Crafts
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Halloween Apothecary Jars
One of the hot Halloween decorations lately is Apothecary jars.. scary, creepy jars! I started my search for the perfect jars back in June while out garage saling.. I found some awesome jars but alas there was always that one person who would not part with their beloved jars for less than $5.00 SOO I settled for what I could find in the .25 to .50 cent range. To top it off I got some awesome labels from Anders Ruff in a fun Haunted Halloween Printables set. Aren’t these Jars soo cute?? err I mean scary? I first gathered all my jars and cleaned them out really good, I then…
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“Wicked” Halloween blocks
I picked up these wooden “wicked” blocks at The wood connection. A little paint, a little glitter, a little paper and you have a cute, easy Halloween craft! I love all the fun things you can do with wood!
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Halloween Candy jars
You may remember this post from earlier this summer? How to make candy jars from old pickle jars Well, I did it again! This time trading out the spring theme for Halloween! I love these jars and get soo many compliments on them. Try some for yourself super easy, super cute! I have decided even just one jar by itself would be cute full of candy for a gift! Yep! I’m in love – I may just do a set for each holiday!
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Decorate using Owl’s! They are a “hoot”
September is such an odd month to decorate. There are no real holidays in the month of september that you can decorate for maybe back to school? or Apple’s as everything is harvesting… nah let’s shake it up a bit and decorate with owls!! So, for the month of September I have focused on owl’s My really sweet girlfriend whipped me up a few owl pillows to sit on my bench in my front entry! Super cute don’t you think?? I added the burlap side ways pillow which was really easy to make. I measured out how big and long I wanted my pillow then took two pieces of…
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Fun Fall craft ideas from blog land
I love following othe people’s craft blogs. There are SO many creative ideas out there and many many people have given me inspiration. September is here and fall is in the air, the temperatures are cooling down and my pumpkins are already turning orange in my garden! I have found a few sites with some fun creative craft from different blogs that I am going to share! Here are some fall decor ideas for your home to use as gifts or for your kids to make! Check them out! This first one will keep my kids busy – I think I may just tie them to a string and drape them…
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Add some color to your front porch
I like to switch out the decor on my front porch every month and since it really feels like summer in the hot month of August what more fun is it to bring in a splash of bright color? I have seen quite a few homes with big daisy flowers hanging on their front doors and I knew it would be simple to accomplish! I took an oblong bowl and just traced the outer edges around in a circle until each edge met. when I trace I always do it on the back side of my project. I cut the flower on bead board that has the wide spacing of grooves. (approx 12″ apart) It…
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3 Sisters Snack Shack / Lemonade Stand
I don’t believe in just handing my children money I like to make them earn the things they want in life. My daughter came to me at the beginning of the summer wanting to earn money for her cheerleading outfit and had the idea of a lemonade stand. Every child loves to do a lemonade stand right? So what happens when the children have an overboard craft-a-holic mother and an over ambitious father? This is what my 3 daughters got — The perfect Lemonade stand. ALthough my crafty side is still wanting to add more and paint it – you know just the overboard stuff that does’nt really matter to…
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How to make burnt edged flowers
I know you have seen these.. Everyone has!! They are popular and very easy to make but for those out there who can’t figure it out I’m here to help as I have had several people ask how to do them. The flowers I have here in the pictures were all made up as party favors to ladies of a quilt guilt. You can pin these to your shirt, add them to a hat, put them on a headband, glue them onto a pair of flip flops etc. you can basically do whatever you would like with them. Supplies needed: Any Silk, Chiffon, Organza or Tulle in any colors…
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Wooden Blocks with Sayings for any occasion
I made up a bunch of wood blocks for my mom’s Quilt guilt summer social. These can be made for any occasion in any size and you can use any lettering! My mom picked out 3 colors that would coordinate with her table decorations and I painted them the colors she chose. We used a 2×4 cut into different lengths. I believe our lengths were 6″, 5″ and 4″ So the blocks can stack ontop of one another. Paint them, sand the edges, antique them with light brown stain and add whatever sayings you want to. For these blocks since they were for her Quilt Guilt we used the words,…
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Star Paper Garland
In Utah the stars and stripes don’t go away after we celebrate the 4th of July. We prepare and get geared up for another holiday this month! The 24th of July is Pioneer day in Utah. Utah uses the 24th as a day to honor the Pioneers that made their trek out west here to Utah. The celebration is much like the 4th of July but in some towns even bigger. Firework displays, parades, Barbeques continue all month in our state. I made this cute Star garland out of paper on my sewing machine. I cut out 3 different sizes of stars on my cricut using red and blue cardstock.…
