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Here’s a random project my kids and I decided to do. They wanted to do something with the left-over glitter paper, and we had a bag of these little square mirrors, so we improvised some ornaments! Supplies: Low-heat glue gun Glitter paper Tiny Mirrors String or hangers to hang on tree Cut out some thin… Read more

Here’s another lovely idea from Robin at All Things Heart and Home. I saw these at a few linky parties and just had to ask if I could feature them along with my Blue and Silver Christmas. I’d love to make them myslef, but I’m not thinking our little craft store is going to sell those… Read more

Wanted to send a big Mahalo for the feature: Gives me a little thrill to see my stuff featured. 🙂 Aloha, Charlie p.s. She’s doing some fabulous paper ornaments this week. We’ll be trying out a few today with the kidlets!!

I’ve wanted to do an advent calendar for a really long time, but I’m such a slacker, I never get around to doing it. But thankfully, this blog has given me extra motivation to do some of the things that I never actually get around to finishing. I debated the style of calendar for awhile…. Read more

Sorry I’ve been behind on the Blue and Silver Christmas countdown…But my house sort of imploded. Remember when I showed you my popcorn ceiling fell down on me?? Well, last week it POURED and POURED some more. Then it decided to just go ahead and keep right on POURING. I was getting pretty nervous about… Read more

I’m so excited! Brooke from All Things Thrifty featured my Flower Pillow on Friday!!  HERE is a link to my original post Much mahalo and aloha to Brooke. 🙂

Today’s project is another fun one to do with kids (if you’re patient and not in a hurry). I’ve seen these “Yo Yo Trees” all over around the web as they’re quite popular in the quilting world. But most of them used bland fabrics and were just plain green and rather dull (in my opinion). Then I saw a cute variation… Read more

This is a fun craft that kids can get in on. I started painting the pine cones “my way”, getting in every crack and crevice, and my 4-year-old was next to me just happily painting it how ever she wanted. She busted out 8 (COUNT ‘EM…8) pine cones in the time I did the top… Read more

Source Unknown Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka! Welcome to my 50 Days of Silver and Blue Christmas countdown! I LOOOOOOVE Christmas. I bust out my Christmas music and start my decorating and inspirations on November 1st right as I take down Halloween decor. Yes, I basically skip right through Thanksgiving decorating, but seriously, if I waited… Read more

So there we were, my 6-year-old daughter and I, just lounging in our living room, counting her Halloween loot. And suddenly a big chunk of my ceiling collapses right down on top of us! 100% awesomeness. So the weird thing is, it’s totally dry where the popcorn fell off…but there’s a wet spot just below… Read more