Salt dough ornaments are a holiday classic, right up there with cinnamon applesauce ornaments. This year I wanted to give them a bit of an upgrade with sparkly glitter paint. Normally I’m 100% anti-glitter but I’m opening my arms to it this time because the glitter is trapped in the paint. It can’t get all […]
Christmas wreathes are always a good thing to have on hand in excess. You can throw them on the door of course but you can also put them over windows, on a shelf, tape it to the fridge or let your kids wear them like crowns. Today’s project is less traditional, sort of primitive but […]
Counting down to Christmas is a great way to build up the holiday magic in your home. I tend to go overboard with it, we have at least four countdowns going from December 1st until Christmas. This year I wanted to add another and when BurlapFabric.com offered to sponsor this post I decided it was […]
Every year I try to come up with an easy DIY Christmas gift that the girls can help me with. They’re still young so I try to keep things simple. We decided to make bracelets and I ended up creating two different styles. The first is super easy using elastic cording, large beads and enamel […]
Do you have crafty person in your life? Someone that just makes things? As a professional hobby collector I can tell you that type of person is good at making due with what’s on hand. That might mean using a book as a hammer or painting with your fingers because you can’t find a brush. […]
