Decor-Recipes-Crafts
I love making salt dough ornaments with my boys around the holidays. Each year we make an ornament with their handprint for the tree. It's easy and they enjoy it so much. This year I was inspired by my blogging friend Courtenay over at The Creek Line House to make some salt dough ornaments to decorate for Autumn. She did it with her … [Read more...]
Today I have a guest crafter, Marie Thomason. Marie and I used to work together in a cancer research lab before either of us were married. We've stayed in touch over the years and when Marie posted these gorgeous flowers made from plastic spoons on her Facebook page last week I knew I just had to share them with my readers!! We all know that … [Read more...]
Here is a cute and easy little craft perfect for this time of year-coffee filter pumpkins! These little guys are just so cute! To make the pumpkins start with-you guessed it-coffee filters! You can use white or natural filters depending on your desired end color. I only had the white ones one hand. I used one large and one small … [Read more...]
If you've been around here for long you may have gathered that we have a thing for maps...and from what I can see they are popping up all over the home decor universe so I'm embracing it! I was cleaning out a drawer not too long ago and found some old maps from when my husband and I lived in Italy and thought they'd make perfect little coasters so … [Read more...]
If you're a regular blog reader I'm sure you have come across this amazing spoon starburst wreath made by Kristi from Addicted2Decorating . It has spawned many imitations lately and is just ingenious! So when I was browsing my new Pottery Barn catalog and saw this hurricane I knew just how to try to reproduce it! I admit that my … [Read more...]
Hello All! I'm over at Ask Anna today with a tutorial on how to make those cute little fabric rosettes you saw on my DIY Burlap Monogram Wreath. Hop on over and see how easy these are to make! … [Read more...]
What is it about the textures of jute and burlap that make me swoon? I'm not sure but its rare I can pass it by without a second glance. My son has been home from school sick so far this week and when I got him settled on the couch I was looking for a quickie project to do and remembered a rol of jute I picked up at the craft store … [Read more...]
My husband's unit has a coffee group for spouses and last night was my turn to host. Of course I had to do a craft night as the theme and I was inspired to try to make a patriotic yarn wreath like this one from Attempted Creativity: Seems simple enough right? Sure. The problems began when I started looking to buy the wreath forms. … [Read more...]
I'm having a wreath-making party tomorrow (which I'll be sharing later this week) and as I was prepping I thought I would make myself a new wreath for our front door. The entire time since we moved in April I have had my Easy Spring Wreath on the front door...we were overdue for a freshening up! I resisted the urge to go for an autumn look just … [Read more...]
Two of the hardest things about being a DIY blogger are coming up with new ideas and the amount of time invested into each project that you showcase on your blog. Many times I spent a lot of time doing projects and they just don't turn out well. Its a huge disappointment and a waste of time and money not to mention the addition of stress when a … [Read more...]
My husband and I have been tossing around the idea of putting an inground pool into the backyard and its been a weighty decision. Its a big investment and we've been thinking a lot about how we use our outdoor space. We bought a large soft-sided pool at Walmart a few weeks ago to help us gauge how much use we would get out of a pool and it was an … [Read more...]
Inspired by my recent visit to my Dad's and his thrift store finds I have been wanting to venture out to a local thrift store myself. I used to thrift a lot but since having the three little guys it had lost some of its appeal...three kids five and under pretty much suck the joy out of any shopping in my experience! Well, I was out on errands … [Read more...]
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