If you’re like us, you buy the big bag of Halloween candy in hopes that you’ll have leftovers. Buying candy for kids is a pretty great excuse for binging on candy. But this year, instead of snacking on what’s in the candy bowl, make something new with your leftover Halloween candy! There’s nothing more thrifty […]
The holiday season kicks into high gear in late October and doesn’t end until January. During this time, people are constantly decorating, making home-cooked food and baked goods, traveling, buying presents, and throwing parties. It can easily become a very expensive time of year. However, when you have DIY holiday projects up your sleeve, you […]
Candy corn is one of the most iconic candies, and I love to use them as a theme for decorations made with all sorts of materials. I happen to have a bunch of colored pencils, and the yellow, orange and white were the perfect colors to make a candy corn decoration. I found an outline […]
Here’s a Fourth of July craft with a rustic feel! Has the string art bug bitten you yet? Yes, it is indeed making a comeback. Or were you around the last time is was a crafting craze? There was a piece of string art in my grandparents house that one of my uncles made that […]
Hi there! Earth Day encourages us to not only think about our planet’s future, our own ‘”footprints” we leave for future generations, and also how we can use less resources and recycle now! Using that as inspiration, I created a card that made me “think green” by using my own thumbprint as a focal point. […]
These fun little pom pom Easter eggs are especially fun to make as the final tool used is the same one used to keep my sweaters in tip top shape (yah there’s one of my extra special puns :)) OK but seriously, if you are as much of a pom pom fanatic as I am, […]
Easter will be here soon, and if you’re anything like me, then you’re loving the all-pastel everything in stores right now. I mean everything from pastel-colored candies (hello, Cadbury mini eggs, you delicious little devils) to pastel home decor to pastel Peep throw pillows that I think are adorable even though I’m not sure what […]
Your front door is the first thing that friends and family see when they come over. You can ensure that your door is welcoming and cheerful by making one of these affordable and homemade wreaths for spring and Easter! Wreaths for Easter and Spring 1. Sweet Spring Peep Wreath – Peeps are the sweet treat […]
In addition to making jewelry for me to wear I am now constantly making jewelry aka charms for my planner to wear. And each month’s holidays are my inspiration. March means everything green and St. Patrick’s day. When I think of St. Patrick’s Day, I think of luck and what’s more lucky than a penny? […]
I have had this green Ball jar in my stash for quite some time but didn’t have an idea for what to make with it. Well, being that it’s time to decorate for St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d combine it with two of my favorite things – plants from my yard and battery powered […]
