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Aloha! I’m writing this post ahead of time, but by the time it goes live, I WILL BE IN ITALY!!! YAY!!!!!!! Even though I’m now living in Italy, I’m still trying to live an “aloha life”, and a chunk of my heart is still in Hawaii. So today’s post is perfect. I’m representing Hawaii in… Read more

Well, folks, I finally jumped on the Silhouette bandwagon. Are you hooked yet?  This was my first project, and I am amazed!  It took me a minute to get it figured out and able to do what I wanted, but once it started cutting all those letters out, I just wanted to sit and watch… Read more

Spring cleaning has been on my mind lots this month, so when I saw this week’s “spring” theme, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. My girls have lots of “treasures” that they just have to keep and love to collect. Where do they like to keep them? Oh, you know…right on their dressers…. Read more

Aloha! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. It does not cost you the customer. It is simply a way to help compensate for my time in creating these blog posts. All opinions are my own. What do you do when it’s Friday night, and your 4-year-old has a birthday party to attend the next day,… Read more

Okay, friends. Here’s the skinny. I’m trying to clean out and organize my craft stuff, and it’s just ridiculously embarrassing. My husband is sick of all my crap, and I have duplicates of many things, SOOOOO…some other bloggers and I have joined forces to bring you an amazing giveaway! Amy at A Nest For All… Read more

Aloha! While I realize this is a DIY blog, and I pride myself on my DIY skills, sometimes it doesn’t always pay to do something yourself.  This is an important lesson to learn, and sometimes it takes swallowing a little bit of pride when you know you could make something perfectly fine yourself! Today I… Read more

Aloha! Here’s a little story about a persistent 3-year-old who likes to ride with me in the car when I check out “curb alerts” I see on Craigslist. One evening I saw a post on Craigslist for free lumber, and it was near my house. As I jumped in the car, my daughter begged to… Read more

This post contains affiliate links Aloha, I’ll keep today’s post short and sweet! I made these monthly Onesies (R)  as a baby shower gift for a friend of mine and then did some more for my own little guy and thought I’d share the printable here with you. The printables are for months 1-12, and I… Read more

In the past week, my kids have needed angel costumes on two different occasions. The first one was for our church’s nativity scene. I hadn’t given much thought to it and ended up Googling angel halo diy that day (yes, I’m a slacker) and eventually just making one out of a paper plate and aluminum… Read more

I have a confession…my front door was naked last Christmas. Yep. No wreath. I made new stockings for us and new ornaments and tons of homemade gifts for my kids, and I sort of skipped that part.  Honestly, I didn’t even miss is much! But this year I used most of the same decorations, so… Read more