Category: Crafts

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Charming Planter

It is almost spring but not quite time to plant flowers in your outdoor garden. We have had 30 degree weather over the last week with an icy wind. It has made me long for the sound of birds tweeting, daffodils in bloom and a warm spring breeze. Since I… Read more

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Family Heritage

I don’t tend to scrapbook very often even though I love scrapbooking paper and use it in a lot of my designs. When I was asked by Scotch to create a scrapbooking page for their website, I decided to create a very simple design but it also has the style… Read more

Crafts / Everything / Gift Wrapping / Reuse

Minced Words

You can easily create a custom tailored message in a gift wrap or card. Thoughtful words cut from magazines are sure to touch the heart of your Valentine. Materials Reused White Shopping Bag or white gift wrap Recycled magazines Extra buttons Craft Glue Directions Wrap a box in reused white… Read more

Crafts / Everything / Gift Wrapping

Beading Heart

Valentine’s Day is the perfect holiday to add a personal touch to your cards and gift wrap. Even something as simple as accenting your gifts with a piece of pretty paper and adding beads in a heart shape will show how much you care. The beaded hearts and the hand-torn… Read more

Crafts / Everything / Media / Reuse / TV Segments

Super Bowl Party Decorations

I braved the snow showers Friday morning to visit my friends at Let’s Talk Live to show how to make creative decorations for your Super Bowl gathering. Most of my ideas use recycled items and things you may already have around your house. I did create some 49ers crafts as… Read more

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Super Bowl Bingo

Back by popular demand I have created more football Bingo cards. I had so much fun playing Ravens Bingo for both the playoff game against the Broncos and during the AFC Championship victory over the Patriots. I do realize that just because I live close to Baltimore and I am… Read more

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AFC Championship Bingo: Ravens at Patriots

I received such a great response from my Ravens – Broncos Bingo cards so I decided to create a version for the Ravens at Patriots AFC Championship game. I thought that I had made the game too difficult last week and that some of the blocks wouldn’t be filled. I… Read more

Crafts / Everything / Media

Ravens Playoff Party Ideas

Ravens football party decorations. X and O Menu Play My favorite thing I made was this chalkboard X and O menu. Rather than use a real chalkboard, I just cut a piece of black card stock to fit into an inexpensive picture frame. I painted a band of purple around… Read more