How to Sew a Button Back on Your Pants
Fortunately, sewing a button back on your pants is a super easy and low-fuss skill that requires only a basic amount of hand-eye coordination. Anyone can do it!
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Sew an Easy Strip Quilt from Upcycled Denim
Denim quilts are about the warmest, snuggliest quilts you’ll ever nap under.
How To Make A Wood Burned Stick Plant Marker
My favorite plant markers are the simplest ones you could make–they’re just wood burned sticks!
30 Free Star Quilt Patterns
Here are some of my favorite, free star quilt patterns online.
How to Make a Corrugated Cardboard Cat Scratcher: Two Tutorials!
Corrugated cardboard, sliced and stacked edges out, has a texture that cats adore, and they really will use them, play with them, and sharpen their claws on them!
How To Add A Zippered Top To A Tote Bag
Because you don’t want your stuff to fall out!
How To Latch Hook
Latch hooking is a fabulous stash-busting project.
Make A Steampunk Snowman From Upcycled Gears
Here, I’m modding a steampunk snowman using the wooden gears from a child’s old DIY marble coaster kit and some wire pulled out of an analog clock.
I Made A Jewelry Organizer From A Vintage BINGO Game
I turned the vintage BINGO board into a jewelry organizer. It was a quick and easy project and it turned out great.
How to Dry Flowers in the Microwave
You likely have everything that you need to dry flowers already in your house.
How To Make A DIY Weighted Blanket
It takes some fiddly work and some sewing prowess, but it’s completely possible to DIY your own weighted blanket, and to do so using natural and/or sustainably-sourced materials.
How To Sew a Patch
Go get all those band patches back on your denim jacket where they belong!
Turn An Old Blender Into A Planter
I did what I do with every single even vaguely container-shaped piece of junk that needs a second life around here–I turned it into a planter!
How To Sew a Nine-Patch Quilt for an American Girl Doll
A nine-patch quilt is the easiest type of quilt to sew.
How to Make a Shadow Box from Corrugated Cardboard
Storing your little treasures nicely is as easy as arranging them in a shadow box, and making that shadow box is as easy as cutting and pasting.
How to Remove Wax from A Candle Jar
Reclaim the was from jar candles and reuse it to make more crafts!
How To Make Stamped Clay Seed Bombs
Done properly, and distributed carefully, seed bombs CAN work
How To Do String Art
I’m going to show you how to make string art the completely DIY way–from scratch, by hand. It’s going to be awesome.
How to Make Mason Jar Lid Ring Christmas Ornaments
hese Mason jar lid ring Christmas ornaments look a lot harder to make than they are.
How to Make a Bean Bag Chicken
These cute chickens make great little gifts, and since you can sew them up quickly completely from scraps, no two are alike!
How to Make Realistic Felt Leaf Silhouettes
If you’re in the mood to decorate your home for autumn, there’s no better inspiration than the real leaves right outside!
How to Sew a Fibonacci Quilt
Let’s sew a Fibonacci quilt!
How to Remake a Puzzle
Here’s a great way to upcycle an old puzzle into a brand-new-to-you puzzle.
How to Make a Fairy Garden
A fairy garden is easy to make, and nope, it actually doesn’t require any of those porcelain or plastic store-bought fairy garden accessories.
How to Make Clear Slime
To make clear slime, I consulted my own resident slime-making expert.
How to Make a Butter Knife and Scrabble Tile Plant Marker
The best plant markers are easy to make, easy to place, and impossible to move!
Make a Decoupaged Wooden Plaque Jewelry Holder
Want a lovely way to display a few special pieces of jewelry without having to make even more room on your crowded dresser?
How to Sew a Sleep Mask
A soft and comfy sleep mask will block any ambient light that comes your way, letting you drowse in complete darkness.
How to Upcycle a Valentine Candy Box into a Concrete Mosaic
Whether your Valentine’s Day consisted of a romantic evening with your loved one or an evening alone with your pain, it very likely involved a box of chocolates.
How to Sew a Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour lent her name not just to the bouffant hairstyle, but also to the practical yet lovely little drawstring wrist bags that allowed one to both wear a fancy ballgown (with no room for pockets!) and carry a lipstick and some cash for gambling with.
Three Ways to Make an Upcycled Journal
Here are three different methods to turn stash and found materials into journals that you can design exactly the way you’ve always dreamed of.
How to Make a Wine Bottle Cloche
A wine bottle cloche is a super quick and easy project, if you’ve got the right supplies.
Everything You Need To Know About Hot Glue Guns
The fact is that you could be getting a lot more use out of that hot glue gun.
How to Make Chalkboard Coasters
Here’s an easy (and cheap!) project to spice up your holiday events.
How to Make an Olive Oil Lamp
Want to make your own beautiful, wholesome olive oil lamp out of everyday materials?
How to Make Beeswax Candles in Upcycled Bottles
Want to set yourself up with your own year’s worth of romantic evenings and snug-inside-and-safe-from-the-storm weekends? Here’s how!