How to Store Your Decorations to Survive a Military Move
Tips on how to store decorations to protect them from the elements. Tips learned from living in 20+ different homes around the world.
Christmas
Simple Christmas ideas for busy families. Organize and celebrate the Christmas season with these budget friendly ideas, crafts, recipes and printables.
Packing Christmas Decorations
Tips for packing Christmas decorations and protect them to survive a move from 20+ military moves around the world.
Doctor Who Cookies
Doctor Who is an iconic BBC TV show that recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The show has loyal (crazy?) fans that know every detail of the show and the characters. One of the interesting twists to the show is that the main character, the Doctor, can regenerate and because of this has been played by a slew…
Fun with Decorated Cookies #AdventureTime
I fondly remembering decorating cookies with my mom when I was young. It’s a tradition I’ve passed on to my children. Although, truth be told, I usually rope my mom into supervising the decorating and I can just flit in and out of the kitchen oohing and aahing over the beautiful decorated cookies. This year,…
Frugal Upcycled Fabric Gift Bags 2
Last week I showed you how I made 10 upcycled fabric gift bags for $1 from a repurposed thrifted table cloth. Today I want to show you what I made with the bed skirt that I found on the same day I found the tablecloth. I found this white bed skirt at the thrift…
Repurposed Box for Repurposed Gift Tags
It makes me doubly happy when I can repurpose 2 items into a crafty gift. Last year I showed you how I repurpose Christmas cards and turn then into adorable gift tags {here}. I love giving these gift tags as gifts and want to give them in a cute package. Of course, I…
Repurposed Plastic Container Snowman Gift Treat Box
Budget-friendly craft perfect for kids or beginning crafters. Use these Snowman gift treat boxes as decoration or gift boxes.
Easy to Make Felt Gift Bags for Hanukkah or Christmas
Make pretty reusable felt gift bags with an easy tutorial perfect for a beginning sewing project. Can also be made with fabric glue.
Repurposed Packaging + Mod Podge for Homemade Treat Gift Giving
I enjoy giving homemade baked good to neighbors and friends as gifts this time of year. I’m always looking for cute ways to gift wrap the treats. Well, you know me, gift packaging is just an opportunity for an easy upcycled project using repurposed packaging. This time I decided to use Mod Podge…
Repurposed 45 Record Advent Calendar
My mom made an advent calendar for my family when I was young. I remember how much fun my brother and I had every December opening little gifts that she’d wrapped for us. I have an advent calendar that my mom made for me that I’m able to share with my children. We all thoroughly…