Is your teen daughter into the whole VSCO Girl thing? Help her make a fun and super easy Hydroflask Halloween costume as a funny twist on VSCO girls! The VSCO girl phenomenon this year has taken over my house. If you also have teen or tween girls, you are probably experiencing the same thing! Crocs,…
A Bucket Full of Sunshine—an adorable gift idea! Just fill up a yellow bucket with yellow goodies from Dollar Tree and use this free printable to make someone’s day brighter! A couple days ago my daughter found out her friend was having a really hard time. She had gotten some pretty upsetting news and my…
This General Conference quote jar is a perfect activity to do with your young women or to make for your ministering sisters! Free printables and simple instructions included. I’ve had the idea of pulling one quote from each talk in General Conference and making a quote jar with them for a couple years. I have…
St. Patrick’s Day is mostly an overlooked holiday at our house. Sure, the kids might wear green to school so they don’t get pinched, but I have never made any kind of big deal over the holiday. Once, my husband and I even went to Chicago over St. Patrick’s Day weekend and we just had…
Girls always need new hair ties. Always. At least, my girls do! I’m not sure if they all end up broken, borrowed by others, or in some sort of lost hair elastic twilight zone, but I feel like I have bought thousands of them in just the past year! Needless to say, hair ties are…
Wrap those bulky and odd-shaped gifts by sewing up an adorable reusable Santa bag! There’s nothing quite so annoying as trying to figure out how on earth to wrap an oddly shaped item. Trying to wrap a round gift, or a football, or a big and bulky handbag, or something that comes in oddly shaped…
Want to Disney up your Christmas tree? These fun DIY Mickey Mouse ornaments are the perfect touch! This Christmas we are taking the girls to Disneyland as their big gift. We’ve never been to Disney together as a family—in fact, the last time I was in Disneyland was right after I graduated from high school!…
These adorable DIY witch hats are made out of yarn and a few other craft supplies. Super easy to make and a fun addition to your Halloween decorations! While I don’t decorate my house for most holidays, starting in the fall I am all over holiday decorating. I especially love decorating for Halloween, and I…
This candy corn tulle Halloween wreath is easy to make using a few simple supplies from your local craft store. There are a few things you should know about me: I love Halloween, I love candy corn, and I love tulle wreaths. I know that loving tulle wreaths might seem like a weird thing, but…
I made this Valentine love list printable for my Girl Scout Troop, so they could each make an easy Valentine’s Day project for someone they loved. Many of them chose parents and siblings, a couple chose friends, and one girl even chose her elderly neighbor (but she crossed out “love” and wrote “like,” which I…
I absolutely love setting goals for the new year. It’s a time that’s full of self-reflection and optimism for me. Even though I have plenty of experience with totally failing at my new year’s resolutions, I have also been very successful with them. Depends on the year, and the goal, I suppose! I always want…
Decorating for Christmas is the best! It takes me about three days to do my house, and I’ve amassed a huge assortment of random decorations and ornaments over the years. But absolutely nothing beats hauling up all the bins from the basement, drinking egg nog, listening to our favorite Christmas music, and turning our house…