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How To Make A Travel Schedule Board: Great for special needs children and road trips 17 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
Why make this? When my oldest was diagnosed with Autism nine years ago, we soon realized how critical structured, predicable routines were. They made a night-and-day difference in my son’s behavior t...
Make Your Own FREE 4th of July Pillows from scraps and Easter bunnies! 14 Jun 2013 | 11:53 pm
So … summer. It’s time to actually spruce up the ‘ol front porch for the 4th. Turns out, though, I’m fresh out of décor for the 4th of July or porches in general. And as usual, my budget is zero do...
Make Your Own Mass Rad Graduation, Birthday or Celebration Balloons 23 May 2013 | 11:45 am
Graduation. End of the year. It’s almost here. Time for teacher appreciation gifts, commencement bouquets and graduation parties. ** Cue dollar store décor--that blessedly cheap haven of all things...
Recycled Easter Egg Wheat Grass Centerpiece 9 Mar 2013 | 05:14 am
So, it’s almost Easter. And you’re making omelets. Or cookies. Or anything with eggs. No biggie. Just crack open those white shells and toss the whole thing, right? Wait! Don’t toss that! With two...
What Not To Toss Weekend: Busted Tape Measure 17 Feb 2013 | 05:01 am
Ever have this happen? I have. My kids have killed three tape measures in the past year and it’s getting old. Really, really old. Oh well. Time to bundle up yet another pile of measuring mess and h...
Make your own faux layered shirts from leg warmers or socks! 13 Feb 2013 | 12:58 pm
Holy easy project, Batman. This was such a fun no-brainer—a trifecta, really, of circumstances that yielded kid #3 something like 50 new shirt combos: #1 – it’s dang cold outside #2 – baby girl has...
Bee Mine Valentine’s Day Printable & Free Silhouette File 2 Feb 2013 | 09:03 pm
Have you seen this super cute Valentine’s Day printable designed by Aly over at Entire Eventful? Love, love the chalk board goodness. Well Aly asked a few of us bloggers to put our own spin on her f...
What Not To Toss Weekend: Make mittens & hats from old sweaters! 2 Feb 2013 | 08:15 pm
Remember this little sweater that became a cardigan? Well it’s too small for kid #6 and has a few stains here and there which makes passing it down to younger kids a no-go. Time to trash that stripe...
What Not To Toss Weekend: Wrapping Paper Centers 30 Dec 2012 | 11:46 am
(I stepped away from blogging for most of December to take care of chronic health problems with my kiddos and missed posting several of my planned projects. I asked Thrive readers on Facebook if they ...
Shop Local and Let’s All Stay Off The Fiscal Cliff, okay? See ya at DownEast. 19 Dec 2012 | 07:23 am
Holy cow everyone. We’ve got a week. Just. One. Week. You ready? Have you been recycling old shirts, chopping up boxes and turning cake pans into stars? Have you found awesome deals on line and sco...
