Strawberry Cards: Ashlee Collection

I love love love these strawberry stamps from flourishes. You cannot get these stamps anymore as the company does not exist. This collection is called Ashlee.

Friday Finds- Marshalls Haul

Some people call them hauls. I call them finds. I don’t really go to a store looking for items. I just happen upon them mostly. One of my fav places to happen upon cool stationary and crafty things is Marshalls. The items are super cheap and typically more fancy brand crafty items. arrow paper clips-…

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Using Tote Bags as Gift Wrap

Wrapping up handmade birthday presents for my staff. Many of the gifts are still being created but I wrap between creation sometimes. Pro tip. Instead of using expensive paper gift bags buy some cool designed reusable bags for only 99cents. Found these at tjmaxx. They are larger then grocery bags. #octobersixthcreations #diyproject #craft #craftblogger #craftblog…

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DIY Bath Bomb

Recipe and supplies  1 cup baking soda ½ cup citric acid ½ corn starch 3 tablespoons Epsom salt 1-2 teaspoon water 3-4 teaspoons Grapeseed oil 20-25 drops of essential oil (my fav is a ylang ylang with jasmine combo. lime vanilla is also refreshing) handful dried flowers-  optional silicone molds or round holiday ornaments whisk mixing…

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Door Decoration with Upcycled Material

Off campus housing office gave us boxes of old folders. They had cool umd images. Decided to use them in my official door decs. #upcycle #reuse #terps #reslife #octobersixthcreations #doordec

Embossing Soda Can

This DIY was really easy to do. I had done something similar to this a long time ago with embossing foil. I wanted to see if I could do the same thing with an upcycle twist. Supplies Aluminium Can. The bigger the better Ball point pen Scissors. I use tin snips. Tape Corrugated cardboard Picture…

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Cement Planter

Finally finished painting all the #diy cement planters. Tried this out as an example for something to do with my students. If you look back at previous post you will see the pictures of making them. Used paper cartons from almond milk, small compostable cups, and coconut water as molds. Didn’t have any of those…

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DIY Bucket Bag

Pictures of just the #diy bucket bag now that I found natural light. The link to The Sorry Girls tutorial is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mMatCsaxU Things I did different. I painted my fabric. I got the fabric at in the remnants section at Joanns for 50% off. Used liquitex acrylic paint because it does not crack. I braided the…

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Yarn Color Combos

Snapping some photos today of new color combos for scarves. I use afterlight to brighten the pictures because yarn automatically gets dark when photoed. Then I use phonto to add in the marker font writing. I do these pictures to help me name the scarf but to remember the combos. I can get so overwhelmed…

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