(Dec 13, 2012) I cut out plates (little ones) to make snowman snow globes the other day and I cut two extra to make Christmas ball snow globes but as you can read from the title, they didn’t turn out that way, lol. Nico kept asking to do them at the worst times possible, like when I was eating but he was done, before nap/bed time or on our way out the door. Finally … Read entire article »

(Dec 7, 2012) I wanted to make more snowglobes with him, since he liked making the Valentine’s Day one. I didn’t want to make Santas, too many details, too much work for him right now, he’s not into crafts so much, he finds it too hard (he’s much into playing right now). So I decided to go with snowmen, since the plates are already white, all he had to do was paint a toque (knitted … Read entire article »

Remember those cinnamon Christmas ornaments we made? They were easy right? I turned one of them into gift tag for Nico’s German grand parents who are coming over for Christmas. All I did is, take one of the ornament and a use a silver pen to write on it. Done! I used a rolling ball silver marker first, it worked ok but the silver paint pen worked better and easier too. If you do this, we’d LOVE … Read entire article »