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cute and quirky playroom makeover

I finally am ready to share the playroom makeover with you all! I am so excited about it-it's my new favorite room to hang out in, which is handy, cause the kids kinda like it too. What are the ODDS? I wanted it to be cute and quirky-playful, of course, with a touch of elegance. I had some quirks I had to work with, as this is an add-on sunroom, … [Read more...]

laundry room remodel

This particular room and remodel has been a looong time coming! Our laundry room was the one room that had not been touched since we moved in 10 years ago-not even to add shelves or anything! There were more pressing projects to be done first, like the backyard and that took a long time too since we did most of it ourselves. I had this laundry room … [Read more...]

dollhouse master bedroom

Now on to the master bedroom renovation!  This room is probably my favorite in the whole new dollhouse. It just seemed to come together the easiest and was so much fun to decorate and think up things to make! And now I am remembering that the wallpaper was not so easy to pick out. SOOOO maybe it wasn't the easiest, but it turned out to be a … [Read more...]

updated girls room

I thought I'd do a little update post on the girls room since we've had to make some changes since we redid it about 2 years ago. The biggest change is the bed! Ava has always been our fastest growing girl, so we knew her toddler sized bed wouldn't last much longer. We don't have space in the room for an extra twin size bed plus the low loft bunk … [Read more...]

a lumberJACK first birthday party

My first boy party folks! Well, for my own boy! I've helped with a few of my friends parties but it's so fun to do my own son's! I figured, with the name Jack I HAD to do a lumberJACK party!! I had so much fun with this theme, and I decided on the theme before last Christmas, so I was able to collect lots of buffalo plaid items, since it was so … [Read more...]

Best of 2014 round up!

I always have a great time looking back over a year of blogging-it's nice having proof that I did something.  ha! See previous round ups here:     2011     2012     2013 Here are some of my favorites posts and things I made/did this year! leather bag-I use this CONSTANTLY and my sister asked me the other day where I got it. After I socked her … [Read more...]

olaf costume

You've already seen Anna.... so the second part of the Frozen gang is, of course, Olaf the snowman! (er, snowtoddler) Sadie and Charlotte were insistent that Ava be Olaf for Halloween, and since she's not even 2, of course she was game. the first time I put it on her she freaked out actually, didn't like it at all. the second time, luckily, she … [Read more...]

fox in sock….puppets for Books Alive

Hi I'm Jess, from Craftiness is not Optional! If you have kids (or even if not!) you've probably read a few Dr. Suess books. Or many of them...we have a whole stack of them! (I prefer the board books, honestly...they're shorter haha! I'm not much of an "out loud" reader) Anyways, the rhyming words of Fox In Socks has always made my girls … [Read more...]

rollie pollie pillow

If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen that I've been working on my playroom-which is really an attached sunroom off of our living room. We've been in this house 6 years and still never framed out the door or finished painting or adding baseboards. for shame! It's been an eyesore (in my opinion, ha!) so I finally poked and prodded Rory into … [Read more...]

DIY dollhouse: living room and kitchen

As you may know, I've been working on this dollhouse for.....many months. I had a while where I was OBSESSIVELY working on it feverishly, and then I had to wait for some things to come in the mail...and my momentum kinda slowed down, then stopped. Recently I've been finishing and re-decorating our playroom-which is where the dollhouse was going, … [Read more...]