I’m participating in the awesome Red, White & Blue series at Sugar Bee Crafts! Woo-hoo! Have you been following along for all the other great posts? So much fun! Where I live in Michigan, we have an uh-mazing fireworks display over the river within walking distance of our house. Each year we gather up friends {…Continue Reading}
If you follow me on Instagram (I’m @jennuinelife), you’ve seen the unfolding events of the bluejays which have nested under the metal awning of our side door. Since the nest is over my head, I’d snap a picture every few days or so with my cell phone to see if there were any eggs, and on {…Continue Reading}
Thanks for joining us for this week’s Thrifty to Nifty Thursday! I’m not sure if it necessarily qualifies as Thrifty to Nifty, but it was a whole lot cheaper than buying a similar play tent AND I got to make it just how I wanted. My PVC Playhouse & Sunshade is a HUGE hit with {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m participating in The Girl Creative for Diana’s Create Memories with Kids series with my PVC Playhouse & Sunshade. This was an ambitious creation, so I’m going to be sharing a series of posts over the next few weeks with dimensions for the whole project, the construction of the frame, the different features of the {…Continue Reading}
Thanks for linking up your fabulous thrifty ideas this week! Please grab a button below if you were featured: I recently found myself really wanting a tailor’s ham. Irene at Serger Pepper shares patterns for a tailor’s ham and two different sizes of sausage rolls or sleeve rolls. Love this beach signs artwork by Becca {…Continue Reading}
Today I’ve posted an easy craft that your kids can make – with a little help! Turn their doodles with fabric crayons into a US flag shirt in no time flat. Check it out at Growing Up Gabel.
Welcome to a special birthday edition of Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays! It’s my birthday, and I may be turning something that rhymes with “dirty wine”… or maybe not… This week I shared my very first pattern, and it’s FREE and only uses two quarter yard cuts or some stash fabric. If you’ve got a boy {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m guest posting at Caila Made for her Best of Summer Sewing series! What pattern am I sharing? Â I’m stepping out on a limb and sharing a pattern I drafted and wrote myself – the Camper Hat pattern. Â I’ve been dying to start offering patterns and wanted to dip my toe in by sharing {…Continue Reading}
Thanks for linking up your thrifty goodies this week! Feel free to snag a button below if you were featured: Arden, Hadley and I are SO. DOING. THIS!!! Kirstin at Craftiments shows a great way to get the look of sun prints with regular old acrylic paints – so cool! How stinkin’ adorable is this {…Continue Reading}
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Sorry, couldn’t resist! Hadley has this thing with closing doors and then knocking on the door. Whether you’re in the room with her or outside; doesn’t matter. We did a quickie photo shoot with Arden on our front porch and Hadley was inside knocking on the door the whole time! swanyway, {…Continue Reading}
