Miss Petrie lost a tooth last week and I remembered a cool idea from Pinterest called Tooth Fairy Money. You spray a dollar bill with hair spray then sprinkle glitter over the money. The picture I saw was so pretty and fun. Then I did my version with non-aerosol hair gel and pink glitter. Poor [...]
Our outdoor loveseat was looking so worn and tired after spending two years outside. The bottom cushion had torn and every time someone sat on it, the tear would spread. I priced out new cushions, but I didn’t want to spend $60 on two cushions. I hit the fabric store and got some clearance indoor/outdoor [...]
Miss Petrie and her dad made a guitar out of a tin can, a piece of wood and minimal guitar parts. He’s such a cool dad. Have a great day.
Yesterday we used brown bananas for banana chocolate chip bars, which tasted like flattened banana bread. We added shredded coconut to the top of the bars. As you can see, we didn’t like them. A few months ago I made a gift of stationery for a lovely family friend. I wanted the stationery to look [...]
Every few months I have to urge to change up a room. The past few weeks, I have wanted to work on Miss Petrie’s room. When I finished my class last week, I was ecstatic to work on some bulletin boards for Miss Petrie, my budding artist. The project was super cheap because I already [...]
My mother-in-law, G, made Miss PD a gorgeous quilt for her first birthday. The girls will share a room in the near future and I want to use this as decorating inspiration. G said that the creme and black butterfly fabric is from Hobby Lobby. I’d love to make some curtains with that fabric. Isn’t [...]
For Miss Petrie Deux and my dad’s birthday party, I made chocolate chip walnut cookies as party favors. I spent a very cold afternoon baking a mountain of cookies. I baked over 100 cookies. I wrapped two cookies in parchment paper, then tied the package with jute string and a tag stamped with “Celebrate the [...]
Our Casa Petrie color scheme has been dark chocolate, light blue and tan for five years. When we first chose these colors they were so fresh no one had them. But now this color scheme is everywhere and I feel ready for a little change. I’m not quite ready to paint everything, but I think [...]
When my mother-in-law gifted me with lots of lovely yarn, I thought a yarn ball wreath at the front door would announce to the world that crafty people live here! I started by winding the yarn into balls. This took me about an hour once I got into it. I used a one foot diameter [...]
I made Miss Petrie an advent calendar for the month of December. Each day there is a small activity or gift that she will receive. I used my punches to create circles and stars. On each star I wrote the date and on the opposite side, the day’s surprise. When I was figuring out the [...]