Living a Creative Life with Hannah Deurloo, Author
It's pumpkin season again!! All my friends are posting the cutest porcelain pumpkin bowls full of yummy soups and I'm so jealous because I have no fancy bowls! But I do have real pumpkins!! The ultimate edible bowl. This recipe for pumpkin bowls is so easy! The hardest part was cutting the top off my… Continue reading Pumpkin Chili Recipe
The leaves are falling and the colors are incredible here in Michigan. So it's time to bring some of that beauty inside with this fun fall craft. LEAF ART!! #DIY #craft #momlife #art #qkids
While some people's goal with gardens is to store up food. Mine has been to teach our kids where food comes from, how it grows, and how yummy it is. As the season starts producing food the question comes up about seeds. My kids wonder, can we eat them? What happens if we don't? After… Continue reading Q-Kids: Investigating Seeds
My kids love kites. I do not. As a parent who has to get the kite in the air, untangled, and gauge the weather the whole task feels daunting. So instead of a full blown kite we made these fun hand kites that can be used inside or out. All you need is: Shower curtain… Continue reading Q-Kids: Hand Kite
We recently combined rooms for two of our kids. Let's just say it's going rough. It's hard to share space when you're young. To give each of the kids their own special space that was off-limits to the other I came up with this solution. Blue jean bunk bags. I took a pair of ripped… Continue reading Q-Kids: Blue Jean Bunk Bags
With all this heat we've lost a bit of bread around our house. When I realized my bagels had gone bad I was so sad. I decided to take an opportunity instead. We have been bird watching hard core with all the other activities canceled due to quarantine. So this was a way to up… Continue reading Q-Kids: Edible Bird Feeder
My kids love to pick dandelions and about any other flower they come across on our nature adventures. The problem is that rarely do the kids pick the flower stems long enough to actually make a real bouquet with. So when I saw this fun craft I knew we had to try it out. Before… Continue reading Q-Kids: Unique Bouquet
My kids pick a lot of flowers. Flowers destined to die before we can finish our walk and get them into water. It's not that bad until the kids realize their handful of wonderful beauty is wilted and faded. Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to… Continue reading Q-Kids: Flower Press
I've made wreaths on this blog before so I won't bore you with the details again. I've also made fun trees with grape vines that I love. But not this time... This time I'm making a wall! My girls want to grow climbing beans and I'll be honest I prefer bush beans over pole beans… Continue reading Wreath Wall DIY
You pick out your veggies and put them in a bag. Which then goes into the grocery bag. When you get home you put that first bag into a garbage bag. At this point I'm feeling like I'm being punked. What's the point of all the bags and can I change it? I know veggies… Continue reading DIY Veggie Bag
Tis the season of dry skin and my hands are no exception. Taking care of our hands as writers is important. I've had a jar of oil infused with calendula flowers sitting in my cupboard for about a year so it's ready to use for this very purpose. What is calendula? It's a flower, easy… Continue reading DIY Calendula Lotion Bars
I tend to hoard scrabble games. Peices go missing and I end up canabalizing them to make a complete set. I've already used the extra boards for a chalk board DIY but what about the tile trays? Combined with a favorite peice of fabric I constructed a photo panel. To replicate this DIY you will… Continue reading Scrabble Photo Panel DIY
Deep breaths. Public speaking... breathe... isn't... breathe... the end of all. Or maybe it is to you. And I'd challenge you to think a bit differently. You are an expert on your DIY project. It's fun. It's helpful. You're knowledge is useful. Therefore people want to hear you talk about it. This is a… Continue reading Speaking DIY: Introverts Revolt
It's so easy to buy product off the shelves. You can easily pick up anything you need at the local super center. But this shift in premade product is newer than you may realize. Not too far in the past, in some living memories even, people made, mixed, and stitched there own goods. In 1933… Continue reading From Scratch & Other Inconveniences
Our family went and cut our Christmas tree this past weekend. It was a blast and I recommend the tree "hunt" to anyone who hasn't tried it. Not only do Christmas tree farmers provide trees, they are compostable, sustainable, and local. Picking our tree and dragging back to the car to be loaded made my… Continue reading Hunting Trees & Holiday DIYs
You can use essential oils to freshen your home using a diffuser. But how do you get those fantastic scents to the car where (at least for me) most my headaches seem to start. When the baby is crying, the toddler needs to use the bathroom, and the ice cream is melting in the trunk and you want… Continue reading DIY Car Fresheners
A stroll through the woods with my toddler this past weekend resulted in a basket full of sticks, moss, and leaves of blaze and gold. The biggest leaves she wanted to paint but once we got out the craft box we changed our plans. Using a paint stick, baby food jar, jut string, packaging paper,… Continue reading Autumn Art- Harvest Tree
Cold weather is approaching and with that comes dry skin. Sugar scrubs are amazing for hydrating your hands during the winter months come along with me today to learn how to make your own! Supplies: 3/4 cup Coconut Oil 1 cup Sugar Mixer Optional: Coloring (beet powder etc) Grapefruit zest Essential Oils Jojoba oil or… Continue reading Whipped Sugar Scrub DIY
All this crisp autumn air has me taking long walks and lingering outside on these last snowless days, before the cold nips too hard or the animals disappear into their homes. It also has me storing up veggies, herbs, and seeds for next year. So as I shook out seeds from the Black Eyed Susan's… Continue reading Sage Wreaths
I'm forever trying to think up new uses for broken, outdated, or useless items. It's a blessing and a curse. So when I found out my old bestie Scrabble game was a few pieces short of a full alphabet I was more than a little bummed out. Instead of throwing it into the trash I've… Continue reading Personalized Board Game DIY
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