** This is my original design and idea. I hope to see many more in the future and would love to see what you create using my design as inspiration. Please feel free to tag me on Instagram or Facebook, and I will share in my stories. I love seeing what you come up with!… Read more
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DIY Stocking Shelf – Beginner Woodworking Project
Aloha! Today we’re going to do another great beginner woodworking project! A simple shelf that makes a great stocking shelf for Christmas or can be easily used in an entryway year round! This post was sponsored by my friends at Worx and may contain affiliate links. Opinions, tutorial, and plans are my own…. Read more
DIY Stove Cover / Noodle Board
Aloha! Today we’ll be building a DIY stove cover (also called noodle boards)! Including handles, this project should only cost $20. This is a super easy beginner woodworker project that only requires a drill and a saw to cut your lumber. I teach some local woodworking and craft classes here on the island, and… Read more
Installing a Magnetic Doorstop – How to Keep Doors from Slamming Shut
Today we’re talking about doorstops. Living in Hawaii, we keep our windows open most of the time. I love that we have great weather and get the trade winds keeping us cool, but it means our doors are constantly slamming shut! I found these magnetic doorstops while browsing around a home improvement store one day… 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