Author: Gina

Crafts / gift bag / gift box / Gift Wrapping / Mother's Day

May 3, 2021

Muted Tones and Soft Colors Gift Wrap – Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas

I love working with muted tones and soft colors, they make such elegant designs and creative gift wrapping ideas. Â I found a double-sided scrapbooking paper in a cardstock weight with a beautiful pattern on one side and a coordinating solid on the other. Â It is so much easier… Read more

Easter / Food Gift Wrap / gift bag / Gift Wrapping / spring

May 1, 2021

How to Easily Decorate Cello Bags

You can easily decorate cello bags for fresh baked cookies or other fun treats. They are so quick to make, you can put them together while the cookies are baking in the oven. I make a lot of fresh baked cookies gifts for teachers, friends and family. Everyone always wants… Read more

Earth Day

April 22, 2021

Happy Earth Day! (Earth Day Crafts)

In honor of Earth Day, I thought I would share how to make beautiful Earth Day crafts and decorations out of recycled items.As many of you may already know about my style, I love to reuse and recreate things normally discarded into something useful and unexpected. I think that the… Read more

Crafts / Mother's Day / summer

April 21, 2021

How to Make a Cactus Planter

As a child, I thought the coolest plant in the world was a cactus, especially the grafted cactus with the colorful top. I would always ask for one for my birthday but I could never seem to keep it alive. I guess I was too young to realize that this… Read more

Bottle / Earth Day / Water Bottles

April 20, 2021

Easy DIY Water Bottle Flowers (Amazing Recycled Craft)

Create fun and whimsical DIY water bottle flowers made from drink bottles, yogurt containers, and all other types of plastic bottles. I like to create fun crafts to do with the kids that don’t cost a lot of money. I love to include repurposed items in my designs so I… Read more

graduation / How To Videos

April 19, 2021

DIY Graduation Cap Gift Box

It is almost Graduation season and people always ask me how to wrap a gift card or money in a fun and festive way rather than just putting it in a card. My solution is this easy to make Graduation Cap gift box, perfect for not only gift cards, checks,… Read more

Everything / Food

April 18, 2021

Sunday Brunch – Ham and Spinach Quiche Recipe

I have always loved a good quiche. I reminisce about the days living in downtown Bethesda, Maryland walking to the French Cafe La Madeline on Sunday mornings to get my fresh baked Quiche Lorraine and potato galette. I have tried making different quiches recipes in the past to reproduce this… Read more

Crafts / Earth Day / Everything / Gift Wrapping / Reuse

April 17, 2021

Repurposed Aluminum Foil Box

I thought I would share some of my reuse projects to show how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and also my favoriteâ€¦Repurpose. As many of you may already know about my style is that I love to repurpose items to incorporate into my designs. I love to reuse and recreate… Read more

Earth Day / Milk Carton / Reuse / spring

April 16, 2021

How to Make Beautiful Milk Carton Vases

Learn how to easily make beautiful DIY Milk Carton Vases. There are so many amazing and useful things you can create with stuff you probably already have around your house. One day when I was tossing milk cartons into the recycle bin it occurred to me that I could create… Read more

Gift Wrapping / gifts / Mother's Day / Yarn

April 15, 2021

5 Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas (How to Accent with Yarn)

I have always enjoyed gift wrapping ideas with unexpected elements â€” using yarn instead of ribbon to decorate gifts is a nice way to wrap a present for all occasions. Gifts accented with yarn not only create beautiful and unique designs but also add a unique flair that is sure… Read more