This Christmas, Scott and I decided to do a “12 Gifts of Christmas” challenge where we gave each other one gift a day leading up to Christmas Day. Naturally, some of those gifts were homemade. On the twelfth day, I thought it would be such a sweet idea to make Scott a DIY “Year of […]
If you’re looking for easy DIY Christmas decoration ideas then I’ve got the perfect one for you in this tutorial! This fun and festive ‘Meet Me Under The Mistletoe’ sign is so cheap and easy to make. You don’t even need a Cricut machine! Just as long as you’ve got some cheap canvases and access […]
If you’re wondering what to do with old gift bags that you don’t use anymore, have you considered upcycling them to make gift bag wall art? It’s so easy to do – and if you have some cheap canvases lying around, you could even do a Christmas reverse canvas to frame your gift bags. That’s […]
Scott and I decided to make this easy DIY Christmas card holder for one simple reason: our dog, Kai. His unofficial nickname is “The Thieving Destroyer” because he likes to run off with things that don’t belong to him… and then destroy them. Especially things made from card or paper because he seems to LOVE […]
The idea for this mason jar Christmas ornament came to me entirely by fluke. I’d been busy making a whole bunch of snowy Christmas luminaries earlier in the day, and when packing everything away, I was struggling with how to store the rest of my artificial snow. The bag was ripped, but I had a […]
Hands up if you want to learn how to make Christmas luminaries with mason jars? Fab, you’ve come to the right place! Like most of you, Scott and I have always been big fans of twinkling lights and powdery snow – especially at Christmas. We’ve been saving all kinds of food jars this year, such […]
The inspiration for our DIY pom pom snowman ornament came from an unexpected place to be honest. Scott had 3D printed a vase that was shaped like a snowflake, but the sizing came out a little wrong, which meant the vase was now too small and narrow to what we wanted inside. Not wanting to […]
Whether you make these DIY fabric pumpkins for Halloween or as a fall/autumn decoration for around your home, you’ll love how easy they are to make! The first pumpkin I’m going to show you involves absolutely NO SEWING and will take you less than ten minutes to make. Yep, you read that right… I told […]
To go alongside our DIY ghost decoration, we spent one cold and dreary weekend making some DIY apothecary jars ready for Halloween. We’d been saving glass jars and bottles for a while, but without a plan of what we could do with them. And then inspiration struck! Here’s how we made some easy DIY apothecary […]
As we don’t have any children, we don’t usually decorate for Halloween. But 2020 feels different somehow. We all need a little more to look forward to this year, so we’ve decided to make more of an effort and get involved with some quick and easy Halloween crafts. Up first is a super easy DIY […]
This blog post is written in partnership with KwinQwelo Party Decorations. If you want to make someone’s birthday extra special this year, then here are our top tips for setting up a fun indoor birthday scavenger hunt. We’ve also created some free printable clues for you, so all you’ve got to do is print them […]
Do you want to make your own DIY outdoor bunting, which is easy and cheap to make, involves absolutely no sewing AND is waterproof? No problem! We’ve got you covered with this rainbow bunting tutorial! First things first though. Does this tutorial use oilcloth like all the other ones you’ve probably seen? NOPE! Here’s why… […]
If you love travel and want to make an Adventure Awaits DIY reverse canvas, but don’t have a Cricut then this is the tutorial and how to video for you! All you’ll need are some very simple tools that you probably already have lying around the house – and you could be making something as […]
Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, your first wedding anniversary or you just want to make your other half feel extra special on their birthday, our free printable love coupons are just for you. Here’s how to get them and how to make the most of them… Love Coupons / Date Night Coupons Date night coupons […]
One of our favourite places to go is the seaside. When it’s quiet, it’s such a peaceful place to be and the perfect place to catch up on some reading… or much needed sleep! Which is why we’re currently going to town on DIY beach decor in our conservatory. It’s currently used as a TV […]
If you’re wondering what you should do with your wedding cards or are looking for DIY wedding card keepsake ideas then let us show you what we’ve done with all the lovely wedding cards we received last year. We turned them into a DIY wedding card keepsake book in just one afternoon… and we used […]
Is your first wedding anniversary coming up? We’ve got the perfect DIY gift for you to make! I made this picture for Scott a few years ago as a gift for Valentine’s Day. The tree is made out of song lyrics from our song: “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran. Lucky for us we chose […]
Scott and I are big fans of nature and exotic destinations (we are travel bloggers after all!) So when I took our blog full-time, we were determined for our office to be tropical themed – to keep us inspired but also happy surrounded by greenery and bright colours. If you’re also after a tropical themed […]
Fancy making some easy DIY tissue paper pom poms to use as cheap party decorations? Check out our step-by-step tutorial and video below! If you’ve seen our DIY swirl roses tutorial then you’ll know we’ve really got into making paper flowers recently. We already have plans to learn how to make hibiscus paper flowers and […]
This is the second blog in our ‘Craft Yourself Happy’ series, in which we discuss how crafting can make you happier. And in this case, even when your makes don’t turn out 100% right. You might be wondering why we’d be writing about Wabi-Sabi Japanese philosophy on a home and craft blog. This popular philosophy […]
This is the first blog in a series we’ve created called ‘Craft Yourself Happy’. In it, we shine a spotlight on all the crafts we love and how they can help make you happier! If you type “What are the benefits of cross stitching?” into Google, you’ll come across HEAPS of articles, podcasts and videos […]
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