Spruce Up Your Space
My 10 year old is the most unorganized child I know. And I have over 40 nieces and nephews under age 14 so that’s a pretty good range of kids to gauge. When I write down “clean room” on her chore list, she rolls her eyes and says “But Ma-uhm! I like my room messy, [...]
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen a sneak peek of this project. Char was so confused what I was making. ”A sign for your camera bag?!” Haha, I do love making signs, but there was a rhyme behind this reason (; You see, I love my command station…but I don’t love that it’s handled [...]
We love love LOVE DownEast Basics! They are currently hosting an AMAZING local warehouse sale so we stocked up on basics and dresses, and skirts and belts…okay and even some jewelry. BUT it’s more than HALF off soooo…we’re wise to take advantage of it, right? RIGHT?! Lol! Here are our Down East Basics top picks [...]
We hosted a craft night a few weeks ago and wanted to share the final products. We had a blast with all the gals that showed up and are so happy we had a great turnout! Here are some fun Halloween Decor and Fall Decor items that we created that night. The best part about [...]
Summer is officially over and man alive, we had so much fun swimming daily, sometimes 2 times a day! It really took a toll on my hair though, being in the sun so much! Especially since I’ve been growing it out and leaving it in ponytails. Every time I shower I’m pulling out wads of [...]
I was looking up fall accessories trend and noticed how hot animal prints are going to be this winter. I also noticed that more and more women are wearing their necklaces like a mustache. Just kidding. I’m not typically a big animal print wearer, however I do love brightly colored accessories. Like, turquoise is more than [...]
Yeow! Welcome to the What’s in your bag? post. Um, catchy title, we know! LOL So if you follow us on Instagram, you’ll have seen that Kelli & I got some cute cute cute happy mail (#happymail… are you also hashtag crazy? We love to hashtag! Hee hee) from the oh-so-darling Maggie of Gussy Sews [...]
We received the cutest box of goodies from Canvas Corp, 7Gypsies + Tattered Angels. Because they so graciously hooked us up (by default, it’s a perk of being Jennie/Craft-o-Maniac‘s roomate at the upcoming EVO conference, thanks Jen!) we thought it was appropriate to use up their goods and make something fun to share with you [...]
We were lucky recipients of reviewing Tori Spelling’s new DIY jewelry line, Styled by Tori. It’s gorgeous and easy to put together, just three easy steps and NO tools! We loved experimenting with it! It looks so pretty on my jewelry organizer too!
Happy Monday! We are excited to share our DIY curtain rod & clay finials with you today: This was not a quick project but it turned out pretty well!Let’s start from the beginning, though, shall we? After removing shabby blinds from every.single.window in the home we recently moved into and now having zilch for window treatments, [...]
Oh my gosh! I can’t believe I’m here! I gotta tell ya, folks, I’m on Cloud 9. I first found the Lolly Jane girls right after I started blogging…and I was instantly smitten. I think I clicked the “follow” button before I’d finished reading even one post…seriously…they are that awesome. But you already knew that…(smile)… [...]
Since I made a thousand 200 of these fabric tube necklaces last week, I thought I’d show off the one I kept for ME Disclosure: I’m pretty sure these have been done before in Blogland somewhere, but I actually snagged the idea assignment from my pal Jan, the YW president I serve with in my church. [...]
So I was browsing in my local craft store, 40% coupon in tow, passing the unfinished wood section where I saw this lonely naked dress form and stopped to stare. ”I’ll dress you up,” I told her. And I did Loving my dress form jewelry stand! Supplies: 8″ dress form . round base x2 [...]
We saw a cute headband at Claire’s the other night. The beads looked like ball chain which sparked this idea: Pretty fun & it was free as we had everything on hand. Ball Chain Headband Tutorial Supplies: scissors. 3″ cream felt circle . 2″ brown felt leaves . 18″ ball chain . hot glue & [...]
