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One Wall Home School Room Ideas

October 15, 2021 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

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My favorite home school room ideas, pulled together into one stylish wall.  I wanted a simplified and cozy school space that would keep those busy bottoms in their chairs instead of dashing off for missing supplies. And I wanted it to be central to family life, and inspiring in a way that we could all…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Organizing Ideas Tagged With: #homedecor, #homeorganization, #homeschool, #homeschoolroomideas

Natural Scents Hot Pot

December 17, 2015 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

I love natural scents, but great quality candles are kind of costly to burn daily. I discovered that I can fill all of the rooms of my little home with delicious natural scents for pennies a day. Here’s how… First, I send my kids into the yard to gather anything that smells good: sprigs of…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Gift Ideas, Health and Natural Remedies, Herbs From Your Yard, Herbs In Your Kitchen, Home Beautiful

My Tea Box

September 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 5 Comments

I promised a friend that I’d post about my tea box. I can’t remember how we got onto the conversation of storing teas, but this is my fun solution for saving space while storing and easily accessing all of my bagged teas. Meet my tea box. The front of the box is a plaque that I helped…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Organizing Ideas

DIY Block Crayons

July 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 15 Comments

YES! Block crayons (from Waldorf schools) that you can DIY for *cheap!!!* Perfect for my preschooler!

Last year, block crayons crossed my radar as I was gathering supplies for my preschooler.  I’m a *sucker* for the beautiful, natural inspired Waldorf toys, and these crayons are what they use in Waldorf Kindergartens. Block crayons are great for small hands, and the children are encouraged to cover the whole paper with color. I…

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Filed Under: Baby & Todder, Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Kids & Learning

Lego Ship Instructions

April 10, 2015 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

Free lego mini ship how to- my son shares his cool design for a mini lego ship!

Today I’m sharing lego ship instructions so you can build this adorable mini ship! Isn’t this the cutest thing ever! These would be SO cute as party favors at a pirate or boat themed birthday party! You can thank my Lego loving son for this design. I have a house full of lego enthusiasts and their tiny torturous tools,…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home Tagged With: legos, the Viking

Easy Free Apron Pattern from Dishtowels

March 26, 2015 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

This dishtowel free apron pattern that I’m sharing today is super adorable and you won’t believe how easy it is to put together. I have this AMAZING craft guru sister, and she helped me put this together for you guys. I sort of have a *thing* for cute cotton printed kitchen towels. I *might* have a few too…

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Gift Ideas, Sew Fun!

DIY Magnetic Pin Cushion

February 19, 2015 By Gwen Brown 3 Comments

Cute DIY magnetic pin cushion Gwen's Nest

This DIY magenetic pin cushion is a cute and EASY craft that anyone can make in less than 5 minutes. Isn’t it so cute and retro looking!?!! I like to sew, and I love really nice tools and sewing trinkets. My Mom and Mother in law are both wonderful about getting me great quality sewing tools….

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home, Uncategorized Tagged With: DIY, tutoria

Custom Catan Game Piece Bags

May 31, 2013 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

These custom Settlers of Catan game piece bags were fun to make, and would be a great homemade gift for Dad!  We ‘discovered’ Settlers Of Catan a couple years ago, and REALLY enjoyed learning the game and playing together.  It’s a strategy game with enough chance in it that your strategy skills don’t matter that much. …

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Filed Under: Crafts & Creative Inspiration, Creative Home Tagged With: catan, gifts for men, made this, organizing ideas

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