The Creative Salad – Page 28 – Crafty fun and homeschool adventures in Sonoma County, California.

Dress-Up Clothes Storage Conundrum

We are up to our elbows in dress-up clothes. We’ve accumulated quite a bit of thrifted Halloween costumes, fancy dance outfits from the consignment store, handmade goodies, and awesome hand-me-downs.

Currently the play silks, crowns, dresses, wings, feather boas, and tutus are stuffed into this handmade basket that is entirely too small for our costume collection. I believe it’s time for something larger!

Here are some storage possibilities:

Featured above:
1. West Elm’s Curved Storage Baskets
2. Land of Nod’s Charming Baskets
3. Lands’ End’s Canvas Hamper
4. Pottery Barn Kids’ Large Canvas Floor Tote Storage (currently on sale)
5. IHeart Organizing’s DIY Rope Basket looks as fine as the other baskets, but costs a small fraction of the price. That’s mighty tempting to this frugal mama.

What do you think?

Summer Postcard No. 3 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a daily photo with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

We ate a lot of chocolate cake today…

Because you only turn four and a half years old once.

After weeks of counting down to July 30th, the day has arrived and our daughter will finally call herself four and a half. There’s no rounding up with this girl.

Summer Postcard No. 2 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a daily photo with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

It’s that time of the year: blackberry season is upon us. Each day we pick a handful of berries, eagerly awaiting the day our blackberry bushes burst into ripeness and we have enough blackberries for berry sauce or crumble or jam or, what the heck, all three!

Summer Postcard No. 1 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a photo from our day with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

Painting wooden hearts… our girl loves to make things for her friends. (And I love to see her occupied with a project for an hour!) Simple color-mixing and painting fun.

Simple and Tasty Independence Day Eats

I’ve been eyeing these tasty red, white, and blue themed snacks for our Independence Day celebration. In addition to July Fourth, this week we celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary and David’s birthday! Should be a busy and fun Fourth of July.

Featured above:
1. A healthful Fourth of July breakfast of toast with berry jam, blueberries and bananas (link/pin)
2. Flag fruit kabobs (link/pin)
3. Red, white, and blue donut hole breakfast skewers (link/pin)
4. Red, white, and blue berry trifle (link/pin)
5. Red, White and Blueberry Parfait for the 4th of July (link/pin)
6. Rice Krispy Treat Sparklers (link/pin)
7. 4th of July ice cream cone topped with blueberries and red sprinkles (pin)

View these and many other July Fourth pins, including several fantastic Independence Day kids craft activities, on my Summer Holiday Inspiration Pinterest board.

(images obtained via Pinterest)