It’s easy to create your own festive Preakness hat to go to enjoy the Preakness festivities or create you own Preakness themed celebration to watch the races at home. I bought a plain back and white sun hat and embellished it with Maryland themed accents. I used ribbon, flowers and… Read more
It’s easy to make a pretty DIY Breakfast in Bed Tray to pamper your mother this Mother’s Day. The ultimate Mother’s Day relaxation gift is Breakfast in Bed with a beautiful, custom decorated Breakfast in Bed tray. If she is like most moms, she is up at the crack of… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I thought I would share some of my reuse projects to show how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and also my favorite…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