DIY Projects, Crafts, & Paper Fun
Learn how to make easy DIY Personalized Candles with your own images and photos to give as a gift or to decorate your home. Candles are wonderful decorations to have around the home! I’ve showed you how to make DIY Teacup Candles with old teacups, but I’m in the mood for something more personalized this time…
Use this helpful guide to get the answers to your questions about making face masks for children. As we head into the back-to-school season, there is a new item added to the school shopping list this year – face masks for children. I have a DIY Face Mask Guide where I answer a lot of…
Learn how to make a super easy neck gaiter face mask, with or without a filter pocket and nose wire. No elastic needed! Looking for a simple face mask that needs no elastic and can double as a scarf or headband? Look no further than the easy gaiter-style face mask. This stretchy tube fits right…
Find out which fabrics and cloths work best for homemade face masks. The best fabric for DIY face masks is one that is both effective and comfortable! After sharing our patterns for both the DIY fitted face masks you can sew, as well as easy no-sew face masks, we’ve been flooded with questions about making…
Get answers to your questions about making and wearing DIY face masks in this helpful guide! Research shows that wearing a face mask can slow the spread of viruses and germs into our communities. And yet, medical grade masks, like N95 respirators and surgical masks, are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for…
Learn the pros and cons of various types of materials and fabrics currently being used in face mask filters, and whether or not you need one at all in your DIY face mask. Several weeks ago, my brother-in-law — who is a respiratory therapist at our local hospital — contacted me to make a pattern…
Learn how to use our free face mask patterns and make your own masks with the help of a Cricut Explore or Cricut Maker … or just cut these by hand! Calling all sewists! My brother-in-law Chad (who is a respiratory therapist at the hospital I was born at) just called me about making face…
Learn how to make hair bows with pretty flairs, like mermaid tails, butterfly wings, and hearts! You can make these pretty hair bows with cardstock, faux leather, party foil, or fabric, and we’ll show you how. Did you know you can make your own hair bows? And not just any hair bows — you can…
Learn how to cut beautiful earrings using Cricut Wood Veneer sheets! In this tutorial, I show you how to create drop-dead gorgeous cherry, maple, and walnut leaf earrings that you can cut on either your Cricut Explore or Cricut Maker. Leaves are falling on a daily basis here in Michigan. It’s fall and I LOVE…
I confess I am very bad about drinking my water. I rarely get thirsty, and I just forget about it. Plus, I don’t really care for the taste of water. But it’s so important for so many things in our body, especially losing weight. So I’ve been trying to drink at least 64 oz, of water every…
