Mommypage reached out last summer for a St. Patrick’s Day interview about me and MerrimentDesign.com and here it is. Give it a read if you’re curious how all this stuff began …and learn what inspires my most clever projects. Thanks, Mommypage, and Happy St. P’s to you!

Nothing says spring like decorating a traditional Easter lamb cake with fluffy white frosting and green coconut grass. By now, you should have followed the Easter Lamb Cake recipe to bake and cool your lamb cake and she looks cute but plain like so: Let’s doll her up with a little icing from her cute …

Lamb cakes are as Easter as the bunny herself! Make your family and friends a cute-as-a-button lamb cake this Easter with this simple step-by-step Easter lamb cake recipe using a lamb cake mold pan. I’ll show you my no-fail tips to make this traditional 3D lamb cake for Easter. Lamb cake recipe for a traditional …

Thanks to Lark Crafts for sponsoring this giveaway. If you are anything like me, sometimes you need a little inspiration. This giveaway includes two books from Lark Crafts that are bound to get your creativity flowing. Making an Impression: Designing and Creating Artful Stamps by Geninne D. Zlatkis is a lovely guide to creating stamps …

Warm your sweetie’s heart with this clever tea & cookies combo: Handsewn teabags tied to yummy cookies that anchor the teabag as it steeps. I came up with the idea while making tea with my plain old loose teabags. No surprise my sweet tooth was craving cookies …and thought that maybe they could weigh down …

This Sriracha salt recipe makes a hot and spicy Valentine’s Day gift for your snugglebug. See how easy it is to make DIY sriracha salt with this two-ingredient sriracha salt “recipe” that’s a great last-minute DIY Valentine’s Day gift idea. My friend Macki made this clever Sriracha salt for Father’s Day last year and I …

I may never be as organized or polished as Martha Stewart but with these new totes and cases from Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery at Staples perhaps I can fake it. Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery has expanded their line of innovative organization products exclusively at Staples by adding stylish and functional totes, …

Make a cute and easy DIY football shirt for kids for your little Super Bowl fan — no sewing required! All you need for this no-sew football t-shirt or onesie for baby is a t-shirt, ribbon, and some fusible webbing to iron it all together. Easy no-sew DIY football shirt for kids There are a …

Go beyond the classic monkey with this clever book from Lark Crafts! Return of the Stupid Sock Creatures: Evolutions, Mutations, and Other Creations by John Murphy is full of fun, clever creatures to create with socks. In response to the popularity of his book Stupid Sock Creatures: Making Quirky, Lovable Figures from Cast-off Socks, John …

This longer baby bib free sewing pattern with pocket is for all the messy toddlers out there and their moms (AKA me) who are tired of doing their laundry. All of Elise’s baby bibs were much too short …not only were her bibs not keeping food off of her clothes but they also were looking …

Elise’s Toy Story Birthday Party favors had a little bit of cowboy yee haw! flair. Aren’t these teeny brown cowboy hats impossibly cute? I paired them with red and white gingham oilcloth and white paper treat bags. I got the white paper crafting bags, adorable teeny felt cowboy hats and red bandanas at ConsumerCrafts.com back when …

Make my easy DIY baby tag blanket for snuggly newborns to cuddle, learn, and play! It’s quick and easy to sew a baby tag blanket for a baby shower or baby gift. You can sew this baby tag blanket in a couple of hours! I made this baby tag blanket with ribbon loops and super-soft …

Now that 2013 is peeking around the corner it’s a proper time to get organized. Today’s giveaway is for a Martha Stewart Home Office project planning system that includes: 1 Discbound textured customizable notebook with 60 sheets and a storage pocket 2 sets of discbound task pads with 150 sheets each (300 sheets total) 2 …

This post is sponsored by VELCRO® brand fasteners. Last week I shared my wreath Festive Pot Luck Food Storage Containers wreath lid decoration that was featured in Jo-Ann national holiday advertising catalog. It’s a super cute way to decorate your storage containers for cookie exchanges and pot lucks. Here’s a stockings version that’s perfect for …

Photo by Kimberly Postma Photography Maybe it’s because I’m online so much but I’m a sucker for printed holiday cards. Love designing them, love getting them in the mail, love writing on them, sealing them up, and putting on the labels and stamps. And I especially love thinking about my friends and family as I …