An Arkansas Mama's journey to natural, simple living.
What better way to celebrate Earth Month than with some fun to teach the children how we can reuse and the simple process of making paper. My children are still young at three and five but I thought this would be a good time to reinforce to them where paper comes from and why we should always look for recycled papers if possible. With all the rain coming down outside we decided today would be a good day to start {Read More}
We have been in the remodeling mode in our home for the entire time we have owned it, almost eight years! It is amazing to think about how fast the time has flown but the remodeling process, well that is another (series) of blog posts! Several years ago we wanted to put ceiling fans into all the rooms but were really short on cash so we purchased three very inexpensive white ceiling fans that were on sale for $14.97 for {Read More}
Art time is one of our favorites in our home! My children love to craft and do anything hands on. I love that they really take pride in being able to make something. Right now Austin loves candles. He is afraid of fire but loves the colors. I think he gets that from his Mama, I am a candle lover for many reasons so we set out to create something unique and beautiful with what we had for his room. {Read More}
I love to try to reuse and upcycle! Although recycling is great, upcycling is even better. I saw a photo of a picture of glass jar with a pincushion on the top and thought it was such a cute idea. I have loads of glass jars lying around and with left-over pieces of my HoneyBeGood Alegria fabrics I decided I would give it a go and make one. This is so simple! You do not need to know how to {Read More}
My little man has been asking for a bow tie for months. It was on my 2012 to-do list and I am happy to report I can cross that one off my list! Of course it was my first one and I will make a few adjustments with the second one. I think it came out rather well, taking into consideration that I made it from a man’s necktie. We found this tie at a Humane Society thrift store {Read More}
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