DIY & Crafts

I’m pretty good at crafts in general, so you’d think I’d be a good gift wrapper. But the truth is, I suck. Majorly. Even a normal rectangular box is a challenge for me, so anything odd-shaped drives fear into my heart! Everyone has different holiday stressors, and gift wrap is definitely one of mine. So for my Michaels Makers post this month, I came up with three gift wrapping hacks […]

It’s November, which means it’s officially socially acceptable to start talking about Christmas! Right? I actually prefer to keep our house decorated for fall until after Thanksgiving, but this year I’m participating in the Michaels Dream Tree Challenge--so I made an exception. We have a small place and not a lot of room to store seasonal decorations, so I resisted buying a bunch of ornaments. Instead, I had the idea […]

I’m so excited to be starting the week with a fun giveaway! We Are Knitters is an international knitting brand based in Madrid, Spain. They sell a variety of DIY knitting kits, which make it super easy for you to pick up knitting for the first time or get started with a new project: you just choose a pattern (you can sort by level of difficulty), pick the colors you want, and they […]

One thing I like about holidays is that they push me outside of my normal decorating “comfort zone" and give me a reason to play around with different styles, color palettes, and ideas that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise. Take today’s DIY for example. I doubt I would have ever made a wine coffin if it weren’t for Halloween (or an eyeball garland, for that matter)…but it was fun […]