A New Year means a Renewed Craft To-Do List!

I LOVE to craft with a purpose, and I am filling my project folder with ideas for the New Year! Hopefully we will soon be moving into our "Forever Home", so I am keeping an eye out for any easy/cheap DIY decorating ideas I can find!

Henna Painted Stones

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Khadija's Creative Mind

Beaded Stilettos 

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Show Me Crafting

Custom Quote Canvas

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Flat Broke Bride

Glitter Keys

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Oceanside Daydreams

Apron from a Dress

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Helping Little Hands

(I really want to try this one!!)

Denim Hanging Board from Old Jeans

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homedit.com

Reclaimed Window Coffee Table

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Whale You Be My Friend

(Reminds me a bit of the window table 

I made earlier this year!)

Paint inside of Drawers

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Fabulous Finishes

Colorful Wooden Floor Mat 

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Lowe's Creative Ideas

Easy Cut Out Back T-Shirt

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...Love Maegan

DIY Holiday Craft Round Up

I LOVE things like Pinterest, or blogs that do things like Sugar Bee's "Take a Look Tuesday", because I can see a plethora of projects, all in one place! These are a few of the BEST I have seen today in my internet travels. 

Free Winter Printables from Laura's Crafty Life

Cinnamon Sparkle Ornaments from

One Little Mama

DIY Ginger Salt Scrub from Fun Home Things

Easy Paperclip Angel Ornament from 

Noreen Doll @ Crafty Journal

Vintage Glitter Bulbs from The Moody Fashionista

Apple Pumpkin Cake 

(OMG are you kidding me?!? Sounds DELICIOUS!) From Architecture of a Mom

Thanks for sharing with the world your crafty and culinary genius! 

Easy DIY Costume - Little Raven - for under $6

My daughter was invited to an early Halloween party, and she neglected to tell me until last minute (of course). I had to do the best with what I had on hand, and come up with something that was "you know...scary, but not too scary,mom". What we came up with was a little raven! She loves this costume, and likes to wear it around the house, chanting "nevermore!" over and over (and over and over and over and over!)

Lil' G, trick or treating 

Materials:
Black hoodie (old, had on hand)
Black feather boa ($2)
Googly eyes ($2)
Stiff craft felt, black ($1.75)
scissors (on hand)
black thread and needle (on hand)
Hot glue gun (on hand)

Instructions:
1. Thread your needle, and use to attach the boa to the back and arms of the hoodie, in a T shape on the back. This gives you 2 wings and a tail! I just anchored it in several places with tight stitches.
2. Cut a triangle 'beak' out of the stiff black felt. Sew it and a few feathers along the top of the hood. It doesn't have to be perfect!
3. Use the hot glue gun on med-low, and attach the googly eyes to the hood.

There you go, an adorable costume in 5 minutes! The pieces all stayed put all night. For a quick "I need a costume NOW" fix, this was great. My daughter was the hit of the party, and several moms asked me to make birdy costumes for their kids! This can be adapted to pretty much any bird. 

Happy crafting!

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