Category: Craft Projects

Father’s Day Photo Gift

Father’s Day Photo Gift

Take photos of your child holding wooden letters from the craft store spelling out dad for an easy and inexpensive Father’s Day photo gift!   I’m struggling a little bit on how to top last year’s Father’s Day gift to my husband. I took pictures of my son (then 3.5 years old) holding up wooden

DIY Paracord Survival Bracelet

DIY Paracord Survival Bracelet

Learn how to make a Paracord Survival Bracelet. Perfect gift for your outdoor enthusiast.  While I was making some DIY Cause Bracelets for my friend’s family, I was trying to figure out what to make my friend’s husband when I stumbled across some paracord survival bracelets. I searched all over for directions and styles that

Aged Paint Monogram {tutorial}

Aged Paint Monogram {tutorial}

Step-by-step instructions to make an aged paint monogram. This technique would work for most distressed or antiqued wood projects. I think this aged paint monogram will be the last project for my mantel monogram gallery. I promise I won’t stop making monogram decor, I’ll just have to find some new spaces for them! I’ve had

40th Birthday Collage

One of my more popular posts is often the one from my husband’s 40 Rocks Birthday Party. I like seeing that because it reminds me of a really fun night with family and great friends. I’ve also had quite a few questions on the 40th birthday collage I did. I think it’s the only project

DIY Cause Bracelets

DIY Cause Bracelets

A few months ago one of my best friends daughters was diagnosed with leukemia. Thankfully she is responding well to treatment so far and her prognosis is very good. There was a huge outpouring of support for them and a benefit was planned early on. Aside from attending the benefit and rallying some of our

Stenciled Garden Rocks

Stenciled Garden Rocks

Stenciled garden rocks are a quick and easy garden project or gift idea. Personalize with monograms, leaves or your favorite team logo. Step-by-step instructions and photos. Spring peaked out this weekend for a brief visit and we took advantage of it to do some outdoor projects. I pinned this stenciled garden rocks idea from BHG.com

Vintage Wood Tile Letter

Vintage Wood Tile Letter

Step-by-step instructions with pictures for making a vintage looking wood tile letter. I found a vintage looking tile letter from Spicher and Company several months ago. I pinned it on my Initial Decor board on Pinterest and periodically as I’ve been working on my monogram mantel collection, I’ve revisited it wanting to try to create

Circle Inspiration Bracelet

Circle Inspiration Bracelet

On one of my many trips to Michael’s recently, I ran across these inspiration word circles that I knew would be perfect for a gift I was working on. Using some suede cord and a toggle clasp I already had, this circle inspiration bracelet took about 15 minutes to make. I practiced on the Inspire

Monogram Scrabble Tile

It’s me… back with another monogram project. Are you sick of them yet? I’ve got too many ideas and have now had to move on to my first initial. This one was inspired by a lot of Scrabble wall decor I’ve seen floating around Pinterest, most of them combining names and words together. I used

Shadow Box Framed Instagram Photos

Are you on Instagram yet? I love it, and I wish more of my friends and family used it, so I could follow their days in photos. It’s the best part of social media in my opinion, photo sharing. The filters are fun to play with too. I had been wanting to print out and