Mosaic Photo Valentines

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Fun valentine greetings and gifts made from your children’s photos! And the best part is you can adjust one craft that’s fitting for a preschooler all the way up to a teen friendly craft. Make a mosaic photo card, a mosaic photo gift bag and even a framed mosaic photo, all using the same concept. Growing a craft from preschool   Read More »

Valentine Rosette Heart Door Decoration

Valentine Rosette Heart Door Decoration

Wreaths are wonderful and all, but why not really celebrate the season of love with an actual heart to hang on your door? Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be complete without a heart, and certainly needs roses thrown in there as well. Make a pretty heart for your front door using Styrofoam, paint and recycled paper bags! Come on, I’ll show you   Read More »

Conversation Valentine Treat Holders

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I love all the conversation heart crafts around for Valentine’s Day. I’ve made some other conversation heart crafts, and I’ve made treat holders for other holidays as well. So when I saw the cute pink feather boa in the craft store the other day, I was immediately struck with this idea. Well, a variation anyway. My original thought was not   Read More »

Polka Dotted Heart Valentine Buckets

Polka Dotted Heart Valentine Buckets

Valentine’s Day is coming soon, so you’re going to need something fun to give out tasty treats in! These Valentine buckets, adorned in polka dotted hearts, make for a great gift filled with chocolate or other candies. They can them be used throughout the year as pen/pencil holder or for a variety of other items. As you already know, I   Read More »

Valentine Pet Bandana

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If you have a dog (or even a cat or bunny!) you might like this sweet Valentine themed bandana made just for them. It’s easy to make looks really cute around their fuzzy neck! My 10 year old German Shepherd, Angel, is modeling this bandana covered in heart shaped paw prints. I’m a designer for Decoart and made this bandana   Read More »

Cardboard Tube Children & Snowmen

Cardboard Tube Children & Snowmen

Cardboard tubes are one of my favorite mediums. They are definitely readily available and I always have some in my supply stash. They are easy to transform into fun little characters, and that’s exactly what I was thinking when I came up with this little snow scene. Do you remember building snowmen with your friends? Going sledding? Having a snowball   Read More »

Bread Tag Gingerbread Men

Bread Tag Gingerbread Men

Tomorrow is the last day of school before winter break. My 17-year old daughter wanted to make something for her friends, so we decided to make the Rice Krispy Gingerbread Men from my cooking blog and I made these cute little bread tag gingerbread men to tie the bags closed. You might remember the bread tag monsters I made last   Read More »

Snowman Garland

Snowman Garland

I actually started this snowman garland several weeks ago and kept getting sidetracked. I finally got back to the crafting table so I could finish this project and share it with you! I adore snowmen and seems like every year once I get in the groove, it’s time to start making Valentine’s Day crafts. Ha ha. I am actually really   Read More »

Iron On Glitter Snowman Shirt

Iron On Glitter Snowman Shirt

First of all, this is a rare occasion. I’m a bit timid about my size, I’m overweight and very self conscious about it, so showing a picture of me like this is not something I really like to do. But this snowman shirt was too fun not to model. I should have bought a better quality shirt that didn’t look   Read More »

Corrugated Cardboard Snowman Ornaments

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I adore snowmen, and every year I try to make at least one new snowman ornament. This year I made these snowmen from corrugated cardboard and paint. I was inspired by a dollar store ornament that caught my eye on a blog post. I had pinned this to my “Inspiration for Knock Offs” board. The post is from Today’s Fabulous   Read More »