Category: Crafts
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Creative Christmas: What I’m Making This Year
Christmas is coming, and I’m going back to my creative roots this year. For so many Christmases in the past, I happily made most of my gifts: mixtapes/cds, ornaments, knitted scarves, and stitched onesies for the babies in the family. But gradually as the years went on, I bought more and more until I only…
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February is Love Month
“Mommy, February is Love Month!” I looked at my eight year old’s sparkling eyes directed at me waiting for an equally enthusiastic reply. I couldn’t think of any reason why we couldn’t celebrate all month long, so Love Month it was. With my watchful apprentice at hand, I cut out small pink and red hearts…
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Simple Ombré Christmas Tree Card
These simple ombré Christmas tree cards are an ode to the paint chip cards I use to easily find at my local grocery store. During the pandemic, the entire paint section was reduced to an aisle and the paint chips disappeared. I didn’t think much of it until I found a cute tutorial on how…
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Creative Play for Your Little One: Christmas Edition
I love open-ended creative play. This year, for Christmas, instead of pulling out our plastic nativity set with the fat little people and animals, I pulled out the Lincoln Logs, a tray that has a lip (it’s really a tray you use to eat in bed!) and an assortment of stones, sand, and Douglas Fir…
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Make a Hand-painted Quote Frame
This hand-painted quote frame was one I liked so much, I ended up making one for me too. (Don’t tell, :)) Christmas is just around the corner, so I’ve been pulling out all of my art supplies to make treasures for my family and friends. I originally purchased this blank frame from Target, but you…
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How to Paint an Ocean Waves Canvas
Oh, how I love this ocean waves canvas painting! It is simple enough for a child or novice to make and it’s also quite therapeutic. 🙂 This painting idea came to me several years ago when I was working on some larger canvases. As I painted, I would swipe the extra paint off of my…
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Painted Fall Table Runner
This fall I’ve been on the lookout for a fall table runner or tablecloth. I wanted something simple and understated that I could add decoration to as needed. We were at Target picking up supplies for another blog post about sending a boo in the mail when I noticed a plain table runner in the…
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How to Make Your Own Sketchbook
Learn how to make your own sketchbook, journal, or art journal with this simple DIY tutorial. I’ve been a journal keeper since I was in first grade, but it wasn’t until my 20s that I discovered the joys of making my own journals. During that discovery period, I made piles of blank books. I stitched…
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Free Brush Lettering Practice Sheet
Here’s another free brush lettering practice sheet for you courtesy of Olivia from Random Olive. I received a set of Tombow brush pens a little early for Christmas this year so I used those to letter this quote over and over in different brilliant colors. (P.S. Those pens are awesome!) About the quote . .…
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A Handmade Christmas — Simple Gifts You Can Make NOW
This year I thought it’d be fun to share a bunch of handmade Christmas gift ideas here on the blog. Of course, I thought of this idea and then realized I was going to have to get them finished well before Christmas in order to share them with you. The good thing is I was…