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An old globe gets a coastal inspired make-over. (Using paper napkins and Mod Podge.)

June 4, 2017 17 Comments

globe, coral, coastal

I love decorating with globes.  They are like a round, blank canvas! A few summers ago I took an old globe that I have made over several times and gave it a beachy-blue ombre paint job.  Today I wanted to show you that same globe with a coastal inspired make-over.  The materials needed for this project? […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Mod Podge, Paper, paper crafts, summer

Sea-Inspired DIY Candle Holders (Made from glass jars & paper napkins.)

May 6, 2013 7 Comments

A few weeks ago I bought some cool paper napkins on a trip to Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach, CA.  I used them to make invitations to our Mother’s Day Brunch, and in keeping with that theme and color palette, I decided to make some DIY candle holders using the same napkins and Mod Podge. This […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Crafts, Mod Podge, paper crafts, summer

Simple Mother’s Day Brunch invitations using paper napkins instead of expensive scrapbook or specialty papers.

April 29, 2013 5 Comments

I sent out the invitations to our annual Mother’s Day Brunch over the weekend.  They were super simple to make, and I used paper napkins to make them.  These easy DIY invitations took less than 10 minutes to make. Please excuse the iPhone photos.  This was such a quick and easy project that I didn’t even […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Mother's Day, paper crafts

Easy, handmade cards using nail polish. (What?! Genius!)

February 20, 2013 4 Comments

I’m so lucky today to have my friend Shannon from Madigan Made here to share this cute project with you.  It’s one of those projects that make me want to smack myself in the forehead and say “Oh my gosh!  How brilliant is that, and why didn’t I think of that!?!”  I just love these […]

Filed Under: blogs I love, craft time, Crafts, glitter, paper crafts, project du jour, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

A simple Valentine’s Day mantel.

January 29, 2013 14 Comments

I wanted to show you what I came up with for a little Valentine’s Day display for my nemesis, the mantel. I have the worst time with the proportions of this room, but I’m fairly happy with this fun and simple Valentine’s Day Mantel. I don’t have anything against Valentine’s Day in particular, but I don’t […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Holidays, mantel, paper crafts, Valentine's Day

Make an easy scrap paper Christmas tree.

December 19, 2012 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Christmas, craft time, Crafts, Franken-Crafts, Holidays, Paper, paper crafts, project du jour, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot, winter

Going Batty: Making over a bare wall for Halloween.

October 16, 2012 5 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Paper, paper crafts, project du jour

DIY Halloween Party Invitations (For the non-scrapbooking, non-paper crafting types out there.)

September 28, 2012 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, Halloween, Paper, paper crafts, project du jour

Turn old shopping bags into gift bags. A paper craft DIY.

September 19, 2012 15 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Before and After, craft time, Crafts, Paper, paper crafts, product reviews, tutorial, upcycle

Handmade Valentine’s Gift… a relationship timeline.

February 7, 2012 18 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, gift giving, Paper, paper crafts, UseWhatchaGot, Valentine's Day

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