Looking for fun party favors? Click this tutorial for a perfect Ribbon Wand   Another fabulous fairy princess wand tutorial from Little Birdie Secrets! This project is so versatile (which I LOVE)…there are so many things you can do with this cluster of korker ribbon. I would play around with making brooches, wrist streamers (adding long curling ribbon in to the mix) or add a clip or hair bungee to the back, that way you could wear in the hair or even on a pair of shoes. Get creative and find various ways to make this tutorial your own creation.  [...]

 View this tutorial for How to Make a Window Frame Jewelry Display   Window Frame Jewelry Display Ever drive by a ratty-tatty old window frame set out for the garbage man to pick up? Well, if you had seen this great tutorial on How to Make a Window Frame Jewelry Display, you would have thought twice about letting such a versatile object slip through your fingers and in to the local landfill. The importance of  Recycling, Reinventing, and Reusing in this age of waste is immeasurable. Do your part and turn someones trash in to treasure. The earth will love [...]

View this tutorial for How to Make a Heartstring Magic Wand   OK, this has got to be one of my favorite tutorials on how to make an enchanting fairy wand – courtesy of the beautiful and talented “Dear Lizzy” and the Family Fun magazine. Lizzy was smitten by an adorable heartstrings craft she spotted as she was flipping through the pages of a Family Fun magazine, waiting in the…(you guessed it….) doctors office. She had the clever idea of transforming the cute “heart string” into a wand. This is exactly what happens every time I spot something cutesy….I see [...]

Sew Much Ado’s Tutorial Post These little Anthropologie inspired brocco bobbies are AMAZING! I LOVE THEM! Big things truly do come in little packages with these little guys, as you can clearly see .  I am thinking that I have finally found a great way to use up my scrap fabrics and these brocco bobbies are so fast and easy to make….I might end up with a table full! Ye-haww! fabric yoyo I don’t know about you all, but I love Anthropologie. I love that their brand makes me “feel”. I can’t say that when I go in to JCPenney, [...]

  View  the complete tutorial We found a really simple tutorial on How to Make a Pottery Barn inspired chalkboard and I just LOVE it! Because the base is made from a serving platter, it’s not really something you’d do with the kiddo’s or for the kiddo’s. It’s more of a grown-up piece of art I am going to give this one a go and use it to show my daily inspirational phrase.  I think this adorable little chalkboard would be perfect for that!  Chances are, you might have all the supplies needed for this quick project already. Tape….check! Platter….check! [...]

Magical Poof Wand Tutorial.   How to Make a Tulle Wand.  If you have a crafty itch to make your own fairy princess tulle wand, this is a great step-by-step tutorial! Sweet n Sassy Girls has simplified the process and the result is a super-sweet fluffy tulle wand; a MUST for all the little foo-foo princesses out there.    This is a really easy Tulle Wand Tutorial to get you started on making your own wands.  It’s one of many wand tutorials and one of the easiest I’ve found. If you are having a birthday party, a princess party, or [...]

Transform the same old boring clipboard into a work of art!   Altered Clipboards make fantastic gifts and can be used functionally or decoratively! I would sell a ton of these festive and fabulous altered clipboards at craft shows and they are a lot of fun to make. There are so many variations of this craft, but the instructions provided will give you an excellent baseline to start with. This is a great gift idea for teachers and babysitters that you can do together with your children. Decorated clipboards (commonly called “altered clipboards“) are selling retail on etsy and at [...]