Spring Scarf Knitting Patterns Spring Lace Infinity Scarf: I love the lightweight yarn of this scarf. It’s a gorgeous pattern, and the color they chose is spot on for spring. Find the tutorial at Purlavenue. Infinity Scarf in Spring Colors: This scarf is made into an infinity round, so you can slip it on and you’re ready for the sweet spring day! Find the tutorial at Simply Maggie. Spring Meadow Scarf: How gorgeous is this scarf, that doubles as a head wrap....

DIY Hand Painted Holiday Cards: These watercolored trees are just beautiful. I love this art technique to make these DIY holiday cards. Making Christmas trees all colors of the rainbow is fun and different, but classic green is great too. (via Tomboy USA Blog) Winter Snow Globe Place Cards: Use watercolor paper and painting to make these cute snow globe pictures. Glue them onto cards and send them out for the holidays....

I asked myself what were we doing each morning, with plenty of time to get ready, that wasn’t helping move things along? I had to figure out where we could make a change. First, timing. I looked at our morning – when did we wake up, how long did it take to get ready, what time did we need to leave. We walk most mornings to school, so I had to take that into consideration....

Here is the PDF to download the free card pattern: birthday-candle-card-pattern.pdf Please visit my Basic Instructions Post for cutting, punching, stitching, and gluing this card. It’s super simple, I promise! You’ll fall in love with this way of making cards and you’ll want to make a bunch of them. Have fun with your cards on World Card Making Day. What a fun way to celebrate the fun of making cards....

Supplies for Coffee Filter Snowflakes on a String: coffee filters scissors (adult and child scissors) yarn or ribbon tape I love to use coffee filters to make snowflakes because they are already in the perfect circle shape. We’ve colored coffee filter snowflakes before, and they would be even better to hang on a string! Fold your coffee filter in half. Fold it in half again, and even one more time if you’d like....

assorted colorful, patterned papers (paper scraps work great!) black construction paper googly eyes scissors, glue stick, and white glue You will need an assortment of colorful paper for this project. This is a great time to use up some paper scraps from your stash! You could also use wrapping paper, magazine or catalog pages, or recycle some of your kids’ artwork. Cut the owl’s body, wings, legs/feet, beak, and eyes from various papers....

This basic meal planning strategy really helps if you’re looking to be more efficient in the kitchen and save money too. So, what exactly does mean cook once and eat twice? You basically cook once a big portion of your choice, double in size that you’ll normally cook and divide it in 2 equal parts, saving half for a future meal: leftovers used to create a new meal, planning freezer meals, etc....

Watch the video of our Angry Bird Pom-Poms: Supplies for Angry LOVE Birds: yarn – pink, purple, or red 2 googly eyes orange paper beak yarn eye brows pipe cleaner cut in half tacky glue scissors Make your yarn pom pom: Wrap yarn around your 2 fingers 40-50 times, depending on how big you want your pom. Wrap 1/2 pipe cleaner around the whole bundle of yarn and twist it together tight....

Pipe Cleaner Drink Glass Markers It happens all the time… you are throwing a party for your child and her friends. They set their juice glass down next to someone else’s, and they can’t remember which was theirs. And the next thing you know, they are reaching for a new plastic cup again. In my bid to reduce plastic waste, and to keep the girls occupied, I decided to get them involved in a super simple, inexpensive DIY project that doubled up as something useful....

If it’s going to be seen, especially in a living room setting with your family computer, it might as well match the decor! I’ve partnered with Acer and their new Aspire AZ3 Touch All-in-One. This baby is just what mama needs, everything all-in-one! It’s kid-friendly and great for work. My blog never looked better, especially with fingers all over the touch screen! And happily, Acer is hosting an amazing Acer Seize the Idea contest for you to participate in as well, more details below!...

Easter Egg Yarn Art Supplies for Easter Egg Yarn Art: white canvas or heavy foam board – ours was 5×7 canvas yarn in all colors scissors pencil white craft glue – we love tacky glue Instructions: Start by using your pencil to draw the image of what you’d like to create. I drew my oval egg with all the fun lines and zig-zags inside of it. Add glue to one section of your drawing at a time....

When my oldest daughter was 4, she loved the idea of taking care of animals and decided she wanted to be a zoo keeper for Halloween. Our zoo keeper costume was so fun and easy to put together, and we loved adding all kinds of details to make it special. Grab a few basic pieces of clothing from your closet, the sale rack, or the thrift store. Then, gather and create a few fun accessories to complete your zoo keeper costume....

These foil Christmas tree ornaments are easy for kids of all ages to make, Simple, inexpensive and very colourful, these ornaments will catch everyone’s eye. Easy Tin Foil Christmas Tree Ornaments Supplies: Foil Cardboard Sharpies Pipe cleaner Hole punch Scissors Craft bells Instructions: We cut cardboard into basic ornament shapes. Stars, Circles & pretty elongated shapes. I used a thick cardstock so that my daughter could cut them easily. Cardboard was a little thick for her to manage to cut on her own....

Egg Salad Mason Jar Recipe Egg salad just might be my favorite of the salads. It goes back to my childhood, my mom was always making us open-faced egg salad on toast. These days I’m trying to go low-carb, so I’m eating more salads. In comes Egg Salad on Salad, ha! This salad goes so well made ahead of time and placed in a mason jar for easy storage. I’m loving Mason Jar Salads, so convenient....

I’ve been basking in post-yoga sweet-savasana-bliss since the weekend. Hubs and I celebrated a belated Valentines “date” Saturday night with an AcroYoga and Thai Massage Couples Workshop: talk about a perfect heart-opening experience! For our family, February is a blissful and busy time. Besides the festivities that accompany the 14th, both my son and my husband celebrate birthdays. I have lots of opportunities to reflect on love and life; my time as a mother, and a wife…it all seems interconnected with my journey as a yogi....

We planted zucchini in the spring and ended up growing a lot of zucchini to use in dishes. It’s also made great free food for our chickens this year, they absolutely love it. I’ve been tossing it in with different veggies and sauteeing it in garlic butter at least twice a week. This is my basic recipe, but we add other fresh produce too when I have some that need to be used up....

1. Witch: Is this the cutest ever?!! It will be the sweetest witch on the block! Here are 2 ways to make this witch costume for the birds. Make a witch hat out of craft foam or felt fabric, sewing or gluing it together in a cone shape, adding a purple or black brim at the bottom. Add a piece of elastic to the hat, it just gives it that silly costume look!...

I’ve been excited to make my own pesto by harvesting my basil plant, which has come in really well. Basil is easy to grow and lots cheaper to grow on your own than buy in the store. Recipe for Basil Pesto: 1 1/2 cup Basil – before chopping 3 Tablespoons Pine Nuts 1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dash of Garlic Salt – optional There are lots of recipes for pesto and with all kinds of ingredients....

Supplies for Sticky Webs: Glue Dots – you could use glue dot strips or double sided tape dark paper – preferably cardstock white crayon flies – we used black yarn pieces and paper bits Draw your web. I like to use white crayons on dark paper so it shows up to look like a spider’s web. Place your glue dots all over the lines of your web, making it look like there’s dew on the web....

Michael Pollan (who is responsible for helping me find my food path) sums it up best: “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants. And of course we assume what we’re eating is food, right? But when you think F-O-O- D, do the words “xanthan gum” and “maltodextrin” come to mind? Not exactly ingredients one usually finds in a pantry, eh? So for this month’s challenge, I thought we’d focus on the “mostly plants” portion of Pollan’s addage (Michelle Obama would be so proud!...