How to Turn a Cutting Board Into a Chalk Board

Chalk Board Cutting Board

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I’m sure there’s bound to some need for gift ideas.  I’ve got a great one for your Mom and/or that foodie lover in your life; a cutting board turned into a chalk board! You can do this with just about any surface but I thought a cutting board would [...]

Spring DIY – How To Make a Pen Bouquet – Great Gift Idea Too!

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This would make a great gift idea for the office nerd like myself (ahem Mother’s Day) or even a Teacher Appreciation gift!  It’s so stinkin’ easy to make and one of the most affordable gifts you can create.  If I were to make it for a teacher, I’d probably use red pens (or those assorted [...]

How to Personalize Mini Mailboxes with a Cricut

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This craft project was way easier than I thought it would be and went much faster too.  We used a cricut to put names on these mini mailboxes for Truett’s pre-k class for Valentine’s Day.   When my older boys were little, I would put together gift sacks for each kid in their class, for each [...]

DIY: How To Make Bottles for the Baseball Throw Game

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Recently, my son’s Sophomore class held a ‘county fair‘ for their fundraiser. Each pair of students were responsible for coming up with their booth. My son and his friend decided on the baseball throw game and we were in charge of coming up with the bottles. Now I searched and searched the internet and every [...]

My 15 Minute, $6 Pom Pom Glove Craft

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I’ve been trying to think of some crafts to do lately and when I sat down tonight, I kept thinking about those pom pom gloves I saw in the store the other day.  You know the ones right?  They are your team colors and will be great for teams that go into the cold, specifically [...]

4th of July Party Favors – Candy Filled Firecrackers

I created a super easy & cheap table centerpiece for the 4th of July holiday and today I’m sharing some fun & cute candy filled firecrackers that make great party favors! What I originally wanted to do was use 4th of July wrapping paper but I couldn’t seem to find any so I decided to [...]

DIY 4th of July Table Centerpiece for $8

We love Independence Day for many reasons but in light of recent events, I have to say, I’m glad there won’t be any fireworks this year. It’s so risky with how dry things are around here. I asked around for ideas to create a DIY 4th of July craft and had lots of replies but [...]

How to Make a Valentine’s Day Piñata Craft

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During the middle years of our marriage, I did a lot of crafts.  In fact, I custom made things and sold them to folks so we’d have grocery money.  While I did need the money back then, I just really enjoyed crafting in general and promised myself that in 2011, I’d do more of the [...]

Cheap and Easy Halloween Crafts that are Kid Friendly

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Before I get to the crafts, did ya’ll notice my new template?  Look familiar?  It should because it’s the same template I’m using on my top food blog!  I needed a more professional look but keeping with my logo and the header on the other template hogged up the whole front page!  Lemme know what [...]

Getting Crafty with Iron-on Transfers & Dressing for the Game

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WOOHOO….how about a little Hornet pride!!  Oh yeah, I’m all about supporting the team so as usual, I made little man his own little T-shirt to wear to his biggest brother’s first game. First, you need the supplies. Hanes Toddler Boy 3 Pack T-Shirts Avery-Dennison Clear Avery Iron-On-T-Shirt Transfers Iron, printer So basically, all I [...]

Creating Stickers from Labels

Sometimes ideas like this just fly over my head but I was thinking, why not use labels for stickers???  I could totally created some cute stickers with my logo and such and give them out next year at Blogher!  How cute would that be???  Of course, it would be more cool if I could come [...]