We’ve had so much exciting news this year, and the news keeps on coming! Here I am sitting in the hair and makeup seat backstage at The Martha Stewart Show! Check out all the fun things that are happening in our world this month:

I’m one of those people who can’t give a gift, even a tiny one, without adding a bow or some other decoration to the wrapping.  Wrapping paper alone is not enough to satisfy the obsessive crafter inside of me!  With gift wrapping season swiftly sneaking up on us, it’s the perfect time to share this gift bow tutorial from Rachel at Lines Across My Face.  …

I’m into plastic snakes this Halloween, so apologies to the snake-o-phobic (anyone know the real term?). This creepy wreath originated with Martha Stewart, but Amber at The McIllece Spot made a snake wreath turned out exactly like Martha’s, so she gets a gold star and a craft award. That’s not easy! A grapevine wreath is the perfect snakey background for a wreath covered with plastic …

Today I fell in love with a some Mod Podge pumpkins. Aren’t they cute?! And they can be customized depending on the size and type of paper you use! Random Thoughts of a Supermom goes back to 2009 for this tutorial, with the help of her kids.

We’ve been loving the series of fingernail polish tutorials that Megan from Razberriez has been kind enough to share with us.  She’s back again today to share another amazing technique that will leave all of your friends in wonder: marbled  nail polish!  Thanks, Megan!

Let’s face it everything is cuter when it’s smaller, toy dogs, mini cupcakes, children. So, this week we were asked to make something smaller. Whether that was using shrinky dinks, felting or making a miniature, it was is up to us.

Kate at Minieco thinks that the PacMan ghosts are a bit spooky (in a friendly kind of way) so thought they would make an excellent Halloween garland. We agree!

Our friend Christine & Co. took a plain mug and transformed it into a pretty chic cuppa with the help of an ombre color treatment (that is, graduated color from light to dark). She was clever and bought just two tasty colors from the new Martha Stewart craft paint line, and cleverly combined them to make four colors. Now that’s a dollar store craft I …

Making a fort has to be one of the most fun things you do during your childhood. Over at meg + andy, Meagan created a great fort kit as a birthday gift, using many items she found at the dollar store. This is a homemade toy that my boys would continue to use over and over again. A fort kit encourages creative play, and is …

I have “Shop at Dollarama” on my bucket list (it’s a Canadian dollar store chain — I just need to make a trip up to Canada to make that happen), and here’s just another reason why. Check out this beautiful necklace made by Nelle Creations with stuff she found at her local Dollarama. Just two dollars worth of goodies to make this stunning necklace – …