crafty

DIY Desk Set

May 12, 2010

This project is one of my favorite types - one that re-purposes, recycles, and reuses odds and ends we have sitting around our homes taking up space in their boring original states. I tried to take what I learned at summer camp a long, long, time ago and make the basic project a bit more stylish, worthy enough to sit [...]

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How-To Make a Valentine Gift Tube

January 23, 2010

How to gift wrap Hershey Kisses as a gift

I am sending this covered gift tube to my daughter, Mandy who is away at The University of Vermont. It is filled with lots of kisses – Hershey Kisses that is. I want to send her something unique and that won’t fit into her dorm mailbox. This way the mail-room will have to put a note in her mailbox [...]

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How-to make a Lid for a Basket

January 11, 2010

How to make a lid so you can stack baskets

I like many of you - am in super organizing mode. The New Year always deserves a fresh start and I am going through every room of my house purging all the clutter and organizing the rest. One way I try to tame what is left is to place the stuff into decorative baskets. I use them in my pantry, [...]

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Trash to Holiday Treasure: Display Your Christmas Ornaments

December 6, 2009

I have a sideboard in my foyer that usually is the home of a big white urn filled with purple hydrangeas, but at the holidays I like to change it to something a bit more in tune with a winter theme and a way to display my collection of Christmas ornaments. I found two odd [...]

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Jeweled Paper Clips

November 21, 2009

“Style – It’s in the Details” Everyone and everything can benefit from even a little bit of style. Take the plain, simple, boring, yet highly functional paper clip. They can take on a style all their own by the simple addition of some small beads. This little tweak not only makes the paper clip chic, but transforms [...]