DIY Projects, Crafts, & Paper Fun
Never forget another birthday or anniversary with this family celebration and birthday board! Make this pretty yet functional date board with basic supplies and display it proudly in your home. Have you heard of family birthday and celebration boards? I first learned about these when a friend of mine mentioned she’d made one and I…
Learn how to create beautiful “knockout” designs in names and words for vinyl to create amazing personalized signs, shirts, totes, and mugs. I show you how to do the knockout technique in Cricut Design Space and then show you how to layer the knockout design in vinyl and apply it to a sign and a…
Decorated glass blocks make beautiful home decor as well as wonderful gifts and memorials! Learn how to choose, prepare, decorate, and light them up in this tutorial I love anything with lights in these cold, dark months, and that includes lighted glass blocks! These glass blocks with pre-cut holes have been popping up in the craft…
Reclaim old furniture with some paint… and match it to your room exactly! Here’s how to paint upholstered furniture so it stays soft and flexible… and stencil a design on it, too! So I had this old and out-of-date footstool I’ve had since the ’80s. It didn’t match my decor anymore and, also, it was…
Learn how to make this trendy home decor painting project—a Hot Mess Canvas! It’s so easy to personalize and makes a wonderful gift! Today we’re making a hot mess canvas! If you haven’t heard of these, hot mess canvases have been taking the Internet by storm the past year or so. It’s really not…
Make this larger-than-life paper poinsettia flower with my super-simple pattern and tutorial! The holidays are coming and it’s time to decorate the craft room. For Day 2 of The Great Maker Show and Tell Challenge, we are making a giant paper poinsettia flower using my simple yet realistic poinsettia pattern! I love to make paper flowers from…
Make an eye-catching vertical welcome sign for your front porch with this easy tutorial! Let’s spruce up our front porches today! For Day 1 of The Great Maker Show and Tell Challenge, we are making a pretty, double-sided vertical welcome sign for your front porch with the words “Welcome” on one side and “Believe” on the…
Make a unique and functional DIY command center that holds information, paper, and loose items. And you can even close up this command center when company comes over! I’ve been wanting a command center in my craft room for some time. If you’re not familiar with the term “command center,” it’s just a fancy term…
I’m so excited to finally give you a craft room tour! Come peek inside my special place and see all of my organization projects and storage solutions. I didn’t always have a craft room. In fact, for the longest time, I simply crafted wherever I could find some free space. But about a year into…
Make an easy DIY pet gate or baby gate that is both pretty and functional! This extra-wide, extra-tall freestanding security gate can be custom made to fit your space. We just adopted a new puppy! And the night before she came home, we realized we needed to puppy-proof our living room. Unfortunately, our living room…
