Aloha! First, I have to thank Ashley from Handmade Haven for contacting me and offering to make plans for my media console. She’s so talented, and I’m honored that she liked my project enough to feel comfortable having it on her site along with all her beautiful builds. She’s amazing! Now on to the… Read more
The Easier Way to Make Placemat Pillows
Aloha! So I was on my way to the check out at Target the other day, and I had a couple of $25 pillows in my cart. I passed by the placemats and cookware, and this pineapple placemat caught my eye! Isn’t it pretty?! The embroidery on it is gorgeous! And it was only $4!… Read more
DIY Birthday Chart Sign for Mother’s Day
Aloha! Yep, I’m a little late to the party, but I wanted to share the gift I made for my mom for Mother’s Day. (For the tutorial on how I made this sliding perpetual calendar, click HERE. I actually made one of these birthday calendar boards for my mother-in-law a few years ago, but I… Read more
Mommies Just Like You – Mother’s Day Poem
Aloha! We’re in the final stretch before Mother’s Day weekend, and I wanted to share this poem that I wrote a few years ago (8!!) Having lived all over the world, we’ve been away from “family” for almost our entire 15 years of marriage. Without fail, we always seem to adopt some grandmas and aunties… Read more
The Deployment Marathon
Some of you may know that my husband is in the military. He was deployed for 10 months a couple years ago, and I wrote this at that time. I’ve decided being the spouse of a deployed soldier is like the military throwing you on a treadmill and telling you to run a marathon. The… Read more
DIY Perpetual Calendar – Sliding Wood Calendar Tutorial
This post contains affiliate links Aloha! A couple weeks ago I shared a post about making a chalkboard countdown calendar to celebrate any occasion. Well, as I was preparing to build it, I was searching on Amazon for similar wood calendars, and I came across this one: … Read more
Kids Artwork Clothespin Hangers
This post contains affiliate links. We do LOTS of crafts at my house. My kids have grown up around power tools, paint, and glue sticks. SOOO…I let my kids to crafts that aren’t your typical “kid crafts”. Today we were building and painting. Oh, and gluing. 🙂 It was a super easy project. We just… Read more
DIY Chalkboard Countdown Calendar Blocks
Aloha! Can you believe Easter is in 6 days?! I can’t. These things have a tendency to sneak right up on me. I decided I needed to have something to keep these important holidays more “in-my-face” so to speak. But I didn’t want to have to make a countdown calendar for every single holiday or… Read more
DIY Scripture Cover Tutorial
Aloha! Today I’m putting away the saws and drills and getting out the serger and sewing machine for this simple scripture cover project. My daughter was baptized recently, and we always give our children a full set of scriptures on their baptism day. I procrastinated too long and didn’t have time to have a case… Read more
DIY Lollipop / Sucker Stand
Aloha! Okay, I’m a linguistics nerd. I love words and languages and actually majored in English and minored in Linguistics. Not super relevant to DIY, but I had a hard time deciding whether or not I should call this a “lollipop stand” or a “sucker stand”. I’ve lived all over the country, and I know… Read more