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• Falcons Ornament
  on Dec 14, 2014 in Black and White Chrismukkah Holidays Less Than Two Hours Red Silhouette Cameo Stuff I've Made Tutorials
  In my quest to make lots of fun ornaments that weren't too girly and appealed to what Mr. Crafty Scientist likes, I first thought I'd try to create an ornament with Matt Ryan's face on it... but then I remembered what my skill level is with stuff lik...
• Gold Polka Dot Ornament
  on Dec 10, 2014 in Chrismukkah Holidays Less Than One Hour Neutrals Stuff I've Made
  I made this super-cute little ornament for our tree last year... largely inspired by Kate Spade stuff and Hi Sugarplum's ornaments. It was super-simple - just grabbed a circular spongebrush (like these) and painted some little gold dots on the orname...
• What I Read in 2013 {An Updated Roundup}
  on Dec 8, 2014 in Life Roundup
  After my LinkyTools subscription expired, this list of the fun books I read in 2013 became unavailable... so I've recreated it here, just in case you're curious!1. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs // 2. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs // 3. Deadly D...
• 500+ Glass Ornaments Roundup
  on Dec 6, 2014 in Chrismukkah Holidays Link Love Roundup Supply Related Roundup
  After my linky subscription expired, my post of 300+ glass ornament crafts no longer had any ornament ideas. So I decided to re-do the list without any subscriptions or tools...But I thought I should make it more fun than just re-posting the old list...
• LinkyTools Posts to Update...
  on Nov 30, 2014 in Blogging
  Turns out that when you get a LinkyTools subscription, the links you set up are only good when you have an active subscription... so, when I chose not to renew, all the roundups and link collections here that I made with LinkyTools no longer work (in...
• Gold Star Earrings
  on Oct 19, 2014 in Gold Less Than One Hour Neutrals Polymer Clay Stuff I've Made Wearables
  After making the clay heart stud earrings using my small clay [cookie] cutter shapes, I wanted to expand the possibilities (it was ridiculously quick and easy, cost me about nothing, and I got something pretty to wear... my perfect project!) so I pla...
• Clemson Tray
  on Oct 7, 2014 in College Spirit Home Decor Less Than One Hour Orange Purple Silhouette Cameo Stuff I've Made Super-Cheap Tutorials
  Before we moved away from South Carolina, I had the idea to make a little Clemson tray using my Silhouette. My thought was that I could incorporate it into wherever we lived and it would be a little bit of the subtle Clemson flavor in the background...
• DIY Earrings Roundup {Part 1}
  on Oct 6, 2014 in Jewelry Link Love Roundup Wearables
  After I rounded up some awesome DIY ways to store your earrings, I whipped up something for myself (that I'll share at some point here) and then the only natural step was to look for inspiration on the web in the form of earrings to make... I got a l...
• Clay Heart Stud Earrings
  on Sep 21, 2014 in Blue Jewelry Less Than One Hour Pink Polymer Clay Stuff I've Made Tutorials Wearables
  After I rounded up all the DIY earring organizers for this post, I made one of my own (that I'll share some day), which inspired me to whip up some new earrings for myself... I've been playing with clay a lot recently so I started with clay and this...
• Favorite Finds from the Web {Week of 9/8/14}
  on Sep 13, 2014 in Favorite Things Link Love
  I shared my favorite things a few weeks ago on Labor Day here and now I want to share a few more awesome discoveries and cool stuff I've seen this week...Sporcle - free online trivia with a million quizzes and categories. And you can earn badges! I l...
• Ombre Scalloped Wreath
  on Sep 6, 2014 in Blue Felt Less Than Two Hours Stuff I've Made Tutorials Wreath
  I saw some pretty felt wreaths on Pinterest (like this one from Make & Takes, this one from a bit of sunshine, and this one from Green Wedding Shoes)and knew for awhile I wanted to make my own. I finally got around to it after hoarding some blue...
• Free Desktop Wallpapers Roundup
  on Sep 3, 2014 in Link Love Roundup
  I love the first of the month in part because I get to go collect free desktop calendar wallpapers to fancy up my computer (it almost kinda sorta balances out the bills that start again each month). People who know me in real life usually ask about w...
• Best Stuff on the Web {This Week}
  on Sep 1, 2014 in Favorite Things Link Love
  I used to try to share some of my favorite things here on the blog. Since I love reading about everyone else's favorite things, I figured it would be good to share my own.... turns out I could never narrow down the list enough to hit publish. But I'm...
• DIY Earring Organizers Roundup
  on Aug 29, 2014 in Inspiring Ideas Jewelry Link Love Organizing Roundup
  I genuinely love organizing and re-organizing my jewelry - probably because it gives me a chance to take it all out and play with it. This week I was thinking about organizing my earrings and went to gather some ideas from the interwebs... and I real...
• My Favorite Lifestyle Blogs
  on Aug 20, 2014 in Link Love Roundup
  I'm not entirely sure that I even understand what a "lifestyle" blog is... but I've come to understand that it's a category that describes a lot of my favorite, very active blogs. The ones that mix in DIY and crafty projects along with new products,...
• Wooden Wall Art
  on Aug 10, 2014 in Blue Home Decor Less Than Two Hours Stuff I've Made Tutorials Wall Art
  I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't already shared this little tutorial because I love this project so much it's in my living room... ...AND a close up of it is my G+ header (and has been for awhile).Awhile back we needed something with a fe...
• 2011 Scrapbook {Part 2}
  on Aug 7, 2014 in Max and Bella My Adventures {Photographed} Papercraft Scrapbook Silhouette Cameo Stuff I've Made
  As I mentioned before, I've gotten back on the scrapbooking bandwagon and had a blast making scrapbooks for previous years, starting with 2011. I shared part 1 here and now I want to share part 2...If I don't tell you where I got the particular suppl...
• Marbled Clay Gem Necklace
  on Aug 3, 2014 in Blue Green Polymer Clay Stash Busting Stuff I've Made Tutorials Wearables Yellow
  Once I got started with the clay, I was off and running.... looking at fun tutorials online and making a Pinterest board just for clay projects and making enough beads and pendants to use up a big spool of cotton/leather-ish cord. This is one of my a...
• 2011 Scrapbook {Part 1}
  on Jul 15, 2014 in Black and White Papercraft Scrapbook Silhouette Cameo Stuff I've Made
  As I admitted here not too long ago, I've gotten back into scrapbooking after a long time away (which explains why my scrapbooks have been from 2010 and now 2011). When I started this one, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go the Project Life route or not...
• Fave Fonts #3
  on Jul 9, 2014 in Favorite Fonts Link Love
  As I did some blog design updating around here, I discovered some fonts that have quickly become some of my favorites (and they're free)! So I thought I'd share them with you here... Click the links below to get your own copy of them!Download here: H...