Crafts
How to Make Beautiful Pebble Flower Art (Easy DIY Pebble Art Flower Tutorial)
Empty those pebbles from your pockets! Today, I’m going to show you how to DIY Pebble Flower Art. This is so easy to make, and no two will look the same. That’s the beauty of this craft. Someone has to state the obvious, so it might as well be me… Pebbles can be used to make various shapes. In the case of this art, the shape is a flower, but you can make animals, people, words, etc. The only limit is your patience and imagination. You’re seeing the limit of both of mine in this craft! That’s okay, though, because I’m smitten with how it turned out. What you need…
12 Stone Gift and Craft Ideas
Art takes on many forms, and it will not surprise you, given our recent stone masonry work, that we find stones and rocks make for fantastic gift and craft ideas. Paintings, jewelry, and home decor – these are just the tip of the boulder when it comes to all of the artful stone gift and craft ideas that now exist. People are so creative, and I’m here for it. If you’re looking for a gift or for your next craft, check out these 12 stone and gift craft ideas. Custom Painted Rock | Etsy I can think of a few pictures I’d love to see translated into paint on stone.…
How To Make a DIY Push Pin Travel Globe
Don’t spend money on a cork travel globe to document your travels. Let me show you how to make a DIY Push Pin Travel Globe by upcycling a thrift store globe. It’s one of the easiest crafts I’ve ever done, and such a fun way to document your travel adventures! Items Needed To Make a DIY Push Pin Travel Globe Globe made of cardboard or paper mâché. It cannot be plastic or metal. Map pins (multi-colored pack | wood pins) Hammer Tiny nail (to create a pilot hole) How To Make a DIY Push Pin Travel Globe Step 1: Select your push pins or map pins. Map pins come in…
3 Crafts to Try Over Spring Break
I’m Spring Breaking with the family this week, which I know might feel like a late Spring Break for many of you. Better late than never! Our Spring Break here on the East Coast of the U.S. always coincides with Easter. Anyway, if you’re feeling crafty this week, here are 3 crafts to try over Spring Break. I promise they are easy ones. 1) Paper Flowers | Details Are you hosting an event this spring, such as a baby or wedding shower? These paper flowers look hard to make, but it’s really just cutting out petal shapes and gluing them together. You can also string them together to make a…
DIY Wood Pedestal With Mini Egg Trim
Did you know mini wood eggs for Easter are a thing? Dare I say, the greatest thing? Well, you do now! Today’s project, a DIY Wood Pedestal With Mini Egg Trim, was a thrifted find that I made over for Easter, using mini wood eggs for a festive trim detail. Click here to jump to the supply list. Click here to jump to the project directions. There was nothing wrong with the wood pedestal when I spotted it on the ubiquitous dusty thrift store shelf, especially not for the price. It was $6. But I had a makeover idea hatching in my brain, and I couldn’t rest until I knew…
7 Lucky Horseshoe Decor Ideas for Your Home
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, which means symbols of good luck are top-of-mind right now. I don’t know about you, but I’ll take all the good luck I can muster these days, so I’ve rounded up 7 lucky horseshoe decor ideas for your home. This isn’t a new theme for me. I decorated a good luck horseshoe ten years ago that I still love and hang in our house. You can get the easy directions for that here. Here are the 7 lucky horseshoe decor ideas for your home. You can buy these, of course, but some of them would be easy enough to replicate on your own! My…
10 Greeting Cards You’ll Frame Because They Are So Pretty
Have you ever received a greeting card that was so pretty that you needed to frame it? The very thought of throwing it away or shoving it in a drawer just felt wrong. That has happened to me. Out of the blue last week, I received a postcard from a friend. A friend I’ve made because of this blog. (How lucky am I? The luckiest.) Her love language is making cards and sending cards and postcards to her friends and family. How great is that? Receiving her postcard got me thinking, “How is my stock of cards looking?” I usually keep generic cards on hand that will work for a…
DIY Repurposed Berry Crate Spring Wreath
Who says a wreath has to be round besides the dictionary? No one in this house! I decided my vintage wood berry carrier would be an excellent ‘vessel’ to refresh my mantel for spring. Making this repurposed Berry Crate Spring Wreath also refreshed my soul a little as I’m slogging my way through another winter storm. I’m ready for spring. The calendar doesn’t care. What is a berry crate? A berry crate, berry basket crate, berry field flat, or berry basket carrier is used by berry pickers to hold individual berry baskets full of berries. They use these as a carrier to shuttle their individual berry baskets to a check-in…
DIY Polymer Clay Leaf Dish with Heart Detail
Looking to make a handmade gift for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day? How about making a DIY Polymer Clay Leaf Dish? Oh, but this is not just any leaf dish. No, no. We’re upping the ante with a sentimental twist – a heart detail right in the center of the leaf. Be. Still. My. Heart. The secret to this heart detail: I cut a heart shape out of the leaf right before pressing it into the clay. The clay pushes through that empty heart-shaped space, creating a smooth, raised heart surrounded by the textured veins of the leaf. If this leaf trinket dish, made with love, doesn’t make the recipient…
No Sew Denim Heart Bunting
A denim heart bunting is a little bit country and a whole lot of cute! If you have a pair of jeans to cut up, you can make one, too. I used my husband’s jeans. An old pair. Not his favorite pair. I’m not a monster. The jeans that are past the point of no return and ripped out in not-safe-for-work places. How does that even happen? Anyway, let’s not get distracted. Here’s What You Need to Make a Denim Heart Bunting: denim fabric pen or marker ruler or other straight edge fabric scissors craft knife cord, string, yarn, or embroidery thread yarn needle/large eye needle optional: pom poms or other…
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