This painting technique is pretty easy with the right materials, but it took a little experimenting on my part to figure it out, so take my tips so that you can have a much easier time with it! Materials: Liquitex Pouring Medium Acrylic Paint (in colors of your choice) Small cups for mixing Popsicle sticks Blank canvas Plastic bag (for small project) or trash bag (for big project) The Liquitex is the secret ingredient to this whole project. The Liquitex is what helps the paint flow around the canvas, helps create cells among the paint colors (the “cells” are the bubbly looking areas), and a ..read more

This super quick, super affordable piece can liven up your patriotic décor.  I like to put a few stars and stripes themed decorations in my house before Memorial Day.  Then those same decorations carry me through July 4th and Labor Day!  I found an old shutter at a salvage lumber yard for $3.  You can also often find old shutters at garage sales and thrift stores.  If worse comes to worse, you can buy a new one (but then you will miss the exciting treasure hunt for bargains!). The star was actually a Christmas ornament that I bought on clearance after the holidays ..read more

This cute ukulele wall hanger is made of thrifted materials and is a great piece to help put together a gallery wall! Materials: 4″x 6″ picture frame leftover silverware with plastic handles canvas to fit in the frame (2x) 1/2″ screws (1x) screw primer and paint in the color of your choice e-6000 glue Tools: clamp drill hand saw sandpaper I traveled to the thrift store to begin my hunt for materials for this project. In all honesty I did not have a concrete idea about what I would use to put this hanger together. I had thought about using some wooden thread spools for the arms that would h ..read more

With summer upon us, many vacations are being planned and memories are being made. It’s great to have a special photograph to frame as a memento of your adventure.  What will make that framed photo even more special is if the picture frame itself a memento of your trip! I was able to take a last minute trip to Yellowstone National Park this past fall with some girlfriends.  It was a wonderful trip and we had so much fun.  The friend who organized the trip had a birthday not long after we returned, so we decided to make this fun “Yellowstone Memories” picture frame for her.  ..read more

We love to be outside in the evenings during spring.  Honestly, in Texas we are blessed with pleasant evening temperatures 8 months of the year!  The only problem is that pesky mosquitoes also like to be out and about during the evenings!  These handy bottle torches are filled with citronella tiki fuel to keep the mosquitoes away, and they provide a wonderful decorative element in your outdoor space.  An added benefit to this project is that they are super affordable to make!  The torch fuel and the wick are the only costs (well, outside of the cost of a bottle of wine ..read more

This bag is simple and can be made quickly with any leftover fabric you have, a bandanna, an old shirt, or whatever! This small bag can come in handy for holding anything you need. I just got a new doggie and I made this one so that I can carry around treats for training her.  This versatile bag can be thrown together quickly with a few straight stitches on your sewing machine. Materials: fabric scrap, at least 11″x 11″ ribbon, or anything that can be the drawstring (I used a leftover bag strap) jump ring or clip keychain school glue or Fray Check iron straight pins safety pin Cut a sq ..read more

Use flocked HTV, your Silhouette Cameo or other die cut machine, and an iron or heat press to customize cloth dinner napkins. My millennial daughter is really into a “zero waste” mindset.  She has studied, made vast changes in how she shops, and she has even started a mini compost bin in her apartment!  I applaud and admire her for her efforts to make our planet a cleaner, less wasteful place.  While I am not near as diligent with my zero waste efforts, she has inspired me to change a few things and be more conscious of my ecological footprint. One thing I have started doing is ..read more

I wanted to spruce up my wicker silverware holder with some labels that would be a bit more classy than the notecard-and-yarn labels that I have had for a long time. Affixing these labels with brads make it so that you do not have to attach them permanently to the baskets, and there are also lots of different types of cute brads that you can find to help embellish the labels even further! Materials: We are a participant in the Amazon Affiliates Program, so all linked materials below are safe links to products on Amazon. Wooden circles , sized for your basket Ribbon Base paint Paint, paint pe ..read more

Turn dollar store plastic Easter eggs into custom designer eggs using your Silhouette Cameo, adhesive-backed glitter vinyl, and a household item that will be the secret to your success! Materials: We are a participant in the Amazon Affiliates Program, so all linked materials below are safe links to products on Amazon. Plastic Easter eggs (get at dollar store) Glue X-ACTO knife Adhesive backed glitter vinyl Silhouette cutting machine Decorative adhesive rhinestones or trim Flexible tape measure (optional) Heat gun or hair dryer Decorating Easter eggs can be fun, but to be honest, I’ve never b ..read more

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