Confession: I made this back in January. It has only taken my 8 months to share it with you.  I had the letters for about 2 years before I ...

Happy Fourth of July this week! I wanted something new and fun for my front door. After searching pinterest , I was inspired by this wreath ...

Since the 4th of July is this week, I thought I'd share a few of the fun things I did this year. Granted, these took me a lot longer tha...

This is one of those posts I started LAST YEAR- yes last year...and never finished or posted! {I have lots of those posts...} In fact, some ...

  Here is the tree for this year. I added a new trim- giant ball fringe instead of ribbon. I am a big fan of polka-dots and I think this ...

This awesome girl...made this incredible Star Wars Bunting/Banner on her blog. Check it out here! It is amazing! She also made this su...

  Is it Christmas Time already?? I am so not ready for the madness. This year I really want to sit back and watch lots of Hallmark and AB...

 I know Halloween is in a few days, but I'm going to attempt to finish posting the fun Halloween stuff we have done this month...in a ...

 I made this little trick-or-treat bunting a few weeks ago. After looking through magazines and pinterest, I had a vision of having a litt...

 Here is a little project I did this weekend. Super easy. I used things we already had-- making this project FREE! I had wood in the garag...

Finally I finished this little wreath. Last year I had all the supplies to make this and just never got around to making it. Yep, that is ho...

Here are a few of the fun Halloween Crafts from the Archives of My Little Gems. Most of these cost less than a dollar, and the kids will h...

In my "former" life- before I had children- I taught elementary school for about 10 years. I loved it. I especially loved getting ...