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I’ve made a turtle cake and a duck cake for Ashlyn’s birthdays but I was having a hard time deciding on what to make for Rowan. Thankfully I found a guide on how to make an owl cake on Pinterest and I knew what I wanted to make for Rowan’s first birthday! I started with . . . → Read More: How to make an owl birthday cake I started with a plain, $4 t shirt from Walmart that has a tulle bow at the neck.
Next I raided my scrapbooking supplies for a fancy button and some ribbon. I cut a 1.75 inch length of thin ribbon and attached it to the shirt when I sewed the button . . . → Read More: Do It Yourself Cupcake Birthday Shirt
With less than 2 weeks until Rowan’s first birthday, I thought I’d better get crafting! I started with a reusable birthday banner. I considered taking a ‘before’ picture of all of the elements that I was going to use but decided that it would be pointless; what I think I’m going . . . → Read More: Easy Do It Yourself Reusable Birthday Banner I can hardly believe it, but Rowan will be turning one in just a couple of weeks! We’re not having a big party, just a play date with our friends that involves cake (and probably balloons) but that hasn’t stopped me from gathering ideas from Pinterest. I love this birthday shirt and might just . . . → Read More: First birthday ideas found on Pinterest  You always hear about spring cleaning, but for me the cleaning bug always seems to hit mid-winter. I think it’s because when the weather is nice we’re not spending much time inside, but now that it’s cold and icy/slushy/snowy outside we’re inside most of the time and the clutter has more opportunity to make . . . → Read More: I thought it was called ‘spring’ cleaning?  I am constantly putting up new pictures in our home, and I love ‘themed’ picture frames – seasons, holidays, you name it and I want it. The problem is that they can be really expensive, and where do you store all of the Santa/Christmas/Easter/Valentine’s Day/Halloween/etc frames for 50 or so weeks a year you . . . → Read More: Easy DIY Picture Frame  Every year I get a new ornament for our tree. My mom always got me and my brother an ornament and it was so special for me to have a tree full of ornaments with memories attached to them when I moved a few provinces away with my then-boyfriend (now husband). I’m continuing the . . . → Read More: DIY Christmas Ornaments  It’s become an annual tradition (two years in a row makes something a tradition, right?) for some of my girlfriends and myself to meet at a B&B just outside of Edmonton for a weekend of scrapbooking, eating and catching up. We used to all live in the same small town in Alberta but now only one of . . . → Read More: My Scrapbooking Weekend  Looking for an easy craft to do with your toddler when it’s too hot or rainy to go outside? Why not whip up a batch of pudding finger paint! It’s so easy: make a box of pudding, then add some food colouring. Let it set and let the fun begin!
The . . . → Read More: Pudding finger paint  I made Ashlyn’s turtle cake for her first birthday, so of course I wanted to make her second birthday cake this year. She loves rubber duckies so I thought that would be a great cake to help us celebrate. Using the same carrot cake recipe as last year, I used a small glass measuring cup . . . → Read More: Cake #fail (or Ashlyn’s 2nd birthday) |
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