I love sitting in front of a body of water. It’s so calming, and relaxing. Listening to the gentle waves as they roll in. Feeling the breeze coming off the water. Watching kids off in the distance burying their dad in sand and making him a mermaid tail. Days at the beach are the best! …
Christmas in July: How to make Cake Mix Cookies
When I was twenty I got really into making cookies and working on baking the perfect cookie. While I loved making them I also loved giving them to family and friends for when they’d travel for a vacation. It felt so quaint and 1950’s 😍 One time my mom, dad and brother were going to …
Christmas in July: How to make Peppermint Ornaments
Y’all know I love a simple craft and this one is simple and can be done WAY before Christmas because it requires things you can buy at any time! I used peppermint candies but I believe you can use any hard candy if you’re wanting a solid other color- either circle candies or maybe jolly …
Summer Camp Crafts: How to Tie Dye Shirts
OF COURSE we’re ending this week of fun crafts with tie dyeing! I mean, we’ve come together through the struggles of mosaic stepping stones, made friendship bracelets because we’re BFF’s, made macrame plant holders to bring zen into our homes and bedazzled our pens so office life can be a little more exciting. The only …
Summer Camp Crafts: How to Bedazzle Your Office Supplies
Several years ago, like 8 years ago I had just moved back in with my parents after living on my own for the previous three. I was sad to put all my stuff that I had curated for my home/apartment into storage and I was truly, “living the dream” since I moved into their basement. …
Summer Camp Crafts: How to Make a Macrame Plant Holder
When we go to build our house (I’m working on manifesting this dream) we’re going to have a full basement. Right now we just have a partial basement and our house is using EVERY BIT of our 850 sq feet of upstairs space and just about every bit of that partial basement. I dream of …
Summer Camp Crafts: How to Make Friendship Bracelets
Now that we’ve all experienced and lived through how to make Mosaic Stepping Stones, we’re basically BFFs and need to commemorate it in some way. But how could we do that?! Tattoos seem too risky, and pricking our toes and becoming blood brothers like they do in Harriet the Spy seems too extreme and unsanitary …
I can make that Mondays: How to knit a Mug Rug
I was sitting down with my morning coffee last week deciding what to make for this weeks’ challenge. It was a rainy day with sunshine in the forecast for later but right then, the coffee was hitting the spot. Until I noticed a little had spilled on the sides and I was making a “coffee” …
Handmade Holidays: How to make a gift tag ornament
Now that you’ve made all the other 11 gifts you’ll need something to let those you love know it’s for them – how about a gift tag that doubles as an ornament?! This idea can grow in so many ways but today I show you two options! Option one would be making an ornament in …
Handmade Holidays: How to make Santa Party Mix
Friends. I’m telling you this mixture is ADDICTING. It’s chocolate covered bugles, ranch flavored popcorn, ranch Doritos, Chex and pretzels drizzled with chocolate and M&Ms. Trust me, this will be a hit in your snack display of holidays delights! Also I’ve included this in the Handmade Holidays series because you can bag up this mixure …