Making bows by hand is so fun, but cutting out the pieces is my least favorite part. This Cricut sailor bow pattern tutorial makes it easy and fun using a Cricut Maker to take care of all that tedious cutting!
Category Archives: DIY
How to Easily Hang Christmas Wreaths on Exterior Windows
Hanging wreaths on your windows can seem like a daunting task if you’ve never done it before. I hang them on my windows every Christmas season and I’m excited to share all my tips and tricks with you today. They are simple, easy, and tried and true! Friends and strangers alike ask the “secret” every year, and it’s so so easy!
DIY Acrylic Flower Painting Tutorial
Acrylic Floral Painting Tutorial
I have been so excited to share this post with you! I haven’t painted with acrylics for a while, and was thrilled to create a tutorial with these gorgeous new DecoArt paints! They have a medium body viscosity perfect for beginners and more advanced artists too. The colors are really bright and pigmented which is one of the top things I look for in my paints. Because the colors are so clean and bright they mix really well into a huge range of colors, tints and shades.
DIY French Macaron painting
DIY Watercolor Painted French Macarons
These were so fun to make! You can either make your own macarons or use store bought ones and just decorate them! I make my own with this recipe, and this almond flour. It’s amazing, and I didn’t even sift when I made these macarons!!! That’s cutting out the longest step! I think I saved a whole hour. Seriously though, buy it. It’s the cheapest, and the best too!!! Win, win.
Watercolor Floral Free Valentine Garland
Best White Pen for Watercolor
Best White Pen for Watercolor Flowers
Trying to find an opaque, fine tip pen has been a goal of mine for a very long time. I’m happy to say I finally found one that I love. It has the perfect combination of being easily portable in my pencil case, truly white and opaque, and a nice fine point.
Painting with Watercolors for Beginners
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Cricut Explore 2 VS Silhouette Cameo
Cricut Explore 2 VS Silhouette Cameo What should you buy?
To begin, I have designed freelance work for Cricut, and I am always asked my opinion on die cut machines. I have never used a Silhouette until now and I’m excited to be able to talk more about the Cricut VS Silhouette dilemma. Since both of my machines were sent to me for free, I believe this helps me review them both with less preferential treatment. The opinions I’m sharing on both machines are all my own. What’s important to me may not be important to you so keep that in mind as you read.
Disclaimer: I received both the Silhouette Cameo and the Cricut Explore 2 for free to use and review. Please note that this post contains affiliate links for your convenience in purchasing whichever machine you decide is right for you! But as always all opinions are 100% my own.
Paint Palette Phone Case
When Makeful sent their challenge this month I was excited to see it was a phone case. I’ve been wanting to make my own simple case for a while now and this one only took about five minutes. Supplies
- Acrylic paint
- Brush
- Water
- Paper towel
- Phone case
I made a template of what I wanted to paint on paper first so I could figure out the spacing.
Then I just painted inside the phone case and tried to fade the color a little bit as I went toward the center.
Wait for it to dry and voilà!
Cricut Free Cut of the Week
Cricut Free Cuts of the Week
Be sure to head over to Cricut before 7/5 to try out two of my favorite “One Cut” cards! My Get Well Soon card and also my Thanks card are both available as part of their Cricut Free Cut of the Week program! They are both from my Simple Cards Cartridge – which is chock full of easy, fast and cute cards to make! When I was designing it, I kept thinking that I wanted something I could make for friends and family that had my own personal touch, but that was fast and easy to put together for those days when I had no extra hands and no time. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Update!!!!!
Guys!!! I’m pretty sure the ENTIRE cartridge is free to use this week!!!! Go play!!!
