DIY Christmas Pillow

Hope you're enjoying your Wednesday! We are getting SO MUCH snow here today it is insane!

I made a few projects last Christmas that I never got around to posting about.

The first is this pillow makeover:

I had this pillow that wasn't really my style, stored in the basement......

I made a new case for it using this cute Christmas fabric my SIL had given me for Christmas the year before. 

When I was finished sewing the cover, I made 5 rolled fabric flowers using some of the scraps. I like how the flowers jazzed it up a bit.

I am getting really excited for Christmas time and I look forward to decking the halls around here!

When do YOU decorate for Christmas???

Batman Wipes Case

I wanted to make a wipes case for my sister-in-law who had her first baby last month. She is all about the Batman stuff for him. She picked out this fabric for the wipes case & I think it turned out pretty darn cute!

Here`s the link to my Wipes Case Tutorial.

For some different ideas, here are the links to all the many wipes case I have made:

-Pink and Green Wipes Case

-Blue & Green Wipes Case

-Pink & Orange Wipes Case

-Pink and Brown Wipes Case

-Pink Wipes Case (the one I currently use)

-Green Owl Wipes Case

Have a great day, everyone!!

Pom Pom Clothespin Magnets {tutorial}

Happy Friday everyone! 

Today I'm going to show you how I made these:

To make the pom pom....

Step One: Cut out circles from your fabric of choice. (I used an Advil bottle to trace my circles.) You can fold the fabric a few times so that you don't need to cut out each individual circle. I use about 20 circles for each pom pom.

On a small circle of felt, begin adding your circles, one at a time. You fold each circle in half, then in half again before you glue it to the piece of felt.

Step Two: Add next circle beside & add extra dabs of glue if necessary.

Step Three and Step Four: Keep adding the circles in layers, until the pom pom looks full & you are happy with the result.

To finish making these clothespin magnets, I simply added the pom pom to one side of my clothespin, then added the magnet on the other side, using my glue gun.

I added one to the top of my sister's gift for her bridal shower recently.

These would be cute gift idea as well. A set with a few different colours that coordinate would be a great gift idea for a teacher, sister, mom, etc!

Happy Crafting!!

whip up some flowers today

Feeling like you don't have time to craft & that life is too busy? I feel the same way. 

So here and there, while I am watching something cook on the stove or waiting on hold to talk to a service provider, etc, I bring out some basic supplies & whip up a set of felt flowers or some simple hair clips for my daughter or to have on hand for gifts.

I am starting to accumulate a stash of extra flowers & such which saves time next time I am crafting or trying to make hair things for a baby gift. 

It's something that has been working for me :)

Happy crafting!

my new spring wreath! {trash to treasure}

With the nice weather we've had lately, it feels like SPRING could arrive... someday!

This week I made a new wreath..... and the best part was that all the supplies I used were things I already had!

I had used this glittery wreath form for a project in the past, so I stripped it down to use for my new spring wreath!

I used some extra fabric I had after I hemmed curtains & cut it into strips.

I folded each strip so that the frayed ends wouldn't show & began gluing the fabric around the wreath.

I had this once it was all covered...

I whipped up some super easy flowers to girly it up a bit!

{The pink ones are my Easy Felt Flowers}

I love the pink & grey & white flowers together!

Such an easy transformation from my wreath form & fabric that I would have otherwise thrown away!

Places to Party: C.R.A.F.T., Ginger Snap Crafts, Homemaker on a Dime, Keeping it Simple, Lolly Jane ,  Lil' Luna, Making the World Cuter,  Naptime Crafters, Pocket Full of Pink, Sassy Sites, Simply Designing, Skip to my Lou, Someday Crafts, Somewhat Simple, Sugar Bee Crafts, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Tatertots and Jello, The Girl Creative, Thrifty Decorating, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Trendy Treehouse, Yesterday on Tuesday, Young and Crafty

tour of my house--stuff on the walls!

I went around my house & took photos of most of my fave things hanging on the wall.

Most are things that I made, but some were also gifts.

For the things I made, I'll share a link to the post on my blog about that specific thing.

Let's start upstairs & work our way down!

Shelf in my daughter's room. I love the white & pink stuff there all together. {I posted about her room when she was a new baby. It's different now, maybe I'll share what it looks like now sometime.}

Another fave thing in her room is her pink mirror that I bought from Home Sense- {like Home Goods in the US}. I still love it & she likes checking herself out in it :)

And this little bird I made for her wall was a cutting board I found on clearance at Urban Outfitters. I just painted it pink & mod podged scrapbook paper on it!

I love this hair clip board that hold just some of my daughter's large collection of hair accessories. The hook underneath is from Urban Outfitters.

My dad made me this wall hanging of the "Be's" & I love it. And it reminds me constantly of how grateful I am to have parents with such strong faith. 

Collection of white picture frames in the hallway upstairs- The one with the yellow mat has a picture of both our kids at one month old. So fun to see them as babies & to see the similarities! The "W" printable was something that Lizzy at Pickle Doodle Designs made for me!

Our house is all painted in neutral colours- except our son's room. His room is a bright blue colour & his room is totally boy & very colourful! {His room is also different from the original post & maybe I should share how it looks now sometime.}

I made this pencil crayon initial that hangs above his dresser:

This handsome mirror was one of the first things I made for his room & it was also my very first feature! I was so excited when it was featured on Tip Junkie back when I shared my crafts on our family blog!

I also made this "I Am A Child of God" wall hanging. (My hubby cut the material for me & rounded the edges, then I painted it & added the vinyl words.)

My brother gave this "Love" board to me one year for my birthday, shortly after I got married. It's hung in each home we've lived in & it makes me happy :)

I still of course love my DIY jewelry holder. It hold all my everyday-type necklaces & my 'real' jewelry lives in my jewelry boxes.

Another fave in my bedroom are my heart map shadowbox frames:

Near our front entrance is this shelf, with my DIY fabric-covered bulletin board:

In our main floor hallway, we have this board that I made in December to hold our stockings. I had a glittery star in the centre. It ended up staying put 'cause it's just so handy. 

This drawer front was in our basement waiting for me to re-purpose it somehow...

I just added some knobs onto it...

And I let my husband hang it up. My son LOVES hanging things on it. It's a great home for our bag of library stuff!

By our computer desk, we have this pair of Ikea frames that contain the first picture our kids each made. Both were done when they were the same age. So I added a Jenni Bowlin sticker on each of them with theirs name & age on it.

In our dining room we have this shelf that has some family photos that we love. That large family picture is a year & a half old- I need to update it!

Now down to the basement!

In December my husband finished making a room down there that serves as the kids' play room & also has my craft stuff. {Another thing to post about sometime!}

Anyways, I love this collage frame my parents gave us for Christmas one year. So perfect for displaying some fave family photos!

Above my craft area, I have these canvases. I love Dr. Seuss quotes! And the canvases I did of the kids' hand prints last summer are so precious to me. 

I love this built-in shelf area. It houses some containers of books that were overflow from the kids' rooms. It's also great for a few decorative items!

I scored the yellow & blue lanterns at the end of last summer. Superstore marked them down from $8 each to $0.44 a piece!

I also have the blue Walt Disney quote printable, as well as a Winnie the Pooh quote I found on Pinterest.

There you have it! 

I hope you enjoyed the tour through my home of my favourite things on the walls!

Places to Party: C.R.A.F.T., Ginger Snap Crafts, Homemaker on a Dime, Keeping it Simple, Lolly Jane ,  Lil' Luna, Making the World Cuter,  Naptime Crafters, Pocket Full of Pink, Sassy Sites, Simply Designing, Skip to my Lou, Someday Crafts, Somewhat Simple, Sugar Bee Crafts, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Tatertots and Jello, The Girl Creative, Thrifty Decorating, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Trendy Treehouse, Yesterday on Tuesday, Young and Crafty