Personalize hand towels with an appliqued monogram and simple bias cut ruffle: These hand towels are for sisters, a quick and easy personalized gift. Here’s how to make the monogrammed hand towels: 1. Print out monogram to fit. (I used Lucida Bright font at 300 point.) Apply fusible interfacing to wrong side of fabric: 2…. Read more
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“K” is for Kids Step Stool
Build your own kids step stool using plans from Ana White’s book The Handbuilt Home or similar plans here. A fast build using scrap wood, painted soft pink and personalized on the top step: The edges are distressed and smooth and the cutout detail on the sides gives just a bit of vintage charm: This… Read more
Building Birthday Party
A build-it birthday party: A birthday party for my now 7 year old girl. I brought up the idea of a build it party where the girls would construct a piece and paint it, Emma agreed and now I’m sharing the build it party details with you! I went solo on this one so… Read more
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DIY Mini Wheelbarrow
Build: mini wheelbarrow Build your own wooden mini wheelbarrow to make the perfect Spring table decor. Some marshmallow peeps were hiding in our grass: This wheelbarrow could hold anything – plastic eggs, bread, wrapped silverware for a buffet setting: We starting growing wheat grass last week and now we have this: I lined the wheelbarrow… Read more
DIY Armoire Makeover
A fresh coat of navy paint and a little distressing made this armoire beautiful again. My friend inherited this armoire at her last move and had it painted when her first son was born 8 years ago. It was cute for a little boy but really, really bright blue and the finish wasn’t doing justice… Read more
DIY Fabric Eggs Easter Mantel
Sew: fabric eggs Easter mantel Use up your fabric scraps and make easy to sew fabric eggs for Easter. I used a pattern from Retro Mama here. It’s a great way to use some scraps, each egg is only 4 small pieces of fabric. I hung the eggs with small embroidery straight pins hammered… Read more
“C” is for Cupcake Placecards
Craft: mini cupcake placecards Use cupcake candle holders, wood and skewers to make simple and cute party placecards. I had no intention of making placecards for my daughter’s upcoming ‘build it’ party until I came across these mini cupcake candle holders in the cabinet. There were only 5 left and all my kids are now… Read more
DIY Boxy Pencil Pouches
Let’s make easy to sew boxy drop cloth canvas pencil pouches with rainbow print lining and rainbow colored zippers. These DIY boxy pencil pouches make a great party favor or gift idea. A DIY tutorial to make boxy pencil pouches. Sew these boxy style pencil pouches perfect for writing implements, travel accessories and more. I… Read more
DIY Hardware Cloth Easter Baskets
Craft: hardware cloth Easter baskets A grown up Easter basket made from hardware cloth scraps, plywood and apple basket parts. I can’t take full credit for this one. After making the hardware cloth containers earlier this week I still had lots of scrap pieces left over that I still wanted to use. Inspired by this… Read more
“B” is for Blingy Letter Pouch
Sew: blingy sequined pouch I amped up the bling by sewing multiple sized sequins and beads onto a single letter in a coverall fashion and then making it into a zippered pouch: The exterior is drop cloth canvas with a coordinating gingham lining: I probably could’ve placed the letter a tiny bit higher on the… Read more
DIY Hardware Cloth Containers
Craft: hardware cloth containers I finally found a solution for all those leftover small scrap pieces of hardware cloth. And even better I was able to mix hardware cloth, wire, wood and jute string all in one project! The wood base keep the shape form solid and provides weight and stability. Here’s how to make… Read more