It was necessary for me to take down my winter Christmas wreath on my front door. I needed something for spring. Here is my adventure in wreath making.
Tag: arts and crafts
DIY Decor: UPcycled Christmas Lights
Check out the video! It was really easy to make this lantern decor for my living room. I found the lanterns at a thrift store. Someone gave me the broken christmas lights. The moss I got for 3$ at Marshalls. The fairy or twinkle lights I got 10ft for 6$ at Marshalls. I sprinted glitter…
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…
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…
Photo Props
This cabinet door will make many of a picture from now on. Sanding and painting success from a few days ago. Wanted a white board of sorts to better photograph or video my projects as I complete them. Found this door at community forklift. It was some dirty grey sorta white mess. Now it is…
Scarves- More Colors
Been busy working on scarves. Haven’t had much time to post or work on the youtube. Loving the new color combos for the scarves I have come up with. Check out my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/October6thCreations?ref=hdr_shop_menu
DIY: Accessory Display
One of my fav creations for decor in my home. Thanks to my awesome husband who worked with me to create this beauty. We created this about two years ago. Just now getting up on the blog. Supplies (mostly found at local hardware store) 1 sheet peg board – White. I used whole board so my…
DIY: Tile Coasters
Hi. A rare Sunday post coming out. I was a bit busy this week so I didn’t have enough time to edit my photos in advance for posting. Enjoy this one! You may have seen my versions of tile coasters here before. Here (image transfer )and Here (stamp and color). Well here is another. These use cheap…
I Dye: How To Make Natural Dyes From Wild Plants
Learn how to create your own dyes for clothes and more – with ingredients straight from Mother Nature herself! I Dye: How To Make Natural Dyes From Wild Plants
Instead of telling you how to print of burlap easily I have searched and found a great video from Maryann of Domestically Speaking. I haven’t done too many projects with this technique, but I plan to. The one example I have is the door decorations I did last year for my staff. You can see…
Color Trends + Palettes :: COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles… All in the spirit of love Fav site to use when making flyers and what nots on the computer. so helpful when you don’t know the codes for colors….
