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When she found packages of cork strips at the dollar store, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage knew she’d scored something good. With a little help from her kids, it took all of 20 minutes to turn that $1 worth of cork into a while pile of ornaments! The rustic look is the perfect compliment for the kids’ decorative dots, and the speedy aspect of …
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Give your baby girl the look of a necklace without the choking hazard with this cute tute by Lauren at Tutus & Tea Parties. (Or go ahead and make one in an adult size for yourself!) Using a template and a pencil eraser, create strings of faux beads; use other objects (like the end of a paintbrush) to get other size dots. I love the …
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Last year, Allison from House of Hepworths fell head-over-heels for some fabulous nutcrackers in the West Elm catalog. But at almost $30 each (or $60 for a larger model), she couldn’t justify buying them. Not when she knew she could make them! You won’t believe the “before” picture of these guys; they were pretty hideous when she found them at Dollar Tree. A few modifications …
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When it comes to handmade gifts, finding good crafts for boys can be tough. There are a zillion cute little girl tutorials, but somehow the poor little boys get left out of the fun. One sure-fire hit is always the classic toy car road, a place for the Matchbox collection to whiz back and forth. Most kits of road sections, however, take up a lot …
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They say a fool and his money are easily parted. Count me as a fool then, because I have a complete inability to resist cute toys in quarter machines. I figure, if I’m going to make such impulse buys, better to spend 50 cents than 50 dollars, right? (I have a friend who is addicted to handbags, so it could definitely be worse!) I have …
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When it comes to Christmas, I like to decorate in blues and silver rather than red and green. This is partly because I think the colors are prettier, and partly because I can also call them winter decorations and not feel bad if I don’t take them down until Valentine’s Day. (They’re so much more fun to put up than they are to put away!) …
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Have you started thinking about your Christmas tree yet? Craft Snob is hosting a month-long series of handmade Christmas ornaments, including this Christmas wish list ornament by Heidi of Honeybear Lane, inspired by an idea she found on Pinterest. Wouldn’t this make a cute family holiday tradition? I’ve been collection empty thread spools since childhood; if you don’t have any laying around, you should be …
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Halloween isn’t the only holiday that’s rapidly approaching; so is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Regina from Creative Kismet lives in Tucson, where the holiday is celebrated by the area’s large Hispanic population. (Tucson even hosts an annual All Souls Procession, something I would love to witness!) To bring a little of the Mexican holiday’s spirit into her home, she transformed …
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Felicity from Crafty Modern is back with us again today, this time to share a clever Halloween costume idea! Those of you who are gardeners will love the whimsical style; our readers in warmer climates will appreciate that it doesn’t require bulky clothing!
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Amy over at The Idea Room has been wanting to make “gumball” necklaces for herself and her daughter, but could never find them in the colors she loved without having to order them online. Her solution was found in her local craft store.
