DIY Halloween Bunting

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Here’s the tutorial for the Halloween bunting. I used Silhouette fabric ink for this project. 1. Select your image and resize it to fit your needs. I used: fences, web, and trees. 2. Cut the vinyl with your silhouette and remove the vinyl that you don’t need. 3. Place the transfer material directly onto the [...]

My Halloween Mantel

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My Halloween mantel. Cute, eh? I got the pumpkin {far right} and the wood sign {below} from the dollar store. The lime green candlestick came from the “dollar” section at target. Even though it was $2.50… tricksters. I’ve had this black plate for awhile, never quite sure what to do with it. Duh, add some [...]

FREE Halloween Printables

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Today I’ve got some free Halloween printables for you! and some easy DIY Halloween ideas! This project was super easy. Grab a frame and cover the back of it with grey-striped fabric. Print/cut the printable (below) and adhere it to the fabric (with an Elmer’s tape runner). Add some felt bunting to the frame with [...]

DIY Halloween Costume Consultation

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Thinking about Halloween costumes yet?! If not, it’s time to start! :) I teamed up with thredUP to host a costume contest! How it works: Head over to thredUP {here}  and pick a piece of clothing that sparks a creative costume idea. Post the link in your comment and tell me what your costume idea [...]

DIY Owl Mask

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I made my little girls owl masks for their dress up box. They turned out cute, eh? What you need: Owl Template {here} Felt Scissors Flocked Heat Transfer Material Embroidery Floss & Needle Sewing Machine Die-cut Machine {I have an Epic 6} Hot Glue 2 – 12 inch ribbons {w/ sealed edges} Dies used: Doily [...]

DIY Yarn Camera

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Sadly, my yarn camera lost the competition. At least the tutorial will now reside on my blog :) What you need: a block of wood (mine was 3×5 and 1inch thick) Fray check & Liquid Fusion Scissors Yarn 3 Buttons Crochet hook Paint & Paint brush Vinyl or tape Mini screws or nails Hammer or [...]

The happiest place on earth?

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We went to Disneyland a few weeks ago & we may have traumatized ‘Little L’. Just a little bit. Bad parents! Bad, bad parents. P.S. My darling yarn camera lost! Boo! Look for the tutorial on Monday! -Heidi

“Stop! FBI”

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I loved playing Secret Agent with my sister Holli. It’s still one of my favorite childhood memories. We’d make ourselves official badges and camp out in the broken car behind our house. We were always in hot-pursuit of some evil-mastermind. Surprise, surprise. My kids like doing the same thing (sans the broken car & back [...]

I licked a fish & I liked it

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Sure, Katy Perry may have kissed a girl. But, I bet she never licked a fish! Don’t worry, Katy. Little L’s got you covered… The back story: We went fishing with the grandparents in Utah. Little L caught this bad boy on her own. While posing for the barrage of pictures I was snapping, she [...]

Back to School w/ Astrobright

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.   The people over at Astrobright asked me to create a back-to-school project using their paper. It’s appropriately called Astrobright because the paper is BRIGHT :) Not a bad thing in my [...]