Hello, friends! I hope y’all don’t mind this shameless little request for your vote. I was chosen over at Fireflies and Jellybeans as one of the top ten projects in this round of the Iron Crafter, and I would love be much obliged if you would head over and vote for my Paint Sample…
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Let’s Make Something Together
This week is marking the first of what will be a new set of series here at Positively Splendid: Let’s Learn Something Together and Let’s Make Something Together For the full scoop on what this is all about, visit this post from Monday. I am truly excited about this venture! For those just tuning in,…
How to Set Snaps
As y’all might imagine, with three little ones around, much of the sewing I do requires placing snaps. Whether the garment is a darling bubble or a snazzy set of overalls, snaps make these garments functional for diaper changes and trips to the potty. Anyone who has ever tried to fasten buttons on a squirming…
How to make a ruffled pinata
Welcome to this (final!) installment of my Frosty Treat Birthday Party series. In case you missed the other posts, here is the list in its entirety: Party OverviewParty RecipesParty Garland and Hats This party theme was oodles of fun to work with, and what I love about how I put this party together is that…
How to make party garlands and hats
In case you weren’t around for this post from earlier this week about the sweet little party I put together for my daughter’s third birthday, head over there to check out the full spread. As I mentioned in that post, I rarely put a party together that doesn’t entail some goodies from Lettering Delights. I…
As easy as…
As I mentioned in my post yesterday about my outdoor bench update, until this week, my Fourth of July cushions were still hanging out on my front stoop. Bad, right? I had had in mind to make a new, season-neutral set to take their place, but it took until the bench was freshly painted and…
Front porch bench update
I was the lucky recipient of a darling little outdoor bench from one of my dearest friends a couple of summers back, but I recently started noticing that the wear and tear of the seasons had taken its toll on its appearance. That’s putting it lightly. In poor blogging form, I neglected to take a…
Frosty Treat Party Recipes
If you’re just tuning in, you might like to head over to check out this post from Monday about my daughter’s third birthday party, a Frosty Treat Party complete with a visit from the ice cream truck. We had such a fun time! Today I’m going to share with you the menu from the party….
We all scream for…
…Ice Cream! This summer’s heat can only be summed up with one word: hellacious. Seeing triple-digit temperatures for each and every day in the extended forecast no longer causes me to bat an eye. My sweet Miss Charlotte is a firecracker, and it couldn’t possibly be more appropriate that her birthday happens to coincide with…
A remedy for summer bored-itis!
Create a fun lineup of puppets straight from a Picasso painting with your children this week! Let me show you how. Let me preface this post by stating what is most likely the obvious: In a household with three children aged 4 and under, we eat a lot of macaroni and cheese. And I do…