diy christmas craft

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-21T18:02:57-06:00December 21st, 2010|Craft Projects, My Family, Our House|

It has been a very simple Christmas at our house. We’ve cut out a lot of the more toxic aspects (greenery, candles, lights, etc.) which leaves me to get creative when it comes to helping our house feel homey and warm for the holiday. Instead of greens this year we are utilizing other options and textures. I made this paper wreath out of coffee filters to replace our normal green one for inside the house. It took forever, 500 coffee filters and a whole lot of hot glue, but I LOVE it. After Christmas I’m going to add a pretty letter “T” and hang it over Taryn’s bed. You can’t tell […]

speaking of belated holidays….

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-15T07:04:33-05:00September 15th, 2010|Austin Photographer, Craft Projects, My Family|

Grandparents day was last weekend and we totally slacked. I’d love to say that we sent thoughtful cards and picked up the phone and honored the wonderful grandparents that our kids have….but, we didn’t. We forgot. But Taryn’s teacher didn’t and the kids drew a photo of their grandparents in class. When we found this in her folder it was an instant favorite and Jase and I cracked up. First, note the purple shoes….I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen Grandma or Grandpa in purple shoes. No, make that absolutely certain. Especially Grandpa. Although I would like to. Grandma is on the right, and I can assure you that she is not a hairy lady at all, and she is much […]

bluebonnet craft | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-13T13:37:56-05:00May 13th, 2010|Craft Projects, My Family|

This is not my idea or my project, it is one of the many cool things Taryn brings home from pre-k. I absolutely adore her teacher and will miss her during the 6 months between when Taryn starts kindergarten and Teagan starts pre-k. They do a lot of cool things with the kids but I really love this one so I thought I’d share for all my Texas bluebonnet loving momma friends =)

How easy is this, and super cute. A simple green line and then the bluebonnets and leaves are her fingerprints. Jase said he remembers doing something similar as a kid but they used a bit of blue dye, a […]