Any parent of a young child knows all too well the dilemna of the plastic Easter eggs. After an egg hunt or two, we come home with dozens of plastic eggs. These plastic eggs then get separated and we find them, in bits and pieces all over our homes. Just when you think you've cleared…
I try to get my daughter outside for at least 15 minutes every day. It usually morphs into more time than that, but I have found that setting a 15 minute goal on my calendar means that I'm much more likely to stick with it. Luckily, there is a park right next to my daughter's…
..silhouettes are best viewed within the wider of sphere of portraiture; as an art form, they fall somewhere between a craft, a portrait, and means of scientific analysis. -Emma Rutherford I've been itching to try the art of paper cutting and silhouettes, so the other day I got out my craft knife and some small…
We have recently been making an effort to watch less television. We've never watched huge amounts, but I was curious to see what would happen to our lives if we reduced our TV time even further. It really wasn't difficult. I just didn't tell my daughter we were doing it. No big sweeping statements. I just…
2012 Valentines: Shaker Cards I have to say, with the current state of the California pubic school system, it's a daunting task to make homemade valentines. My daughter has 30 children in class with her! That's not good for her education or for making valentines! But she really loves to make homemade valentines, and now…
I wanted to make a special valentine for my daughter's Kindergarten teachers, so I pulled out my darling ScoreBoards XL Dies: 3-D Tea Cup and got to work. I used my Sizzix 655268 Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine to cut the tea cups from white chipboard, then added hearts punched from some valentine paper to make…
One of my New Year's Resolutions this year was to not wait until the last minute to do crafty things for the holidays throughout the year. I usually wait until the last minute and then my projects don't turn out as well or even worse, I just end up having to run to the store…
I'm Laura Bray. I'm a professional craft designer and lifestyle blogger. I live in Southern California with my physicist husband and my seven year old daughter. I try to live my life with intention and fill it with creativity and good food. I wish I could say I channel Lucille Ball, but I'm really more like Ethel. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you'll come and visit again soon!
