Chelsea

Peanut Butter Lover’s Brownies

With the abundance of snowy, sub-freezing weather, numerous sick days from all members of the household, and general lack of outdoor time, these peanut buttery bars have been baked several times in the past couple weeks. They have been prepared with both boxed brownie mix and from scratch. I can happily report that both waysContinue reading “Peanut Butter Lover’s Brownies”

Valentine Cards 2015

My hands are stained pink tonight – magenta pink. Why? Because of my love for hand-made Valentine’s and my daughter’s blossoming creative process. it all started with her asking me, “Mommy, when is Valentine?” I told her it was next weekend – 7 sleeps away and her reply was, “I need Valentine’s!” I asked herContinue reading “Valentine Cards 2015”

Collaborative Turtle Drawing

My New Year’s Resolution of creating something at least once a week is chugging right along with great success. Both kids went down for a nap at the same time (!) yesterday, and I managed to get started on a still life drawing in color pencil, which I will show you at a later time.Continue reading “Collaborative Turtle Drawing”

Southwestern Pinto Soup

I made this heavenly toasty soup earlier in the week in my way too dusty slow cooker. I need to brush it off and use it more often, it’s just too luxurious to come home to a house that smells deceivingly like a laborious meal. The slow cooker meal feels almost magical, and I getContinue reading “Southwestern Pinto Soup”

New Art Apron

I finally finished a sewing project I started well before winter break – a new apron to wear when I am facilitating the creative mess in my classrooms. I am pretty excited with the finished product – the denim came from the remnants section at the fabric store and the pockets from an old pairContinue reading “New Art Apron”

Tee Shirt Pillows

Two of my toddler’s favorite shirts were Christmas presents last year from grandparents. The formerly two polka dot shirts, above, adorned my daughter in numerous photographs. It was to both of our dismay when they very recently became 3/4 length sleeve shirts due to her rapidly growing limbs. Seriously, it happened overnight. Santa brought newContinue reading “Tee Shirt Pillows”

6 months and a New Year!

Oh Happy New Year to you! I admit, I was in bed last night by 9:30 and it was GLORIOUS! My littlest one, who is now 6 months(!!), was in bed by 6:30 and then up again at 9:30 and after the second time up, I took my cue to get to bed. It wasContinue reading “6 months and a New Year!”

Holla, Challah!

I believe that most human beings have something they love to labor over – something that is time consuming and yet fills us with joy to produce. How else could frescos, croissants, quilts, and War and Peace exist? My labor of love is yeast bread. To be fair, I don’t really think that yeastContinue reading “Holla, Challah!”

DIY Color Shape Magnets

We recently made a trip to Eastern Iowa, as a family, and brought along these fun colorful magnets for car entertainment. When not in transit, they reside on the refrigerator where they provide hours of fun during meal prep time. The image above is a house, according to Greta. She it recently created it from theContinue reading “DIY Color Shape Magnets”

Natural Dyed Frosting

I wrote this post a while back and them promptly forgot about publishing it, as my life got twice as busy the day after this party. Greta saw her dream cake in a Meredith Publishing special interest magazine and insisted on having car cakes for her birthday this past June. I am not a master cakeContinue reading “Natural Dyed Frosting”