Paint pouring (sometimes referred to as a “dirty pour”) is pretty trendy right now.  I’ve been interested in doing it for awhile, but I didn’t want to spend money on expensive pouring mediums or special supplies.  With a little bit of time and tampering, I found a way to get a pretty marbled paint look without […]

I love discovering new craft suppliers and supplies, so when I was approached by the lovely folks at BurlapFabric.com asking me to try out some of their burlap and fabrics and share about it, I said yes.  I need to do some spring cleaning out in the Craft Shack to make room for more fun […]

Valentines Day is just two weeks away! There’s still plenty of time to get crafty if you need something cute to decorate with. This easy Valentines Day Ribbon heart takes less than an hour to make, and is inexpensive as well! *This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.  You can read my full disclosure […]

Christmas is my favorite holiday to decorate for. If it were up to me, sometimes that would be the only holiday I decorated for! I have kids though, and those kids sure do love their holiday seasons.  So we do a little bit of decorating for all of the holidays.  Valentines Day and St. Patrick’s […]

Last week I shared this simple, rustic wood shelf over on the Walnut Hollow blog.  One of my biggest goals next year is to organize my home.  I need to seriously declutter, and find better ways to store and use the things that I want to keep.  With such limited space in my Shed I’ve […]

Every once in awhile my friends at Offray ribbon send me a happy mail box full of ribbon!  I love ribbon, and I love to craft with it, but things have been so crazy lately and I have way more projects in my head than I have time to do them!  I’ve been looking at the […]

Use the HomeRight  Finish Max Paint Sprayer and the Small Spray Shelter to paint a small Christmas tree your favorite custom color! I turned mine copper, and you won’t believe how easy it is!   *This is a sponsored post from the great folks at HomeRight. All opinions are, as always, my own. You can read my […]

One of our favorite seasonal treats for this time of year is Candy Corn. We love it!  Plus, it’s really such a cute candy. The colors are perfect for Halloween, or Autumn. I’ve never been really comfortable decorating with Candy though. We have these horrible sneaky sugar ants. I always worry that they will find it […]

  Some of my very favorite projects ever are the ones that use the oddest materials.  I love to reuse stuff.  I’m not quite a hoarder level saver yet, but I do often keep things that would otherwise end up in the landfill because I could maybe use it someday.  Out in the Craft Shack I have […]

I received the most amazing surprise a few weeks ago when a brand new Cricut Explore Air cutting machine arrived on my doorstep.  I have been so excited to learn how to use this amazing machine, and it’s been so much fun! I’m not a stranger to these digital cutting machines or Cricut, so I […]

One of my very favorite craft tools is my wood burner (which is not any huge secret). I love to wood burn. It’s also called “pyrography.”  One of my favorite ways to use the wood burner is to make functional art. Art you can use every day! Did you know you can personalize a simple, […]

I have this thing for notebooks.  It’s silly, really. I have dozens of them, and I can’t help buy new ones when I find one I like. I like to draw in them, and I LOVE making lists. I use them to brainstorm when I need a creative idea, or to draw sketches of ideas […]

I am so ready for summer.   We have been sick around here for three weeks straight now. Head colds, bronchitis, stomach flu.  On top of that, the wind just has not stopped blowing for weeks, and the allergies may just kill us all. Spring is usually my favorite season, but I’m so over it […]

I’ve been posting over at the Walnut Hollow blog again this week and having so much fun with this project! I really love working with the great folks over there. For this project I got to use coloring pages from these adorable Adorn-it coloring books. *this is a sponsored post with affiliate links. As always […]

I love flowers, Easter, and dollar store crafts.  So I figured, why not combine them? I love how this Flower Easter Egg Topiary came out. I’m planning to make a couple more in varying sizes and colors for a grouping of them. They are so delicate and beautiful. The best part is just how easy (and […]

Today is the day! Hometalk.com is presenting a “DIY My Spring”  Home and Garden blog hop. At the bottom of my Spring DIY post you’ll find a great link to take you to a huge collection of so many amazing Spring projects!  Be sure to check it out, there are some very amazing projects to […]

Last year I took some adorable mini pumpkins and I used nail polish to add a marbled effect to them. They turned out so cute.  I used fresh pumpkins though,  and after the season was over, they were thrown away. I wanted to try the same effect on a more permanent surface this year.  These marbled […]

I’m so excited that the new site is up and running and I can finally post this fun tutorial on how to make an easy magnetic note board! This last week one of our local news stations came to visit, and while they were here their very sweet reporter agreed to craft with me. This […]