This super cute and awesome craft was made by my friend, Shay Lin, for her daughter’s first birthday luau centerpieces. For those of you not from Hawaii, baby first birthdays here are a HUGE deal, with hundreds of guests! She saw the idea for these DIY fairy silhouette mason jars on Pinterest and contacted me for help with the fairies. My ONLY contribution was the cutting of the fairies on my Cricut machine. She came over one night and we…
Why grow DIY borax crystals you ask? My son is big into treasures because of a school project that had his class defining and collecting treasures. Since then he has been collecting rocks, crystals, sticks, and anything shiny to keep in his treasure jar. The jar is almost full, and I decided growing some crystals would be an awesome project to add to his shiny collection. The crystals turned out to be beautiful, fun, and educational. Both of my kids…
One of the very first projects that I tried with my Cricut cutting machine was personalizing and labeling water bottles with adhesive vinyl. It’s a fun and functional project. These personalized water bottles also make great gifts. Here’s the simple 3 steps needed to make your very own personalized water bottles. 3 Steps: Choose a Water Bottle Cut and Weed the Design Adhere to the water bottle Choosing a Water Bottle Ideally water bottles should be smooth to allow…
Need an easy and personalized gift? Try making one of these super cute pleather glitter iron-on gifts. I’ve been trying to get my craft on and use my Cricut more. I LOVE my machine, but it’s always hard to find the time to make all the ideas I want to. Here are the very easy steps to customize a unique gift for friends, family, and loved ones. I love the way this project turned out so much that I will…
Looking for fun kids Christmas crafts and activities, then this post is for you! We spent an amazing time on Kauai over the Thanksgiving break. It was all family time with my parents, sister, and grandparents. All credit goes to my crafty mother because it was full of some amazing crafts and activities that were easy and fun for the kids to do and this post is meant to inspire that Christmas spirit with some minimalist kids Christmas crafts. I…
Are you stumped on what to buy for the perfect Christmas gift this year for the special people in your life? I am usually a huge procrastinator when it comes to Christmas gifts, but this year I am gonna be prepared (I really hope) and I’ve researched some awesome gifts that I’ve given away previously or plan on giving away myself. The prices range from FREE to more pricey. Hope this lists inspires you on your journey to finding that perfect…
Happy Halloween! It is crazy how fast time flies. If you’re anything at all like me, the month of October has come and practically gone in the blink of an eye. It’s definitely true that the older I get, the faster time passes. Everything seems to speed up and get busier. But, there I go off topic. In this post I’m going to share some fun things we did to celebrate Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays because…
This super easy and affordable Moana hair tie DIY is an awesome idea as a favor for your Moana themed party. It would also work as little gifts for kid’s classmates (like for Christmas or Halloween) and as fish extender gifts. I made them for my daughter’s Moana themed birthday. It’s so easy and it’s a great project to do with kids. I’ll show you how simple it was and also list the rest of the favors I got for…
This is not a full post, but I wanted to get the word out ASAP about the FREE Cricut Maker Giveaway that I entered and wanted to let as much people know about it before the giveaway ends on September 17. UPDATE: This giveaway has ended. Sadly I did not win the free Cricut Maker, but hopefully you did if you entered. See below for more info on the Circut Maker and the Circuit Explore Air, which is the machine…
This was super fun and easy kids DIY butterflies that were actually made with my mom, who is definitely the crafty and creative one. She doesn’t just do minimalist crafts, she does legitimate crafting, especially with my kids and this post is a look at an outstanding way to entertain kids while letting them reveal their creativity. My wonderful and amazing mom is pictured below as they were finishing up their beautiful creations. There were 2 different types of butterflies…