This post was originally created by me for Darice.I love today's free crochet pattern because it is quick, easy, and useful! Like, really useful. These pretty little crocheted hemp scrubbies are the perfect things for scrubbing up your dirty dishes and anything else that needs a good scrub.I'm convinced that hemp is best material for making scrubby pads, and here's why: hemp is naturally antibacterial. So cool, right? That means these scrubbies won't be all stinky and gross. The other great thing about hemp cord is that it comes in lots of colors so you have lots of pretty options. Continue Reading
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Woven Tassel Pillow – Free Crochet Pattern
I've been working on this pillow design for the past few weeks, and I'm excited to share it with you all today! This Woven Tassel Pillow uses woven crochet, which is a new to me technique that is super easy and has loads of potential for fun designs. I'm guessing you will see more woven crochet posts around here in the future.For today's pattern, I’ve teamed up with Simplicity and Boye Yarn Crafts and some of my favorite crochet bloggers. We will each be sharing a free pillow pattern every day this week. PLUS there is a great giveaway at the end of this post! Score! Keep on scrolling to see the other pillow patterns and to enter the awesome giveaway. You aren't going to want to miss it!But first, let's talk about my new pillows.I love the look of woven fabric, and this Continue Reading
How to Make a Twenty Minute High Chair Cover
Learn how to make a quick and easy high chair cover for your baby's first birthday photos! This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase through one of our links.In my mind, first birthday parties are mostly about watching a one year make a huge mess out of some cake.I'm talking a cake-on-the-walls, frosting-in-the-ear, finding-crumbs-for-weeks kind of mess. That's the good stuff. My little bug did not disappoint.Well played, baby girl. Well played.Since I consider the cake-smash to be the main event of the first birthday party, I wanted to make sure I had a cute background for all the photos I would be snapping of the beautiful mess.Here's how to make a twenty-minute high chair cover for your Continue Reading
Make Your Own Simple DIY Succulent Planter
Make your own Simple DIY Succulent Planter! Easy to customize with a little vinyl stencil and spray paint. Thanks to Make It: Fun Crafts for sponsoring this post, which also contains affiliate links that help to support this blog. Everyone has talents. You know, things that they are extra good at. One of the things I'm extra good at is killing plants. Wah wah. Everyone's like, "Oh, get a cactus they are so easy to take care of!" And, "try a succulent! They are impossible to kill."Friends, let me tell you - they are not impossible to kill. Many succulents and cacti have come to my house to die. Sad face.It's something I'm working on.In the meantime, I still love the look of plants in my home. So, what's a girl with a black thumb to do? Faux to the rescue! Floracraft just Continue Reading
DIY Foiled Name Labels for Back to School
Learn how to add some shiny foil to your back to school name labels! Keep all your stuff labeled and sorted in style easily with this simple tutorial. Thank you to American Crafts for sponsoring this post, which also contains affiliate links that help to support this site at no extra cost to you.It's foil time, friends! What's back to school without some shiny new supplies? And I mean SHINY!We are going to label up all of our school supplies, and we are going to label them up with the prettiest foiled up labels around. No one is going to be taking your pencil pouch!If you've been around here before, you know that I love my Minc because it is such an easy way to add awesome foil to any paper crafting project. So, of course, it had to get in on the back to school craft Continue Reading
DIY Confetti / Pom Pom / Water Poppers
This post was originally shared at Make and Takes.My kids love to make things with me, and our craft projects that result in things we can play with are the BEST. These little poppers were super simple to make and kept the kids busy for a couple hours, which is a total win in my book.Plus, they are kind of adorable. Don't you think?We tried launching a few different things out of these cute poppers - confetti or pom poms are great indoors or you can take them outdoors and turn them into mini water spritzers/misters/shooters. It's pretty fun.All you need to make these fun poppers are paper party cups (I found plastic cups got crushed under the pressure of the balloons, so paper worked better), balloons, and scissors. Continue Reading
DIY Duck Tape Pennant Pencil Pouch
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Duck Brand. All opinions are 100% mine.There is something so exciting about new school supplies! A brand new pack of pencils and a blank notebook are just full of potential and promise, don't you think?Back to school time is a great time to whip up some personalized school supplies too, and Duck Tape is a fun and easy way to add some custom flair, especially because it comes in so many colors and patterns (over 200 styles, you guys, including pineapple!). Plus, it's great a great material for crafting with the kids.Of course, I've used Duck Tape in craft projects before, but in the past I have always just used it to cover or decorate an item I already had. This was my first project making a Duck Tape project completely Continue Reading
DIY Typography Party Backdrop
Thanks to Make It: Fun Crafts for sponsoring this post! This month's Make It: Fun Crafts challenge was to use a FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam Sheet in some kind of outdoor project. I decided to make a fun little sign that would be easy to hang up for an outdoor celebration. It is an easy way to create a backdrop for a treat table even if you don't have a wall.I'm thinking we will use this for my daughter's birthday later this month. Anyway, this was super simple to make, and I love that you can use any font you like. Continue Reading
