Category: crafts
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homemade gift idea
Every year at Thanksgiving, we exchange gifts with my husband’s family. This year, we changed things up a little and did a secret santa gift exchange, but instead of buying for a specific person, we each submitted themes and then we had to buy a gift for that theme. Then at the gift exchange we would find…
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trimming the tree
{DSLR camera settings for this picture: 1/30, f2.8, ISO 800, use a tripod, go about 12 ft from the tree focus on something closer to you like a chair and don’t allow your camera to refocus on the tree before snapping the picture} {DSLR camera settings for this picture: 1/30, f2.8, ISO 800, use a…
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no sew ruffle tree skirt
I have seen these no sew ruffle tree skirts all over, so when I realized I needed a new tree skirt, because I changed my tree decor colors, I decided to try one. I think they look so pretty and I mean… no sew?!… I’m in! I also didn’t want to spend a lot of…
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diy gift wrap
I love making special wrapping paper for a few of my presents. It takes too long to do this with all of our kids presents, so they just get a few that look pretty. For these, I used brown package paper, I punched a whole bunch of circles out of scrapbook paper. I then sewed…
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christmas decor
I love decorating the house each year for Christmas, while playing my favorite Christmas music. This year I changed up the Christmas decor in my living and dinning room, because I re-painted (I still need to show you the before and afters) and I didn’t want to have to buy all new decorations, so I…
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mason jar snow globes
I have been wanting to make these mason jar snow globes with the kids for a few years and finally got around to doing it. They were so easy and the kids love them!to make:first. gather your supplies, a mason jar, some sort of toy/animal that will fit inside the mason jar and some glitter…
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seating place holder -> coasters -> tree ornament
When I was working on my Thanksgiving table decor, I needed to trim the candles down a bit and was leftover with these little half inch pieces of wood. I thought they would make great coasters, then decided to stamp them.first. Cut the logs to about a 1/2 inch.second. I used the stamp technique that…
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thanksgiving table decor
I definitely went back to nature for this year’s Thanksgiving table setting. Not only do I like how it looks, going “back to nature” is pretty inexpensive. My neighbors had a tree that had fallen down, so all of the wood used was from their tree. I made some candle holders by drilling a hole in the…
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stenciled picture frame
I recently changed up a shelf in our basement and was in need of some red decor. I always have old picture frames around and I found some scrap wood and I got to work. I made a stenciled picture frame. It’s was a quick and easy project and free, because I had all the…