I love crafting and I love creating, but I actually have no true skills. This means if I can do it, anyone can do it. Literally! I love me some bunting! Hmm...What do I love about it? I love that it is festive and quick and easy. I love that scraps of fabric, a dollar spool of ribbon, a hot glue gun and a pair of pinking shears are all that is required. I literally trace right onto the fabric with a pencil using my fancy stencil (pictured below). Then I cut out my ...
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Valentine’s Day Wreath
Yesterday I filled you all in on my newest crafting obsession, fabric flowers. If you need tutorial on those click here. Today I am going to show you where all those fabric flowers are now taking up residence. For starters, I would like to point out that my decorating budget is, well...pretty much nothing. So to get my house Valentine's ready I had to be creative, using what I already have on hand. Being a crafty lady and all means that there is quite a bit lying around. One of the ...
Fabric Flower Tutorial
I am getting my Valentine craft on. In the midst of this crafting I tackled my first fabric flower (quickly followed by a dozen other). They are addictive and just so darn cute. I thought I would whip together a little photo tutorial for you all. I used scrap fabric I had lying around and a glue gun. You could also use fabric glue...whatever works! REAPEAT If you give these a whirl you will be totally ...
DIY Light Bulb Ornament {Upcylce}
I am doing my very first (handmade) ornament exchange this year. Miss Ann Marie over at White House, Black Shutters (No, she doesn't sell shutters) is running it. I signed up not really knowing what I was going to do. My ornament kind of evolved if you will. I am so in love and will never be throwing away a light bulb again! So here is the 411 on how to make these bad boys. Any old burned out light bulb can be turned into an ornament. Modge Podge, glitter and a bit of ribbon is all it ...
Weekend Wrap-Up: Photo Shoot and Parades
Yet another weekend gone. Man they fly by fast! I hope you all enjoyed yours. Quinn got a special treat this Friday. He got to see Puss in Boots with his Gigi. Check out his version of Puss in Boots. Yup, that's my Quinn. Rocking his boots and sword. He is all about Puss and Boots. We kicked off our weekend as a family with free ice cream from Culvers (No Spend November). Little E hit the six month mark and we celebrated with a little photo shoot on Saturday. No spend ...