Category: Crafts
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Why I Love Junk Mail
I never thought I’d write this sentence, but I’m officially in love with junk mail right now. Seriously. Who says that? For years, I’ve faithfully collected the mail, sorted the junk to one side and the bills and letters to the other; I’ve ripped open envelopes and added those to the junk trash. And never…
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Make a Summer Bucket List
Ah, summer! My favorite time of the year is finally here. My parents were both teachers so summer meant a collective sigh of school being over and time to go camping, work in the yard (read, play in the sprinklers for us girls), and lots and lots of art projects. Not to mention one of…
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How to Make a Watermelon Tote Bag
Watermelons and summer. They just go together, don’t they? I have so many memories of eating ice-cold watermelon, and many of those memories revolve around the beach. My sisters and I would sit with our sandy legs stretched out on warm beach towels and eat slice after slice of watermelon as the ocean roared in…
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How to Make a Sunshine Onesie
Learn how to make a sunshine onesie with this simple tutorial! One of my go-to gifts for a new mommy are a couple of hand-stitched onesies. I’ve made a version of this sunshine onesie before without the fabric paint, but this one is super cute too. It’s just so cheery. It always made me so…
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How to Make Artist Scratch Off Coins
Learn how to make artist scratch off coins to add spark to your creative life! I recently checked out Oh Joy!: 60 Ways to Create & Give Joy from the library and had fun flipping through the pages of projects to try. One in particular stood out for me—making homemade scratch off cards. I never…
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Five Easy Crafts to Try This Month
Oh, I love this time of year! The cool mornings make me want to get out of the house to walk with my daughter, and the afternoons are perfect for pulling together a simple craft to enjoy. Like many of you, I love perusing the different projects available on the world’s best visual search engine…
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Two Ways to Make Miniature Bunting
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Make a Hand-Lettered Tote Bag
The weather warming up means it’s about time I shared a hand-lettered tote bag tutorial here on the blog. I bought a pack of 20 plain tote bags online many, many years ago and have slowly but surely managed to paint, stitch, and iron-on transfer (is that a verb?) onto every single one of them.…
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Toddler-Friendly Salt Effect Watercolor Cards
I LOVE these cards. Last year I discovered salt effect watercolor cards but for some reason I never got around to making a tutorial. Maybe I thought it was too easy? (Or most likely, I just forgot about it.) Whatever the reason, I thought it would be fun to share this project for the last…
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Three Easy Ways to Personalize Little Girl’s Clothing
Recently, I’ve been thinking about making some outfits for my daughter and yet the reality of how long that would take (my sewing machine and I are not on friendly terms) made me take a step back. As a creative person who has a penchant for cute things, this kills me. I mean, little girl…