Category: DIY & more
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My new hobby: Art Journaling
“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” ~ Beatrix Potter Over the years, my inborn creativity has been rubbed off and worn down from what it was when I was a child. Maybe I can’t blame it all on my traditional education but I do…
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DIY: How to Build a Rain Barrel
Someday, when my garden grows up, it’s going to be a cottage garden. I’ve been working on making it into one for years now, and that’s taken a whole lot of trial and error in regards to what works and what doesn’t. It’s an ongoing process. Our house isn’t at all cottage style, but surrounding…
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Adventures in DIY (while homeschooling)
I said we’d be starting to work into a schedule this week. I lied. Not on purpose, of course, but our DIY projects took longer than anticipated so I’m letting the unschooling happen and foregoing out any sort of more structured schedule until next week. So for now, let’s talk about the home improvement happening…
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Handmade Quilted Christmas Stockings
Our new additions to the family this year were the perfect excuse to make new Christmas stockings! Cute stockings need cute fabric! These felt stockings seemed easy enough and were totally cute, so I drew up designs to make for each of us. However, when I went to buy wool felt at a local craft…
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Leaf Crafts {Pinterest Challenge}
Nothing says autumn (my favorite season!) like colorful fall leaves, so we chose leaf-themed crafts for this month’s Pinterest challenge. You know how our Pinterest projects — like Kathryn’s duct tape roses, my lamp shade, and the fabric-wrapped wreath — have come out really well every month so far? Well, this month, our projects didn’t…