Category: Craftiness

DIY felt Christmas tree ornaments

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

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Are you ready to get crafty and create something with your hands? Here’s how to make your very own felt Christmas tree ornaments.

Category: Craftiness, Holidays, Sewing

DIY Christmas scrapbooks

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

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I’m planning to keep these DIY Christmas scrapbooks on display year-round for people to flip through, but you could also tuck them away with the Christmas decor and only bring them out in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Category: Craftiness, Holidays

DIY Christmas card display stand

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

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This DIY Christmas card display stand cost us nothing to build, since we used scrap wood and leftover paint, but it would probably only cost $10 in lumber and a few bucks in dollar store paint, string and clothespins to make your own. 

Category: Craftiness, Holidays

DIY Signs + Lettered Canvases

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

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From using stickers and hot-gluing wooden letters to various ways to transfer words you print out, here are my top methods for DIY signs and canvases.

Category: Craftiness, Decor, DIY

Easy Impasto paintings for less than $10

Posted on September 30, 2019 by

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My grandmother was a very talented oil painter in Scotland, and I like to think I inherited a bit of her talent for brushwork. But since I have so many creative interests — sewing clothes, woodworking, quilting, needlework, interior decorating, scrapbooking, pyrography — I… Continue Reading “Easy Impasto paintings for less than $10”

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