Photo: Amber Dickson Sparklers pictures are a fun and festive part of any 4th of July gathering. Find out how you can document the day by taking long exposure photographs on your smartphone. Your Instagram feed is going to shine! Step Photo: Amber Dickson Safety First When Creating Sparkler Pictures The … Read more
I love Christmas garlands. I drape them on doorways, my fireplace, and even my staircase banister. A few years ago, I decided to buy all fresh evergreen lengths of Christmas garland, and I worked hard to drape them everywhere, following all the instructions to make sure they’d last. But two weeks later … my garlands were dead and done. The heater vents and the heat from … Read more
Yep, the season is here and I’m ready to deck. those. halls. Each year, I lean more and more towards minimal Christmas decorations and I love simple black and white with splashes of metallics. I’m a huge fan of a banner or pendent. They are easy to hang and roll up small and compact to pack … Read more
Photo: Faith Towers Provencher Ever since I built a mantel a couple of years ago, I’m always on the hunt for fun new ways to decorate it. So as I browsed the paper aisle at my local craft store, it hit me – a folded paper tree forest! I’m a big fan of non-traditional colors, so I … Read more
Photo: Bruno Bornsztein It’s advent calendar time! As I write this post, the Midwest is being walloped by a snow storm. Nothing inspires holiday decorating like many inches of snow, and to stave off decking all the halls, I created a little diy advent calendar village for our children. Read on for the full tutorial. … Read more
Every winter, it’s the same story. I get a handful of thoughtfully selected, lovingly written cards for the holidays…and, I have nowhere to put them. Tacked on the fridge with the grocery lists and unpaid parking tickets? Jammed on a shelf between the dusty knick-knacks and piles of unopened mail? Ok, my house isn’t THAT disorganized … Read more
Photo: Faith Towers Provencher So you love the look of calligraphy, but you don’t have the time to learn how to do it? Or the patience, or the steady hand? Well there’s an easy way to fake it ’til you make it… today I’m going to show you how to make your own faux calligraphy place … Read more
Autumn brings to mind some of the best memories for me, like the crunch of leaves underfoot, the crisp, fresh air and the trees ablaze in brilliant shades of red and yellow. It’s only natural to want to bring some of those elements indoors, and one easy way to do this is by making a … Read more
There are a lot of fall activities and flavors that I can take or leave, but one thing I get excited about when the summer heat subsides is tea. On a cool, rainy afternoon, drinking a hot cup of tea is wonderfully cozy. (I think I just realized why tea is so popular in the British Isles.) My … Read more
Photo: Faith Towers Provencher Drinking wine and crafting are two of my favorite pastimes, and today I’m combining them into one fun, super simple DIY project. I’m sharing an easy no-sew felt wine coaster project that functions as both a coaster and a wine marker so you don’t drink someone else’s wine by mistake. Win win! Keep … Read more