I saw a recipe for Oat and Banana cookies in the spirit of valentine’s day. Thought these would be cute to make for my sweet who loves treat. He is not a huge fan of chocolate, but plant based chocolate things tend to be the right kind of chocolate flavor for him. He does love…
Category: DIY
Create all the things
Passion Tea Sugar Scrub
Sugar scrubs are the easier DIY beauty craft whatever you want to call it. I got inspired to use tea by a post I saw somewhere. I don’t know about you, but my skin sheds a lot in the winter. I use a scrub at least once a week or every other day. I do…
Hanging Air Freshener
I will admit I am very attracted to natural air fresheners. When they are reusable that really sends me to a happy place. I have scoured the pinterest boards for recipes and ideas. What I have found is simple and require limited supplies. Supplies Essential oils of your choosing 100% (or as close as you…
Snow Day Snow Cones
I grew up with snow cones, Rita’s Water Ice, slushies, and icees. I have always loved a flavored syrup with some ice. I would take that over ice cream any day. Sadly I have no idea how the syrup is made for these creations. I do know that you can make your own for your…
Knit Drink Coozie Decoration or Favor
I run a residence hall at a university. My staff makes name tags or door decorations for our residents to make them feel welcome. This means I make my staff door decorations. In my 12 years in this job I have never repeated a decoration. I try to make them nice enough so they want to…
New Knit Beanie Hats
Two new hats have been posted to my Etsy shop. Link is in the top menu. I have been working hard to get orders done while increasing my inventory in hopes to be ready for a craft fair in 2016. I have more yarn then I think anyone will ever need. There are just so…
Customize your Calendar
I would typically make my own notebooks and calendar books. This time I decided to buy some calendars from TjMaxx. One of my fav discount places to shop. I want to use them for tracking my fitness and blogging. Maybe some personal things as well. I typically don’t do calendars because they are too anxiety…
Create your own Wrapping Paper
I am a fan of custom. I love love love personal items. You can give them a personal touch related to the person you are gifting. The presentation is just as important as the gift in my opinion. In the last few years one of my fav things about gift giving is creating wrapping…
Shop the latest photo from October6thCreations on Etsy
Working on more hats. Shop the latest photo from October6thCreations on Etsy
Poofs for Hats
Was asked recently if i make my own poofs for hats. Yep I make my own pom pom poofs for my hats. Here is an evolution of poof. Haha that sounds like a dance about farts. No? Okay maybe just in my head. #knitting #octobersixthcreations #knit #knithat #october6thcreations #craft #crafty #yarn #lionbrand #fall #winterhat #artsandcrafts…
Minnie Mouse Knit Hat
Minnie hat done! The hat was pretty easy to make. I designed it on my own. I thought of Minnie’s dress and went from there. I also made a pink version for my niece at her request. I have made toddler size mickey mouse hat at request through my etsy shop. You can find the…
Creative Cafe- DIY Mugs with My Students
Great success at Oakland Halls first Creative Cafe for the year. Had 60+ students come out to paint mugs and learn about the Green Squad Challenge. Hopefully they will use these mugs for our bring your own cup/bowl events. All our events are byo basically. Love seeing all the creativity of my students. Next Creative…
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