There are so many things you can make with a Cricut machine that make it a must-have tool for crafting... these are my favorite ways to use the Cricut Maker... the machine that has completely changed crafting! This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. Hello! If you've been around the blog before, you undoubtedly know about my love of my Cricut Maker. I get a lot of questions about Cricut machines, and specifically about using the Cricut Maker. I'm tying the answers to many of those questions into one spot... and this is it! The answers tie in perfectly to my favorite ways to use my Maker, so I hope this will Continue Reading
How To Make Fun DIY Grinch Christmas Bath Bombs
These adorable Grinch DIY Christmas Bath Bombs make a fun holiday gift idea for kids and adults. Or keep them to enjoy a hydrating and relaxing bath experience for yourself! The Grinch Who Stole Christmas was always one of my favorite holiday shows when I was a kid. Ok, it still kind of is. ;) Just call me Cindy Lou Who... I love Christmas and I absolutely love making handmade gifts for people on my gift list. DIY bath products like my peppermint sugar scrub cubes, unicorn fizzy bath salts and lip sugar scrubs have been winners in years past, but I'm extra excited about a DIY Christmas gift idea that's based around one of my favorite Christmas traditions... the Grinch! Trust me, you Continue Reading
How to Paint Brushstroke Candles
This tutorial shows you just how easy it is to paint brushstroke candles. They make such a beautiful decoration for a shelf, centerpiece or tablescape. Happy Friday, friends! We're 7 weeks from Thanksgiving and already my Thanksgiving and Christmas posts have crept into my top 10 visited posts. You guys are on it with your planning! These painted brushstroke candles I did for the Darice blog a couple years ago are one of my favorite DIYs to glam up a fall tablescape (or any tablscape!) They were the perfect finishing touch for this navy and gold centerpiece, don't you think? Can you burn painted candles? Maybe. If you use non-toxic, water based and formaldehyde-free paint they can Continue Reading
Queso White Chicken Chili Recipe
What happens when you take a zesty and flavorful chicken chili and add Queso to it? Magic, that's what happens! This Queso White Chicken Chili is the perfect comfort food and a cool weather menu staple! Hi there and happy Monday! It's a crisp fall Monday in Columbus today, a welcome relief from the 90 degree weather we had last week! It's finally starting to feel like football weather! Football and fall weather go together like football and chili! Football and chili go together like baseball and cracker jacks! Chili goes into our menu rotation on full blast come fall. We've already plowed our way through a batch of my go-to chili (you can check out that recipe here) so I decided to Continue Reading
Rainbow & Clouds Pumpkin Designs with Vinyl
It's so easy to make darling and unique pumpkin designs with vinyl! Make these fun, whimsical rainbow and cloud pumpkins with DIY vinyl pumpkin decals you cut out with your Cricut or other cutting machine. Happy October, friends! Fittingly, my house is like a pumpkin wonderland right now. I. can't.stop. decorating pumpkins! My husband knows once the pumpkins come out for the year that they're going to be around awhile, which he is always so thrilled about. Or actually not at all thrilled. These bright and cheery pumpkin designs are probably my favorite this year. They would be great to make for a pumpkin decorating party or for a kid's room (where mine will go). The rainbow and Continue Reading
How to Paint Faux Concrete Pear Place Card Holders
See just how easy it is to paint faux concrete pear place card holders in a few quick steps. No one will know that they aren't real concrete! This project is sponsored by DecoArt. All ideas and opinions shared are my own. I fell in love with the look of concrete accented with metallic paint when I painted these concrete planter bookends years ago. Fast forward a few years... I saw some concrete pears at a vintage market and thought they would be beautiful painted the same way. Buuuut they were $20 per pear and that's a little more than I care to spend on some fake fruit! My original thought was I would try to make them with concrete mix and a pear mold, but never got around to it. Continue Reading
