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DIY "You are My Sunshine" Sign Tutorial
I made this adorable plaque for my best friend’s daughter! If you ever want to find the perfect gift for your friend just check out their pinterest boards! I found lots of cute pins on her board that said “You are my Sunshine” I had this really cute wood plaque from Hobby Lobby in my craft stash. First I painted it a pretty pastel yellow using some craft paint and a foam brush (took 3 coats)…. Then cut out your vinyl… I used my Silhouette to cut my words out of grey and white vinyl. Remove vinyl backing and lay evenly on your sign. use a card to transfer your…
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Search and Rescue – Gospel First Aid Scavenger Hunt
Last year I helped with an activity for a Priest/Laurel conference. The theme was “Search and Rescue” we wanted to give the kids a small first aid kit to keep in their purse or car. So we came up with these. Using some old prescription bottles, I cut some vinyl using my silhouette and put it on the front. We included a band aid(Good Samaritan), match(with striker glued to the inside of the cap)(Let your light shine), alcohol swab(be clean), ointment(Luke 7:37), Cotton Ball(Soft, gentle like the promptings of the spirit), rubber band(Responsive to others needs, flexible), Safety Pin(Connection with the lord), and a plastic glove(protection from the lord). We started…
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Re-usable Paper Towels
My awesome sister decided to make some reusable paper towels for her friend for her birthday and she let me make some for my sister-in-law too!! Love how they turned out…. You can find the tutorial HERE To view more please visit my blog!
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Child/Toddler and Baby Halloween Costumes
I love to make my kids Halloween Costumes!! Here are a few I have made over the years! Our little Candy corn, made out of felt using the Candy Corn Simplicity Pattern for dummies, and then I made matching shoes and bag, she was so cute!! Butterfly Fairy, made some wings using foam, fabric and some rhinestones, with some elastic arm straps. Made a pink and purple tutu to match! She looked adorable again! The wings… And then she was tinkerbell, only she wanted to be pink!! Used this Simplicity pattern found HERE. Oh and not to forget the spider costume I made for our little crawler…. Go HERE for…
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Kids Valentine Ideas & a Lollipop Valentine tutorial
Here are some of the cutest Valentine Ideas for your little school student! I used the Valentine photo with a lollipop attached for my little girl. See the tutorial on how I made it at the end of this post. Hope you enjoy! Just click the pictures to go to the SITE they come from… I loved this one so much I helped make them for my daughter to take to all her classmates at school for their Valentine’s Day exchange. Wanna make them for your little one? Here’s how… Lollipop Valentine Tutorial: First I took a picture of my daughter and added some words and hearts in photoshop… got them printed (make…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial – Part 3
We’ve got to finish up our circles!! Hope you are almost done, December 1st is just around the corner. If you missed Part 1 and 2 of the Christmas Advent Calendar Tutorial you can find them here…PART 1 and PART 2. After cutting out all my felt designs I hand stitched them into place with matching embroidery floss and a needle. A Feathered Nest has some great tips on hand stitching HERE. Remember if you don’t want to sew just use some fabric/craft glue to attach your designs. I attached a few of my pieces with glue instead of sewing them on. Here they are… Hoping to sew my circles on the tree tomorrow!…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial- Part 2
How’s your Calendar coming along??? If you missed Part 1 you can find it HERE. Let’s continue our Christmas Tree Advent Tutorial… Part 2 (steps 2 and 3) involve a lot of CUTTING. We will be cutting out our tree from the green felt. Then get all our circles (or squares) cut out. Lay them out on your green felt tree to make sure you like them. And start cutting out all your felt designs. I’ve posted the ones I’ve cut so far.. remember make them simple, you can add detail with embroidery later! Lets get to work…. Step 2: Cut Tree Out – Lay your felt – folded in half…
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Homemade Christmas – for Her
This year I wanted to start a Homemade Christmas list of gift ideas for all those wonderful people in your life. Today I wanted to focus on the Women in your life, mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, etc. So here is my top ten list for 2012. Hope you all have a happy homemade Christmas this year!! 1. Grandkids Board – an adorable Picture board for Grandparents!! I made this for my mother-in-law and she loves it! HERE is the tutorial. 2. Apron – what women doesn’t want to look super cute while cooking?? She will love a new apron!! HERE is an adorable tutorial for this cute apron! 3. How about…
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Felt Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Tutorial – Part 1
Okay Holiday Crafters!! It’s that time of year. Time to hurry up and get all our crafting done!! I have always wanted to make a Christmas Advent Calendar. And a few years back I saw Abby from “A Feathered Nest” post awesome pics of her Pottery Barn Knock off advent calendar!! I fell in love! Then after doing some more research this year I was inspired by Rach H over at “Family Ever After” and just had to make my own Christmas Calendar. I love how Rach has a sew along guide for all us fellow crafters who want to pursue such a time consuming and detailed project just before…
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DIY Jewelry Holder Tutorial
Do you have a bunch of jewelry lying around that needs to be organized? Well I’ve got a simple and easy DIY Jewelry Holder for you today. It’s great for hanging all your necklaces and bracelets on! (this post contains affiliate links) Supplies: Piece of wood (mine was 24 inches long by 1-1/2 wide) Scrapbook paper (pattern of your choice) Paint (one that matches your paper, I used black) Paintbrush (I used a small foam brush) Drawer knobs (got mine cheap at Ikea, see the one’s below they would be cute too!) Sandpaper (just a small scrap) Modge Podge (see below) Drill First, decide how many knobs you want, measure…
