what we do for pre-k

DIY clay creations

Gemma will likely not start school until 2016 because she has a fall birthday. This will mean she’ll be an “old” kindergartner. I am not sure how I feel about this; she is bright and part of me worries about … Continue reading

DIY clay creations

DIY clay creations

We did this little DIY clay creations project on Friday after I attempted a run around our neighborhood. Along the way we stopped and picked up a few things like we did the day of our scavenger hunt with our … Continue reading

my first post

so this is going to be my first post on my new amy+mayd blog! yay! to be honest, I love writing but I have found it hard to be so candid with my life online because it is unnatural to me to let people in to such a deep place. I feel though that to produce a good blog you have to be vulnerable to your community… so here goes.

amy+mayd is a name that encompasses both my name Amy and the things that I make. I find inspiration in many different areas but currently I am finding a lot of inspiration through my daughter. She is my first and she will be one Nov. 3rd. This year has been such a source of growth for me.

my goal with my blog, being the type-a that I am (must have goals and plans..haha) is to show the sources that drive my work featured on my new site amymayd  (giant thanks to my very talented husband for building my site for me and putting up with all of my requests!)

my “amy+weekly” page is going to be a way for me to track the current projects I am working on and the “amy+loves” page will encompass sites, blog posts and other crafters information that I am loving!