With all the painting projects I’ve tackled in our house, my collection of paint chips has been growing and growing. I wanted to re-use them in some way, so I decided to make a mosaic-style piece of artwork. We have a wall in our living room that had no art and not much color. All […]
Transit pass artwork
Since 2003, either Dan or I (and for a few years, both of us) have commuted to work on St. Louis’ Metro light rail system. We’re big fans of public transportation for environmental reasons, but riding a train isn’t always glamorous. Actually, it’s never glamorous. And a lot of times, it’s pretty annoying (enduring bad weather, […]
Next up: Creating a playroom
For my next big project, I’m tackling our upstairs bedroom and turning it into a playroom. Elise needs a space where she can’t get into trouble. (No breakables. No pretty lamps!) And it would definitely be nice to get the bulk of the toys out of the living room. This is the last room in […]
How to make a shadowbox frame bank
This idea was inspired by a few different things. 1) This idea to turn a shadowbox frame into a bank. 2) I remember some charity coin donation box on the counter of a Dairy Queen where the goal was to land a coin in a shot glass. Unimportant detail: it was also full of water. […]
Handmade chunky toddler crayons
After last week’s failed attempt at making crayons, I decided to try again. I was able to reuse the half-melted blobs, and I was amazed that they retained some of the marbling from the different shades of crayon. I melted them in a cupcake pan (with paper liners doubled up) in the oven for about […]
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