Tag: DIY
Five Tips for Your First DIY Project
I confess: Instagram reels are one of my guilty pleasures and I watch way too many. In my defense, I’ve learned about handy life...
Hands-On Ideas to Keep Kids Busy for Thanksgiving
Create a Gratitude Tree
We started this as a way to recognize all of the things we’re grateful for. How we do it has changed...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remember: Living With What We Have
When all of this COVID-19 “fun” began, folks were flocking to the stores, stocking up (we’re using this term versus hoarding, but if you...
Kitchen Counter Crafts: DIY Plaster of Paris Ghosts
This post is brought to you in partnership with Witte Remodeling Co.
Does crafting at the kitchen counter with your kids sound like fun, or...
How to Make Box Cake Mix Cookies
If you've seen these around Pinterest or on your InstaStories, you're not alone. Box cake mix cookies are not a new thing and I...
Easy Summer Activity: DIY Story Stones
Maybe because it's almost primal—the basic figures, the rough outlines, the marking on rocks—but this was one of my favorite camp activities as a...
Bring More Nature Into Your Own Backyard
About 327 times each week I think to myself, Gee, I wish I/we/the kids spent more time outside. I just know intuitively that it...
Valentine’s Day Butterfly Craft with Kids
My daughter has inherited my crafty genes and will "do projects" any chance she gets. We have piles of things cut, glued, glittered, and...
Giftable Christmas Creations for Dummies (or Busy Moms with No Spare...
Admission time: I love to get my craft on. However, since having kids, I have had to admit some of my limitations and curb...
What’s wrong with being “that Pinterest mom”?
We’ve all heard of the Pinterest mom: The one who gets weirdly territorial about the cupcakes for the first-grade class party, who throws out...
Hanging a Gallery Wall in Five Easy Steps
Alamo City Moms Blog is thrilled to partner with Framebridge to provide info about affordable and stylish home decor for busy families.
Creating a great...
The Modern Mom’s Toolbox: A List of Must-Have Items
I’m not especially crafty, or particularly handy, but over the years I’ve amassed what I consider to be the essentials for any (woman’s) toolbox....
Milestones Made Easy: A DIY Back-to-School Sign
I promised myself I'd wait until my daughter starts Kindergarten to print the "first day of school" sign for the obligatory picture. Then I started...
Teacher Gifts: Hits and Misses and a Super Easy DIY!
No more school. No more books. No more dirty tea...
Wait, this can't be sung about the mom who spent beacoup bucks or hundreds of...