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Under My Nose

posted on , by I'm Rachel.

I've never done much beading, or jewelry making for that matter. And, it's sorta hard to know what you need for your projects if you don't know the name of the parts you're looking for! After much research, I now know that jewelry making "parts" are called "findings." {Um... why?} Seriously, I must be Googling the wrong terms because I just can't seem to find the techniques ...

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How Does Your {Winter} Garden Grow?

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I just wanted to share a few recent photos of our garden. We're still harvesting summer veggies, but we've planted for winter! And, my jar lid wreath is weathering beautifully! ...

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Keurig Vue House Party!

posted on , by I'm Rachel.

I'm a long time customer of Keurig. I absolutely love, love, love my machine! So, I jumped at the chance to host a House Party for Keurig's newest brewing system, Vue. But, honestly... how could they really improve on perfection? Well, they did. The Vue system is astounding! You can select the strength of your coffee, create café beverages with fancy froth, and brew over ice! Like ...

I cannot tell you how blessed I was last night to spend time with my oldest son... crafting!

He purchased a "super cool" bracelet while we were out and about yesterday. He was so inspired by it that he came home and wanted to learn how to make it himself!


So, he went straight to "ha yoo"... "ya woo"... "yoo hoo"...

"What's it called, mommy?"

"Um... Google."

He found a great tutorial on YouTube for weaving "Survival Bracelets," which is a military-inspired technique, and that's what we did last night!

I started him out with craft lace because that's what we had available. I used some cotton cording that I had left over from a sewing project.

{As always... YAY for making something new out of something old!!!}

We had such a good time with it once we finally got going!



Check out how intently he's working on his project.


Totally precious.

Here are the results!


Of course, I had to get fancy-schmancy with mine and added a humongous button closure. I have to say - I would actually wear this out. Pinterest tells me that rope is fashion-current these days.


**smile**

So, here's the best part of our crafting adventure...

He wants to incorporate this activity into his birthday camp-out! What a fantastic creative project for little boys!

It's appropriate that they are called "Survival Bracelets" because I have been stressing over how to survive a house full of little boys!

I found this awesome pack of paracords for the boys to use.


Very masculine, n'est pas?

I love it when so many things come together in the perfect way!


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Paper Crafting

posted on , by I'm Rachel.

I'll be honest. I'm just not creative enough to be a scrap-booker. I humbly bow in the presence of those who are. I gave it a good effort several years ago, but I just have no vision for how a page should be put together. I just sit there and stare at it. I have a Silhouette that I've primarily used for fabric and vinyl cutting. But today, I used it to make creative birthday party invitations ...

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Grumpy Gus

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We spent the holiday weekend camping. Well, glamping, really. I mean, can you really count enjoying television, air conditioning, refrigeration, and a microwave as camping? **big grin** I can tell you that I spent the weekend roughin' it with a cranky two-year-old! Allow me to interpret... "Why can't I climb the dangerous pile of rocks?" "Why are you watching me eat my ice cream?!" "Why ...