Category: Craftiness

Confessions of a Pinterest Mom

My children are the ones showing up in outfits I lovingly sewed for them. They eat pancakes shaped like dragons and sandwiches cut into smiley faces. They play outside in playhouses we built and painted, and take baths with glow-sticks and homemade body paint.… Continue Reading “Confessions of a Pinterest Mom”

DIY family command centre

Life changes, and sometimes that means your decor needs to change with it. We used to have a family “art gallery”on the main wall in our kitchen and we’d hang up the kids’ paintings and drawings — occasionally a worksheet from preschool. But we… Continue Reading “DIY family command centre”

10 tips for hanging a gallery wall

10 tips for hanging a gallery wall {Heather's Handmade Life}

I have an obsession with gallery walls. I don’t know what it is about them — the textures, the shapes, the chaos? — but I just adore them. We already had nine (I think? I might be losing count), but when I decided to… Continue Reading “10 tips for hanging a gallery wall”

Make a giant paper mâché letter

DIY giant paper mache letter {Heather's Handmade Life}

Here’s something you should know about me: my projects don’t always turn out like I’d planned — sometimes they totally bomb — but I’m just stubborn enough to keep working on them until they turn into something decent. This, my friends, was one of… Continue Reading “Make a giant paper mâché letter”

Paint a $3 welcome mat

Guys! I never got around to sharing last week’s DIY, so here it is — and it brought a really nice dessert because it felt bad for the lateness. So, without further ado (or dessert talk, because DID I MENTION I’M DOING ANOTHER FITNESS… Continue Reading “Paint a $3 welcome mat”