I used the Cricut® Explore Air™ 2, Cobalt to create a handmade Christmas card! The Cobalt Explore Air 2 is available exclusively at JOANN. It's no secret that I LOVE Cricut. I switched to Cricut brand machines a few years ago, and have created some amazing projects since then. I love that the Cricut enables me to create amazing projects from 100s of materials that I would never be able to cut by hand or with scissors. I got to try the new Cricut Explore Air 2, Cobalt available ... continue reading...
DIY Christmas Card Holder – Made with Cedar Planks!
For a festive way to display your holiday cards, make a DIY Christmas card holder with cedar planks from CedarSafe. This post is sponsored by CedarSafe. Starting around mid-November we begin receiving lots, and lots of cards! Both mine and my husbands birthdays fall between Thanksgiving and Christmas and we love displaying all the thoughtful cards we receive from friends and family. For a creative way to display our holiday cards, I made a DIY Christmas card holder with cedar planks! The ... continue reading...
How to Make DIY Lighted PVC Candy Canes
CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Once November rolls around, I can't help but want to jump straight into the Christmas decorating. Instead of decorating "spooky" for Halloween, we stick with festive fall pumpkins that double for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. That way we don't have to decorate twice! I had to move said pumpkins out of the way and pull out my JOY wreath so I could snap a few photos of our new DIY lighted PVC candy canes! How festive does this look in our front yard! I used a ... continue reading...
DIY Card Box Made With Cricut
This DIY card box was sponsored by Cricut. Handmade cards with a beautiful custom box to hold them makes an amazingly creative handmade holiday gift! The Cricut Scoring Wheel makes this project a breeze! The opinions and text are all mine. I've been making cards for many, many years. In fact, a few years ago I made it my New Year's resolution to send a birthday card to all of my friends and family. Scrapbook paper is one of those things that's super easy to collect and I pick up a new ... continue reading...
10 Thoughtful DIY Christmas Gifts
I've always loved making gifts for people. My mom still has the ornaments we crafted as children - didn't everyone make popsicle stick reindeer!? The time and care involved in creating DIY Christmas gifts shows the recipient that you really care! I especially love gifts that you can use. From sugar scrubs and cozy slippers to edible gifts like cinnamon bread and hot cocoa - I've rounded up 10 thoughtful DIY Christmas gifts you can make for all the favorite people on your Christmas ... continue reading...
Embroidery Hoop Crafts: Fabric Holiday Hoops
If you're looking for easy embroidery hoop crafts, you'll love these fabric holiday hoops! This post is sponsored by JOANN.Holiday crafting is my absolute favorite. It's probably because the holidays are my favorite time of year. There's no shortage of celebrations in the fourth quarter: our wedding anniversary is on Sept. 28th, then there's Halloween, my birthday, Thanksgiving, Eric's birthday, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. So many fun things to celebrate and decorate for! I've made some ... continue reading...
How To Make Fabric Pumpkins
This post is sponsored by JOANN. Learn how to make fabric pumpkins to decorate this autumn! I've never been a big shopper. I don't love to go to the mall and I really don't like trying on clothes. My guilty pleasure has always been the craft store! I love to grab a Starbucks Frappuccino and browse the aisle of my JOANN store! I usually pick up odds and ends without having a specific project in mind - just like I did with these paper mache pumpkins I found on sale. I got them home and I used ... continue reading...
DIY Drink Stirrers
Make DIY drink stirrers in fun pineapple shapes using EasyCast Clear Casting Epoxy, pigment dyes, and a silicon mold. Confession time - it's water and food coloring in those glasses! You know that saying "done is better than perfect" - well I'm totally using that today. I kept putting off publishing this post because I thought "oh I'll do a fun cocktail recipe and tie the two posts together". Well when I try to do too many things or continually try to do it all - I end up doing nothing! So ... continue reading...
How To Make A Wooden Bookmark
If you call someone who collects books a bibliophile - what do you call someone who collects bookmarks? I have been on a DIY bookmark kick lately. I created these beautiful resin bookmarks last week and this week I decided to try another medium: WOOD! I pulled out my Cricut Maker and used the knife blade to cut out my creation! The biggest piece of advice I can give someone started out with the Cricut Maker is to not be afraid of it. When starting a project, I'm always nervous that I'm going to ... continue reading...
Saving for Home Improvement
This post is sponsored by First Service Credit Union. You did it - you planned and saved and you were finally able to sign on the dotted line! Your dream of owning a house came true - and now it's time to make that house a home. But BOY mortgages are expensive and now there's not as much money to go around. How do you invest in home improvement without costing an arm and a leg? Some simple updates include painting, replacing or updating doors, adding new backsplash, making DIY artwork, or ... continue reading...
Loopity Loops Pillow
Try your hand at knitting - no needles, no hooks, ALL hands! This Loopity Loops pillow project was sponsored by JOANN! Growing up we spent our summers with my Grandma Ruby. She lived in a tiny town that didn't even have a stop light. My grandma and aunts loved what I now know as "junkin" but what I remember was a LOT of garage sales! Going to them and hosting them. Long hot summers were full of old clothes and picture frames and lots of unique items sold for a quarter a piece. One of MY prized ... continue reading...
DIY Fence – How to Build a Fence
Our BIG SUMMER PROJECT is complete! We built a beautiful DIY fence to replace the dilapidated wood fence between our house and our neighbor. The added bonus was we were also able to replace our gate and get an automatic opener! We had no idea how to build a fence, but we worked with our neighbors and came up with an idea we loved and this project turned out better than we could have imagined! Here are some before photos of our fence - it's SAD I know! We had to remove the ... continue reading...