When fall comes around I suffer from great conflict: Do I decorate for fall, or do I decorate for Halloween? Well, this year I am attempting to do both in different areas of my home. I love pumpkins and have been itching to paint one since they first started coming out in the stores this…
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Origami Kusudama Flower Bouquet with AstroBrights Paper
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When I first saw the bold colors of the AstroBrights paper, I immediately knew that I had to create something that I could decorate my home with during the summertime. I love…
DIY Americana Sign
Disclosure: I wrote this post as part of a paid campaign with Plaid Crafts and Blueprint Social. The opinions in this post are my own. My home is decorated with lots of rustic Americana and flag decor, so I wanted to create a project using Plaid products that I could hang on my wall for…
DIY Cupcake Stand
My son turned one this month. I decided that I would make cupcakes for his birthday. Anyone who knows me – is probably saying right now “WOW, She’s cooking!” Well, I decided to take that wow factor up one more notch and decided to make my own cupcake stand.
Zebra Print Framed Plastic Bag Art {Glad Black Bag}
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Glad Black Bag and received a Glad Black Bag product, a craft kit and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate. Here at Midwestern Moms, we love to create art with recycled materials. There is something that excites…
Tulip Easter Centerpiece
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of iBulb for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Tulips are a great flower to feature in Easter Centerpieces and are a beautiful reminder that Spring has come to the Midwest. Tulips are unique and a fantastic alternative to giving roses to your significant other….
DIY Organization Solution – Grocery Bag Holder
How many of you bring home plastic grocery bags from the store and shove them under the sink to use for later? *raises hand* I’m guilty. I save all plastic bags because I often use them as trash bag liners in my bathrooms. I also cut them up and make plarn to make bags, rugs…
Gingerbread Tree Ornament
I have never made anything from Gingerbread before. I have always wanted to decorate a house, but my decorating skills aren’t the best, so I opted to try to decorate some pre-made gingerbread ornaments. At Michael’s I found a Gingerbread Garland kit by Gartner Studios. i purchased the kit and thought I would try out…
Etched Glass Snowflake
From the moment that I discovered Armour Etch I have been creating unique gifts for my friends and family by etching glass. My Cricut makes it very easy to cut a stencil into vinyl, which adheres to the glass well and creates a perfect etch every time. Today I downloaded a snowflake and decided to…
Holiday Gift Wrap with #GlueNGlitter #cBias #ElmersHoliday
Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #ElmersHoliday #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias. All thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and are that of my own. As Christmas quickly approaches there is one thing that I haven’t done yet – wrap presents. I always wait until the last possible second to…
Handmade Christmas Cards
For many years now, I have made my own Christmas cards. My love for scrapbooking ensures that I always have plenty of paper and embellishments on hand. To tell you the truth, I don’t think I’ve even purchased any scrapbooking supplies for at least three years! Other than the staples of course (glue, adhesive squares,…
Man’s Gift – Get Creative with Giving Cash – Dollar Bill Origami
Today, we will be creating something that many of us have a hard time buying for – men. I never know what to get my husband and I keep pulling from the same pool of resources each year. I also have brothers that I am a loss for idea for. Most of the time I…
Sock Snowman Tutorial
Snowmen are one of my favorite parts of Christmas! I live in a place where we usually celebrate a white Christmas, along with a white January and February. I love to decorate with snowmen for Christmas because I can leave up my decorations for longer than just a month! For my project today, I am…
Recycled Sweater Stocking
The theme of the day is stockings! I love to recycle materials that I have laying around the house to use for craft projects, often called “upcycling.” It is called this because, in theory, you are taking something that you would have otherwise thrown away and used it for something that you plan on keeping…
Reindeer Canvas Art
Today I had to bust out some typography skills for my Reindeer Canvas Art. I had some amazing inspiration for this craft that you can visit on Pinterest. Since I was making mine on canvas, I decided to change a few things to tailor it to my Christmas Decor. I love to sing Christmas songs,…
Primitive Bell Garland Tutorial
For the bell theme today I wanted to create something that goes well with my livingroom decor and that I could technically display a little bit longer than just for Christmas- a prim bell garland. Supplies: Strand of Christmas Lights Twine Ribbon Bells Instructions: Step 1: Gather up some Christmas lights. I happened to have these lights…
Ribbon Bracelet – Girl Gift
For my girl gift idea, I decided to focus on creating a ribbon bracelet. Since I save everything in my house for a potential craft project, let’s just say that it was easy for me to find some broken necklaces that contained these beads. This is a very quick project that is fun and also…
Santa Themed Candle Holder
I decided to do a Santa Themed candle holder. My husband often calls me the “candle queen” because I have so many tealights, votives and candle holders sitting around the house! However, for this project, I dug deep into my wedding decorations from several years ago! I had purchased these to use as centerpiece candle…
Christmas Tree Card Holder
I looked around for quite a while for inspiration for this project, and I found an idea like this one at Moda Bake Shop. They used their fabric, which I absolutely love, however, I didn’t have any fabric on hand. I decided to settle for scrapbook paper and foam board. Supplies: Foam Board, 1 Piece…
Yarn Wreath with Felt Flower Tutorial
By now you all know that I am a yarnie, so I wanted my wreath to be made from yarn. I had plenty of this nice, grey color from my hat making and decided to put it around my wreath! I don’t have a specific decorating style in my home. For some things I like…
Dinosaur Hoodie
Since I don’t have a boy, I had to do a bit of research for a great gift idea for a boy. What do boys like? I remembered the last time that I had a conversation with a little boy and he talked to me for 30 minutes about dinosaurs. So, I used him as…
Handmade Christmas Advent Calendar Tutorial
My advent calendar choice comes from my love of paper and collecting many different types of Christmas themed patterned paper. Take a peek at my finished calendar and enjoy my tutorial below. Supplies: Patterned Scrapbook Paper Cricut (or cutting machine) Sure Cuts a Lot (or another software that will read files from your computer to…
Thanksgiving Card
Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer’s #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias All thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and are that of my own. This week we will be creating a Thanksgiving Card! I love scrapbooking, so I didn’t have to purchase much for this project, I simply…
Nebraska vs Northwestern Craft Football Scoreboard
Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer’s #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias. All thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and are that of my own. It’s no secret that we are huge Nebraska fans in our house, so when the opportunity came for me to create a fun project with…