Crafts

Glam It Up With Gold

02.04.2012

Our house isn’t exactly glam and is pretty laid-back but when I opened up my email to see this, I fell in love. Gold is all over the place and I’m thinking this could work on our dark blue accent wall in our kitchen/laundry area. But you know me – I’m slightly cheap and non-committal when [...]

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Sea Art – completed!

10.27.2011

Back in July, I found some pretty wall art, but at the $249 price tag, it wasn’t in my future. So I took the sea fan I had hanging in our guest bathroom (that has a beach them), and grabbed a can of spray paint. The fan was a purple color previously, and I just [...]

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Sewing Catastophe

07.29.2011

I mentioned before how things don’t always turn out as I plan. Just the case: this little dress. It’s cute, right? I saw this one while in a boutique in Maui and thought “PERFECT! I’m making that for my favorite little two-year old’s birthday present.” (please excuse picture – I was sneaking the picture so [...]

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The Bill Collector

07.26.2011

Instead of stacking incoming mail and papers on my desk space (and then losing track of them), I thought a great idea would be to have corkboard on the back of the cloffice door that we could pin bills to when we open them. Now we’ll never get a past due notice! It was just a [...]

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Sea Art

07.23.2011

I’ve been watching One Kings Lane lately, and this popped up yesterday. Gorgeous right? So classy (it should be for $249 a pop) and I’ve needed a way to display my sea artifacts. I don’t have 9 of each item, but I have ways of making this happen! I have the sea fan already. And what if they [...]

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Diaper Cake & Baby Shower Planning

07.22.2011

I’m planning a baby shower for my dear friend who is (over)due with her second child. Waiting to see if it was a baby boy or baby girl, I can’t do much in advance. But I could make a diaper cake to use as décor. Since this is a second baby shower, we decided to [...]

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Quilting for Amateurs?

05.23.2011

I’ve been thinking some time that I want to tackle a quilt. Not all by hand, but just on the machine (to start) Here are some inspiring photos of quilts found in blogland: Found here. Found here. Found here. Love the edge on this one. Looks easy for a first quilt (minus all the quilting – [...]

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Meaningful Fingerprints

04.09.2011

Am I the only one who is in love with this idea?? A guest book of sorts… I’m thinking any overnight guests can “sign in” with their fingerprint and sign their name over their fingerprint. And we’ll forever have a token to remember the visit by – and we’ll remember our first house forever in [...]

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Candy Cane Tutu

12.22.2010

The perfect gift for your favorite munchkin who likes to dress up… For an awesome tutorial, or to just buy one of your own, you can visit Heartbreak Kids here!

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Making Dishes Fun Again: Pretty dish gloves

12.21.2010

I’ve gone through a couple of pairs of these over the past few years. I first found out about them when my dear friend from London gave me a pair. Apparently the Brits know how to clean in style. Now, this is a stocking stuffer for someone on my list this year. Who wouldn’t want [...]

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Christmas Card Displays

12.15.2010

I’ve wanted a great way to display Christmas cards in our house and use them as part of our decor. In searching, I found some really adorable ideas I thought I would share. A great tutorial available for this one from Centsational Girl. There are so many great uses for a staircase. Sometimes I actually wish [...]

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Capturing life’s events (on your tree)

12.10.2010

I just got an idea of what to do with my close friends’ wedding invitations, party invitations, and even baby announcements. I keep them because I can’t seem to bring myself to throw something out liek that when they’ve put so much time into it or ordered such a nice print from Tiny Prints. I [...]

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DIY: Pretty Baby Burp Cloth

12.06.2010

Our church takes dinners to families for quite a few weeks after a family has a new baby, and Brian and I are on the agenda for two this week. I thought it would be a great addition to the meal to bring along some cute burp clothes for the new baby. I think this is [...]

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Newest Crush: Felt balls & a family tree

12.02.2010

I’m crushing – I just found a website with felt balls after seeing a holiday garland that was too cute on Just Me. Isn’t her garland adorable?! I’m bummed they are out of stock on these… And one other thing I found: The cutest guest book you ever did see. Guests add their fingerprint to the tree! [...]

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Monogrammed Tea Towels

11.16.2010

Starting to think about Christmas! Holy moly – it’s coming very quickly and only yesterday did it sink in. What am I going to give this year??? Last year I made these as gifts (and for myself) and I plan to again this year. They make a great hostess gift or shower gift for a bride [...]

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New Uses for Old Things: placemats & napkins

11.15.2010

Have you seen it?? The Martha Stewart Living magazine arrived this weekend just in time for my mom to browse through it. (I rarely have a chance to read the magazines while still in the current season, though I have about 5 magazine subscriptions.) In it - an idea to update linen hemstitch placemats and napkins. [...]

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Growth Chart

11.09.2010

I painted some fabric with acrylic craft paint for a 1st birthday gift for my best friend’s daughter. She didn’t have a growth chart yet and I thought it would be a great time to begin now that she was walking. It really was an easy project. I just used some duck cloth bought at [...]

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