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…
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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…
Drab to Fab: Upcycled Cereal Box
Okay, so this here is what I call a “slop craft”. I have very little patience or desire to follow patterns, measure precisely or take TOO much time. Terrible, I know! This is not to say I don’t do those things with more important projects but for those that I just want to get done, or…
Baby Food Jar Christmas Tree
As soon as I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. Correction. BEFORE I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. =) Twenty-plus years ago I watched my mom upcycle baby food jars into this…
DIY Lighted Glass Block
Here’s a very basic overview of how to make those lighted glass blocks that are showing up everywhere. Get yourself a Krafty Blok and mini light set from the craft store. (You can get plain glass blocks at Lowe’s or Menards that are less expensive, but then you’ll have to drill them. I didn’t feel…
DIY Foaming Soap
Still on my DIY Pinterest project kick I made some semi-homemade foaming soap. Or, perhaps it’s more of an “upcycled” soap? (Whatever.) 1. Take an empty bottle of Bath & Body Works (or other) foaming soap bottle. (Nevermind the disgusting pump…apparently I didn’t clean it up very well!) 2. Take a little bit of your…
DIY Fabric Softener
Since I decided to go ahead and make my own laundry detergent I thought I might as well get crazy and try my luck at homemade fabric softener too! (Another idea sparked from Pinterest.) I followed the recipe I found on The Frugal Girls website: 6 Cups Hot Water 3 Cups Suave Conditioner (I used…
DIY HE Laundry Soap
For the longest time I’ve wondered about making my own laundry soap in an effort to save money and try to be “greener”. Plus, if you don’t already know I kinda like to make EVERYTHING myself. 😉 We have had a high efficiency washer for several years so I was very nervous about attempting anything…
Storage Crate Seat
Here’s more proof that I do more than spend endless hours surfing the internet. Not that I DON’T spend countless hours online…daily…but every now and then I actually DO something with what I’ve learned online. 🙂 For example, I found instructions for this awesome project on A Day in the Life of Miss Kranz via…
