I wanted to make a set of matching “Memory” cards for Elise for Christmas. I made a set for my nephew last Christmas using some unfinished wood craft circles and had planned to do the same for Elise. When I was cleaning up my workbench, I found a bag of pieces that go with our […]
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Fail Fail Fail: My attempt at Crock Pot crayons
I’m super eager to get Elise coloring and creating. (I’ve been looking forward to it since before she was born!) She should be ready for coloring in a few months, so I decided to make her some toddler crayons for Christmas. Why don’t I just buy the kid some crayons, you ask? Remarkably, I don’t […]
Painted workbench: Before & after
Clearing off my basement workbench exposed a ton of ugly stains. If there are stains and paint spills on this surface I at least want them to be my stains and paint spills. So I decided to do a quick paint job to freshen things up. Before First, I vacuumed the entire surface really well […]
Repainted fireplace hearth
One of the tasks on my 101 list was to re-paint the hearth of our fireplace. When I made this list a year ago, I guess this seemed like a priority. It doesn’t at all now (maybe because it’s covered with my homemade baby deterrent … and in toys), but who am I to disagree with […]
A space for painting (and other stuff)
This is workspace #2 for this week. Not exactly as pretty as the other one, so sorry if this post bores the pants off of some of you. But read on if you enjoy semi-dramatic before and after photos. Before This basement workbench area was here when we bought the house, and I’m only slightly […]
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