by Christina Dennis My little girl is going to preschool in a couple of weeks. She is going to school. School! I'm half over-the-moon excited to have a few hours with just me and my littlest baby girl every week, and I'm half sad that little C is growing up. I've been feverishly researching some...
Sew Double Ruffle Leggings
by Anshu Hello The DIY Mommy readers, this Anshu from Blooms And Bugs. I write about all things sewing over there, but sewing cool stuff for wee ones is what I love most. You could drop by my blog for tutorials for cools stuff like
A Beginner's Guide to DIY Canning: Part One
By Erin Heard From a young age, my parents taught us how to tend a garden from seed to harvest, followed by the processing of all those vegetables and fruits to keep them through the winters. And at times, it seemed like a tedious and boring chore, but it gave me some life skills I...
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 tomatoes! I was so proud of them, I geekily took dozens of photos and posted them on Facebook. I...
DIY Simple Crochet Infinity Scarf
by Karla Zeigler I’m excited to be able to share a simple infinity scarf tutorial with you today. As the summer draws to a close an infinity scarf can be a fun accessory to help transition your wardrobe into fall. This is my first guest post, so bear with me if I’m over explaining things...
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 from there! A few weeks ago, I added a bit of excitement to a plan IKEA doormat with leftover...
Make Handmade Strawberry Fruit Leather
by Christina Dennis It's the end of Strawberry season, and strawberries are in abundance at a great price right now! I love fruit so much and so does my family - it's fun to experiment with new ways to eat it. I totally admit that I've purchased the sugary, sticky packaged fruit "roll-up" candy, but...
9 Favourite Back-To-School DIY Tutorials
by Christina Dennis Well, August is just around the corner... then September... then back-to-school! I've rounded up 9 of my most favourite back-to-school DIY free tutorials on the web to start working on this month: KID PANTS: The Basic Pant from by made What a great, free basic pant tutorial! Imagine these on your little...
Sew Designer Drapes the Easy Way
by Christina Dennis I admit it: I have a fabric obsession. I love pattern and texture, and fabric is simply the ultimate combo of both! I love custom sewn drapes as window coverings because they're such a large and beautiful showcase of fabric. I think they can change a room's look completely! I've been crushing...
Make DIY Photo Backdrops with Fabric or Paper
I love taking photos of my two girls! They're just so darn cute and I want to capture every stage of their little lives with images that I can treasure forever. While I like to take photos with natural backgrounds (like the beautiful outdoors), I also like to experiment with creating interesting backdrops with easy and inexpensive materials that I have in my crafty arsenal. My favourite materials to use as backdrops are simple fabrics and white banner paper - both of which also work really well ask backdrops for product photography if you're a DIY mommy that sells her creations!