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Non toxic cleaner to make with your kids

Posted on March 26, 2014March 25, 2014by Amber

Tuesday had a blast making a bunch of non toxic all purpose cleaner a few days ago. I think getting to use SHARPIE (!!!) on the labels might have been her favorite part. I swear I shared this at some point on this blog, but searching comes up with zero. And I was asked for […]

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Bennet with a simple DIY Montessori toy

Posted on July 3, 2013July 3, 2013by Amber

Bj made this simple Montessori type toy for her out of a scrap piece of wood and a dowel. I found the rings here. Sorry about my squeaking, that happens when I get excited. Bennet is 11 months old.

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Melt for you

Posted on February 22, 2012February 19, 2012by Amber

We did this super easy project on Valentine’s day. Crayons – wrappers + silicone mold + 10 minutes @ 250 degrees (give or take) = heart crayons! For the first round I had her keep colors similar, then let her go nuts once I realized they don’t blend too much. Old glitter crayons (from my […]

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Easy gift – initial shirts

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011by Amber

I can’t remember where I saw initial shirts initially (ha!), but they were love at first sight. The shirts I saw were screen printed but I wanted to try out my new fabric interfacing with my Silhouette so I chose that medium. Donna made one up by hand with Ws for William, but I used […]

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Easy outdoor chair refashion

Posted on July 6, 2011July 6, 2011by Amber

Despite annoying sewing machine setbacks that are making me want to pull my hair out (repair place, “well, we’ve never seen this before”) I managed to sew a little something. Bj and I are getting ready to have our first ever garage sale and it turns out he doesn’t find my collection of chairs-I-will-some-day-refinish as […]

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