Awhile back I wrote a very basic post on How to Make Your Own Halloween Luminaries by hand, but I’ve since updated my design a bit, and created free svg files, so today I will show you how to make a cardstock luminary with a cutting machine! However, you may still cut by hand if…
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Girl Scout Daisy Cupcake Toppers – Free Printable
Our Girl Scout Daisy Troop just had our last meeting and end of year party…What better way to celebrate than with cupcakes?! =) This was a really simple way to dress up our cupcakes so I thought I’d save some time for those interested by sharing my files! You could bake and frost some cupcakes…
DIY Alice in Wonderland Topsy Turvy Flower Planter + Bird Bath Tutorial
Have you ever spent minutes hours drooling over all the topsy turvy planters on Pinterest like me? Uh, yeah. SUPER CUTE, am I right?! I’ve been wanting to make one for a long time, and somewhere along the way I decided it should be based on Alice in Wonderland. I read several other tutorials on how…
Make a Felt Board for Fun Learning
I am super excited about my latest project, a DIY Felt Story Board. I’m even more excited that Kayden seems to love it too! We were playing with it today and she was so proud, “Mommy look at my picture! Look at my picture!” Needless to say, Mommy was proud too. =) Plus, that might…
Mad Hatter’s Hat
I’ve been working on projects here and there, some for Christmas gifts, and some just for fun…like this Mad Hatter’s Hat: It’s it cute? I debated on how to decorate it, and while I’m not totally in love with it, I still like it. And I’m definitely inspired to make more. =) This project made me…
44 Days to Halloween!
Maybe next year I’ll do a craft project countdown to Halloween. Wouldn’t that be fun? I’m hoping to finish a few more projects for this year. I already made my Jack Skellington. I’ve got all the piece I need (I think) to make Sally, but haven’t gotten very far, my witch table is now going…
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,…
