If you’ve been following me on Instagram or Facebook you will know I have been redoing my home office/ jewelry making studio. I have been meaning to redo this space for years but have dreading clearing out all the junk and ripping up the carpet. Finally the time has come. My friends over at Walls […]
Working on and craft projects is my passion. I love to get creative and make jewelry, holiday crafts and fun art projects with my daughter.
This section of my blog is where you will find pet DIY's, sewing and crochet projects as well as nature inspired tutorials and decor items you can make for your own home.
Learn to use recycled materials from around the home and garden to create fun crafts all year round.
My Stump Side Table…Three Years in the Making
A couple of years ago I saw this awesome DIY Stump Table on The Art of Doing Stuff. I wanted to make one for myself so I trudged out to my father in law’s wood pile and grabbed a big ‘ol stump. I brought it back to my yard and tried to get the bark […]
No Dye Easter Eggs with Melted Crayons
Looking for a way to decorate easter eggs with your kids that doesn’t involve messy bowls of dye? Here is a fun an easy way to decorate eggs using crayons! Simply boil your eggs on the stove and when they are cooked pull them out and place them back in the carton. While they are […]
Raindrop Bathroom Mural
A little work in progress. The back of the bathroom door seemed rather dull compared to the rest of the room. First I painted the whole door yellow and once it was completely dry I used a level to draw straight lines in pencil on the door so that the words would be relatively straight. […]
Behind the Scenes with Do It Yourself Magazine
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have your home featured in a magazine? Well my little home here in Washington is currently featured in the latest edition of Do It Yourself Magazine. The team from the magazine made the trek out here back in the summer of 2012 for a photo shoot. […]
My House in Do It Yourself Magazine!
Hey Friends! Long time readers of this blog might remember that about a year and a half ago a team from Better Homes and Gardens Do It Yourself Magazine came to my house to photograph it for an issue! Well, I am thrilled to announce the magazine has finally come out and my house is […]
My Earrings Were Featured in a German Magazine!
Hey Friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Just wanted to check in and share with you that a women’s magazine from Germany called Fur Sie featured a pair of my earrings! Back in October, the editor of the magazine contacted me asking for some images of my lace jewelry. They chose my pink […]
Easy Origami Hearts
How do you make a simple origami heart? Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. Ori meaning “folding”, and gami meaning “paper”. If you are new to origami then this heart is a great one to start with. It’s so easy my seven year old daughter was able to help make them. Valentines Day […]
DIY Halloween Wreath
It feels like there has been Halloween decorations and costumes for sale in stores since the middle of the summer. That’s probably because there has been Halloween for sale since the middle of the summer. Heck, there is already Christmas trees and decorations for sale at the craft store! I’ve been working on some Halloween […]
How to Make a Belt from an Old Tie
I was given a huge box of old ties from my in laws that belonged to my husbands grandpa after he passed away last year. I had been trying to come up with some crafty projects that I could make use of the old ties. I decided that the long skinny ties would be perfect […]