Ambrosia Creative

Happy eight months Mara!

There was a major heatwave the week of the Fourth, which quickly killed any ambition for Fourth of July picnicking, cow-milking, or hay-tossing (local activities). But as soon as the sun began to set, we lit up our store-bought fireworks and waited for the more impressive (illegal) show put on by neighbors. Speaking of neighbors, we found a litter of wild bunnies nesting right outside our kitchen window that day.

I’m happy to share that I am part of HelloBee’s design team and also their newest craft contributor! First up is this cloud shadowbox made out of…paper towel rolls! One of these days I will learn learn how to craft and sculpt with wood so I can produce a more sophisticated version, mark my words, but in the meantime here are instructions to make this upcycled one instead.

And secondly, I helped Bee with this free Summer Fun List printable. I designed two versions; you can choose a list for the fridge, or enjoy the element of surprise by randomly picking activities from a jar. Truth: I am a boring mom and the unpredictability of the jar unnerves me. This will be good practice for me on mellowing out.

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Congrats to Melissa, comment number 29, for winning the JetPens giveaway! 

I recently made some hair clips for Mara and shared the instructions at Dotcoms for Moms.

Wishing a very happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans! May we all be proud citizens of this democratic, diverse, wonderfully entrepreneurial and dynamic nation of ours.

And I got behind on posting, so this is stupidly late of me, but I shared a patriotic bunting project over at SheKnows.com. For next year maybe?

More last-minute July 4th helps:
Star Drink Tags
Printable July 4th Badges

And $50 Jet Pens giveway ends on Thursday (only 55 entries so far…chances of winning aren’t bad!)