A friend of mine was going to a wedding this summer. She asked me to do some wood burning of a cutting board as a wedding gift. I had done cutting boards previously as gift so I was up for the challenge. I used cricut design space to figure out the fonts and stencil. After…
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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…
DIY: Ceramic Mug Designing with Martha Stewart Paint
Made this for one of my staff assistants as a thank you/happy holiday gift. We do a lot of crafting around here and she has helped with that a lot. Thought this mug craft was perfect. I was kinda just going with the design. Not as pretty as I would have liked it to be,…
DIY: Triathlon Medal Display
Supplies 1x8x6 Wood Board- I used Premium Pine cut to 20 inches Paint- I used black for background and white for letters. Black is semigloss. White is acrylic. I did use semigloss white but it was not working out. I think I got a bad mix. Sawtooth Picture Hangers- mine was a 3 piece set….
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…
Whipped Body Butter
Decided to make some DIY Whipped Body Butter. I was inspired by two different recipes. 1. from Wellness Mama 2. From Life Ann Style I love how Life Ann Style incorporated upcycle into this project using old candle jars. I didn’t have those. The recipes make a lot so make sure you have many jars…
Some of my tin can or storage tin upcycle projects. simple and easy to do with some paint and accessories.
The first new pictures are the colors before baking. 425-435 for 30 minutes. Start it in a cold oven. See all the details for my other posts about sharpie baking here 9" bowl 2.49 from Ikea. Made a stencil on my Cricut. Only used it a few times until I was comfortable drawing the leaves…
This project was really easy and fun to do. Well if you like coloring of course. Supplies Tissue Paper Markers- I used Copic White Candles from the store Heating Tool Wax Paper Stamp of image you like stamp pad. I use memento because it does not bleed with Copics Stamp your image on the tissue…
dizzymaiden: http://addicted2diy.com/2014/02/11/diy-painted-kitchen-towels-with-free-svg-files/?crlt.pid=camp.ZPRKV77SDnTr these make me chuckle
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