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Gift Wrapping / Holidays

Shopping Bag Wrap

This trendy design is inexpensive to create and the cinnamon gives the gift a nice holiday scent. Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s a good time to start gathering items to wrap your holiday gifts. I remember the days when I would spend $80 to $100 on decorative wrapping paper… Read more

Gift Wrapping / Holidays / Reuse

Extra Button and Yarn Gift Wrap

Use those extra buttons you have laying around the house to create a fun, whimsical yarn gift wrap design.  I wrapped the gift in double-layered crinkled tissue, threaded the buttons onto textured yarn and wrapped the yarn around the box in a random pattern.  I tied the yarn in a… Read more

Everything

DIY Turkey Gourd Art

One thing I love about Thanksgiving is the delicious aroma wafting around the house and the anticipation of the delicious feast. While the turkey is cooking, it is fun to create fun Thanksgiving crafts like this gourd turkeys. Grab your Halloween mini pumpkins and gourds, feathers, buttons, beads, pipe cleaners… Read more

halloween

Halloween Centerpiece

Halloween doesn’t have to be all ghost and goblins, you can create and elegant and stylish Halloween centerpiece and still celebrate the spooky holiday. This vase is easy to create and will add a touch of drama to any Halloween decor. Materials for the Halloween Centerpiece Black Vase Vines and… Read more

Everything / Food / halloween / jars

Mummy Treats

Create these fun and yummy mummy treats for Halloween! They are easy to make and will also make a great conversation piece especially if you put in this custom made mummy container. Ingredients for the Yummy Mummies Large Marshmallows Candy Eyes White Candy Melts Candy Decorating Bag Lollipop Sticks Instructions… Read more

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DIY Inexpensive Halloween Decorations

Here is one my TV segments from NBC affiliate WBAL showing how you can use things that you have around your house to fame fun and spooky inexpensive Halloween Decorations. 8 days until Halloween! Please Subscribe to my YouTube Channel I upload new DIY videos every week!… Read more

halloween / TV Segments

DIY Halloween Decorations on WBAL TV

I had a great time at NBC affiliate WBAL this morning showing how to make my spooky Halloween decorations! I always have fun at WBAL I will be posting more videos and tutorials on how to make my designs all week. There is still time to create costumes and decorations!… Read more

Everything

Halloween Decorations TV Segment

If you want to learn how to create some of my fun Halloween decorations using what you may already have around your house, I will be on WBAL tomorrow morning live at 9:15am. I have a crazy show stopper that you will have to see to believe! I will be… Read more

How To Videos

Thank You for a Half a Million Views!!!

Thank you so much for ongoing support and helping me reach over a half a millions views on YouTube! Please let me know if there are more types of videos you would like for me to create. I am going to start a new video series showing my favorite crafting… Read more

Food / Kitchen Tools

I Love My Mango Splitter

I love how food can mentally transport you to another time and place in your life. For me, it is the mango. Mangoes are by far my favorite fruit and always make me think of vacationing in St. Lucia — sitting at an outdoor café on the beach and enjoying… Read more

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