Projects — Gifts

Your straw market bag needs this Tiered Tassel in yummy shades of green and purple!  You can make it yourself with the quick and easy-to-use Pattiewack Tassel and Pompom Makers.  It's a combination of 3 tassels, a pompom and a vintage wooden spool, and will look fabulous when you to tie it onto your very own market bag.  

Your home will look like a Winter Wonderland when you make these enchanting Christmas trees and wreath with batting from Fairfield World.  The soft fluffy batting creates an effect like a blanket of snow and combined with fallen birch branches, it takes your imagination to a magical place.  The wreath and the trees are super simple to make, and can be brought out year after year to decorate your home for Christmas.   Here's what you'll need for the Winter Wonderland Wreath: Fairfield Purely Cotton™ Batting Hula Hoop Birch Branch Newspapers 3" Foam Balls (8) 4" Faux Fur Trim (6...

Shibori dyed pillows made from batting? Who knew! I did an experiment with Fairfield's organic cotton batting and Tulip's blue one-step dye, and it came out beautiful! The batting is robust enough to hold up to sewing into a pillow, and the one-step dye saturated the batting into fabulous and luxurious home decor.

Father’s Day is coming up, and I thought it would be fun to send my Dad a burlap banner made with washers, burlap fabric and glue.  Even if your Dad has everything he needs, he can always use a reminder that he’s loved, right?

It's Memorial Day, and the perfect weekend for a patriot project to remind us of the fallen who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.  This rustic barn wood sign is simple and very satisfying to paint for the porch or backyard area. Here's what you'll need: Raw Wood Star Sign Acrylic Paints:  Red, White, Blue Masking Tape Disposable Plate Cotton Swab Foam Brush Round Foam Pouncer Scissors Step 1: Mask off stripes across the star.  Apply masking tape to the back, sides, and top of the star in even spaces to create stripes. Step 2 For a rustic color,...

There's nothing more fun than hitting the open road with the windows down, the music up, and a good ol' paper map in your hand, guiding the way! But after the road trip, what do you do with the map? Why not permanently seal the memory with a beautiful glass platter with the map decoupaged as a sentimental keepsake!