Author: Jennie Moraitis
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Creative Christmas: What I’m Making This Year
Christmas is coming, and I’m going back to my creative roots this year. For so many Christmases in the past, I happily made most of my gifts: mixtapes/cds, ornaments, knitted scarves, and stitched onesies for the babies in the family. But gradually as the years went on, I bought more and more until I only…
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Summer Garden Memories
As I write this post, we are starting Advent, and yet, since I haven’t written for many long months, I want to go back to the last bits of summer to show the beauty of the flowers in our garden and the little projects I was able to work on this summer. I am determined…
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The Quiet of Creating
Hello, it’s been a while. At the start of this year, I decided to take my own advice and practice my 20 minutes a day (minimum) of creating. I had a few projects in mind that had sadly languished in the previous year not to mention several books that have collected on my shelves but…
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How I Use the Mollie Ollie Mimmo Caddy
See that girl above? That’s what I felt like when I realized all of my journals (okay, the current ones) could fit in one happy place in my new Mollie Ollie Mimmo caddy. They graciously sent me one to review, and I want to share a bit about it with you today. But first, how…
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February is Love Month
“Mommy, February is Love Month!” I looked at my eight year old’s sparkling eyes directed at me waiting for an equally enthusiastic reply. I couldn’t think of any reason why we couldn’t celebrate all month long, so Love Month it was. With my watchful apprentice at hand, I cut out small pink and red hearts…
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Simple Ombré Christmas Tree Card
These simple ombré Christmas tree cards are an ode to the paint chip cards I use to easily find at my local grocery store. During the pandemic, the entire paint section was reduced to an aisle and the paint chips disappeared. I didn’t think much of it until I found a cute tutorial on how…
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Creative Play for Your Little One: Christmas Edition
I love open-ended creative play. This year, for Christmas, instead of pulling out our plastic nativity set with the fat little people and animals, I pulled out the Lincoln Logs, a tray that has a lip (it’s really a tray you use to eat in bed!) and an assortment of stones, sand, and Douglas Fir…
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Art All The Time—Create Opportunities for Your Child to Create
We love to make art projects of all kinds around here. But I’ll be honest, sometimes I don’t want to deal with the clean up (and the set up) part. So I’ve made it a point to make art accessible—to create opportunities for my child to easily create all day long. Get a Clipboard Some…
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Give Yourself an Afternoon Mommy Retreat
I’m not sure if there has ever been a better time to make sure you are getting a mommy afternoon retreat into your schedule. I’m writing this during the pandemic of 2020, aka, the year we won’t forget anytime soon, and am realizing that I have GOT to make this time alone a priority. And…
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Make a Hand-painted Quote Frame
This hand-painted quote frame was one I liked so much, I ended up making one for me too. (Don’t tell, :)) Christmas is just around the corner, so I’ve been pulling out all of my art supplies to make treasures for my family and friends. I originally purchased this blank frame from Target, but you…