Crafty Plans

What happened to summer? How are the kids back to school and the trees turning already? HOW? Oh right … it went buy in a fabulous blur of swim lessons, weekend trips, sweltering days (still here, unfortunately) and frozen yogurt. It was nice! But it was busy.

Now I am looking directly at an entire three-day weekend … a weekend where we are not traveling, a weekend where we don’t have too much planned. YAY! I am hoping to get some things sorted out around the house, like my insane “office” (aka. the dump) or the ever-present evolution of children’s clothes and toys or Tabby’s still-broken shelf.

But I’d also like to do some fun little projects too:

I get to spend all day on Friday with Ben because his school has teacher training. I’m guessing there will be much in the way of snuggling, TV watching and general play, but it would be fun to do some crafty things with him. After the marshmallow shooters were such a big hit, it might be fun to make these mini bow-and-arrows. Or maybe watercolors would be just as fun?

Tabby and I are heading to a play on Friday night with generations 1 and 2 (my mom and g’ma), but maybe between the time she gets home from school and we have to get ready, we can make these button bobby pins.

If I’m dreaming big (and have some big time hubby buy-in), I’d love to make these rolling cubes to replace our current (hated) coffee table.

Truth be told, I should probably aim lower. Weekends (even 3-day weekends) are never as long as you think. Especially when you have to have a ton of food ready to send off in school lunches (ahem). Maybe this magazine frame is more my speed … or maybe I should just focus my energy on getting my office in order so I can actually use the space.