I call this post, “Having Wooden Spoons While Bored in Quarantine”.
I had several Target paint dipped wooden spoons laying around that I wanted to practice wood burning on and apparently, now I have the time.
Big Poppa, gangster, hip hop and stove top, and stir crazy in honor of being stuck at home. I have a really basic wood burning tool from Hobby Lobby for 15 bucks and I me likes a lot. You could make a really cute personalized gift with these! If all else fails, rapper spoons will surely be a crowd pleaser.
If you’ve ever wanted one of those watercolor portraits of your home or a home you once lived in or loved, well join my bandwagon! I have looked at them on Etsy around 1.2 billion times and thought about having someone paint one for me. For whatever reason, I’ve never bit the bullet but love the idea.
One day I decided to take a picture on my phone and turn it into a watercolor digitally and print it off in the world’s cheapest way ever!
First step, get a picture you love of your home or past home and edit it to the size you want with the color adjustments you want made.
Next, download the Waterlogue app for $4.99 and apply the watercolor effect of your choice to your picture. (The app icon is a whale with an umbrella, just so you know you have the right one.)
Last, upload your edited photo to Staples.com and print it off as a BLUEPRINT aka engineer print in color. You can print a large one for around 4 bucks! Yes, folks, you too can have a watercolor portrait of your home, or anything you want, for about 10 bucks! It gets the job done and works for me! While we are at it, it’s also an affordable and sentimental gift idea when framed. Just sayin’….
This is the same type of printing service I use for my parties like I did here.
If you don’t think this is beautiful, your eyeballs are broken. Do you know what this is??? My friend Emily’s husband has this from his grandmother and it’s made from all of her jewelry made by her! Oh my goodness! WHAT A KEEPSAKE/FAMILY HEIRLOOM! What an amazing way to pass on something personal and with so much character. This is so priceless! I wish I had one and now I plan to make them from my mom and mother in laws special things, fabrics and jewelry.
You can make this easily by purchasing an unfinished Christmas tree wood piece from a craft store and painting the color of your choice. Then lay out your jewelry design and lift up edges and secure each piece by piece with hot glue or super glue. I prefer hot glue almost always for everything! Don’t feel crafty and don’t want to meet with painting a piece or finding an unfinished Christmas tree pattern? No problem! Buy a wooden Christmas tree from the home decor section at your store of choice and cover it in jewelry. Tis’ the season to find about a million tree options and hey, they are almost all about to be clearanced out! Another cute twist on this idea would be to get a large wood slice, wood wreath form or unfinished wood circle from your local craft store and make an ornate jewelry wreath!
Find someone who you know could start this project, whether it’s a parent, grandparent or a child who has old keepsake jewelry from a loved one. What a gorgeous and special heirloom to pass on for generations of things your loved one once wore and loved! It beats sitting in a box! Thanks to my friend, Emily, for this beautiful picture and for letting me share this treasure! PIN, SHARE, ENJOY!
Do you know someone who is a mom, loves to cook, likes to eat more naturally, loves creativity, likes practical gifts, and loves to save money? Me too, sister. Enter this gift idea that I can’t wait to give and would love to receive.
Make knock off baking mixes/seasonings and put them packaged in cute jars. Above I made onion soup mix in the large jar which is great for roasts. In the smaller jar, I made Rachel Ray’s homemade taco seasoning. It’s all of the yummy with none of the junk and preservatives that come in the pre-made packs.
I embellished the jars with washi tape a.k.a my new addiction, twine, craft paper, a chip board letter colored with a metallic pen, dye cut doilies and gift tags tucked in mini craft bags. The recipes were written on the tags inside the bags with a gold pen.
The full recipe for the onion soup mix is shown. 5 tablespoons = 1 packet. I tripled it for this jar. The full taco seasoning mix is not shown on the card because it’s two sided so don’t make it how you see it here. You’ll be bummed. See that recipe here.
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