Merely Meg Creations

Every year I try to find a Christmas craft or recipe that I can make at home to gift to my children's teachers. This year I was inspired by a Pinterest© pin I found from  Sprinkle Some Fun .  Originally I was going to follow Rachel 's recipes and create some cute printable recipe cards to attach to the dip mixes. Instead, the process changed and while I followed her basic method, the recipes are my own creation. Please check out her post . They are really quite cute! A few discoveries in making this post:  1. Do not copy someone's recipes- It's a copyright violation (I'm new- I had NO idea) 2. Do not expect anyone's kindness or respect when you are a "hobby blogger" (Apparently I am very naïve) 3. Be brave (I have never shared a recipe that I have made up before) I did end up making some cute free printables and hope you enjoy them!  Printables

 So this painting is one I’ve worked on in stages because I was using some paint markers and layer my colors to get some areas to darken up a bit. It was quite a simple process, very slow and spread out over a couple days. I would sit down on the couch and be snuggled in with my husband, Sam, and half-watch a show we both liked while painting a bit.  It was like my own personal coloring time, I had a love doodling and trying new things! It is based off a random painting I saw on Facebook, but I don’t remember who posted it; sorry I can’t credit anyone on this (contact me if it’s yours and I’ll link you).  The one below is one I sketched out for my daughter, Lizzie, who is 8 years old. She loves craft time with Mom. So we broke out the paintbrushes and acrylics and she had a blast. We didn’t have brown at the time, so we tried to make some, but we didn’t have any yellow on hand. We used some yellow food coloring, which ended up leaking from through paper- trial and error is alway

     My mom came down to visit over Thanksgiving break this year. We had a great visit, even though it can be tough to deal with for both of us emotionally. We are both anxious and depressed individuals- YAY for family genetics. Luckily, I have mine under medical control and feel very optimistic, but my mom struggles. She has a great heart, but a very negative persona. No matter what, she's mom and I love her.      She is the one who taught me how to sew and though I am NOWHERE NEAR her level of expertise, she knows I enjoy creative projects. So she brought some printed out paper directions of a bedside organizer that my sister-in-law requested for her girls. I found the original seller, Higgos (the UK Company), of these organizers  here  for about $14, but my mom also had some printed out directions from Sew Mama Sew that she needed help deciphering.      Have I mentioned that my mom is a follow every direction exactly as it is labeled kind of person, which is great when you