items
“The Crayola product, gift card, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by Crayola.” Over the course of the last couple of days, I have been trying to spend some quality time with my daughter. Usually that means that a lot of crafting takes place. She is my crafty child, so when she wants to create something, we pull out the markers, glitter glue, and get to work. This time -- ...
How to Make a Crochet Slouch Hat
My daughter loves to crochet. During the winter months when there is not a lot to do, you will find the both of us on the sofa making gifts for people and items for ourselves. Her latest creation is a slouch hat. Here is how to make a crochet slouch hat. ...
How to Create a Spring Word Pot
I love going to my friend Michelle's house. We have a once a month lunch date where we get together and make something that we have found on Pinterest. We don't use instructions, we just kind of look at the picture and just go with it. We found a really cool Valentine pot that we decided to turn into a Spring Word Pot. ...
How to Crochet a Baby Blanket
Back in 2010, I had a "learn how to crochet" party with some pretty cool teenagers. In fact, they brought over all their yarn and taught my daughter and me how to do a simple crochet stitch. It wasn't long after that party that I wanted to learn harder stitches, or something other than the normal single stitch. I started browsing you tube and found an awesome woman called The Knit Witch who ...
How to Create Letter Art
Kayla saw a great idea when we were at Hobby Lobby with our friend Michele the last time we went shopping. You basically take pictures of letters and then put them together online using a photo editing program. How to create letter art is a simple project that can be done at home with a very small budget. She and I went walking one day in the park and she found all kinds of letters and ...
Create a DIY Splatter Pumpkin
Last week when Kayla and I took the day off to hang out with each other and have some special mother daughter time, we decided to paint our pumpkin. While painting it, we decided to do something that I had recently seen on Pinterest -- how to create a DIY splatter pumpkin with crayons. ...
How to Sew a Pillow Dog Bed
Last week Kayla and I put our sewing skills to the test. Ruffles really wanted somewhere special to lay, so we pulled out some old fabric and learned how to sew a pillow dog bed. ...
An Old Pair of Blue Jeans
Reposted from April 2008 This past Friday, I finally learned what I can do with an old pair of jeans. Instead of throwing them out, I can sew them and make a beautiful blue jean purse, which is what my daughter and I did at our homeschool group meeting. Hopefully this picture will not be to unusually large. I am having MAJOR difficulty in getting my pics to post for some ...
A Homemade Christmas
I finally finished my mother in law's quilt. It has taken me two looong years, but I finally did it. A friend gave me a package of pre-cut squares for a block quilt (which is all I can do at the moment). When she gave it to me, I already knew who it would be for. My wonderful mother in law! So this quilt cost me nothing money wise, but will be a gift from the heart for her for Christmas this ...
A Hat for the Guys
Check out my newest hat creation. Can you say "camo"? If you would like to order a camo crocheted hat, just email me at sandjsikora@gmail.com and let me know. They are only $5 (s&h included). ...
My Latest Crocheting Projects
I have been on a hat kick lately. It started out making one for Kayla. You know her colors of choice--lime green and blue. After finishing her hat, I decided to start on another one. This one I am giving to my mother in law to go along with her other Christmas gift I am making her (don't worry--she doesn't have Internet). I also just finished a camo colored one for the guys but I ...
A Crocheted Christmas
This year, I am making many gifts to give. I have found that I love to craft--and one of those passions is crocheting! This is my latest crochet project. I made Kayla a lime green, teal blue, and black blanket that goes the whole length and width of her bed. She loves it! Now to finish that quilt for my mother in law for Christmas and I will be just about done! ...
Free Yarn~What Do You Do With It?
Do you remember when I told you about all the free crocheting stuff I had been given?To date, I have made a baby boy blanketa yellow fuzzy baby blanketand this one here is my newest edition--yellow and green baby blanket.I am having a ball teaching myself how to crochet using You Tube videos. In fact, I am now working on Kayla's Christmas present or one of them that she has asked me to make her. ...
My Latest Sewing Project
I made Kayla this adorable pillow. She loves dolphins and horses, so I made one side dolphinsAnd the other side is horses!My sewing skills are getting better. I am halfway through with my mother-in-law's quilt. I cannot wait to show it to you! ...
Homemade Bubble Mixture
Kayla and I made some homemade bubble mixture for an article that I had to write for the July Digest coming up for Econobusters.Of course Kayla got to be the guinea pig and try it out and make sure it actually worked.She is definitely having fun with it. I bet you want a recipe for it right? Well, you will have to wait until the July Digest comes out to get it! Sorry peeps! ...
Making Homemade Playdough
A few weeks ago, we tried our hand at making homemade playdough.We made two batches. . .purple and pink. It only takes just a minute to mix it up. And then when you are done, you can create lovely creations like this!Here is a link where you can find recipes to make your own playdough. We used the Kool-Aid one. ...
Making Oobleck
To me, this stuff looks like a gobbly, goopy mess. But to kids. . . it is the divine and fun way to play!It basically starts out all runny, but when you apply pressure to it, it turns into a hard solid ball.Once pressure is released, it automatically turns into a runny, gloopy mess again. Apply pressure and it stars all over again.The kids played with this stuff for over an hour. After a while, ...
