I've heard of people who dread having yard sales. Who feel like they have to do it to get rid of their overload of stuff, but really don't like holding them.

This does not compute.

Yard Sale Day legitimately ranks up there with my Favorite Days Of The Year, somewhere alongside Christmas morning. I'm totally serious: on Saturday morning I practically leaped out of bed and was busy making Kendrick crazy with all the running around and dictating and coffee consuming within seconds.

My favorite find from our day trip to Half Moon Bay: a sort of outdoor discovery garden filled with different crafting tables. But not, like, yarn and sparkles and such…amazing things. Like giant abalone shells and air plants and blue jars and tiny squares of sheet music and twine.

And a table full of ideas for just what to do with all these amazing things, like make planters and lanterns and messages in a bottle. Crafts that I not only wanted to make…but that I wanted to keep, and display. Crafts that I think you should try out, too - and especially if you have a kid-and-adult-inclusive party, because I'm telling you: everyone will love these.