Search Results for: CHRISTMAS

  • DIY Projects

    How to Make a Dollar Tree Sled

    Mak­ing this Dol­lar Tree Sled was a super fun and cre­ative way to cre­ate some­thing using Dol­lar Tree sup­plies. Typ­i­cal­ly, I use lit­tle embell­ish­ments and some­times rib­bon for my larg­er DIY’s but this time was different.  I made this lit­tle sled using MOSTLY DT sup­plies, but keep in mind you can find your sup­plies from oth­er places as well., I have linked the project sup­plies below for your convivence.  What do you need to make a DIY sled? 2 wreath hooks piece of card­board cut into 3 wide strips, approx 3″ wide wood-like scrap­book paper mod­podge black chalk paint (to paint hooks if…

  • DIY Projects

    The Perfect DIYer Gift Guide

    This year put the gift of DIY under­neath the tree. With more time spent at home there has been a great upward trend of at home DIY projects and I have just the thing for it! I cre­at­ed this DIY­er Gift Guide to help you shop for that per­fect gift for the handy­man, crafter or all-around project lov­ing per­son in your life! With a few very basic but very handy tools your DIY­er is sure to be thrilled with one or all pf these gifts this Christmas! 1. DIY Wood Block House Project Kit This wood block kit is per­fect for…

  • DIY Projects

    Make A Wood Block Ornament + Video

    Mak­ing wood block ornament(s) has to be one of my favorite things to cre­ate this time of year. In fact, mak­ing wood block anyyy­thing is my favorite.  PS.…these wood block ornament(s) make won­der­ful (and bud­get friend­ly) gifts too (wink wink) If you have a scrap wood pile lay­ing around, go grab a lit­tle piece and make this super cute, rus­tic lit­tle addi­tion for your tree.  No wood? No wor­ries! If you don’t have access to wood, we have a scrap wood project solu­tion designed JUST FOR YOU! If you have wood, then you’re almost set. See the com­plete list of sup­plies below. Supplies…

  • DIY Projects

    Last Minute DIY Halloween Costume

    This DIY wolf cos­tume was a prod­uct of my pro­cras­ti­na­tion. This year’s theme was lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood and I could not find a decent lit­tle boys wolf cos­tume any­where. I had a mask giv­en to me for free but it was too big and a lit­tle too scary for my 6 year old, how­ev­er, with a lit­tle imag­i­na­tion it could make the per­fect last minute Hal­loween costume.  What do I need to make this Halloween Costume? fab­ric hot glue hot glue gun rotary cut­ter cut­ting mat faux fur I think we can all agree this is not the cutest mask we have…

  • Decor - DIY Projects

    How to Make Rustic Wood Peg Ornaments

    These DIY wood peg orna­ments are the per­fect lit­tle rus­tic touch for your Christ­mas tree! Not only are they sim­ple and rus­tic, but these wood peg orna­ments are so incred­i­bly easy!  I was for­tu­nate to be gift­ed these lit­tle pegs but but I have linked them in the sup­ply list below for your convivence. What supplies do I need? Wood Pegs Antiquing Glaze Rib­bon and embell­ish­ments of choice Jute Twine How to make Rustic Wood Peg Ornaments  You can con­tin­ue these steps list­ed above, alter­ing fab­rics, bows and tex­tures to make an assort­ment of adorably rus­tic wood peg ornaments. I just love…

  • DIY Projects

    How to Make A Simple Eucalyptus Garland

    This sim­ple gar­land is so easy I can hard­ly call it a DIY. The idea came from the want to dec­o­rate my man­tle and the need to lim­it my spending.…trying to bud­get for those pump­kins if you know what I mean.  I grabbed some euca­lyp­tus gar­land I already has on hand and start­ed to brain­storm ways to make it look more fall-like. I decid­ed on lay­er­ing a few sim­ple gar­lands so they could eas­i­ly be inter­changed for dif­fer­ent seasons. Supplies euca­lyp­tus garland pine cones jute buf­fa­lo check wired ribbon The euca­lyp­tus I found on Ama­zon. I love it because it is…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    Video:Nesting Box Interchangeable Signs

    Recent­ly, I came up with a design idea for a unique inter­change­able sign, which I named the “Nest­ing Box” peo­ple could cus­tomize and use in their homes. The con­cept of the Nest­ing box is quite sim­ple. It looks like a nor­mal table top sign but in fact it is much more. You get to chose your com­po­nents, and we ship them direct­ly to you! You will receive your sign unfin­ished and ready dec­o­rate. It’s that sim­ple, and the best part of the entire design? It can be changed out at any time.  For easy inter­change­abil­i­ty, we designed the back­ing using 1/8″…

  • DIY Projects

    How to Make Wood Bead Tassel DIY Decor

    I am always look­ing for home decor to cre­ate on my own. Don’t get me wrong I love doing all types of crafts but I espe­cial­ly love the ones I can dis­play in my home year round. This is exact­ly why I am excit­ed to teach you how to make wood bead tas­sel DIY decor. Not only is this one sim­ple but it incor­po­rates one of my very favorite elements…wood! I have var­i­ous wood bead gar­lands, tas­sels, cut­ting boards, bowls and more scat­tered through­out my home and I am excit­ed to add this cute lit­tle addition. Materials *these ar affil­i­at­ed links…

  • Cooking

    Sweet Southern Sun Tea

    Hon­est­ly I don’t remem­ber hav­ing a whole lot­ta sun tea grow­ing up. In fact, it was a on going joke that my mom could­n’t make good tea. She always seemed to scald it on the stove and it had a burnt taste. She was even gift­ed a fan­cy tea mak­er one year for Christ­mas which did help.…buuuut when it quit work­ing she all but quit mak­ing tea.  I start­ed mak­ing tea again about 7 years ago when Josh and I were first mar­ried. Tea for this gal is best served cold and sweeeet. South­ern style I guess you could say. And…