I want a new patriotic wreath to hang on my front door for the Fourth of July. I grabbed various bits and bobs from around the house (I always shop my house first so I don’t potentially buy stuff I end up not using for the project) and started to play with layouts and designs.
The design I kept coming back a floating star in the center of the wreath form which reminded me of Captain America’s shield. I wasn’t quite sure how to make the floating star work and joked it would be easier to hang Cap’s Shield on the front door and call it a Fourth of July wreath.
Then I thought why don’t I?
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 4, 2017
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 374
I can't wait to see the creative DIY, home improvement, and craft projects, and yummy recipes you have to share with us this week!
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 373
It's a holiday weekend so let's get this party started!
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 372
Hello friends! Before we get this week's party started, I want to remind you that we are looking for a few new host and hostess blogs to share and expand our circle of fun!
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 371
I really enjoy discovering the DIY and craft projects, recipes, and clever ideas you submit to our link party every week. You make it difficult to select only one project as my favorite to feature each week!
For example, there were three projects last week that I would have chosen to features if I could:
A Wagon for the Riding Mower by Just Measuring up because it is MAD GENIUS side of cute dog giving the wagon a test ride. I am a sucker for dogs hands down.
Discovering Nara: Japan’s Ancient City from Sunny Coastlines because it makes me want to go back to Japan and discover this beautiful city with Husband.
My third pick is actually my first pick. Let's get this party started so you can read it below!
For example, there were three projects last week that I would have chosen to features if I could:
A Wagon for the Riding Mower by Just Measuring up because it is MAD GENIUS side of cute dog giving the wagon a test ride. I am a sucker for dogs hands down.
Discovering Nara: Japan’s Ancient City from Sunny Coastlines because it makes me want to go back to Japan and discover this beautiful city with Husband.
My third pick is actually my first pick. Let's get this party started so you can read it below!
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Monday, May 8, 2017
How to make an Embroidered Dog Poop Bag Dispenser
When you have a dog, poop happens.
Being responsible pet parents means we need to carry potty bags to clean up after Lacey when she does her her business outside and on walks.
Being the green minded people that we are, I keep and fill two grocery bag holder for the stray plastic bags that cross my path. I keep the empty grocery bag holder hanging in the kitchen to fill with random bread, frozen vegetable, and the occasional plastic grocery bag when I forget my canvas grocery bags when running a quick errand. When it is full I swap it out with the grocery bag holder I have hanging in the closet by the front door so we can reuse the bags for doggie duty. It isn’t perfect green solution but it works for us.
The big grocery bag dispenser in the closet is too big to take with us on walks. I sewed a small plastic grocery bag holder that attaches to Lacey’s leash to fill with repurposed bags from hall closet holder.
Being responsible pet parents means we need to carry potty bags to clean up after Lacey when she does her her business outside and on walks.
Being the green minded people that we are, I keep and fill two grocery bag holder for the stray plastic bags that cross my path. I keep the empty grocery bag holder hanging in the kitchen to fill with random bread, frozen vegetable, and the occasional plastic grocery bag when I forget my canvas grocery bags when running a quick errand. When it is full I swap it out with the grocery bag holder I have hanging in the closet by the front door so we can reuse the bags for doggie duty. It isn’t perfect green solution but it works for us.
The big grocery bag dispenser in the closet is too big to take with us on walks. I sewed a small plastic grocery bag holder that attaches to Lacey’s leash to fill with repurposed bags from hall closet holder.
How to Sew a Clip on Dog Waste Bag Holder
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Zero Waste Candles and Friday Favorites Linky Party 369
I like to clear cooking smells after dinner with a scented soy wax melt in the candle warmer I keep in the kitchen. While Husband is fantastic about giving me eco friendly wax warmer melts (affiliate links for your convenience) as gifts, I want to switch up the scents in my collection (thanks Honey!) I decided to burn a soy candle and wouldn't you know it, all but one were spent.
I spent a rainy Saturday morning making my old spent candles into new soy candles. It didn't take very long at all and I got a fancy two toned candle out of the deal because I had more purple wax than I felt comfortable pouring into that candle jar.
Who knew a mistake could look so fancy?
I showed you my project, now you show me yours. Let's party!
I spent a rainy Saturday morning making my old spent candles into new soy candles. It didn't take very long at all and I got a fancy two toned candle out of the deal because I had more purple wax than I felt comfortable pouring into that candle jar.
Who knew a mistake could look so fancy?
I showed you my project, now you show me yours. Let's party!
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 368
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 367
Have you started Spring Cleaning yet? I've been cleaning and reorganizing a cupboard shelf, closet space, and such bit by bit for the last couple of months or so. I like to think of it as "shopping the house" because I always find something I misplaced or forgot about. It's almost like getting new stuff even though it's my stuff already.
Small projects like this keep my Cabin Fever which rolls into Spring Fever in check while I'm waiting for it to be warm enough to work on projects in my garage workshop.
It not only pays off in more organization, and clearer shelves and closets (after I drop off the donation box) but this year it paid off in cash money. I tossed the stray coins I found while cleaning out my drawers and purses into my Travel Fund coin bank instead of chucking them back into the drawer.
I put over ten dollars in my coin jar without even trying. I don't know if I should proud or embarrassed we had so much money laying around the house. Oops.
Let's Party!
Small projects like this keep my Cabin Fever which rolls into Spring Fever in check while I'm waiting for it to be warm enough to work on projects in my garage workshop.It not only pays off in more organization, and clearer shelves and closets (after I drop off the donation box) but this year it paid off in cash money. I tossed the stray coins I found while cleaning out my drawers and purses into my Travel Fund coin bank instead of chucking them back into the drawer.
I put over ten dollars in my coin jar without even trying. I don't know if I should proud or embarrassed we had so much money laying around the house. Oops.
Let's Party!
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 366
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Sunday, April 2, 2017
How to Make a Farmhouse Industrial Wine Cork Wreath
Many (OK, most) winter weekends husband and I mull a bottle of table quality red wine until it gets too warm outside to drink hot drinks then we switch over to making sangria. So between that and enjoying a bottle of the good stuff from time to time, I have several vases full of wine corks in my craft room.
Quick and Easy DIY Wine Cork Wreath Idea
My wine cork stash is getting high, my door wreath stash is letting low so with my creative powers combined (just like Captain Planet and The Wonder Twins!) I made a quick and easy wine cork wreath and you can too!Thursday, March 30, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 365
Husband and are I in the middle of planning our travel schedule for the rest of the year. Part of that is double checking we have all of the travel organizers and accessories we need to pack for our trip.
The one thing we never seem to have is enough luggage tags. So I made this music lover's luggage tag for my shop LNW Creative Gifts! You can personalize it with your first name on the front or leave it plan and print your contact information on the bag of this sturdy tag.
I have one on my instrument case to make sure my black case isn't mixed up with the rest of my band's black instrument cases. If you want to keep you bag - tag it!
Sale ends in Let's Party!
The one thing we never seem to have is enough luggage tags. So I made this music lover's luggage tag for my shop LNW Creative Gifts! You can personalize it with your first name on the front or leave it plan and print your contact information on the bag of this sturdy tag.
We're have a20% off sale starting today, Thrusday March 30 to April 2, 2017 when you use this code at checkout:
ZAZDETAILS17. No Foolin'!
I have one on my instrument case to make sure my black case isn't mixed up with the rest of my band's black instrument cases. If you want to keep you bag - tag it!
Sale ends in Let's Party!
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
7 Ways to Make Magnetic Embroidery Needle Minders
If you do a lot of hand sewing, cross stitch, embroidery, beading, or other needle crafts, you know eventually you will play the I put my work down and where did my needle go? game.
Slipping the needle into the fabric works to keep track of your embroidery needle but can leave permanent holes in certain fabrics. In that case you can keep track of your needles with the power to science: a magnetic needle minder!
Basically, a needle minder is a magnet that holds your needle and is glued to the back of a fairly thin decorative piece on the top side of the work in your embroidery hoop that is held in place on back side by another magnet.
I am hand sewing beads on a super size beading project – an Elizabethan under skirt. Since I am using a small beading needle on such a large and busy fabric, a magnetic needle minder will help me keep track of and find such a slender needle when I take a break.
Let’s make a needle minder!
Slipping the needle into the fabric works to keep track of your embroidery needle but can leave permanent holes in certain fabrics. In that case you can keep track of your needles with the power to science: a magnetic needle minder!
Basically, a needle minder is a magnet that holds your needle and is glued to the back of a fairly thin decorative piece on the top side of the work in your embroidery hoop that is held in place on back side by another magnet.
DIY Needle Minder Tutorial
I am hand sewing beads on a super size beading project – an Elizabethan under skirt. Since I am using a small beading needle on such a large and busy fabric, a magnetic needle minder will help me keep track of and find such a slender needle when I take a break.
Let’s make a needle minder!
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 363
Sunny days are here again! We moved our clocks forward which is a sure sign Spring is just around the corner. I found a stash of viable seeds when Spring Cleaning and I can't wait for the weather to warm up enough to put them in the ground.
That is the inspiration behind my featured pick from last week's Linky Party The Three Easiest Vegetables to Grow and Enjoy from Green Talk. Anna is a terrific gardener. I practically have her on speed dial when I have gardening questions but it sometimes feels like I kill more plants than I grow.
Let's Party!
That is the inspiration behind my featured pick from last week's Linky Party The Three Easiest Vegetables to Grow and Enjoy from Green Talk. Anna is a terrific gardener. I practically have her on speed dial when I have gardening questions but it sometimes feels like I kill more plants than I grow.
Let's Party!
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 362
To deal with this summer to snow temperatures, I'm working on small fiddly projects I've been putting off like updating all of my blog goals and statics.
The fantastic thing is I am just. this. close. to reaching my Pinterest goal of 20K followers by SIX people. Wow!
If you do'n't already can you follow me @condoblues on Pinterest to help me reach my goal of 2)K followers? If you like my blog you will love my Pinterest feed! I pin waaaaaay more awesome projects and ideas to my Pinterest boards than I can share on my other social media feeds. It's easy. Just click the Condo Blues Pinterest box below. Thank you so very much!
I if could find a job curating and sharing fantastic ideas on Pinterest full time I would!
Let's Party!
The fantastic thing is I am just. this. close. to reaching my Pinterest goal of 20K followers by SIX people. Wow!
If you do'n't already can you follow me @condoblues on Pinterest to help me reach my goal of 2)K followers? If you like my blog you will love my Pinterest feed! I pin waaaaaay more awesome projects and ideas to my Pinterest boards than I can share on my other social media feeds. It's easy. Just click the Condo Blues Pinterest box below. Thank you so very much!
Let's Party!
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
15 of the Best Scrap Fabric Projects
After spending an afternoon finding hidden fabric caches around the house (and wondering if I am turning into a ferret,) I organized the larger than I realized fabric stash into my super big DIY under bed fabric organizer
And oh my goooooooooooodness I learned I have a lot of scrap fabric! More than I thought. I figure I should celebrate National Craft Month by sewing some scrap fabric project to clear out my stashso I can buy more fabric.
And oh my goooooooooooodness I learned I have a lot of scrap fabric! More than I thought. I figure I should celebrate National Craft Month by sewing some scrap fabric project to clear out my stash
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party 361
My master bathroom remodel hit a scheduling snag because we have to remove the floor down to the studs and replace it due to mold found around the base of our current toilet. I have a feeling (but no concrete confirmation) that micro leaks from the seal may be the cause.
Which is a fantastic reason to replace the toilet I hate with a toilet I have come to love for how easy it is to install AND its super sealing wax ring - the Delta Faucet Company Corrente toilet.
Yep, after installing the easiest toilet in the world in my powder room (you can read my Delta toilet review on Condo Blues here) we like it so much that I have two of those bad boys sitting in my garage waiting for our flooring guy to do his thing so I can do my thing with the rest of the remodel.
I showed you my project, now you share yours. Let's Party!
Which is a fantastic reason to replace the toilet I hate with a toilet I have come to love for how easy it is to install AND its super sealing wax ring - the Delta Faucet Company Corrente toilet.
Toilets courtesy of our friends at Delta Faucet Company.
Yep, after installing the easiest toilet in the world in my powder room (you can read my Delta toilet review on Condo Blues here) we like it so much that I have two of those bad boys sitting in my garage waiting for our flooring guy to do his thing so I can do my thing with the rest of the remodel.
I showed you my project, now you share yours. Let's Party!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
How to Make a Travel Mason Jar Coin Bank
I’m putting my Annual Winter Restlessness (trademark pending) to use by periodically cleaning out and reorganizing a drawer and such to help combat our chronic Out of Sight Out of Mind Disease.
I gave myself an extra pat on the back for chucking the coins I found lurking in the kitchen junk drawer into an empty mason jar instead of tossing them back into the drawer to be forgotten. That happens more than you care to know.
The only thing this is my mason jar coin bank is not cute.
Let’s make it cute!
My Annual Winter Restlessness always comes with a serious case of wanderlust, so why not make my coin jar bank with a travel theme?
I gave myself an extra pat on the back for chucking the coins I found lurking in the kitchen junk drawer into an empty mason jar instead of tossing them back into the drawer to be forgotten. That happens more than you care to know.
The only thing this is my mason jar coin bank is not cute.
Let’s make it cute!
DIY Adventure Fund Adult Piggy Bank
Husband and I love to travel. In fact, almost all of the money saving tips and hacks I do here on Condo Blues and my food blog Lazy Budget Chef are so we can put more money into our travel fund.
My Annual Winter Restlessness always comes with a serious case of wanderlust, so why not make my coin jar bank with a travel theme?
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party Week 359
There is nothing better to chase the Winter Blues away than decorating with fresh flowers. Husband spruced up our shared home office this week for Valentine's Day with a gift of pink and red roses. Pink roses are more special to us than red (although I think they are beautiful too) because we exchanged anonymous pink roses the day our story began.
And the rest is history!
I was surprised to get a new vase. Frankly I was looking forward to the possibility to using one of the cute Valentine's Day vases lining the top shelves in my craft room. When I asked Husband why he gave me a vase when I have several, he simply said, "because they are full of wine corks!"
And the rest is history!
I was surprised to get a new vase. Frankly I was looking forward to the possibility to using one of the cute Valentine's Day vases lining the top shelves in my craft room. When I asked Husband why he gave me a vase when I have several, he simply said, "because they are full of wine corks!"
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Friday Favorites Linky Party Week 358
It's time to link up your favorite DIY, decorating, and craft projects and tutorials and drool over your fantastic recipes!
You can show your love for this week's favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!
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You can show your love for this week's favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!
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