One of my favorite activities during the Elevate conference was learning about Sole Hope. Nat and Micah shared the video of Sole Hope with us and had set up a cutting party outside for us, where we traced, cut fabric, and learned about how these shoes will help prevent jigger infestations in children's feet as well as provide jobs for women in Uganda who have been trained in sewing the shoes.
I love that these shoes are made from recycled materials and scraps of fabric.
We were provided with scraps, instruction sheets, and permanent markers, and were asked to bring pinking shears or fabric scissors with us to the conference for cutting.
Mother's Day was a bust this year. I've decided that all of the days aside from my birthday and Mother's Day are going to be special from now on, and every day I will count my blessings and be grateful for my three children, who mean so much to me.
Despite my disappointment, one of the highlights was receiving handmade frames from the little ones that they had made at school ... with my help of course, because this craft project fell on my day to help in class.
Summer is coming and I'm over at The Centsible Life sharing a practical DIY craft that is perfect for outdoor entertaining. Head on over for the full tutorial on how to make these fun napkin weights that are also great for holding down picnic blankets and towels by the pool.
Come on over to The Centsible Life where I'm showing you how to turn some of those plastic eggs from Easter into fun play kitchen food your kids will love.
A couple of weeks ago I received a delivery of avocados from Avocados from Mexico, and I was challenged to come up with an idea on how to use those avocados in a creative way.
I have to say I almost didn't accept this challenge, it took me a good week of contemplating and dreaming about avocados before I could come up with an idea, but I hate to not accept a challenge, I like being able to push myself and my creativity.
And, so I bring you:
I had seen so many natural dye's over the Easter period for coloring eggs, so I thought, well why not try to color beads and make a necklace.
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