Creativity is Not a Hobby; it's a Way of Life!
I just love flowers – real, fabric, felt, paper, you name it – and I’m often incorporating flowers into my craft projects. I even made the flowers for my daughter’s wedding! (Of course, the boutonnieres and corsages were lost at the venue and we had to make a last minute dash to a florist to […]
Earth Month may be over but that doesn’t mean that the recycling and upcycling stops around here. I love to take materials I have just hanging around the house and turn them into something useful and beautiful. These Upcycled DIY Flower Vase Bookends are a fun way to make over a plain old cardboard box. […]
Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or under, create a tutorial, and ship the ornament off to a new home! Being a […]
I’m so excited to announce that my Basic Paper Quilling 101 post has been named one of the Top 100 Paper Crafts of 2016 on All Free Paper Crafts. This has long been one of my top posts on Creative Cynchronicity for bringing traffic to my site and is something near and dear to my […]
I love making ornaments for our Christmas tree. There’s just something so special about having something handmade to decorate with year after year. I even have some that others have made for me and each time I see them, I remember those people fondly. It’s amazing too how simple paper can be manipulated into beautiful […]
It happens nearly every year. I have all these grand plans for a handmade Christmas with tons of beautiful crafts filling my home and under the tree. You’d think I’d get started in January for the following holiday but it always feels too early and I’ve got other things consuming my time. The year zips […]
Did you know that a few years ago, I went through the training to become a Community Food Advisor? Our mandate is to go out into the community and teach people about healthy eating – from things like teaching them about Canada’s Food Guide to meal planning to better grocery shopping to actual cooking classes. […]
/If you’ve been around here for a while, then you know I love to meal plan. It’s a great way to get organized, save money, avoid food waste, and simplify your life. I used to watch a TV show called Fixing Dinner and it was one of my biggest inspirations for getting started with meal […]
I LOVE watermelon! Watermelon and strawberries have always been my favorite foods – well, at least my favorite fruits. Now that I’m allergic to strawberries, watermelon features heavily in my diet. There’s just something so pretty and colorful about it – not to mention that it tastes SO good. Watermelon is mostly…well…water. But it’s still […]
I absolutely love to travel. And one of my favorite ways to travel is on my own. Traveling alone can seem rather scary at first. It isn’t uncommon for someone planning their first solo trip to be worried about what may happen, and how they will navigate through everything without someone else by their side. […]
