How to Age Brass.

Or rather, I guess in Canada technically they’d be metre sticks..I don’t know what it is about yard sticks, but I just think they’re really neat-looking.

Anyway, we went out to the garage and cut two of them into different lengths like this:.We made each piece about 2 inches longer than the last, then we glued them all together and suddenly they were a tree!.So simple, but so cute!

Perfect for a classroom, workshop, or craft room….none of which I actually own, but maybe one day I will.

And I’ll be ready!.

So those are my “holiday decor hacks”!I really am inspired by all of those ambitious bloggers who work from dawn til way past dusk every single day, plugging away, learning, growing, and providing so much value to their readers.

I even think I might like to be like them when I grow up.I’m totally someone who’s inclined to be just like them, only there’s just no way that’s going to work for me and my family right now.

I’ve tried to squeeze in a little extra work here and there all day long, either while the rest of my family is out doing something together, or while they seem to be distracted enough for me to sneak off to my laptop, but I always end up feeling like I’m missing out on all the fun or worse, I feel like a terrible mother for getting annoyed when someone asks for a snack or wants me to come hang out with them.It just doesn’t work for us at this stage of life and I really need to be present for my family as much as I can, which is kind of why I stopped working outside of the home in the first place!