It’s no secret I like to slop things together. When I sew I hate using patterns, when I craft I like to just go to it, and when I cook I don’t always use measuring cups. Except when I bake from scratch (which isn’t very often); I’m pretty sure accurate measurements are important when baking….
Easy & Inexpensive Candle Props
If you don’t know this about me already, I love Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday. I am also a cheapskate somewhat frugal and I love to DIY. So when I found out you could make a ton of really awesome Halloween props and decorations for little money I made it my mission to start building…
Upcoming Project: Witch Table with Feet
If you couldn’t already tell, I’ve been in the mood to work on Halloween projects. A few different projects. (Halloween is only 65 days away, you know!) Inspired by this tutorial I decided I need my own witch table with feet. Or a cauldron with feet. Maybe both? But a table could hold the cauldron? I…
Make Your Own Halloween Luminaries
Cute, huh? They’re pretty easy to make, too! You need: Cardstock Vellum (any color works) Adhesive X-acto knife Scoring tool (optional) Pencil Stencil design LED Candle – I like the color changing ones, which I buy on Amazon: Color Changing Everlasting Tealights Candles with 7 Rainbow Colors- Set of 12 INSTRUCTIONS Cut your 8.5″x11″ paper…
Making Sally! Making Sally!
Feel free to sing the title of this post to the tune of “Making Christmas!” like I did while working on this progress. 🙂 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAxikZmY-0 Ever since I started making Jack I had a funny feeling I would feel the need to make a Sally to go with him. Jack was time consuming for sure,…
Big News for Jack!
If you were here yesterday you remember the conversation I had with Jack. I told him if he could be patient I’d start working on a life-size Sally to join him. He was THRILLED to say the least. He immediately ran down to my workshop to see what he could do to help speed up…
More Jack!
We love having Jack around the house, he’s become part of the family. I forgot to tell him that in this house you’ve got to lock the bathroom door or you run the risk of someone walking in on you! Big Girl was nice enough to share some of her toys. He & I had…
Jack the Musician
As I mentioned I had a great time showing Jack around the house. He proved to be quite a talented musician. You won’t believe the photo I snapped later that day! I’ll share more tomorrow…
Turn Baby Food Jars into Treats & Favors!
I love me some upcycled baby food jar crafts! Last year everyone got lighted Christmas Trees from Big Girl’s leftover jars and now that Little Baby is going to be trying baby food soon I will have a big pile of them again. They will go next to the big pile I still have from Big…
My Favorite Creation
It all started when I was asked to help plan and officiate a wedding for a good friend. Their theme is…wait for it…The Nightmare Before Christmas!!!!! EEEEEKKKK!! How FUN is that?! Of course I started scouring Pinterest immediately for ideas and inspiration. Did you know the hours go by even faster when you’re searching for…
