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How To Make a Personalized DIY Crayon Holder

If you are looking for a cute way to house your kids crayon collection, or need a handmade gift idea, this DIY wood crayon holder is a perfect option. I made this one for my daughter for Christmas, and also made a few others at the same time for niece and nephew gifts. They were super easy and were a bit hit with the kids!     Step 1 // Cut and Sand your Wood Block. For ... View the Post

DIY felt pennants (really easy, really cute!)

I have a cute little tutorial for you guys today. I haven't been doing much in the way of Christmas decorating or projects, seeing as we are still shacking up at my parents' place and ridiculously busy right now with house reno/day jobs/etsy shop/blogging/commuting/parenting/etc, but I couldn't help buying some felt at the dollar store the other day and came up with these DIY felt ... View the Post

How To Make A Ribbon and Burlap Table Runner

Want to make a table runner that has that perfect sweet and rustic look? This one has been on my to-do list for a while, and I'm so smitten with how it turned out. The Supplies You'll Need: Mixture of Ribbons - grab whatever colours and textures you like, mixing the widths. Here are some of my faves: hot pink, blush pink, lace (SO pretty!!), pink velvet, and ivory satin Burlap table ... View the Post

DIY this: jewellery tray makeover with chalkboard paint

I've got a really simple DIY project for you guys today. And although it might be easy, it's super chic - a black chalkboard tray. I'm always coming across trays at the thrift store. Often they have been painted or are some kind of plastic or tin, but when I came across this one - bare wood and perfectly primed for a makeover of some kind - I grabbed it. No prep necessary? My kind of ... View the Post

cottage DIY: the bunkie bunk bed tutorial

Okay so last you guys saw we had just finished the basic interior on our cottage bunkie (here), and re-finished the dresser (here). You can’t have a bunkie without bunk beds, so here is our bunkie bunk bed tutorial (say that ten times fast!). Sleeping space had to be maximized, so we knew we wanted to do two sets of bunk beds along either wall of the bunkie. We looked at a few bunk bed ... View the Post

furniture redo: a navy and gold dresser

We basically just needed one piece of furniture for the bunkie, besides bunk beds, and that was a dresser. I searched the online used sites for quite a few weeks, but it was tricky as the dresser had to be a fairly specific size that didn't seem to be popular. I was spotting either really tall, narrow dressers ("tallboys") or long, large dressers. I needed something in between, but not as small ... View the Post