How-To: Make a Simple Rainbow Mobile
Oftentimes, less is more, and that’s just how I feel about this beautifully simple rainbow mobile from red bird crafts.
Home Decor
Woven Felt Placemats
Here’s a great no-sew project that will surely brighten up your table decor! Make these handmade woven felt placemats by Molly at The Purl Bee.
Kid’s Bed Rainbow Canopy
Instructables user jauncourt writes: One of my children has a fun bed with a starry canopy, that we got from Ikea. The other child kept trying to improvise a similar arrangement, but no such thing existed for his little converted-crib toddler bed. Being a creative parent, I thought it might be fun to make my […]
Play Kitchen Roundup From IKEA Hacker
Mari points us to a great set of roundups of play kitchens created from modified IKEA pieces. These kitchen sets are adorable and carry a price tag far less than their boutique counterparts. Plus, when you do it yourself, you get to add in all kinds of personal touches. This could be a great family […]
Log Cake Stand
Here’s an easy and rustic cake stand on Etsy’s How Tuesday this week. Aparently you can get cross-cut wood plaques at the craft store, or from your local fallen tree and circular saw.
How-To: Cover Ceiling Fan Blades in Fabric
Angelapea of Keeping the Faith shares how she and her daughter revamped an outdated ceiling fan in the daughter’s room by covering the individual blades with fabric from their stash. I imagine you’ll have to pay attention to rebalancing the fan once the fabric is on, but with some snazzy fabric and perhaps a little […]
Wishing Well Redux
We’ve always got plenty of things to do around our house, from scrubbing the fireplace stones that have been gathering soot since 1949 or thereabouts, to pulling weeds in various flower beds around our yard plus a quarter acre or more of hillside that the thistle and blackberries are fond of. The mudroom walls really […]
