St. Patrick's Day recycled bottle kids craft

I got the most wonderful idea to recycle does soda bottles you might have just finished. Instead of throwing them out why don’t you make a cute little leprechaun cauldron with a pot full of gold. We all love finding gold at the end of the rainbow especially when it has chocolate coins. It’s a fast and easy craft that you can do with kids and they will love finding out the coins are not what they seem.

Another Book Folding Pattern

Book folding has many art forms and people love making different designs to with them.  I usually try to do simple book folding patterns that can be shown here with pictures. The next pattern only has one type of fold and it can be done in about an hour. I usually do my book folding about 150 pages at a time because at times it could be to mind humming. I also like use books about 300-400 pages in total because anything else will take me a few more days. I also find that using paperbacks make for a better design due to the 360 profile view.  I’ve been lucky that I have a $1 book store where I can get my books from because I would have run out of book in my home to use. 

Making a Dream Catcher

I’ve been seeing a lot of dream catchers around and I have been having the urge of getting one for my room and by kiddo’s rooms. However, they can be a little price and I decided to try my hand at making one! I got very lucky one day going to see my friend at her house and I saw that they were having garage sale and decided to pop in and the loveliest lady had the cutest crochet dollies for a $1 each. I just needed to have them and I knew exactly I was going to use them for, after a quick wash I got to work.

Wood Grain Stencil on a Gold Heart

Mod Podge is coming out with some very nice stencils and one of my favorite is the wood grain stencil. I just love the detail the stencil and was so excited to start working with it. I decided to use the stencil one of my wooden hearts. I wanted to use my gold spray paint on it to make the wood grain stencil pop! 

Kids Craft with Hand Prints

I know that Valentines came and went but I had this lovely wooden heart that I got at Joann’s a little while back and I wanted to do something special with them. I’ve been doing a lot of crafts with my little man lately and I decided that this project needed my little man help.  My kiddo loves to get his hands messy any chance he gets and this was the perfect project for him. However, be warned you will need to be awry of runners and by that I mean kiddos who love to run around the house with painted hands! I have hear horror stories of little one just bolting the first chance they got and painting the house with little finger prints while their parent stand there in shock and horror. Haha, I laugh now but I would be pulling my hair out if it happened to me!

How to reupholster a foot stool

On one of my ventures of going to goodwill I found a granny foot stool for just $5! I could not believe it, I’ve been looking for one it seems like forever and here it was. It was just in my price budget and small enough to be carried right out the door with ease. Now the question was what kind of fabric I wanted to use to recover this lovely find so I took a trip to Joann’s one of my favorite craft store in hunt for the perfect fabric. I knew I wanted to have a rustic feel but still wanted to match everything in my home. As most of us know you can always find something at Joann’s that is just right what you are looking for.

How to make a ring with beach rock

When I first came to California I spend almost every weekend at the beach and collected the most beautiful white rocks I could find. I have a full bucket of them now and I still have not figured out what do to with them until today. I decided to make them into rings. Some I will leave the beautiful white and other I will make cute designs to. The best part is that you will only need a couple of things to make this cute little ring.

Book Folding Pattern

Another Wednesday has come and it’s time for a new pattern in book folding. I hope you have enjoyed my past patterns and now I bring you a new one. I try to keep the pattern simple and fast because it gets a little difficult trying to explain more complicated patterns. The pattern consists of triangles. The folds look almost the same but they are not. One is slightly bigger than the other and that is why they make an interesting design.

Decorate your space with the new Kleenex

I have found that I cannot live without Kleenex in my home especially since I have two little ones at home.  I know what my kiddos do not like it when I try to wipe their noses with toilet tissue and it all starts with a chase around the house trying to clean their noses. However, when they see the box of Kleenex it’s a completely different story. I actually have to hide the box of Kleenex at times because they won’t stop using the Kleenex. 

Thrift store treasure turn into pin cushions

If you remember I went to thrift store last week and I found a couple of treasures in my outing and I decided to turn this cute little tea set into pin cushions. I enjoy the hunt of finding that piece you see instantly and know exactly you want to do with it. I remember spending the day with my good friend and just going to three thrift stores. She was in the hunt for a dresser and at the time I was just a long for the ride.

Learning Calligraphy

I am the first to tell you that my handwriting is not the best. My hubby always has difficulties reading my grocery list. So I decided that this year I wanted to give a couple of new hobbies a try, like I don't have plenty already, hehe. The first thing that came to mind was calligraphy. I have always been interested in calligraphy but never really had the opportunity to try it until recently when a workshop came up near me. I was so excited and I am so glad that I took the leap. Its so much fun learning it, I was scared at the beginning because I am left handed and its always a challenge doing something but I never really let it hold me back or think about it really.  I was excited to learn that my teach was left handed and she did beautiful calligraphy very easily so I knew with much practice I can be good as well.  Hopefully by the end of the year I will better handwriting.  We learn a very flowing and not so structured calligraphy which is fun for Valentines's day. 

How to do a book folding origami tutorial

Its Wednesday which mean it book folding time! The book fold I have today has only three folds, which is super simple. The book only has about 300 pages and its a paperback. I used a paperback because it folds nicely 360 degrees.  The fold is kind of a flash back for me because I made this same fold pattern for my very first post on my blog about 2 years ago and it has been very popular. 

Burlap Valentine's Day Wreath

You would think that I would be tired of using burlap but it rustic chic and I love using it. I especially like using it on my wreaths not such on my pillows because they are a little itchy at times.  Since Valentine's day is around the corner its time to update my wreath. I reused my beach wreath from last year and covered it with burlap instead of using the yarn that was on it. 

My weekend thrift store finds!

One of the best ways to spend my weekend is to go thrift shopping and that is what I got to do this past weekend. I like the surprise I get when I find something that would either cost me way more in a regular store or something I would never expect. I was excited this time around when I went thrift shopping because I found a couple of cute items.