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Wire Basket Makeover ~ Painting & Adding Handles

Today’s project was so last minute it almost didn’t happen!  Sometimes I know what I’m going to do for every post of the week & sometimes I actually get it done early.  Most of the time I’m just winging it!  When I went to bed last night I still didn’t know what I was doing […] Read more…

DIY Tree Advent Calendar Made with Recycled Materials

Today’s DIY came about when I was helping my son clean up his room before he left for college.  For some reason he still had the box his desk came in leaning against a wall.  {I can’t imagine where he gets that from!}  There were some long, corner shaped pieces of cardboard in the box […] Read more…

DIY Giant Wonky Wizard Hat

Remember all those tomato cages I bought at the end of summer?  I used one to make a fall porch display & today I’m going to use one to make a giant, wonky wizard hat!  The shape of a tomato cage is kind of hat like when it’s upside down, so maybe y’all can see […] Read more…

How to Clean Thrifted DIY Finds

Today’s post is all about the non-fabric-y things I found at the 100 mile yard sale.  While I was super excited to find all the fabric deals I also found some great deals on future DIY projects.  There were also some awesome things to see that were either out of my price range or wouldn’t […] Read more…

DIY Leather Arrow Earrings

I like to use every last bit of material I have if possible.  When I made the leather scrap & book page wreath, I thought the trims could surely be used for something.  Today I’m going to show you how I turned my leather scrap’s scraps {?} into some an awesome pair of earrings – […] Read more…

Teadoddles Talks #2 ~ Ambient Wares

  Happy Friday y’all!  Whose ready for Teadoddles Talks #2?  I’m ready & I’m excited for y’all to get to know today’s interviewee!   Know a crafty person that would like to do an interview?  Let me know in the comments or email me with the link in the side bar.  Let’s see who’s talking today… […] Read more…

DIY Fall Wreath Using Book Pages & Leather Scraps

It’s officially fall y’all – even if it doesn’t feel that way outside!  Today I’m going to be using leather scraps & old book pages to make a fun DIY fall wreath.  I really love how this turned out & hope y’all do too! Disclaimer:  This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive […] Read more…