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? […]
Sea-Inspired DIY Candle Holders (Made from glass jars & paper napkins.)
A few weeks ago I bought some cool paper napkins on a trip to Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach, CA. Â 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 DIYÂ candle holders using the same napkins and Mod Podge. This […]
Simple Mother’s Day Brunch invitations using paper napkins instead of expensive scrapbook or specialty papers.
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 […]
Easy, handmade cards using nail polish. (What?! Genius!)
I’m so lucky today to have my friend Shannon from Madigan Made here to share this cute project with you. Â It’s one of those projects that make me want to smack myself in the forehead and say “Oh my gosh! Â How brilliant is that, and why didn’t I think of that!?!” Â I just love these […]
A simple Valentine’s Day mantel.
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 […]
Make an easy scrap paper Christmas tree.
I wanted one more little Christmas tree for our buffet table. Â 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. Â If you can cut pieces of paper into squares, then you can do this craft. Here’s what […]
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. Â (We like to make them look like they’re swarming towards a corner of the room.) This couldn’t be easier. Â Cut some bat shapes out […]
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? Â (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 […]