Latest Blog Posts for House Revivals

• Easy Washi Tape Cards or Tags
  on Dec 20, 2016 in book paper cardmaking Christmas crafting diy diy projects paper crafts recycling tutorials upcycling vintage book pages
  Here is an easy last minute card or gift tag idea that helps bust your stash of decorative tapes and paper scraps, and diverts old book pages from the landfill. The use of classic holiday ornament shapes, allows you to successfully use non-holid...
• Paper Mache Father Christmas Tutorial
  on Dec 15, 2016 in Christmas crafting holidays recycling tutorials upcycling
  Don't you just love old fashioned Father Christmas decor?  Father Christmas ornaments always seemed a bit intimidating to me, so I never tried making them myself, until I discovered how easy this papier mache method is. I was watching some...
• Make These {Easy} Snowman Hat Ornaments!
  on Dec 13, 2016 in Christmas crafting frugal decorating gifting gifts holidays papier mache recycling tutorials upcycling
  These adorable little snowman hat ornaments are easy and fun to make, using recycled cardboard tubes and boxes. Last year, on a trip to Arizona to visit family, I wanted to bring my sister-in-law a set of handmade ornaments with her kids' names...
• Upcycled Altoids Tin Travel Spicy Farkel
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Christmas crafting diy diy projects gifting gifts holidays recycling tutorials upcycling
  A good friend was recently visiting from Colorado, and she gifted me with a Spicy Farkel game. This was the same friend who gifted me with a regular Farkel game a few months ago. I loved that game, and decided to alter a little round mint tin to make...
• Make This Scrappy Christmas Tree Card!
  on Dec 1, 2016 in cardmaking crafting paper crafts tutorials vintage book pages vintage paper vintage paper ideas
  Do you need to send out some last minute Christmas cards? Did you run out of cards before you made it through your mailing list? Here is a simple card idea that does not require special Christmas papers or dies or stamps. Making these cards couldn't...
• Upcycle Leftover Sets of Notecards, to Create Useful, All-Occasion Cards
  on Sep 6, 2016 in altered art crafting frugal decorating green design recycling tutorials vintage book pages vintage paper
  We've all got them. Maybe they're stuffed in a drawer somewhere, maybe they're up in a closet, or maybe they're in the "donate" box in the mud room.  Every thrift store has them, too. They are the (often unopened) event specific thank-you...
• How to Create a Henna Tattoo
  on Aug 30, 2016 in art crafting diy fashion flowers tutorials
  My son's dear love, Aparna, is from India. A few weeks ago, at a weekend house party at our beach house, Aparna brought several henna cones and offered henna tattoos to all the ladies. We had so much fun designing and drawing our tattoos -- we all fe...
• How to Make a Travel Farkel Game
  on Aug 23, 2016 in crafting diy diy projects recycling repurpose tutorials
  My dear friend sent me a game of pocket Farkel recently. I had visited her on summer vacation this summer, and she attempted to teach me to play. I loved the compactness of the pocket game, but was concerned that the plastic zipper bag would not...
• Our New Beach House Cats
  on Aug 16, 2016 in beach decor beach house beachy decor frugal decorating gardening green design recycling the beach house
  We adopted two cats this summer. I was scrolling through our local Nextdoor forum, and noticed that someone was looking for a home for their cats, as they were soon to be moving. I was a little shocked, at first, after all, who leaves their cats when...
• Working on the Beach House Path
  on Aug 9, 2016 in bathroom chandelier beach combing beach decor beach house beach inspired beachy crafting design diy projects green design remodeling the beach house tutorials
  It's been quite a while since I posted any beach house updates. We continue to plug along with projects, but we try to balance work weekends with resting weekends and entertaining weekends. Each year we improve the beach path a little bit more.

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