How to make boxes from paint swatches
If you've got paint chips sitting around begging to be made into something, try folding them into boxes for paperclips, thumbtacks, party favor candies, or tiny gifts. I made these from Behr swatches, available at Home Depot. You'll need paint swatches, double-stick tape, an X-acto knife, ruler, and cutting mat. For the box bottom, cut a 1/2" strip off each of the two rounded ends of the swatch. You should be left with a 5" x 5" square. At a point slightly more than 1 1/2" from one edge—about 1 17/32" if you want to be picky, but I just eyeballed it—score a line with your knife.
25 DIY Handmade Gift Tutorials Part 2
I love handmade gifts! I love to give them, I love to receive them, I love to make them. In our home May is a crazy month! We have Mother’s Day, our Anniversary and not just one but 2 birthdays. Gifts are in my mind!
DIY
Creativity is essential for me as an individual, spouse, mom & friend. However, with five kiddos running crazy in the house I don’t have lots of time for projects that can’t be finished during nap time. Below you will find some of the diy posts I’ve done in the past. Most are my unique ideas. A few are inspired by someone else, the tutorials will give credit where it is due. If you take the time to make one of my diy projects, please share a photo with me on facebook or instagram.
Get Organized: 25 Totally Clever Storage Tips & Tricks
By Jaime Morrison Curtis | I think it was Tina Fey who said that what places like the Container Store are really selling is hope. I completely agree — the promise of a more organized life is so optimistic and uplifting. To that end, I’ve scoured the web for 25 fresh storage tips and tricks that are easy to execute and promise a dose of satisfaction and a sense of peace in your home.
Grandma's Garden- Crayon Art
It's hard to find a good present for our grandma (actually, she's my mom, but Anya's grandma). "I have everything," she says always. Ok, we will not buy a present, we will make it!
Sunday Linky Party #26 + Goodies
Well, I don't have much going on today. My husband is annoying me with his indecision about whether he wants to eat at home or not. I think I just want to hit the restaurant because it's easier. He can stay home by himself and ponder about what he wants while I do my own thing -_-
Fabric Covered Notebooks
Beautiful, fabric-covered notebooks are a perfect gift as they can be used as address books, diaries, scrapbooks, or places to write down favourite poems or quotations. Covered notebooks can be expensive to purchase, so HomeLife offers their own DIY project so you can create fabulous notebooks yourself for next to nothing using plain notebooks and scraps of fabric. Materials and equipment Iron and spray starchFabric such as linenNotebookPencil and rulerScissors2.5cm wide double-sided tapeNeedle and sewing threadButton, ribbon, and large round sticker (all optional)Twill tape or leather string (optional)Craft glue (optional)Fabric scraps, ribbons, or other decorationEnvelopes no larger than notebookPaper (optional) Method 1.
A Mason of One’s Own
One thing that we get a lot of envy of over in the Land Beyond Beyond, are the beautiful little mason jars. These beauties are ubiquitous when it comes to the expectations that we have of weddings Americana style. But, well the closest that we come to here are the Robinson’s marmalade jars – which really don’t do it for us – we love the look and feel of the lovely Mason’s.
