I just moved into a new house, and it has a huge wall that was just calling out for a large wall hanging. Seeing that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, I decided to create a love themed masterpiece for my wall. Wall hangings are a great way to display…
I learned how to make these paper hearts and chains at a family craft night at my local library. They are super cute and a great way to use up old magazines. I chose to make my heart ornaments from extra old pages from a book that I had repurposed…
This button art is great for spring or Easter, and you can make objects to match any theme. I used old book pages for the background, drew my image, then glued on the buttons. I had to place my pictures on top of the glass in the frame, because the…
Easter will soon be here, and I wanted to make a cross wall hanging for my entry way. I have been making different themed wall hangings so that I can change them out with the seasons. It’s a great way to celebrate the changing seasons and to use fabric as…
Pallets are good to make all sorts of things, and something that I have been wanting to try my hand at is painting art on pallets formed into a sign. It’s a bit of work at first: get the right boards, decide what size you want your sign to be,…
This sign was free to make and super easy to do. It looks much nicer than the scary “Beware of Dog” signs they sell in the stores. Items Needed: Board– I used a pallet board in decent shape but cracked on the ends. The cracks and nail holes give it…
I’m sure you’ve seen these before. An old pallet painted like a flag. I know I’ve seen them around, and with a new house to decorate outside, I figured I’d give my own version a try. I went for an older, more handmade look but you could make yours however…
Chain link fencing. It does the job, yet not very appealing to look at. After moving into a new house with chain link all around, I knew we couldn’t afford to replace a perfectly good fence just because I didn’t like the way it looked. I scoured the internet for…
I literally picked this spool up at the dump! It is now a nice coffee table with wheels on my deck. If you spend any time checking out ideas from making treasure out of trash, you’ve probably seen some of the cool things people do with old wooden wire spools. …
I did this craft with my group of preschool and kindergarteners at church. They all turned out super cute, and it actually went pretty well! Supplies: Cardstock Popsicle Sticks Black Marker Page of Animals Scissors Glue (we used squeeze glue for the sticks and glue sticks for the papers) Step…