Mood Board: Rustic Glam Farmhouse Living Room – Our DIY House

Within the next couple of weeks, I’d like to share with you my decor ideas for all of the rooms in Our DIY House. With our drywall scheduled to be finished this week, we’ll soon …

Sew Vintage Inspired Easter Dresses for Baby and Big Sister

Easter seems to be approaching really quickly this year (and it is coming quicker quite literally since it’s in March this year). I’m really not sure I’ll be able to sew my two girlies Easter …

Crochet an Organic Cotton Granny Square Baby Blanket – Part 2: Joining the Squares & Finishing

After crocheting what seems like a bazillion little granny squares, this is the fun part – putting them all together and finishing off the blanket!
(If you missed part one of this tutorial on how to …

Crochet an Organic Cotton Granny Square Baby Blanket – Part 1: The Squares

 
I fell in love with vintage-looking granny square blankets last spring when I saw them all over Pinterest. I especially liked the ones with vibrantly coloured squares surrounded by white or cream stitches. So pretty!
I …

Sew Easy Pajama Pants for Baby (or Anyone Else in Your Family!)

PJ pants are such a classic handmade Christmas Eve present that I enjoy making and giving  to my hubby and kids each year. I “cheat” a little and don’t use a pattern – I simply …

Preserve Garden Tomatoes

by Christina Dennis

This week, my oldest daughter and I swam through our greenhouse (I say “swam” because I’m the worst weeder in the entire world, most likely) and picked buckets and buckets of these little …

Paint an IKEA Cart

by Christina Dennis

Yes. I do have a wee bit of an obsession with all things IKEA. The prices work well for my little decor budget, and I’ve been really getting into “hacking” and glamourizing items …

Sew a One Yard Chevron Dress

I’m loving all things chevron lately (the retro-inspired zig-zag pattern) and my 3 year old daughter has a big thing for dresses. I thought I’d combine our two current loves and make a simple little girl’s dress for the summer! I purchased one yard of fabric and used almost every bit with hardly any waste (only the few inches I chopped off the straps). One yard of fabric could make a dress for a young baby (there would be extra fabric, then) all the way up to a size 5T (the dress would be shorter, then). This is a very easy project with tied shoulder straps, an elastic waist and sweet ruffle detailing on the hem – perfect for a summer picnic!

Free Cupcake & Bird Printable Valentines

by Christina Dennis
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and here are some FREE printable Valentines just for you featuring a cupcake and a little bird that I’ve drawn.

To download a printable PDF of the …

Make Owl Elbow Patches

By Ashley

Recently I made a grandpa cardigan for my son and I used owl buttons, however I thought it was lacking something so I decided to add elbow patches.  I’m obsessed with elbow patches and …