Use toilet paper, paper, and yarn to make your own DIY Toilet Paper Mummy wreath! With only a few days left before Halloween, it seems like a perfect time for another Crafty Quickie! This Toilet Paper Mummy Wreath certainly fits the bill! If you’re struggling for some fun door decor, this couldn’t be easier. Best of all – you can REUSE the wreath for other holidays! *Post… Continue Reading
Dollar Store Makeover: Pretty Framed Pictures
I don’t really know any crafty people who aren’t on a lifelong quest to make dollar store purchases into something people will say, “Wow, how perfect! You MADE that!?” about. I’m similarly diseased. My best friend has two little girls, so they are always great guinea pigs for my Frankenstein Craft Monsters. When her second little girl was born last year, her firstborn got her own big-girl bedroom,decorated in pink… Continue Reading
DIY Portrait Wall Hangings
Early last year, I came up with what I thought would be a nice gift for my mother, and a chance to play with picture crafting ideas. In a hybrid of Pinterest-y ideas, I decided to try to put my grandmother and grandfather’s portraits on canvas for her. SPOILER ALERT: It did not end well. Well, at least not the first time. Lemme back up – the first challenge… Continue Reading
Marker Board Makeover
I’m sure most of you are like me – Something in the house is bugging you; you want to make a change but you don’t really want to spend much, but you want it to be new, exciting… FAB-U-LOUS. This is how I end up rehabbing/spray painting/overhauling things I own – like this clear marker board I want to say we bought this at Target for our first… Continue Reading
Get Crafty with Cards: Meljen’s Challenge #125 – Anything Goes
I’m going to change my challenge posts to “Nick of Time” – I always cut it close! For this challenge over at Meljen’s Designs, I made up a cute card from my son to his “G’Nana” back home in Chicago. Because I cut it so close, I didn’t have time to finish the other card to his Great-Gramma, so that will post later. Enjoy! Time to Get Crafty With Cards!… Continue Reading
