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This is a super easy way to make pillowcases for throw pillows.  You could make a ton of them and then change them out whenever you feel like it! 1- Measure your pillow and cut your fabric.  You'll want is as wide as the pillow (after your seam allowance, which is usually 1/4"). And you'll want it to wrap all the way around the pillow and overlap a good solid 3-5 inches (also after seam allowances).  Then turn and hem the two edges that will be overlapping.  (I serged along the edge, folded it once, and sewed it down.) 2- Using your pillow...

Possibly you haven't noticed, but we love Halloween around here.  It's just a fun holiday.  And it's lots of fun to decorate for because you can go creepy or you can go cute, or you can do a mix of both and it's totally acceptable, because HALLOWEEN. Here is a printable project to make your own articulated skeleton with moving parts.  And I will even tell you the very easy step by step instructions so you can DIY your own. First you'll need the printable.  So here it is - Free Articulated Skeleton Printable. Then you need to print all...

Handing out generic cartoon Valentines is SO BORING.  Really.  So we made these. First I took a picture of my kids holding their arm up, pretending to hold something in their fist.  (Make sure that their fist isn't pointed in some weird direction, because, um, it would look bad.)  I also added little Valentine sayings and names to the pictures with my photo editing software. There are really cheap places to print photos, like Snapfish, Winkflash, Picaboo, ect. but if you're a procrastinator like me, you'll need these cheap AND fast.  So I suggest Costco or Walmart one hour photo...

The end of the school year is heading our way and we've really enjoyed our teachers so we want to show our appreciation.  But creative ideas just weren't flowing in the way of teacher appreciation gifts, so I decided to see what other people have done.  These are my six favorite gift ideas: This is an adorable bucket from Simply Organized.  In the post she even lists what she put inside and how she made it.  My favorite part is that flower pinwheel that apparently only cost a $1.50. I know this one says "swim teacher" but I like the...

This was a craft my kids enjoyed doing, and get to keep enjoying each time they put on their aprons.  Basically, all you need is a kid sized apron, some fabric paint, and somewhere safe for kids to get messy. I made my kids aprons, but you can get them for super duper cheap on Amazon (had I known they were so cheap beforehand I probably would not have made them). The fabric paint was fairly cheap too.  Or you can use fabric markers if you don't want to subject your home to little painters.  You'll notice that some of...