Posts under ‘Creating’

Simple Creativity

I told you I was dying to get my hands on something, anything. So the other night I rummaged through baskets of supplies and books looking for an outlet. Zeb and Justin even joined in for a bit.

I used a bunch of old greeting cards, watercolors, embroidery thread, and Mod Podge to make this…this…whatever it [...]

Elusive Creativity

On the ever-inspiring and somewhat silly world of Twitter someone put me on a list called “creative mothers”.
I have to admit I was a little taken aback by the fact that someone viewed me as creative. To be fair, they are newly following me, so maybe they just don’t know that a couple recent tweets don’t [...]

Knitting: Success!

Even though our Five Year Plan has been completely reworked, I’m still working on some of the previous goals. Knitting is now one of those goals I can cross off.
I learned to knit last fall, thanks to my friend Rachel. And seeing as how hats no longer fit over my dreadlocks, my first project was [...]

Your First Decade: A Storybook

For his birthday, we wanted to present Zeb with a keepsake to commemorate his first decade. Something to have forever to remind him of his friends, family or favorite things now and over the past 10 years. I had originally thought of doing a traditional scrapbook until Justin’s aunt introduced us to her bff, Teri who helped [...]

Cake Experiments

Zeb called me on my cell while I was out: Hi, Mom.
Me, clearly not talking on my cell while driving: Hey babe. What’s up?
Zeb: I wanna make a cake. Is that okay?
Me: When is cake making not okay?
Zeb: I mean, we have all the ingredients and stuff?
M: Dude. Who’s mom am I? Of course.
Z: Okay, [...]