We have been doing an old fashioned Christmas which has been wonderful! We decided to do all homemade decorations on the tree, so I decided to make a rustic orange slice garland for the tree. I also used apple and decided to sprinkle the fruit with cinnamon. It smells divine. As the fruit was drying…
Category: Creative Crafting
How to Quickly Make a Homemade Kerchief
I am amazed how pioneers and even until the 1940s and ’50s how most sewed their own clothes. I find it fascinating – girls learned from their mothers who learned from their mothers, and was a skill passed on through the years until buying clothes became more popular than sewing them. I would have loved…
Quick to Sew Pot Holders
It is easy to make your own quick to sew pot holders!! We love different sewing projects that are easy, especially since we are sewing-beginners! These pot holders took me less than an hour to make, and probably took me more time to decide what fabric I wanted to use than to sew the pot…
Easy DIY Coffee Sign – “A Day Without Coffee”
Using a silk screen transfer, couldn’t be easier to create an easy DIY coffee sign that you can make and display in your kitchen within a few hours!
S’mores Trader Craft
These s’mores traders are super fun to make! My daughters have been part of Girl Guides of Canada for up to 12 years now (as have I as a Guider or Leader) and has been a lot of fun throughout the years — especially when we got to make traders to share and trade with…
Chunky Bunny Project Perfect for Springtime
We enjoy creating an assortment of crafting projects from a variety of materials. These chunky bunnies are made from old wood posts that once had a place in a farm fence. Now unused, we cut them in various lengths and turned them into the cutest chunky bunnies that can be displayed for Easter as well…
Old Fashioned Gum Ball Candy Bowl
I love the versatility of terracotta pots and the array of projects that can be created from them. Today, I am sharing how I made a candy bowl that looks like an old fashioned looking gum ball machine. We make these terracotta candy bowls for an array of holidays and they make great homemade gifts!…
