Tag Archives: for the home

February Calendar Ideas

February 4, 2013Calendar, Crafts, For the Home, Printables, Sewing, Tutorialsbakers twine, calendar, craft, Feb calendar, Feb calendar ideas, felt heart garland, felt heart garland tutorial, felt hearts, for the home, magnet calendar board, magnets, printable, sewing, stickers, tutorialRita

Here is my February Calendar. I had a fun with this one because it is all done in red and pink! Two of my favorite colors!

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Guest Post

January 28, 2013Crafts, For the Home, Guest Postcraft, for the home, Guest post, metal washers, monogram key holder, screws, Wood connectionRita

Hey everyone, I have a guest post today over at the Wood Connection.

It is this fun Monogram board and key holder!

Be sure to stop over there and take a look at how to make one for yourself!

Have a great Monday Everyone! Love Ya!

Quilt As You Go Table Runner

January 22, 2013Crafts, Decorating, For the Home, Patterns, Quilts, Sewing, Tutorials, Valentinesbinding, crafts, for the home, pattern, pattern for table runner, quilt as you go table runner, sewing, sewing craft, table quilt, tutorial, tutorial for quilted table runner, Valentines, Valentines decor, Valentines table runnerRita

I have been wanting a table runner for my table, but I wanted a square one, not a rectangle one. I had several different pieces of fabric that were red and white, so naturally I decided that I needed to make my table runner. I made it with all my scraps and this whole thing did not cost me any extra money, because I had everything that I needed! Score!

I love how it looks on my kitchen table!

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Valentines Pillow Wrap

January 21, 2013Crafts, Decorating, For the Home, Gift ideas, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorials, Valentinesdecorating, for the home, gift idea, pattern, pillow form tutorial, sewing, sewing craft, tutorial, Valentines, Valentines pillow, Valentines pillow wrapRita

I have another pillow wrap for you today.

I love these wraps because they are such an easy way to decorate and a pillow can add so much to a room. This is my Valentines version. I love the colors with the touch of green added in the ruffle. It goes perfect with my black pillow, so I did not need to make a new pillow, just the wrap!

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Grocery Store Flowers

January 8, 2013Crafts, Flowers and Garden, For the Home, Gift ideascraft, floral arrangment, floral craft, flowers, for the home, gift idea, grocery store flowers, Trader Joe's flowersRita

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Ruffled Christmas Dishtowel and Knitted Dishcloths

December 8, 2012Christmas, Crafts, For the Home, Holiday, Patterns, Sewing, TutorialsChristmas kitchen, for the home, gift idea, knitted dishcloth, knitting, pattern for knitted dishcloth, pattern for ruffled dishtowel, ruffled Christmas dishtowels, ruffled dish towels, sewing, tutorialRita

It seems like I have had a lot of sewing projects lately and I promise that there are only a couple of more to come!

I just get the sewing bug when it comes to Christmas! I like to make some of my Christmas gifts and of course I love sewing some fun quilts and pillows!

Today I have my Christmas version of the ruffled dishtowels!

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Light-up Christmas Lantern

November 16, 2012Christmas, Crafts, For the HomeChristmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas lantern, Christmas lights, crafts, for the home, lantern, lighted Christmas lantern, ribbon, Santa lanternRita

I got a few lanterns at Ikea a while back for the holidays. I made up a couple of them and I love the way they look and the ambiance that they create with the lights in them. They just glow so pretty with the stars cut out of the top of the lanterns! I am really a sucker for lights in my house. I have them everywhere, even when it is not Christmas!

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Ikea Book Shelves (Spice Racks)

October 23, 2012Books, For the Home, Organizationbook shelves, Books, children's books, for the home, Ikea spice racks, organization, organizing books, reading nook, spice racks/book shelvesRita

I don’t know how many of you have seen on Pinterest or out there in blog land, these spice racks from Ikea used as a book shelf. Well, I saw the idea about a year ago and I have literally been waiting that long to get some! They have been back ordered, in stock and out again for over a year! My cute neighbor, Susan, called me last week and said that she was at Ikea and they had some in stock and did I want her to pick some up for me! Don’t you just love friends that watch out for you!

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Monogram Window Frame

August 22, 2012Crafts, For the Home, Tutorialsantique window, antiquing technique, crafts, easy way to paint wood, for the home, mod podge monogram, Monogram window frame, old window, tutorial, wreathRita

I was lucky enough to find an old window frame at an antique place a couple of weeks ago and I already had an idea in mind of what I wanted to do with it! Since Monograms are such the rage right now, I decided that was what I would put on my window frame! I am pretty excited about how it turned out…what do you think? Continue reading →

Thought for Today

August 17, 2012Crafts, For the Home, Quotescrafts, family home evening, for the home, friendships, kindness, Lucy Mack Smith quote, quote, We must cherish...quoteRita

I have been working on several projects lately. It seems like when the weather starts to cool down just a tiny little bit, I start getting the crafting bug to make all kinds of things for all the fall and winter holidays! Is that nuts? It is still August for heaven’s sake! I am excited to share some of these ideas when I get them all completed. But for today, I have this wonderful thought for you to think about for this weekend!

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