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Custom Collage Frames
As part of the summer celebrations campaign, Michael’s asked me to put together a Father’s Day project for kids of all ages. Something that families can work on together. Photo frames are always a...
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Earth Day Upcycling: Bird Feeder Bottles
Earth Day is an occasion when we are asked to consider what we can do to help our planet. A great place to start is by finding ways to recycle, or as I like to call it –upcycle, the items we might...
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How to Upcycle an Old Tray Into a Photo Display
The nice folks over at Etsy asked me to think of a homemade gift idea that kids-of-all ages could make for their moms for Mother’s Day. And, as much as I love a good glue-and-glitter coffee mug, I...
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Painting with Watercolor and Glue
I don’t think I’v ever seen a painting of flowers that I didn’t like. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Van Gogh, or a finger painting on a refrigerator, I just can’t help but love the sight of flowers on...
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Marble Painting with Tacky Glue
I’ll warn you now, there will be a repeating theme throughout this summer: Marbling. Marbleizing. Marbleupzing. If it stands still, Imma put some marble on it. And if it’s still standing still after...
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DIY Pom Pom Garland Necklace
I have never met a pom pom I didn’t like. Big, small, round, floppy…doesn’t matter. If it vaguely resembles a pom pom or a tassel I will be on it like white on rice. True story: I met a woman at an...
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Leaf Print Pillowcases
People say Memorial Day is the beginning of summer, but in my book the season doesn’t start until the feather duvet gets yanked off the bed and swap it for a beloved, lumpy, bumpy,...
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Fun with Faux Stained Glass
Stained glass is a big deal in these parts, especially the linear-prairie school of design type of stuff. It’s gorgeous. It’s expensive. It’s not-at-all weather proof, and sort of a pain to keep up....
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Eat Your Heart Out, Jurassic Park
Thanks to great weather and my laptop, I have been spending more time outside than I can recall in a long while. I’m happiest when I can feel lazy while being productive. And my sunglasses are getting...
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Ice Painting with Liquitex Paint
As much as I have been grooving on painting flowers lately, there is something really satisfying about a totally random abstract. No meaning or purpose – just color, color, COLOR. Michael’s asked me to...
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Silk Scarf Pumpkins
It’s the first day of September. You know what that means? It’s pumpkin season. Heyo! Michael’s asked me to decorate one of their foam pumpkins as part of their Michael’s Makers program and I was like,...
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Easy Trick: Yarn Wrapped Bottles
Four-score and many moons ago I picked up a 1976 copy of a Better Homes & Gardens magazine Year of Crafts book that included an impressive-yet-simple project: A large wine jug wrapped in scraggly...
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DIY Confetti Notebook from Office Supplies
Did anyone ever tell you a secret and it made your tongue hurt to keep it inside your mouth? Yeah. You know that feeling! That’s what it felt like when I made this project last month and had to keep it...
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Ceramic Painting at Home – The Easy Way
Confession: I have always wanted to go to one of those storefront pottery places where you pay to sit there for a couple of hours and paint ceramics. You know the type? They are usually in malls....
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Frida Portrait Costume
I had been wanting a legit excuse to make a flower crown ever since Michael’s had a flower crown making bar at their Makers Summit even last summer (<<yup, I said flower crown bar). I’m not quite...
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I Wallpapered the Desk
Well folks, the day is here! I have been in my new studio for a month and absolutley itching to show you guys what it looks like inside, but I couldn’t. I mean, I wanted to, but I didn’t. This is like...
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Spooky Dollar Store Skeleton Wreath
What’s better than a funky fall wreath? A funky fall wreath made exclusively from stuff you can find AT THE DOLLAR STORE. Booyow! The goal here was to make something Halloweeny that wasn’t cutesy and...
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Custom Dyed Yarn Lampshade
For someone who does not knit, yarn has taken over my life. And I love it. Yarn here, yarn there, yarn everywhere. My holiday situation is yarntastic like you have never seen before, but more on that...
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Craft Lightning: Christmas Pom Pom Branches
To celebrate the season I am kicking off Craft Lightning holiday week — a collection highlighting simple Christmas crafts that can be completed in 15 minutes or less, plus, I feature a roundup of other...
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Craft Lightning: Watercolor Label Garland
I don’t know what it is, but something about Christmas makes me want to get busy with the office supplies. Last week I was messing around with shipping labels and decided they needed to be taken to...
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