Emily

Hi, I’m Emily and I love making things with my hands. I always have a project (or ten) in the works and love to draw, paint, cook, sew, cross stitch, and make soap. This year, I’m focusing on using what we already have and wasting less.

Inspire a little magic with pocket people

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Tap into your imagination and create your own magical world of people or fairies with this free download for pocket people. Created by The Big, at age 5, with pride. The Big has been obsessed with fairies for the last year or so. It started with watching Tinkerbell and then hit full throttle a little … Read more

The Magic of the Smush Painting

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Looking for a fun way to paint and create beautiful abstract art? Then you have to try your hand at smush painting. This is a great one for kids (and adults) of all ages. We are almost two weeks into our 100 Day Project and I have to say that smush painting have been one … Read more

How to make coconut and olive oil hot process soap

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Looking to try your hand at soapmaking? This coconut and olive oil hot process soap is perfect for beginners and is a great first batch to make. I have been wanting to make my own soaps for at least a decade, but was terrified of using lye. So I moved onto other things, like lip … Read more

Peanut butter chia pudding makes for an easy breakfast treat

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Satisfy those sweet cravings with this deliciously sweet peanut butter chia pudding. Eat it for breakfast, grab it and go for a healthy snack, or savor it for dessert. It’s sure to please whichever way you choose.

I’ve had a love hate relationship with chia pudding for years. I’ve wanted to love it but end up just hating it because of how runny and slimy it is. I would see recipes online for the thickest and most delicious looking chia pudding and wonder why mine never looked (or tasted) as good.

I went so far as to buy an electric grinder thinking it was a texture thing. When that didn’t work, I gave up and just added a tablespoon of chia seeds to smoothies or breads here and there.

That is, until a month ago when my husband came home and declared his love for chia pudding. He had been getting it at a local coffee shop and raved about how good it was. I kind of brushed it off and figured he would continue to just get it there and be content. Aaaand then he asked me how hard it was to make. Which, in theory, isn’t hard at all. It’s the turning out well part that I struggled with.

I obliged anyway and made a batch for him to try.

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The 100 Day Project is officially over. Now what?

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We have officially finished our 100 Day Project, focusing on 100 Days of Crafting with my kiddo. Read on for our recap of what we liked and what we didn’t like.

Welp. It’s official. Another 100 Day Project is in the books. Out of all the different iterations of this project I’ve done, I’d say that this has been the most fun and most difficult. Fun, because I got to spend a whole lot of quality time with my daughter doing things we both loved doing. And difficult, because I am officially 2 weeks away from giving birth to my second child.

To be fair, I knew going into it that this would be a challenge for me because I was pregnant and would be wrapping up the project about a month before my due date. I knew that my energy and motivation would hit more peaks and valleys as a result. I was glad to be able to lean on my experience from previous years and used it as a guidepost for how much planning I would need to do to sustain us for the 100 days.

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