The Dreamcatcher

dormroomartsandcrafts: Dreamcatchers are believed to trap bad dreams while allowing good ones to pass through. I personally love dreamcatchers, so I decided to make my own. Here are instructions: Materials: Yarn Scissors Cardboard (I used a pizza box, but a cereal box, or any other cardboard will do) Tape (used… The Dreamcatcher

dormroomartsandcrafts: Finished Dreamcatcher!!  I love the way this looks, it’s hanging nicely at the foot of my bed. I made this using chunky yarn, but any yarn will do!  Have fun making your own dreamcatcher! Happy Crafting!! 

Now that pinterest is alive and busy. Lots of folks are playing around with crafting. A bunch of RAs last year were talking about using sharpies on mugs then baking them. It is a simple and cheap event if you can get your mugs at say Ikea or dollar tree. Plus for your sustainable events…

Some reslife instagram finds. I like to search all over social media for posts that could be resrouces for Resident Assistants. Use hashtag #reslife #residentlife #residentassistant #doordecs #doordecorations #bulletinboards By far I have found the most resources on pinterest but it is worth your time to look other places. I have a few follow friday…

I saw making seven drawfs out of toliet paper tubes on spoonful and pinterest within the last year. I knew right away that these needed to be door decs since I try to do door decs where you resuse most of not all of the items. It is really easy to collect toliet paper tubes….

UMD Terp Graduation Cap

As end of semester get close I usually get asked to help with idea’s for graduation caps. Sometimes I think I should change my title from resident director to captain creative. Anywho this is a grad cap that I designed and made for one of my recent graduates. Didn’t take too long. This is a…

Door Decs done!!! Each year we try to incorporate sustainability into our building decor. I thought of the song Bare Necessities from Jungle Book. Thus the design. I wanted to try and incorporate a sustainable feature into the design. Here comes the burlap or hessian. burlap is a sustainable natural product. has one of the lowest…

2011 RA Appreciation Day is a sweets theme.  I went bulk candy shopping.  Found these create snap seal glass jars at Dollar Tree.  Filled the jars with candy and put a pretty bow.  Something simple for a sweet staff.  

Thought to add a post of past RA appreciation handmade gifts in honor of tomorrow RA appreciation day!  This is just a simple box with holes punched into it.  I coved the box with fun paper and made die cuts with my cricut. The flowers are made by cutting hearts and combining them together.  You…