With Christmas just around the corner, this post might be very timely for you, so pay attention! As I imagine it happens to many of us, the gift I ordered for my friend didn't arrive in time for her birthday. We've all been there at one point or another - whether our fault or not …
The "why buy it for $7 when you can make it for $92 worth of craft supplies?" meme runs my life. I have a very hard time just buying something when I KNOW I can totally make it myself and it will turn out almost identical to the original. The satisfaction of seeing something made …
You know I'm ALL about the DIY life for Halloween costumes. Do you remember this one? I'm still super proud of those two costumes, but this year was a whole new ball game, on a much tighter deadline. My bff wanted to keep it simple but cute, so she decided she wanted to be a …
Continue reading Halloween 2017 DIY – Two On The Run Costumes & Winter Is Here!
What do you do when you're going on a bachelorette with your group of closest friends? Lots of things, but if you're me... You. Make. Props! One of my really close friends, Liana, is tying the knot at the end of the month and so we're going all out with the "last fling before the …
Continue reading Liana’s Fabulous #BubblyForBubsie NYC Bachelorette Props
Let's talk about concerts for a minute, shall we? It has gotten truly ridiculously expensive to go see your favorite musician lately. Ticket prices + venue fees + parking/Uber cost + refreshments/food at the venue + artist memorabilia = where do I file for bankruptcy?! It's a lot. When I was little, of course I'd …
Continue reading Buying vs. Making: Concert Shirts for J. Cole!
You guys know that after being against trying it for such a long time, and then mildly flirting with it, I'm officially in a committed relationship with vinyl. Oracal, glitter, HTV, you name it, I want it in my life. Anything I can vinyl, I WILL VINYL. Since when is vinyl a verb? I digress... …
Every year, I feel like there is a theme around a certain new craft/element that keeps reappearing throughout different orders. 2015 was the character letters, 2016 was vinyl, and one of this year's big contenders were big props. I'd never really made big props before, but it has become a staple of many orders this …
Continue reading Big Props Need Love Too – 80s Gala Rockout \m/
Aw man! Such a thrilling ride it's been with this order - from the moment I got the call, to tackling the making of the ramp, the little truck boxes and finally the big truck prop... So you know, the end will be no different! Before I show you the final pictures of everything, let's …
For the third and final installment of this order (click here for the intro, part 1, and part 2)- the big truck prop/photo booth station for Mateo's fourth birthday. The inspiration for this craft were this picture and this one too. If I'm honest, when I initially got this order, I ranked the items in my head …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 3: The Big Truck Prop
After last week's still unbelievably successful ramp construction, it was time to move on to the next item on the monster truck party order: the box trucks. Mateo's mom saw a couple of images online of kids wearing boxes that were decorated like cars (like this one and this one on Pinterest), and wanted something similar …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 2: WCB Car Dealer, Inc.
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