I still remember the afternoon my neighbor dropped by with a mug of tea and my youngest, age nine, decided the coasters on the coffee table were perfect for stacking into a tiny tower. Between after-school soccer runs, piano practice, and helping with homework, those small handmade things feel like quiet anchors in my day. My kids, now eight and twelve, love the little rituals: placing a coaster before settling in for a movie, or leaving a tiny green crochet shamrock on a windowsill like a secret. Those cozy moments made me start thinking about simple ways to brighten our…