DIY Farmhouse Window - Painting on Glass

Sometimes, well a lot of times, clients come to me with requests of things I'm not quite sure if I can pull off or not.  I always at least give it a good try before I say no.  This specific client had a farmhouse window and wanted certain colors to match her home.  Unfortunately vinyl doesn't come in endless colors.  I sure do wish it did though!  I was needing a rustic blue/gray so I decided to try and stencil the glass with paint instead of going my normal route of doing a vinyl decal for the window.

I created a DIY video of this process linked below.  You can see there how it went!

Hope you enjoy!

Direct link to the video here:  https://youtu.be/YQVsXLND6_o

The BIG Christmas Purge

Year after year I pull out all these plastic tote boxes full of Christmas stuff.  Then I start digging through each box trying to figure out what I want to use and most of the time, half of it goes back into those boxes and stored for another year.

This year, I couldn't take it anymore.  I finally caved and took the time to go through each and every single Christmas tote box and purged as much as I possibly could.  I ended up with 7 empty tote boxes!  Can you imagine storing that much unused stuff for so long?

So it may have taken quite a bit of time, but I am so glad to have gotten through it.  Next year should be much nicer when it comes time to decorate again.

I did a fun little video of the purging process.

I hope you enjoy!

Direct link to the video here:  https://youtu.be/oUuOxXfEmmc

Christmas Gift Haul

We all had such a wonderful Christmas and were overly spoiled by our family.  Hubby really spoiled me this year too.  

Besides all the gifts we had such fun visiting with family and friends for 3 straight days.  The holiday's always bring people together and for that I am so very grateful.  It really is more about the ones you love and not about the gifts you receive.

With all that said, I also enjoyed giving all the gifts we carefully selected for everyone.  I just sat back and watched as everyone opened their gifts, forgetting I even had any gifts in front of me.  I took in the moments and tried to cherish the smiles and joy.

I decided to make a Christmas Gift Haul video to share with everyone what I did get for Christmas as I always enjoy watching everyone else's haul videos.

For anyone reading this that was apart of our holiday's, thank you for the gifts but most importantly thank you for being a part of our lives.

Hope you enjoy this little video!

Direct link to the video here:  https://youtu.be/TFQkW0OidbY

Christmas FREEBIE - Gift Tags

Wrapping presents has been something I've enjoyed since I was little.  I'd always take over the task of wrapping presents for my mom and she happily allowed it.  I'm sure they didn't look like much back then, but I sure have continued to enjoy the process of making gifts look beautiful for their recipients.   If you haven't already wrapped all your gifts (like I have), then here is a great FREEBIE for you!  Simply right click and hit "save" on the photo attached below.   You'll want to print these on 8.5"x11" cardstock.

Right click the photo above and hit "save"

Hope you enjoy!
And Happy Holidays!

Wrapping Paper Gift Bag

This little trick and changed me life!  This Christmas there were so many oddly shaped gifts that I needed lots of gift bags.  At $1.00 a bag (or more), some might not bat an eye at buying their bags, but I needed A LOT and $30.00 on trash was not my idea of good spending.  I remembered seeing somewhere that you can take gift wrap and turn it into gift bags.  So I found a simple tutorial and like I said, it has changed my life!  I'll never buy gift bags again.  It's so simple and so easy. I'm so excited to share this trick with you in my video tutorial linked below. I hope you enjoy and find this tutorial helpful!


Direct link to the video here: https://youtu.be/C-Klg1H5_Mo

EASY Gingerbread Treat

Yes, sometimes even this momma waits till the last minute for some things.  The treat for my daughter's class party happen to be one of them.  I couldn't find anything that was age and gender appropriate that would work for older age kids (5th graders).  It's a tough age!

I finally hit Pinterest and said to myself, find something cute, easy, and FAST.  These fit the bill.  It really was a super fast project.  I made 2 dozen of them in just about 15 minutes.  I let them dry another 15 minutes and they were ready for the party!

I think these would also be great in a stocking, for a holiday party, Christmas eve/day snacks for the kids, gifts to give, even leave one for Santa!

I created an easy to follow video tutorial linked below.  You'll find the supplies and step by step instructions there.

I hope you enjoy!

Direct link to the video here: https://youtu.be/OeVW0w9wkQo

Mod Podge Wood Sign - Red Christmas Tree Truck

Mod Podge, oh how I love the... I use Mod Podge for so many things (this is not a sponsored post).  I just genuinely love it.  I have gone through a bottle per month this holiday season.  Whether it was for gift making, orders from my Etsy shop, or going through it making stuff for my craft shows, I use it a lot.
This is another great project using Mod Podge.  I created an easy to follow DIY tutorial video linked below.  I hope it gives you some inspirations to create your own pieces using this magic stuff.  If you haven't tried Mod Podge before, I highly suggest you give it a try sometime! Hope you enjoy this tutorial!

Direct link to this video here: https://youtu.be/IVCUwDUzckI