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Games and special toys don’t have to be stored away in neatly stacked boxes. Enjoy your memories everyday by recreating those pieces into wall art. I was inspired by an old Anagrams game and wooden blocks to make personalized art for our family. The little letters on the vintage tiles seemed just so perfect to [...]
Egg dying is a favorite annual tradition in my family. Dunking bright-white eggs into little bowls of color and then popping them out to reveal their new shade. When I was a child, we never actually used the store-bought egg dying kits. But there has never been a limit to color or creativity. We’ve dipped [...]
Decorating for the holidays can take several different kinds of approaches. It can be traditional, themed, crafty, or whatever approach captures your family’s mojo best. We usually start by digging out the boxes of ornaments and decor that we’ve collected throughout our life together and that we’ve been given from our parents and grandparents. [...]
Door decor obsessed like me? It seems like everywhere I look I notice an inspiration to create another holiday-themed door decoration. It’s fun to be inspired everyday, but it’s hard to keep up with all of my ideas. Here’s an idea that I was able to bring to life in our little studio in just a [...]
I’m actually in love with vintage game pieces right now. I found an Anagrams game on Etsy, and I’m using the letter tiles to make a cool word puzzle as wall art for our home.
Theresa Coleman, interior designer and host of MyFixitUpLife, offers low-cost suggestions on how homeowners can create engaging autumn holiday door decorations. Experts at Fypon and Therma-Tru provide tips on properly attaching wreaths to doors.
I tend to be devilish about making projects that are seemingly complicated. And October is the perfect month to celebrate complexity and fun in Halloween decor. Mix in my obsession for creating decorations from holiday-themed candy that has grown beyond candy. Yes, Spiders are my new obsession-inspiration this autumn. And add in another layer to [...]
Halloween is that one time of year we can take a real creative leap, and create a unique look for a front door. And you know you’ll have an audience for your creations. There will most probably be crowds at every door for the annual walk around the neighborhood for yummy ‘treats.’ It’s also a [...]
We have the ‘forever collection bag’ that we pile our kids’ too-small clothes. Usually we give them to littler friends, the Salvation Army, or the nonprofit Clothes’ Box at the hospital my mom volunteers. But, sometimes there’s something special that’s been outgrown, and trying to figure out how to make a new life for the [...]
Something about bubbles that captivates most of us. Bubbles are fun to play with in the bath, and even more fun to run around and create in the backyard with friends. We like to make it easy. Buy the bubbles from the store, so we have the bubble wand and container. (You also can buy [...]
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