{affiliate links included} Back before Christmas and right after my surgery, I commenced to making pom-poms! And they were absolutely fun to do! My main purpose for making them was to make a wreath. The pom-poms look so very cute just piled in a basket, too! They became part of my Christmas decor for […]
A Valentine Tablescape
{affiliate links included} Pretty dishes and a table spread with beauty. From simple to elaborate, they draw me every time. Tablescapes catch my eye in magazines, on blogs, in books, on Instagram. Spreading out dishes and arranging and spelling out love and care for the people who will grace the table. Home and food. They […]
Paper Flowers Tutorial
Hi to You today! 🙂 Want to make a paper flower or two? We did Christmas ones over here. These are the same, just any-occasion paper. January is a good project month. I like making these and they’re easy. They can make me feel just a bit fumble-fingered when I flatten them to glue them in […]
A Fabric Pennant Banner
Renae made these cute pennant banners back in the summer. She made them for the party she was planning. Since then we’ve used them several places. She has kindly shared them with me and it makes me so happy! 🙂 She put one on the big basket in the basement and it is […]
Yarn Along {My Fringe Hours}
Well, it’s no secret I’ve been a bit nutty over pom-poms. {Come see my pom-poms in this post if you missed it.} Look what my daughter gave me! She made me some pom-pom bookmarks. A Pinterest inspiration idea she found! She said, “I thought I’ve got to make some for Mom, because she’s been all […]
Christmas Paper Flowers
This is a simple paper flower tutorial. I have had fun making some this fall. We’re customizing them for Christmas, using Christmasey colored paper! You need paper, hot glue gun, glue stick, scissors and embellishments. You will start with a few strips of paper. To get a good size, I use at least four strips […]
Christmas Ornaments ~ Glass and Paper
I saw this idea floating around a few places online and I loved the look. Clear glass has always been a favorite of mine. I loved how fun these ornaments were filled with paper curls. My sister brought some crafting stuff out when they came out at Thanksgiving. She brought along some old music sheets. […]
We Make Cut-Out Cookies {And Recipe}
When my kiddos were small, making cut out cookies was something we did a couple of times a year. They enjoyed it. They’d pitch in and help and then get ready to go off to play before all the cookies were iced and I would finish a lot of them myself. I didn’t mind, because […]
Jean Pocket Silverware Holders
There are a lot of pretty pictures in my True Woman 201 studybook. One of them showed the back pocket from a pair of jeans with silverware tucked inside. I instantly thought of my denim napkin holders. Next, my mind jumped to the old jeans I still had in an upstairs closet. […]
Gift Packaging ~ One of My Happy Things
Back last November, I posted about gift packaging. It is one of my happy things. Here are a few pictures of some small packages I’ve fixed up here and there, this year. I’ve had a lot of fun using the cupcake liner flowers on gifts! Ribbon and paper and stickers, oh my!
More Cupcake Liner Flower Fun
I’ve been playing around some more with paper and paper-y stuff! I showed you cupcake liner paper flowers in this post here. I opened my drawer in my kitchen one day; the one that holds all my cupcake liners and various things. I spied my bright-colored liners in various designs and “Lightbulb!” “Idea!” The […]
Summertime Yellowy Lemon Wreath
One of my friends’ daughters posted a picture of her beautiful lemon wreath on Instagram. I loved its bright cheerfulness. Soon after, I was moving the flowerpots around on my porch and simultaneously watering them and moving them some more. I’ve rearranged the porch a few times this summer. In part, because of wind […]
Cupcake Liner Flowers
I’ve had a stack of white paper cupcake liners for a long time that I’ve eyed and thought, “I should really do something with these, but what?” I have a couple of recipes I like to keep foil cupcake liners around for, because the cupcakes stick to the paper liners in an annoying way. The foil […]
Miniature Pillows for Decor
I want to show you something I’m excited about! These miniature pillows my daughter has been creating!!! I just so love them! She’s had a good time coming up with different ideas and then stitching away. She had fun making them and I had equally as much fun photographing them. She did several Scrabble letter pillows. […]
A Garage Sale, A Scrabble Game, and An Excited Girl
Maybe a month or two or three ago, I thought, “It would be fun to have Scrabble tiles.” Thinking fun decor! The stuff you could do with them, such as spell stuff or use initials or just scatter the letters. Possibilities galore! I texted my sis and said, “If you find old Scrabble tiles, I’d take some.” […]
A Lollipop Bouquet
My brother had a birthday coming up and I knew what I wanted to make and gift him with for his birthday. I’d pinned the idea for a Lollipop Bouquet to my Pinterest Gift-Giving Ideas Board. Over at A Mom’s Life her daughter had made one for her brother’s birthday and I thought it […]