DIY Tutorials
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Gift Wrap Alternative: Fabric Gift Wrap Tutorial
In an effort to reduce waste this Christmas I began seeking out gift wrap alternatives. Nothing was exactly what I was looking for (beautiful, tailored, and looked like gift wrap) so I spent the year (yes YEAR) coming up with my own fabric gift wrap tutorial. What makes this one special is that it fits…
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DIY Mirror Ornaments for Christmas
Our house is one of those that has Christmas trees everywhere, I don’t care – we love it! So when I get a chance to do some ornament DIY’s I jump at the chance. This summer I helped my sister in law clean out her new classroom and we came across A LOT of different…
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Easy Holiday Card DIY Display Idea
One of the things I just love about Christmas is the steady stream of happy mail we receive throughout the month. (And no, I’m not talking about the Amazon boxes.) Ever since we have been married I have stuck the years stash of Christmas cards down in the bottom of one of our tubs. I…
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Little Tikes Play Kitchen Make Over for Boys
Last year my niece got a darling little play kitchen for her birthday. The thought of a play kitchen had never crossed my mind until we were visiting and my oldest son became quite enamored with it. He began asking to go to her house and play kitchen! A few weeks before his birthday we…
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DIY Custom Closet for Shoes – $0 Makeover!
Sometimes the best projects aren’t the ones you expect. This closet makeover proved that point to me (again) when I gave myself the challenge to use only what I had to bring style and function to our shoe closet. See how far $0 went on this DIY custom closet! I went to grab my shoes…
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HOW TO GET RID OF POPCORN CEILINGS
Sure you can live with a popcorn ceiling, but if it’s driving you crazy this easy, step-by-step guide for how to get rid of popcorn ceilings is for you! For many of us living in the midwest popcorn ceilings are something we’ve inherited with our homes. I know it’s just a ceiling but I hated…
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Use WD-40 on Plastic Furniture to Make it Look New!
This may be a post where everyone thinks I’m crazy. That’s ok, I might be. I tend to absorb weird information and somewhere along the way I read that there are like a million uses for WD-40. Click here to explore all the ways you can use WD-40 for yourself. Did you know you can…
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Easy DIY for displaying photo strips
If you’ve clicked over to my About Me page you may have read that I have been a wedding photographer for several years. (Click here to check out our photography site.) There are a lot of fun things about being a wedding photographer. One thing I never would have thought of is ending up with…
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Save space & organize your dresser with ikea skubb organizers
I’m not a naturally tidy person. I love a tidy home, but it’s something I have to really be conscious of. Over the years I’ve gotten into good rhythms with different areas of our home (and my routine) but there are still many ways that I could see some improvement. One place that I have…