Category: Crafts
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How to Make Planner Bookmarks (The Easy Way!)
If you’re a planner girl, you already know what I’m talking about when I mention planner bookmarks. They’re literally everywhere these days. For those who are unfamiliar, you can buy bookmarks and page tabs so you can easily turn to certain sections of your planner or so you can mark places you want to go…
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A Free Coloring Page for You
Coloring pages. They’re everywhere these days, right? At Christmas, I was laughing over the cartoon where the kid is oohing over their new laptop and the mom is jumping for joy because she was given a coloring book. Real life, folks. Is this where I admit I prefer a blank sketchbook and gel pens? But…
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Make a Little Bird Bookmark
Last year I made this little bird bookmark as a gift for my mom and it turned out so sweetly. I had a similarly designed bookmark that was plastic and wondered if watercolor paper would produce a similar result. I happened to have several scraps of watercolor paper left over from another project so decided…
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How to Make a Paper Doll Card
A few weeks ago, I was clicking around Pinterest when I came across a picture of a sweet little illustration that was made with a black pen and a scrap of fabric. It was such a simple concept and of course, being a card-lover I had to give it a try. I made a few…
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Budget-Friendly Gifts He’ll Love
Ah, Valentine’s Day. It conjures up expectations for ah-mazing gifts like few other holidays, doesn’t it? But what’s a girl to do when she wants to give her sweetheart something special but is living in the reality of a teeny-tiny gift budget? I don’t talk about our debt journey very much on this blog but…
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How to Paint on Fabric
Learn how to paint on fabric with this simple tutorial! I’ve been wanting to make another doll for my daughter for a while now. I made an embroidered pillow doll for her first birthday, meant to make one for her second (and didn’t) and was determined to get one finished for her third birthday. That…
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Inspired by Flow Magazine: Ideas for Cards & Art
Get inspired by Flow magazine with these creative ideas for cards and art! Love this creative prompt! I’ll be filling up my art journal with these! I’ve mentioned Flow magazine on this blog before—one of my sisters gifted me their Book For Paper Lovers for my birthday last June. For Christmas, I happened upon the…
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How to Make Clay Ornaments
I’ve been wanting to make clay ornaments since I first started playing with air-dry clay last spring, but have been putting it off. Don’t ask me why—I’ve never had a problem making ornaments at non-Christmasy times of the year. But for whatever reason, I procrastinated until I realized I needed to get with it because…
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The Easiest Christmas Name Cards Ever
Can you believe Christmas is next week? Even with the Christmas tree up and afternoons spent making little gifts (like this hot chocolate mix – yum!), I still don’t feel ready. This week, I’m planning to take some time to sit down and think about what we’ll do during vacation. Sometimes a couple of moments…
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DIY Gift Tags
Back in the day, my mom and sisters and I would head out the day after Christmas to stock up on gift tags, wrapping paper, and ornaments. And to get a coffee and a treat because that’s how we do things. What’s kind of ironic is though we haven’t been able to get back to…