Craft Alert: “Everywhere” is Special When You’re Wearing a Crown, So Make One for Mother’s Day

Various Crafting Supplies:  Scissors, bottle caps, aluminum foil, candies. Photo by Cecilia Kennedy

During a Halloween blitz through Epcot just a few years ago, inspiration struck me as I watched a woman stumble through the streets of the World Showcase. She had a beer in one hand and was wearing a shiny tiara. In that moment, I thought to myself, “I should really wear tiaras more often. They look like so much fun.” However, the daily duties of laundry, running my child to swim practice, helping students with papers, and blogging once a week made that once-in-a-lifetime sparkly moment fade like my “tankini” after just one water aerobics class. After all, where would I possibly go that would warrant the use of a tiara? Yet, Mother’s Day is one day, I believe, when people would actually expect me to wear a tiara—perhaps even a giant crown. And I don’t want…