Christmas can still look good on a budget. Here’s how… Christmas is one of the most wonderful times of the year, as the song goes. There is good food, extra time with friends and family, carols, TV specials, and of course decorations. However, Christmas can be an incredibly wasteful time as well. 20% of the […]
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20+ Homemade Ornaments for Christmas {easy how-to}
There are so many amazing holiday ornament craft ideas that creative bloggers have shared with the world. As they come across my screens I stash them away on a list of fun projects I’d like to try. Here are over 20 articles showing how to make DIY Christmas tree ornaments I’ve found that I hope […]
How To Fold Paper Into An Envelope
Making your own envelopes from a sheet of paper is deceptively simple and takes hardly any time. It is a great way to add a fun personal touch to your greeting cards and means that your envelope becomes fully customizable. All you need is paper, tape, and glue and you are ready to get going. […]
How To Make A Bow
Bows are incredibly popular as a decoration, a gift adornment, and a fashion accessory. There are a huge number of different bow types and each is best suited to a different purpose. This article will take you through a few of the more basic bows made using paper, fabric, and ribbon. This is by no […]
DIY Halloween Decorations from Nursery Pots
If you’re like us, you probably save a lot of things because “one day we’ll totally have a use for that [insert thingamajig here]”. For us, one of the biggest piles of stuff we have is those black plastic nursery pots that your plants come in from the garden center. You know the pots…they come […]
How to Make Raised Garden Bed from Pallets
My mom wanted to grow some veggies in her desert backyard. A friend of ours needed to dispose of a pallet from a recent furniture order. So I decided to build my mom a pallet raised garden bed, DIY-style! What’s Needed Why a Raised Pallet Garden? A friend of ours was getting their new nursery […]