The Skuut winner is Alyson! She said, “My 2 1/2 year old watches her older sister ride her bike all the time. She has a little playskool car that she scoots around on but she is getting too big for that. I would love for her to have something like this!” Send an email to … Read more
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for MetLife. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. I love that Mother’s Day happens right when the flowers are in bloom and the weather is getting consistently warmer, I think it’s Mother Earth’s gift to all of us. I love celebrating … Read more
I love windows and I really love window treatments. Lately I really REALLY love roller shades, especially in a room with lots of windows. Some need regular curtains and some need roller shades! These windows were screaming roller shades right in my face. So I bought two of the $4 kind from WalMart and fixed … Read more
My son’s new bedroom has two huge windows. The whole wall is window, which I love. But buying curtains to cover that much window? Yeesh. So for just under $70 I made 4 panels (54″ x 54″). I could have purchased curtains for less than this but they wouldn’t have been the exact color to … Read more
I found this rug at Target and I loved it for my office, only it’s 5×7, way too big to fit. So I cut it in half. With scissors. Ack! It was one of those Here Goes… kind of projects but it worked out so great. Using the pattern as a guide, I cut the … Read more
I participated in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Wet Ones. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. {“Am I supposed to eat these for lunch?!?”} Can you believe school is almost out for summer? Again? My kindergartner son has his class field … Read more
I’ve tried lots of times to bind a quilt with my sewing machine and it never looked as good as I wanted it to. For years I’ve been hand sewing my bindings, and although I enjoy hand sewing occasionally, I really don’t have the time to do it for every quilt! And I worry about … Read more
It’s been almost two months since we started using the GoodNites bed mats and we’ve gone from accidents every single night to only one accident in the last six weeks! The bed mats have given both my son and I some peace of mind about the whole thing – if he has an accident, no … Read more
Puzzles are definitely smart toys, and the Oblo Puzzle Sphere is smarter than most. Surprise, it’s our SMART TOY #2! The OBLO is a spherical puzzle that looks just like a regular ball at first but is actually a puzzle using the classic nesting concept. There are 21 pieces total, and after you find how to … Read more
Our new office is a long rectangular room perfect for a long desk and plenty of storage cabinets. I wanted to do a desk the full 15′ length of the room, so we made our own using unfinished oak kitchen cabinets from Home Depot. We used two 18″ kitchen base drawer cabinets for sewing … Read more