Create amazing DIY earrings from an acrylic pour painting. This project is sponsored by JOANN. Pour painting is an incredibly addicting activity! To create your acrylic pour painting, you start with a blank canvas. You then choose your colors! I love the Color Pour paints from JOANN because they come pre-mixed with the right amount of pouring medium for optimal flow and they pair up beautiful color combinations for you! Of course, you can always pick your colors individually and let ... continue reading...
DIY Coffee Cup for Entrepreneurs
Create the perfect DIY coffee cup decals for entrepreneurs with the Wild Rose Cricut Explore Air 2! This post is sponsored by JOANN. Running my own business has been simultaneously the best and hardest thing I've done so far in my life. The decision to leave the comfort and security of a full time income in IT was not an easy one. (You can read all about my decision here!) BUT even on the hardest and most stressful days, I know it was the right decision and I'm incredibly lucky to be ... continue reading...
20 Gorgeous Luggage Tags
Get inspiration from 20 inspiring projects and create your own DIY luggage tags! If you travel a lot, you know that luggage tags are a must-have. Aside from it adding a bit of personality to your travel bags, it makes sure that you can identify your belongings easily! You don't have to settle for the typical luggage tags available online or in the mall. You can customize and personalize your own to give it a more personal touch and show the real you! Create one of these gorgeous DIY ... continue reading...
DIY Bulletin Board
Learn how to make a DIY bulletin board to display your photos and keepsakes! This project is sponsored by JOANN. I love a quick and easy project! I also love finding new ways to display my photos. I made this resin photo holder last summer and it inspired me to continue displaying photos around the house. For this project I picked up two simple items from JOANN to create a cute way to display photos and keepsakes. I found this colorful stretch cord and decided to come up with a fun way to ... continue reading...
30 Cool Kitchen Accessories (You didn’t know you needed!)
30 cool kitchen accessories you'll love (and didn't know you needed!) that will help make life easier or help keep your home in order! Have you noticed as you get older that you get excited about things you never thought you would!? We recently put in a new sprinkler system for our yard and I had NO idea I could be that excited about WATER! Another simple pleasure? Finding useful gadgets to help make life easier or to help keep things in order! I found 30 cool kitchen accessories I can't ... continue reading...
Our Colorful Patio Reveal
We created a colorful patio with the help of At Home! This post is sponsored by At Home. The patio is finally complete! We recently made some pretty major changes by adding color to our bland back patio: we painted our backdoor, painted the patio concrete floor, and added new color changing lights! Once that was done, we had a blank, albeit colorful, slate to decorate! It was time to replace our pallet couch, so we headed to At Home to pick out some new patio furniture! We love to shop ... continue reading...
How To Paint Metal Planters
Learn how to paint metal planters to decorate your patio. This project is sponsored by JOANN. Spring has definitely sprung here in south Texas - my garden is overflowing with blooms and my allergies are CRAZY! With the help of some allergy meds, I've been enjoying our newly painted patio quite a bit more. We recently made some major changes with paint, and that trend continues with this project! The thing we were lacking was wall decor and plants (because YES I always need more plants!) I ... continue reading...
30 Items To Organize Your Life
Getting organized isn't difficult with the right tools for the job! Find 30 items to organize your life all available via Amazon! Kitchens, bathrooms, cars, and closets - we could all use a little help getting all the places we dwell daily organized. We're confronted daily with little disruptions due to disorganization and in order to get our lives to run smoothly, sometimes we need a little help! When your desk is in disarray, wrangle all those loose cords with this quirky cord organizer. ... continue reading...
How To Make A Bed Skirt
Learn how to make a bed skirt quickly, easily, and in any size! This project is sponsored by JOANN. Necessity is the mother of all invention, right? Well when we got a new mattress a few months ago (a Tempur-pedic, holla!) I also got a new bed frame. It never made sense to me why standard bed frames are only like 6 inches off the ground. I found a much taller one, and now have PLENTY of room under the bed! The problem? It was impossible to find a bed skirt that fit! The ones I found were ... continue reading...
How to Make A Simple DIY Wall Hanging
Learn how to make a simple DIY wall hanging to decorate your home. This project is sponsored by JOANN. I'm afraid I've created a marble monster! This project demonstrates a simple technique that I fear could be a bit addicting! Start with a heavy duty fabric. JOANN has a ton of utility fabrics: I used white duck canvas. You then pick your paint - I tested out a few different options and found that alcohol ink worked best. There really isn't a wrong way to do this project - just sprinkle the ... continue reading...
DIY Headboard Ideas: 10 Great Projects!
One of my very first DIY projects was a DIY headboard. It was after college and my first time living solo, so I was really excited to make a place of my own. Did I mention this was right after college? So I definitely didn't have money for the beautiful Pottery Barn headboard I was coveting! Instead I made my own and I was terribly proud of it! That project also kicked off a whole slew of other projects and inspired me to continue creating things for my home. There are so many great ideas out ... continue reading...
Our Patio Makeover – Color Changes Everything!
We made major improvements to our patio by adding COLOR! Our patio makeover: painting our backdoor, painting the patio concrete, and adding new lights! This post is sponsored by Enbrighten. When we moved in to our first home (about 3 years ago!) we were so excited for all the potential DIY projects. We immediately made a list of things we wanted to change and do - it was a big list! The "fun" part of home ownership is sometimes you don't get to do the projects you want and have to do the ... continue reading...