My Mamaw’s old sewing machine recently came into my possession, and I knew I wanted to do something neat with it. It was one of the old ones where the desktop folds open to reveal a sewing machine. I decided to repurpose the sewing machine for the entry to our house as a place to hold Riley’sView Post
How to Make Beer Coasters
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m excited to share with you how to make beer coasters! I do a lot of crafts around the house, and let me tell you–this is one of the few that guys have actually noticed. These also make great gifts! Luckily I have some beer loving friends who sacrificed themselves by drinkingView Post
How to Make a Brooch Bouquet
First I need to start off by saying that I was not the girl who grew up dreaming about her wedding. So when the Ginger and I got engaged, I had no clue what I was doing. One of the things that I quickly found out was that a lot of florists do not offerView Post
Pallet Wedding Guest Book
Welcome back everyone! As you know if you’ve read my other posts, I recently got married! We knew we wanted to do a few different and creative things to celebrate our big day, and this post is about one of those ideas–the Pallet Wedding Guest Book. Every wedding has a guest book. They areView Post
Easy DIY Gift Card Box
Hi folks! Sorry I’ve been MIA lately 😉 In May, I was busy getting married, honeymooning, and all that good stuff! Now I’m excited to share with you one of the items I made for our wedding–this inexpensive, easy DIY gift card box. I had seen similar gift card boxes on Etsy, but I knewView Post
DIY Diaper Cake Tutorial
When I found out my sweet friend and co-worker was having a little girl, I immediately knew that I wanted to make her a diaper cake and accessorize it with cute girlie pink items : ) I’m excited to share with you today this easy DIY Diaper Cake Tutorial! Now let’s make a diaper cake!View Post
State Outline String Art
I’ve seen a couple of these football inspired string arts, and I knew I had to make one. Here are the supplies you’ll need: ~Piece of wood (I got a pre-made one at Hobby Lobby) ~Wire Nails ~Hammer ~Crochet Thread ~Glue ~Stain or paint First I stained my piece of wood with some stain IView Post
Halloween Deco Mesh Wreath
Happy Friday! It is one week from Halloween. I still have to put up my Halloween Cut-outs on my windows, but I did manage to finish up this fun wreath : ) There are plenty of tutorials and videos out there about how to make the base of a deco mesh wreath so I won’tView Post
Wedding Invitation Ornament
Happy Tuesday! Today I thought I would share August’s installment of the Making Memories Last series–an easy wedding invitation ornament. This ornament is the perfect way to preserve your wedding invitation. Or in my case, I used it as a gift for some close college friends of mine that just got married. When I sawView Post
How to Make a Photo Collage
(Affiliate links are included in this post) I don’t know about you, but I have a bunch of weddings coming up–it is just that time of the year. I normally try to make one crafty gift and then buy something off of the registry. That way there is one personal gift and one practical gift. View Post
How to Make a T-shirt Rag Quilt (the non-quilter’s quilt)
(This post contains affiliate links.) I’ve decided to start a monthly series called “Making Memories Last.” In this series, I will take old items with memories attached to them, and upcycle them to something new. I’m pretty excited about this first post in the series. I’ve had a bag full of t-shirts in my closetsView Post
Laundry Room Reveal
It’s finally complete, organized, and way more functional! I still have to find something awesome to hang on the wall and to go on the mini-shelf. I’ve been having a difficult time locating cute laundry room decor, but it is so much better than before. To give you an idea of what I was livingView Post
Easy Garden Hose Wreath
I’ve been obsessed with hose wreaths for a while now. I saw them on Pinterest a while back, and then started to see them on people’s doors. I originally wanted to have my hose wreath on my door on the first day of Spring, but life happens : ) The hardest part about this wreathView Post
5 Lessons Learned from a DIY Paver Patio
It’s finally done! 220 square feet of blood, sweat, and tears. A little bit of cleaning up to do, I was just excited it was complete! Let me start off by saying that we are in no way experts on how to do patio pavers or professionals by any means. I did a combination ofView Post
DIY Powder Laundry Detergent
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today we had a snow day, so I figured it would be a perfect time to do a post on my DIY powder laundry detergent which I am almost out of. DIY powder laundry detergent is really easy to make and a lot cheaper than buying it at the store. A littleView Post