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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.


  • Large Crochet Basket with Handles – Free Crochet Pattern

    Learn how to crochet your own large crochet basket! This free pattern is easy to follow and works up quickly so you can make custom baskets for every room in your house! I originally shared this pattern at Crafts Unleashed. This post contains affiliate links which help to support this site. Thank you! I remember… [Keep Reading]

    Large Crochet Basket with Handles – Free Crochet Pattern

  • Ideas for Celebrating Kids’ Birthdays: DIY Paper Crowns

    Kid’s birthdays are a big deal, but that doesn’t mean they have to be a big stress! Today I’m sharing some simple ideas for making your child’s birthday extra special without going crazy. A big thank you to #HallmarkatWalgreens for sponsoring this post! My sweet little girl is turning 7 later this month, and it… [Keep Reading]

    Ideas for Celebrating Kids’ Birthdays: DIY Paper Crowns

  • Unicorn Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea – Free Cut File

    Teachers are Magical! Let a special teacher in your life know how magic they are with this unicorn teacher appreciation gift idea. This free hand lettered cut file makes it easy for you to make your own custom teacher appreciation gifts. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! I… [Keep Reading]

    Unicorn Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea – Free Cut File

  • The Layered Dahlia: 12 Inch Afghan Square Pattern

    The Layered Dahlia is a free crochet pattern (and step by step photo tutorials) to help you make your own beautiful 12 inch afghan square. Make a whole bunch and piece them together for a layered dahlia blanket OR combine with other 12″ afghan squares to make a beautiful sampler afghan! This post contains affiliate… [Keep Reading]

    The Layered Dahlia: 12 Inch Afghan Square Pattern

Large Crochet Basket with Handles – Free Crochet Pattern

Learn how to crochet your own large crochet basket! This free pattern is easy to follow and works up quickly so you can make custom baskets for every room in your house! I originally shared this pattern at Crafts Unleashed. This post contains affiliate links which help to support this site. Thank you! I remember as a kid thinking it was weird that my mom had so many baskets. Like what are all these baskets for? What do we need these things for? Why are their baskets on the walls? On the floor? Everywhere? While it baffled me a bit as a kid, I now definitely understand the appeal of a good basket. In fact, I would definitely say I'm becoming something of a basket lady. There's just always so much stuff, and baskets are the perfect pretty solution for hiding organizing that mess. ... [Read More]

Ideas for Celebrating Kids’ Birthdays: DIY Paper Crowns

Kid's birthdays are a big deal, but that doesn't mean they have to be a big stress! Today I'm sharing some simple ideas for making your child's birthday extra special without going crazy. A big thank you to #HallmarkatWalgreens for sponsoring this post! My sweet little girl is turning 7 later this month, and it is a big topic of conversation in our house right now. My kids are all obsessed with their birthdays and love to talk about them year round. It doesn't matter if their birthday is one month or ten months away - they love to talk about what kind of party they want to have, how they want to decorate, what kind of cake they want, and on and on and on. Sometimes it can be a little exhausting, but overall, I have to admit that I kind of love it. I love an excuse to be creative ... [Read More]

Unicorn Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea – Free Cut File

Teachers are Magical! Let a special teacher in your life know how magic they are with this unicorn teacher appreciation gift idea. This free hand lettered cut file makes it easy for you to make your own custom teacher appreciation gifts. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! I cannot believe it is already time for back to school! This summer has just FLOWN by. Even though I am sad to see summer coming to an end, the one thing that makes it all better is fresh new school supplies. I just can't help but sneak a few packs of pencils and pretty pens into the cart for Mommy's "school" supplies every year. ;) This year as I was cruisin the aisles at Target, I noticed lots of holographic supplies and thought it would be fun to do a little ... [Read More]

The Layered Dahlia: 12 Inch Afghan Square Pattern

The Layered Dahlia is a free crochet pattern (and step by step photo tutorials) to help you make your own beautiful 12 inch afghan square. Make a whole bunch and piece them together for a layered dahlia blanket OR combine with other 12" afghan squares to make a beautiful sampler afghan! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. I have a fun new crochet pattern for you all today - a 12 inch afghan square! Why a 12 inch afghan square? Well, these pretty little squares are a great way to build beautiful afghans one block at a time. I have created two afghans using twelve inch squares in the past (you can see them here and here), and I have been itching to make another one. I love how you get to create so many different pieces and put them all together to form ... [Read More]

Sweet and Modern Girls Room Makeover with DIY Scalloped Wall

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Devine Color. All opinions are 100% mine. This modern girl's bedroom makeover combines a sweet pink DIY scalloped wall treatment with graphic black and white accents for a look that is fresh, girly, and fun.  We have been going full speed ahead on the house renovations and makeovers here, and the latest space to be tackled is my daughter's room. I am so happy with the way it turned out, and I can't wait to share her new room with you guys today! Since we haven't been in the house for too long, her room was pretty untouched although the previous owners had left us with some very bright paint to contend with. Here's a pic from before we moved in: My daughter was perfectly fine with the fuchsia wall color, but I saw an opportunity to ... [Read More]

DIY Fringe Statement Earrings – Crochet Earrings Pattern

Want some new colorful statement earrings? Why not DIY? You can make these awesomely big, bold, fringed crochet earrings easily at home with this free pattern. This post was originally shared at Crafts Unleashed and contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! :) If you know me IRL, then you know that I am a fan of big earrings. I mean, really, I love all earrings, but those big, bold dangly ones have a special place in my heart. All of this means that I am so into the statement earring trend that is happening right now. I've already shared one easy idea for some simple pom pom statement earrings, and today I wanted to share my crochet take on the trend! These cute and colorful accessories are really very simple to make and so much fun to wear! I'm ... [Read More]

Free Crafty Quote Cut File

Remind yourself to be creative even if it doesn't turn out perfectly with this free crafty cut file. Because making stuff is fun! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! Hey guys! Today I am joining up with some of my favorite design and hand lettering friends to bring you all a bunch of crafty cut files. Because I love me some free cut files! If you don't know what I'm talking about, a cut file is a file you can use with your Silhouette, Cricut, or other cutting machine. You can cut these designs out of vinyl or other materials to make mugs, tote bags, wall decals, whatever you want! Today we are sharing files with a "craft" theme. When I was trying to think of what words or phrase I wanted to letter for this cut file, I was browsing ... [Read More]

How to Get Perfect Paint Lines even on Orange Peel Walls

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of FrogTape®. All opinions are 100% mine. If you have orange peel or textured walls, you know how difficult it can be to get perfect paint lines. Today, I'm sharing my favorite products and best tips for getting perfectly crisp paint lines the first time around. We moved into a new home a couple of months ago, and since then there has been A LOT of painting going on. Paint is definitely the easiest and most inexpensive way to quickly transform a space, and we have absolutely been putting it to work in our new home. Most of the house has been getting a fresh start with a coat of bright white paint, but there are a few spaces in the house I wanted to use paint to bring in some color. One of those spaces is the powder room, which has ... [Read More]

How to Paint Two Paintings at Once – DIY Art Technique

This simple DIY acrylic painting technique allows you to paint two pieces at once while developing your painting skills. It's a fun way to loosen up and produce some great pieces as well. A big thanks to Decoart for sponsoring this post! Hey guys! I am really excited about today's post, and I hope it gets you excited to bust out some paint and brushes do some creating! If you follow me over on instagram, you might have seen that I've been doing a lot of painting lately. Part of it is that this new house just seems to have so many big empty walls staring at me all the time begging for some art work, and part of it is that I just really enjoy it! As I have been painting and experimenting, I stumbled onto a simple acrylic painting technique that I really like and I wanted to share it with ... [Read More]

Multi-Media Textured Floral Art at Crafts Unleashed

Hey friends! It's been a little while since my latest post, but I wanted to pop in to let you know I have been working on a lot of fun projects behind the scenes that I am dying to share with you. And in the meantime, I wanted to share this fun little DIY art project I did recently for the Crafts Unleashed blog. Guys. Our new house has so many blank walls. So. Many. I need art! I love supporting artists and have bought a few prints and original pieces that I love (I need to do a post soon on all the artists I have been stalking lately), but I just don't have the budget to completely fill my walls that way. So that means DIY art projects! Which are kind of one of my favorite things to do anyway. It works out. :) For this project I got to use some awesome new Marabu products ... [Read More]