Category Archives: Tutorials

15 Carrots!

April 10, 2014Easter, Gift ideas, paper crafting, Patterns, Tutorials3-D paper carrots, 3-d paper Easter carrots, carrot treat box, Easter, Easter carrots, Easter gift idea, Easter treat box, how to make 3-d carrot treat box, how to make 3-d paper carrot, paper crafting, pattern for 3-d carrot, pattern for 3-d paper carrot, treat box, tutorial, tutorial for making 3-d paper carrotsRita

I have some really exciting news to share with you before I get to my regular post! This little old blog is getting a new face lift! I am working with my web designer and I am really excited about the new changes that will be coming soon. We are going to have a fresh new clean look and hopefully it will easier to move about my site!

So stay tuned…

Instead of doing my regular Thursday’s Thought today, I decided that it would be fun to do a paper crafting project! And what girl wouldn’t love having 15 ~~carats~~ carrots for Easter?

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Easter Popsicle Puzzle & Printable Paper Bag

April 7, 2014Crafts, Easter, Games, Gift ideas, paper crafting, Printables, TutorialsEaster, Easter gift idea, Easter Popsicle stick puzzle, Easter printables, free printable, free printable bag, gift idea, how to make a paper bag, how to make a puzzle with Popsicle sticks, paper bag, paper bag printable, Popsicle Stick puzzle, puzzle, puzzle tutorial, The Graphics Fairy, vintage picturesRita

Here is a fun Easter project for kids and adults alike! It is a darling puzzle made from Popsicle sticks!

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Textured Picture Frame

March 21, 2014Crafts, Decorating, For the Home, Tutorialscraft, decorating, for the home, how to make a textured picture frame, how to paint a picture frame, layered picture frame, painting project, picture frame, poppy seed projects, textured picture frame, tutorialRita

I love this textured Frame. It is actually two frames on top of each other!

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Duck Brand® Tape Spring Wreath!

March 2, 2014Crafts, Easter, For the Home, Sponsored Post, Tutorialscraft, Duck® Brand Tape, Easter egg flowers, Easter wreath, fabric Duck® Tape, how to make a spring wreath, how to make a wreath from a picture frame, how to make flower with egg center, old picture frame, project for the home, sponsored post, sponsored post for Duck® Tape, spring wreath, tutorial on how to make flowers with fabric Duck Tape, tutorial on how to make spring wreath, wreathRita

This post brought to you by Duck Brand. All opinions are 100% mine.

Did you know that Duck Brand ® Tape now comes in Fabric, Glitter, Prism and Washi? I was sent some of the fabric tape to make a project with and I was completely delighted with this fun product! I received some spring colors, so decided that a fun wreath was in order!

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“Love You” Valentines Bucket

February 3, 2014Crafts, Gift ideas, Printables, Sponsored Post, Tutorials, ValentinesDuck Tape, Duck tape craft project, Duck Tape sponsored post, Duck tape Valentines bucket, Duck tape Valentines craft project, free printable, free printable Valentines bucket lid topper, gift idea, how to make a Duck Tape flower, how to make a Valentines Duck Tape bucket, printable bucket topper, printable can topper, sponsored post, tutorial on how to make a Duck Tape flower, Valentine craft, Valentines, Valentines bucket, Valentines gift idea, Valentines printableRita

This post brought to you by Duck Brand provided by ShurTech Brands, LLC. All opinions are 100% mine.

I received a sample of these fun Duck Brand® Valentine’s designs and was asked to make a project with it. I loved all of the bright colors and the knew right away that I wanted to make a “Love You” Bucket!

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Chocolate Dipped Cuties with Sea Salt

January 28, 2014Appetizers, Candy, Desserts, Recipes, Tutorialsappetizer, Candy, chocolate dipped cutie oranges, chocolate dipped oranges, chocolate dipped oranges with sea salt, cutie oranges, dark chocolate, dark chocolate dipped cutie oranges, dark chocolate dipped oranges, dessert, how to make chocolate dipped cutie oranges, kosher salt, oranges, recipe, recipe for chocolate dipped cutie oranges, sea salt, tutorialRita

Okay, does anyone out there need a fast, easy, tasty, treat for the Super Bowl? Or perhaps you need a fun treat for your next party, get together or just to indulge yourself? This treat is perfect for all those occasions. It is great for guys, girls and kids…so that pretty much includes everyone! I could even go so far as to say that this is a “healthy” snack because dark chocolate is good for you, right?!

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Top Ten Posts for 2013

January 22, 2014Candy, cooking, Crafts, Desserts, For the Home, Gift ideas, Patterns, Preparedness, Printables, Recipes, Sewing, Tutorialscute car kit, DIY fabric softener, easy to make fringed blanket, easy to sew zippered poucj, easy way to paint wood letters, family wooden letters, fringed fleece blankets, gift ideas, how to make a car kit, how to make a zippered pouch, how to make fringed blanket, how to make peanut clusters, lemon raspberry muffins, muffin recipe, no sew fringe blanket, peanut clusters, printable recipe book dividers, printable Thursday's thought, printable visiting teaching handout, printables, recipe book dividers, recipe for lemon raspberry muffins, sugar-crusted lemon raspberry muffins, Thursday's Thought, visiting teaching handouts, wood letters, zippered pouchRita

I posted this a couple of weeks over at I Should Be Mopping the Floor, and I wanted to post it here for you today!

These were my top 10 posts in 2013!

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Valentines Soup Can Label

January 14, 2014Candy, Gift ideas, Printables, Tutorials, ValentinesCandy, free printable, gift idea, how to make pop top cans for gifts, how to make soup can gifts, printables, soup cans, tutorial on how to make pop top cans, Valentines can label, valentines candy, valentines count down, Valentines day soup can label, Valentines gift idea, Valentines printablesRita

Yesterday I promised that I would give you the perfect thing to end your Valentines Countdown, so here it is!

A Valentines Soup Can!

What Valentine wouldn’t love receiving this on Valentines Day filled with his or her favorite goodies, trinkets or love letters etc?

You can customize these to each individual person.

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Blanket Purse

January 7, 2014Crafts, Gift ideas, Organization, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialsblanket purse, car blanket, game day blanket, gift idea, how to make a blanket purse, how to make a blanket purse with fuzzy blanket, how to make a game day blanket, how to sew a blanket purse, pattern, pattern for blanket purse, sewing, sewing craft, tutorial, tutorial on how to make a blanket purseRita

I received this for a Christmas present from a dear friend and I loved it so much that I decided that I had better make a couple of them to have on hand for gifts. (I might even save them for next Christmas!)

It is a blanket that is rolled up and has a pouch with a handle attached to it with velcro! How cute is this? My friend filled the pocket full of goodies and said just to keep it in the car! I can think of a dozen different places that I could use this! Continue reading →

Christmas Window Treatments

November 20, 2013Christmas, Decorating, TutorialsChristmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas ornaments, Christmas window treatment, Christmas windows, curtain rods, decorating for Christmas, how to make Christmas window treatment, how to make Christmas windows, how to make window treatment with Christmas decorations, how to make your own Christmas window treatment, ribbon, spring curtain rods, tutorial, tutorial to make Christmas window decorationsRita

I am excited today, to show you a really fun, easy way to decorate your windows for the holidays. This project is not only easy and inexpensive, but it is a great way to add some Christmas decor to your windows that looks festive not only from inside of your house but the outside as well! It is super easy to do and I had almost everything I needed already at home! Bonus!

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