Last weekend (oh my gosh, was it really just last weekend?!), I had the pleasure of hosting a small cookie swap at our house. For those unfamiliar with cookie swaps/exchanges, it’s just a get-together where each person brings several dozen of one type of cookie. Everyone divides up their cookies amongst the other guests and …
Most of my creative gift projects for Jennifer end in disaster and the purchase of something made or provided by someone more skilled than me. Today, however, I’d like to share a rare success I had last Christmas. After coming back from our apartment complex dumpster with a discarded piece of countertop to sell on …
I’ve been looking for easy, homemade Christmas decorations. We haven’t amassed much of a collection […]
Two years ago, in a snowflake-making frenzy, I decided to look up some tips on making prettier paper […]
Thanksgiving was difficult for my family this year; my grandfather passed away unexpectedly just days before. Though it has been a sad week, I know that I do truly have a lot to be thankful for, including Grandpa’s 80 years of life and our wonderful visit with my grandparents just two weeks earlier. I’m grateful …
There’s nothing unusual about an end table that’s made from a chunk of tree; in fact, you probably own a […]
If you still have candy corn left from Halloween, use it to make these adorable turkey cookies! […]
As I mentioned in my last post, there aren’t a lot of obvious signs of fall in Los Angeles. Ladies […]
Even with LA’s most recent heatwave (I love 90 degrees in November!), I was inspired by fall at the […]
About this time two years ago, I was hard at work making a website. (Well, obviously, Jennifer, isn’t that what you do for a living?!) But this one, karenssnowmen.com, was a Christmas gift for my mom, the source of my crafty genes and maker of fabric snowmen for as long as I can remember. My …