I LOVE the look of those fancy black, white and gold pumpkins and wanted some for my mantle this Halloween. I decided to paint some wooden pumpkins with acrylic paint and highlight them with gold accents. This may be my most beautiful Halloween craft ever! How To Paint Black, White and Gold Pumpkins Video Wooden …
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Tips and ideas for how to make a spooky Halloween sign using metal letters and a repurposed old sign. This is one of my favorite Halloween crafts of all time… so cool and super cheap to do! It is so fun that you can use things that are out of season to make stunning DIY …
Tips and ideas for how to use acrylic paint and tissue paper to make fun and colorful Halloween backgrounds for crafts, decor, junk journals or mini albums. VIDEO :: How To Make Gel Plate Tissue Paper For Halloween Halloween Decorating and Papercrafts Okay, I admit it, I am sucker for Halloween Decorating! I was born …
All my best tips and ideas for how make these super easy and cheap paper mache letters. I got them at Michaels and used gel plate tissue paper to fancy them up! These were the easiest homemade project I have ever made! You could grunge them up to make them look more vintage! Spooky Halloween …
I am so sick of getting paint and glue all over my clothes and I had the BRILLIANT idea, why not find an apron that I can wear while I do my crafts! Here are my thoughts about picking the right craft apron for yourself! My New Apron! I got my apron and it works …
Today we are going to talk about something so devastating to many of us. How do we decide when our parents (who always seemed so strong) are not capable of taking care of themselves anymore and have to come live with us? I am writing this post for my bestie who just texted me and …
I wanted to do a project with my Free printable bee ephemera, and after taking a Dina Wakley class I thought that using my Gloss Sprays would be a great way to combine my bees and the projects I had made in class! Here are my best tips and ideas for using gloss sprays in …
Starting a gratitude journal will change your life and open your eyes to everything around you that is good with the world. But sometimes you can get “stuck” figuring out what to feel grateful for. Here are tips and ideas along with journal questions that can get your wheels turning for your gratitude journal! What …
I thought you might like to see how I make paperclip dangles with lots of charms and decorations. I love making these kinds of embellishments to add to my junk journals and altered books. VIDEO :: How To Make Paperclip Dangles How To Make Paperclip Dangles When I started doing paper crafts I thought there …
How I used a cardboard base and lots of grommets, brads, eyelets, and binder rings to make a wicked cool junk journal! Tips and ideas for how to make lots of embellishments, flips and dangles to add interest to your mixed media mini album. The Final Journal Video How I Made The Heavy Metal Junk …
When I am doing my junk journals or planners I use a lot of connectors and I need to have “hearty holes!” Here is a free digital download of 1/2″ paper binder hole reinforcers for hole punched pages to keep your holes from ripping! Hole Reinforcers Video Why I NEED Hole Reinforcers I make “bulky” …
Here is a great flip through show and tell of my bee flip page junk journal! It has lots of tags, hidey spots and flips. I used a lot of different mixed media including acrylic paints, dies and stamps, and even some texture paste. Includes some tips and ideas I found out along the way …
I have been crafting for a L-O-N-G time and have bought 100s of products to use in my junk journals and magazine collage. Some are great and some are duds! Here are my best tips and ideas for what you need and don’t need for getting started with junk journal or magazine collage. Let’s Talk …
This is such a fun free digital download! I made some faux vintage stamps to use in my junk journals and scrapbooking. Includes flowers, cats, fairies, bees and butterfly. Free Printable Stamp Ephemera I wanted stamps to use in my junk journals and sometimes I use the “real thing”. But oftentimes I want to have …
I have had at least one cat for my adult life and now we have three (3!) cats living in the same house. Here are my best ideas and products for how to make your house safe and happy when you have more than one cat! Our Cat Story Am I just the crazy cat …
I have been wanting to make a cute junk journal page for Independence Day and thought, why not share the graphics with you? There are all different kinds of tickets and tags, pockets and tuck spots you can use (and some cool belly bands that you can use as is or as additional die cuts!) …
I wanted to make some cool ephemera for my junk journal, without having to buy a whole bunch of new products to make them! Here are my best tips and ideas for making shiny DIY tags and embellishments from craft supplies you already have laying around! Here Are The Tags! The neat thing is that …
When you are starting a gratitude journal, all those blank pages can be super intimidating. Here is a great guide for picking your journal, and then how to make it a part of your daily life! When To Start A Gratitude Journal Starting a gratitude journal is one of those counterintuitive things, you need it …