Popsicle Puzzle

Hello friends and fellow crafters! I just wanted to share a very easy craft with items that you probably already have handy. All you need is about 8 or 9 popsicle sticks (large or small) some white glue and a photo (either 4x6 or 5x7 depending on the size of the popsicle sticks) I used 9 large and a 5x7 photo. Lay your popsicle sticks side by side, glue the entire back of your photo and lay it across the middle of the popsicle sticks face up. Set aside and let it dry (we did this overnight) When it is dry, take an exacto knife (or scissors) and cut in between each popsicle stick. Shuffle the sticks and let the kids put the stick puzzle back together. Voila! I thought this might work great for a kids party invitation. You could mail them out and the recipients could have fun assembling them to figure out what it said. Just a thought :) Here's a couple I did with my kids.

Happy Crafting

Welcome Again :)

Welcome again to my second attempt at trying to blog. I have so many ideas and random projects and so many people are always for pictures or tutorials so I thought I'd set up a place for everyone to view them.


First and foremost I'd like to warn you that I tend to get long winded (big surprise for anyone who knows me). I am always on the lookout for tips or ideas for making mine and your live's simpler so we can spend more time with the ones we love. If you have found a wonderful idea or have a project you would like to make, please send a comment or an email and I'll post it or try to help you get it done. On that note, I am so happy to inform you of this wonderful new site I am ADDICTED to, as my husband will agree. It's called Pinterest and it is a virtual bulletin board. I don't know about you, but I have an entire thumb drive full of pictures of things I would love to make or do, but that is all it is... a picture. With pinterest, the pictures of things you love are saved to your board, along with the website it originally came from. This is wonderful for me as well, as I don't have to print off the instructions for some of my DIY projects. Think of all the trees I'll be saving.


2 of my absolute favourite projects are still works in progress, but nonetheless I am still pretty proud of them.

Spencer & Avery



As you will begin to notice on this blog, my kids love to help with all my projects so sometimes they take a little longer than expected. With these wonderful helpers I often cut corners and just try to get it done as fast as possible :) Sometimes this works out, sometimes I stay up until 2 am trying to fix it. Either way, I hope you can enjoy this blog on my busy life with kids and crafting.