I want to go back to elementary school!

So long as I could go to this woman’s art class.  Gail Bartel over at that artist woman is a 3rd grade art teacher. Her blog is full of craft and art project tutorials she’s either already taught in class or getting ready to teach. Step by step directions, complete with pictures, for all sorts [...]

Eggstraordinary things to do for Easter!

Are you just a tad bored with coloring eggs in the traditional pink, yellow and blue solid colors?  They’re pretty, but it’s the same every year.  But you may even have things in your home that would shake things up a bit.  Here are some of my favorite ideas from Family Fun Magazine. They’re easy [...]

So you want to learn…

to use your camera? Photography has always fascinated me. But let’s face it, until digital cameras came along for many people the hobby wasn’t all that realistic. If you want to develop film you either need your own dark room and know how to use it or have a good relationship with someone who does [...]

It’s beginning to feel a lot like…

Yes, indeed, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.  I love to make things for Christmas.  Ornaments are my favorite thing to make (and I’ve given some interesting ones) but there are so many things you can make as gifts.  But you have to start a little earlier than Oooohhh, December 15th. 
Sometimes the hard [...]

All thanks to ‘Homemaking Meeting’

When I was younger I wanted to take art, but you couldn’t take art and band.  I chose band so I never got to learn anything above elementary school art.  I loved to doodle, my notebooks would covered in eyes, trees, little five petal flowers (you know, the one with the circle in the middle [...]