Category Archives: Crafts

French Inspired Decor

I went shopping a Hobby Lobby last week for burlap ribbon, what I came home with was something else…

It’s funny how inspiration can hit me. Yes, of course, I was at Hobby Lobby, inspiration central, but it wasn’t something I’d seen displayed that caught my eye, it was a bolt of fabric. It wasn’t even easy to find, it was layered in with a ton of other cotton prints just waiting to be dug out.

And that’s when it hit me…and everything got a little crazy and fuzzy from there. Continue reading

Project of the Day: Reuseable Party Signs

This is what happens when you need signs to direct people to say a graduation party in your backyard, and you don’t #1 – want to answer the front door 50 times, #2 – don’t want everyone trampling through the house, and #3 – want said guests to find their way to the backyard via the side gate that has a trailer blocking their line of sight into the party headquarters. Whew, that was a lot to say!

So I decided to create a few cute signs from leftover materials Continue reading

Project of the Day: The Cody Shrine

I’m a little behind in my posts, I know, but I have been busy converting my blogs and website into one sleek new package thus making it easier for fans to find me. You know, everything in one location…

So since I’m a little behind in posting, I thought I’d show you the Cody Shrine from my youngest graduation party…at the end of May. Continue reading

From the scrap pile – Small Tiled Table

 

So…a month or so ago we built a fire pit in the backyard where the pool once sat. It was easy enough, and bought a small framed fire bowl to insert into the new fire pit  (see pic), so it’d be easy clean up. Great idea, but we ended up with extra pieces, mainly the frame for the purchased fire bowl. Continue reading

Crafty Winter/Spring Wreaths

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted…almost a month. I’ve been a little busy with the holidays and my oldest son being home from college. But it’s the new year and with the new year comes new posts!

This is actually a repost from over a year ago on my Author Blog page: click here, but I loved it so much I thought I’d repost it over here. Modified of course. Continue reading