Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Life lands on the kitchen counter.

Kid Made Salt Dough Grinch Christmas Ornaments

"Maybe Christmas " the Grinch thought "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more?" Each Christmas Eve our family gathers on the couch to read two books together. The first is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and the other is "Twas the Night Before Christmas". We read from the book that my husband read from when he was a child...which I think makes it even more special. We love the positivity of the Whos down in Whooville. Their love for each other teaches ...

Feed the birds and have fun making these beautiful cookie cutter bird feeders. A super simple bird seed bird feeder recipe that anyone can make. We are taking the Valentine's Day love outdoors today. I've had a bag of birdseed sitting on the kitchen counter for a few weeks now. We had fun making and filling our little pumpkin bird feeders, but I have been wanting to make a cookie cu tter bird feeder for a while now. With Valentine's Day right around the corner I thought what better time to ...

how to make a remembrance day felt poppy

The familiar sight of Royal Canadian Legion boxes overflowing with red poppies for sale are available on most corners of the city. The iconic plastic poppy has been around probably as long as Remembrance Day and Veterans Day. Perhaps the most challenging thing is finding a way to keep the pinned to your jacket. My mother was a creative woman and she would replace the straight pin with a tiny Canada flag pin - with a backer that clicked and locked in place. That solution did work, however ...