Category — Crafts

I found this today and thought that it would be a perfect last minute way to decorate for Easter!  It would be a cute little gift for the hostess of your Easter celebration… perhaps you can hang it on the dessert table!  Find the complete how-to over at The Hostess With The Mostess®!

Hey all!  Yesterday I joined Becky and Amber’s Crafty Peep Swap, you should join too!  The dead line to join is April 15th and your craft has to be finished by April 29th to be swapped on time!  Click here for all of the details!

This adorable little headband is super simple to make, which is great because St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner.  Find the complete tutorial here at Craft.

Here is another fun and easy way to transform that scrap paper into something fabulous!  You can get the complete how-to over at maya*made.

As you already know, I just love animals and love to make them happy.  Now that it’s getting cold (in most areas), what better way to help out our little feathered friends, and furry ones too, than to set out a healthy snack?  That’s why I thought a handmade bird feeder would make a great Humpday Tutorial!

This is a great GREEN project to do inside with the kids and it’s very inexpensive to make.  Here is what you’ll need:

• Pine Cones
• Peanut Butter
• Bird Seed
• String/twine
• A bowl for the seeds; a plate for the Pine Cones; and a spoon for the seeds and a knife for the peanut butter

Visit makeandtakes.com for the complete instructions and a how-to video!

Images via makeandtakes.com

Amy over at the b-line is sharing this Acorn DIY just in time for Autumn!  These precious little Acorns are made out of Polymer Clay in just a few simple steps.  This would be a great Fall project to do with the kids when the weather starts cooling down.  You can make them to fill a bowl on your table, or into beads and string them as garland or on a necklace, or anything your imagination can conjure up!  Check out the full tutorial here.  Enjoy!

I love the idea of having soaps made for special occations!  In fact, my mom makes handmade soaps and for my Bridal Shower last summer, she made a variety of natural soaps for all of my gals. They were a smash, because everyone loved the natural textures and scents!  So, when I found this tutorial, I instantly fell in love because it hit home for me.  I really wanted to share this from 100 Layer Cake (the giveaway has already passed, sorry) so you can make your own soaps at home!

The clothing manufacturers are getting better at actually sewing the extra buttons into the clothing itself, but not all of them do it.  So, what do you do with the extra buttons?  They seem to scatter about the house and when you need one in particular, you can’t find it.  I decided to go around and gather all of the buttons I could find and put them in a cute little jar with a lid.  I know I have more buttons, I just need to find them!  From now on though, when I buy something with a loose-extra button, it’s going straight into the “Button Jar.”  Depending on the size of jar you choose, you can store it in your sock drawer, cupboard, a shelf, etc.  Be creative and use a funky little jar and it can double as decoration!  Not only will you stay organized, you’ll keep little buttons out of baby and pet mouths!

NOTE:  For all of you crafters out there, be sure to keep these buttons separate from your craft buttons.  You don’t want to use one of your extra clothing buttons on a project and not have it when you really need it!