Each year I hand make the invitations for our Halloween Party. I enjoy doing it, and I usually try to come up with something a little different each time I make them. However, this year I was so pressed for time that I just did an even easier version of the Halloween party invitations I […]
Super cute, super easy DIY Halloween decor with American Crafts kits.
I am a pretty creative person, and I am of the opinion that everyone has at least a little bit of creativity in them, but it often surprises me how many people will argue vehemently that they are NOT creative. Nope. Can’t do it. My mind just doesn’t work that way, etc… I think sometimes […]
Make an easy scrap paper Christmas tree.
I wanted one more little Christmas tree for our buffet table. Just a little one… I also wanted to get rid of some of my scrap paper stash. This is the easiest thing in the world to do. If you can cut pieces of paper into squares, then you can do this craft. Here’s what […]
How to make an easy Halloween photo garland.
Yesterday I shared photos from our big Halloween party. Today I wanted to show you how to make this easy photo garland. I thought it would be fun to create a garland using photos from our previous Halloween parties, but you could easily do this for any holiday or special occasion. (Or you could even […]
Going Batty: Making over a bare wall for Halloween.
I have a wall in my dining room that is under-done 11 months of the year… but not in October. Grant loves to help me with the placement of the bats. (We like to make them look like they’re swarming towards a corner of the room.) This couldn’t be easier. Cut some bat shapes out […]
Re-cover chandelier shades with scrapbook paper.
Remember the upcycled lampshades I did with some cute fabric in the springtime? It’s fall so I was ready for a change… but this time I didn’t use fabric, I used houndstooth scrapbook paper. I had paper left over from my DIY gift bags, and I thought it would be perfect for these chandy shades. […]
DIY Halloween Party Invitations (For the non-scrapbooking, non-paper crafting types out there.)
We host a Halloween Party every year, and one of the things I really enjoy doing is making the invitations. (Here are the invitations I made last year. Super easy.) While I did do a “Save the Date” over Facebook at the beginning of the month, I think there’s just something special about getting an actual invitation […]
Turn old shopping bags into gift bags. A paper craft DIY.
We all have them… a stash of shopping bags. It bugs me that they are usually the perfect size for a gift bag, but you can’t very well give the gift of Legos and put them in a Ann Taylor bag, now can you? (Because that would be weird.) Fortunately, it’s totally possible to turn […]
Handmade Valentine’s Gift… a relationship timeline.
Do you have one of those husbands or boyfriends who gets dates all jumbled in their heads? “That year we went to Such-and-Such… was that before or after we were married…?” or “Was that before we got together… or after we had the baby?” You know, there are just dates that women have a head […]
Recycle your Christmas cards into gift tags for next year.
Every year we receive beautiful Christmas cards. Every year I save a few special ones, but I hate to throw the rest away. The solution? Recycle them and make beautiful gift tags.