Technology How To Make a Custom Picker with Multi-Selection in SwiftUI I recently realized that there wasn't a simple way to create a SwiftUI Picker that allows for multiple selection. After much trial and error this is the solution I came up with! Hope it helps your coding adventures.
Craftiness The Year of Our Small and Simple Birthday Parties Over the years I've shared fun sensory activities and other ideas I used for my daughters' birthday parties. Although smaller I wanted to still share the girls' 2021 party with you in case it helps you plan your own.
Technology How I Easily Used My Custom Color in My SwiftUI Project I recently used one of my favorite colors on my website within my SwiftUI project. It was incredibly simple to do and I wanted to share it with you in case you want to do the same!
Sewing How I Sewed My Daughters’ a Simple Tooth Fairy Door Hanging I hadn't planned to make something special but I also didn't want the possibility of the tooth fairy waking my girls up in the middle of the night and so this simple door hanging was created to hold their newly freed tooth and make the process so much easier.
Food & Dessert Use Leftover Tomato Soup to Make an Amazing Pasta Sauce I've discovered that when you have amazing leftover tomato soup you can make it stretch further for the next meal by turning it into a tremendous pasta sauce.
Sewing Fix Your Holey Flats and Make Them Beautiful With Embroidery Floss! A couple months ago I looked down at my favorite flats and realized they had small holes. Since then I couldn't not see the holes and knew I needed to do something. One thing led to another and I now present my embroidery floss patched flats!
Craftiness New Year, New LEGO® Bonsai Tree With Christmas over it was time to change up my LEGO® bonsai tree. I had bought some special white and gold bricks just for that purpose and was eager to jump in.
Sewing My 2021 Sewing Challenge: Skipped, Rejected, and Came Out Feeling Good Although I didn't sew as consistently as previous years I did keep track of what I sewed through the 52 Week Sewing Challenge... if you want a recap or just want some ideas based on what I did here's my 2021 sewing overview!
reMarkable Watch How I Upload Custom Templates to My reMarkable I've had some question about my template process so I recently spent some time creating a video walkthrough, thus combining my blog posts together, to show you how I upload my custom templates. Here's the embedded YouTube video and its transcript. Hope it helps!
Food & Dessert How I Made a Simple Grocery Store Cheesecake Look Supreme This year for Ada's birthday I bought a simple grocery store cheesecake and made it amazing by customizing each piece with homemade chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, and brownie bits.
Sewing I Love My Reusable Fabric Gift Bags... That I Made Years Ago! Back in 2019, right before Christmas, I sewed up some fabric cinched sacks to use as reusable wrapping paper for the girls. It was so easy to do and looking back I'm so glad I did! Here's how I did it in case you're interested in the same.
Food & Dessert My Spin on an Amazing Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe I Came Across I recently came across this incredibly simple pumpkin cheesecake recipe that I needed to share with you... especially once I hacked it to create a chocolate version!
Craftiness My Tinseled Iteration of the LEGO® Bonsai Tree After creating my autumn themed LEGO® bonsai tree I couldn't stop. I had to follow up with a tinsel coated Christmas version too. Come check out how I did it, see the final images, and get ideas on how I might do it differently next time!
Craftiness My Simple and Fun Autumn LEGO® Bonsai Tree Back when October first rolled around I started seeing a lot of Halloween-themed bonsai trees on a LEGO® Facebook group that I'm a part of. This led me to coming up with my very own spin for my bonsai tree.
Food & Dessert Check Out Some Really Delicious Canadian Desserts Just In Time For Christmas Back in October I decided to make some Canadian treats we hadn't had in quite a while. They turned out amazing and I realized I should share the recipe links with you just in case you're looking for something special to make too.
Craftiness Check Out Ada's Amazing "Pretty Pink Princess" Halloween Costume This year for Halloween Ada chose to be a pink princess. This turned out to be an incredibly simple costume that I wanted to share.
Craftiness Check Out Zoey’s Epic “Princess Skateboarder” Halloween Costume This year for Halloween Zoey chose to be Princess Skateboarder to save the town! As she's loved the video of Princess Skateboarder for several years I knew I needed to make it happen. Here's the last post showing the entire costume with links to how each part was made.
Craftiness How I Put Together a Stupendously Amazing Sail for Princess Skateboarder’s Skateboard With the last three Princess Skateboarder posts published I next wanted to share with you my favorite accessory I made for the costume. The sail and mast! Check it out here.
Craftiness Check Out the Great Princess Skateboarder Helmet I Made and What Accessories I Included to Go With It Over the last two weeks I shared how I made Zoey a Princess Skateboarder outfit and a properly sized prop skateboard for her Halloween costume this year. This week I'll follow the series with how I used a balloon, paper mache, and paint to make her a knight's helmet. Come check it out!
Craftiness Learn How I Made Princess Skateboarder’s Amazing Skateboard Last week I shared how I made Zoey a Princess Skateboarder costume for Halloween. This week I'm sharing how I added a really cool prop skateboard to it using cardboard, Mod Podge, and paint. Come check it out!
Sewing How I Easily Assembled an Outfit for Princess Skateboarder This year Zoey broke her two year pumpkin Halloween costume streak to become Princess Skateboarder! Here's how I've assembled the outfit so she looks the part.
Craftiness How to Find and Purchase Extra LEGO® Parts Through LEGO.com I've recently began looking into purchasing individual LEGO® bricks and have come across a great way to search by the LEGO® set number or the individual part or design number. I had no clue this existed and wanted to share it with you in case it can help with your own builds.
Craftiness A Comparison of the LEGO® Flower Bouquet, Tulips, and Roses When the LEGO® botanical collection came out I was most entranced by the flower bouquet and, later, the tulips and roses. I couldn't find anything online comparing the three kits so I decided, once I purchased and built them, to write my own.
Food & Dessert How I Changed up My Sheet Pan Pancakes to Make Them More Exciting Have you ever tried making pancakes in the oven? It's life-changing! Especially as it doesn't set off the smoke detector like when I make pancakes on the stove. Whether you've already made oven pancakes or not I figured I'd share how I change up my go to recipe to keep it exciting for my girls!
Science & Sensory Play Simple Ways to Easily Change up Your Playdough Time Are you looking to change up your playdough fun? Here are ways we've changed or added to our play.
