Category: Crafts

If you spend a lot of time on Pinterest you’ll know that Pallet Art is a big thing right now.  I’ve always wanted to make an art piece like that, but I’m not very creative.  Luckily for me, our church started doing a Pinterest Party one night a month this summer and the project for July was Pallet Art.  It was so fun to do and while mine isn’t by any means up to the creativity and skill of some of the ladies’ pieces, I placed it proudly in our Texas themed guest bedroom.

What you’ll need to make a pallet art piece similar to mine is:

Mother’s Day is in just 9 days folks!  I think there’s been a full moon for about 2 months straight now, because all my friends on Facebook keep making status updates like “Send Chocolate” and “I need to go to the store because I’ve eaten all my chocolate” or “The Easter Chocolate is all gone…now what?”  So after seeing a tutorial on HomeTalk on making Washi Tape Vases, I thought I would make a quick afternoon project for all my chocolate deprived Mom readers using a cleaned out gravy jar.

Earlier this week I was invited to participate in a sponsored post campaign for Collective Bias where I was asked to come up with a DIY craft using Wrigley’s Extra Chewing Gum to create a holiday gift.

Now that it’s November I can start thinking of Thanksgiving and Christmas!  We’ve invested in a ton of LED lights for our home since we moved in, replacing nearly all the bulbs.  Not only do they save on energy but they last a whole lot longer than halogens or florescents.  We even love decorating with LED lights, for the same reasons.  We bought ourselves a new Christmas tree (on Halloween no less!) pre-lit with LED bulbs and I love the way they don’t get hot but still emit such a clean light.

I’m excited to share that Scotch Brand has introduced a new line of Scotch Expressions Tapes just in time for school and holiday seasons!

The new line is available in four varieties – magic, masking, shipping and washi – and features 100+ decorative colors and patterns. Whether you’re personalizing school supplies, organizing and decorating the home, or custom-wrapping gifts, Scotch Expressions Tapes can help add amazing to every project.

Ever wonder what to do with those X-Large T-shirts that no one wants to wear, or don’t fit anyone in your home?  Well you can make them into Tunic Tanks for your kids (or yourself if you’re small).

YoCrunch sent me a t-shirt for being a part of their First Taste Family, but it was a 3XL.  My husband is just an X-Large and well you’ve seen me, I’m tiny.  So this shirt wasn’t going to get worn.  But then I saw an article in Family Fun on how to make a grown-up’s t-shirt into a tank or tunic for kids and I thought I’d try it.

Have you had a chance to see WRECK-IT RALPH in the theaters yet? My family and I saw it, and my daughter just loved it. She’s a HUGE video game lover (that’s what she’s planning on going to college for, video game design), and so she was completely enthralled with it. She actually said that Wreck-It Ralph usurped her favorite Disney animated movie, which up to now has been Mulan.

Summer vacation is right around the corner and Colortime products would make an awesome addition to the rainy days that you might encounter where staying inside starts getting you the, “Mom, I’m bored” whines. I’m sure any kid would love to color their own t-shirt, pillowcase or bag!

Inspired by a new year DIY challenge from a friend of mine I searched online for something to make with ingredients I already had in my home.  I decided to make an Aloe Vera Lip Gloss which will give a shine to my lips and protect, moisturize and heal them all at the same time!

If someone asked me what my favorite candy is, it would be a toss up between white chocolate and candy corn – so imagine my delight to find out that there are new M&M’s Candy Corn White Chocolate this season!