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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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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…
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Home is Where the Heart Is – Framed Maps Tutorial
I saw this idea on pinterest but the maps were in a floating frame. I just used a regular frame and took the mat out. The crinkled cardboard came with this frame so I used it as my backdrop. This frame is a 14×18″ frame. Wanna make your own?? It’s really quite easy. Simply go to THIS WEBSITE and find the maps of the states you have lived in and print the maps(click on the print PDF reference map). When printing I always clicked on “fit to printable area” so the print would be the size of my paper (I printed on white cardstock). Print as many state maps as you…
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Make your own Bobblehead – A Tutorial
For my nephew’s birthday last year I wanted to make him something. He is going to be a firefighter! So I thought to myself “who wouldn’t want a bobblehead of themself!” So here it is, a step by step tutorial so you can make your own (note: this is my first time making a bobblehead, I do not proclaim to be a professional bobblehead maker:) Start with sturdy cardboard (I used a thick box and cut these 2 shapes) one with a slit down the middle. Join the 2 pieces of cardboard together by sliding one into the other, the base making a “+” sign. Hot glue in place at seams.…
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Floating Frame Wedding Gift Idea
This is the perfect wedding or bridal shower gift! I took the beautiful couple’s engagement photo (that came in their invite) backed it with black cardstock paper, printed a picture of the temple they were married in (FREE printable lds temple pictures found HERE), cut out some vinyl and added a few embellishments like a flower and ribbon across the bottom. Found the Floating frame at JoAnns craft store. Simply tape your pics to the inside piece of glass, my ribbon is also on the inside between the glass. Then I put the vinyl on the front of the glass and hot glued the flower on the front. I just…
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Extra Large Hope Chest/ Storage Bench Tutorial
This is the perfect little storage space for all those extra blankets and bedding you have lying around in piles(or at least we did)! But not anymore. My amazingly talented hubby and I built this chest for the end of our bed to hold all those items. This would also work great against a wall. *We have a cal. king bed so this bench is quite large. We searched all the furniture stores and everywhere online trying to find a storage bench to fit at the end of our bed, but they were all too short or didn’t have enough storage space! Want to make one for the end of…
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Burlap Wreath
This is the beautiful Burlap Wreath hanging at my sister-in-law’s house!! I just love it. One of these days I will get around to making myself one!! But for now, I will just have to admire hers! Oh, and just look at those adorable fabric flowers!! To view more please visit my blog!
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Birthday Board
The perfect wall hanging to keep track of all your family birthdays! I made this for my mother-in-law for Christmas! She loves it, now she can easily keep track off all her kids/grandkids birthdays! (This post contains Affiliate Links) Here are the only pics I took of the process (sorry there’s only 2!) Just paint a board the color you like, I then painted the egdes a darker brown. Cut your vinyl and line it all up. Attach vinyl, screw in some little hooks. Buy some little tags (I got these in packs at Joann’s for very cheap) I painted them to match the top(paint extra for when the family…
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Re-covered Vinyl High Chair!
Our old high chair cover got riped and started to stink! It was time for a new cover. My daughter has out-grown her bumbo and needed a high chair so I found a cute girly vinyl fabric at a local quilt shop and got to work… I love how it turned out, don’t you! And best of all you can follow along and DIY to your old high chair cover! This is the only before picture I could find! This is when my little boy (now 3 year old) was a baby… Much better… Want to make your own?? Well here you go… start by making a pattern out of your…
