Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Before and After Pictures Over the summer, my husband and I purchased a second house for our two sons that are going to college. We decided that instead of spending thousands of dollars on rent, we could put that money into another house. We found a house that was in our…
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Style Selections Santori Stone Peel and Stick Tiles
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Style Selections Santori Stone Peel and Stick Tiles When we coming up with ideas to renovate our second house, we decided that we wanted to go with more budget friendly renovations and things that didn’t take too long to do but made the space look updated. We considered putting the same…
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Replacing Flooring with Home Decorators Collection Waterproof Laminate Flooring
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Replacing Flooring with Home Decorators Collection Waterproof Laminate Flooring One of the best renovations we have done in our current house was replace all of flooring and install a nice waterproof laminate flooring. We removed all of the carpet 3 years ago and the only regret I have is that we…
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-Changing Out Outdated Fixtures
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-Changing Out Outdated Fixtures When we bought our new house, one of the biggest complaints I had about it was how dark it was. I really like light and brightness, it just makes me happy. Darkness depresses me, so when we starting thinking about budget friendly renovations ideas, changing out the outdated…
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-The Power of Paint
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-The Power of Paint Over the summer, my husband and I purchased a second house for our two sons that are going to college. We decided that instead of spending thousands of dollars on rent, we could put that money into another house. We found a house that was in our price…
Tips and Tricks on How to Cruise with Kids and On a Budget
Tips and Tricks on How to Cruise with Kids and On a Budget I love going on cruises. It is my favorite way to see the world! In the past 2 years, we have gone on 4 (#5 is coming this summer!) cruises and we cannot get enough of them. Since we have gone on…
Engraved Stone Coasters- How to Use the Circle Pin Point Positioning on xTool S1
Engraved Stone Coasters- How to Use the Circle Pin Point Positioning on xTool S1 If you are new to laser cutters, check out my beginner’s guide to xTool. My kids love music and all of them have been in the music programs in their school. My high schoolers have a big fundraiser every year for the the…
Laser Cutter Wooden Valentines made with xTool S1 with Free SVG Cut File
Laser Cutter Wooden Valentines made with xTool S1 with Free SVG Cut File If you are new to laser cutters, check out my beginner’s guide to xTool. Valentine’s Day is coming up soon! One of my favorite thing to do is make homemade Valentines. Now that I have an awesome laser cutter, I thought…
Shirts made with Heat Transfer Vinyl vs. DTF Transfers {HTV vs. DTF}
Shirts made with Heat Transfer Vinyl vs. DTF Transfers {HTV vs. DTF} I love making shirts, it’s one of my favorite things to make. Recently I made shirts for my the local high school music department. I made up 3 different designs for band, for orchestra and for choir. I made up about 150 shirts…
DIY Wooden Puzzles Made with xTool S1 {How to Use DTF Transfers on Wood}
DIY Wooden Puzzles Made with xTool S1 {How to Use DTF Transfers on Wood} A couple weeks ago I was playing with AI generated Christmas pictures. I had an idea to turn some of our pictures into Christmas themed pictures and then put them onto our Christmas pajamas this year. I had so much fun…
DIY Ugly Christmas Cat Sweater Made with Silhouette CAMEO
DIY Ugly Christmas Cat Sweater Made with Silhouette CAMEO For the past 15 years, I have been a stay at home mom. I basically spent the majority of my time at home, in my pajamas. I rarely got ready in the day. Well now that I work at a school, I get ready everyday and…
Easy Family Christmas Pajamas to Make
Easy Family Christmas Pajamas to Make Ever since I got married and started a family I loved the idea of starting new traditions with my new family. One that I always wanted to do was opening one present on Christmas Eve. So when we started our family, we opened a gift on Christmas Eve and…
Matching Christmas Pajamas Made with AI Generated Christmas Pictures
Matching Christmas Pajamas Made with AI Generated Christmas Pictures Every year we open up pajamas on Christmas Eve. For the past couple years, I have been making matching Christmas pajamas and it has been really fun to match Christmas morning. Of course some kids like it better than others :). Luckily, every year my kids…
Easy and Inexpensive Neighbor Gift Ideas
Easy and Inexpensive Neighbor Gift Ideas I love making Christmas neighbor gifts, it’s one of my favorite things to do this time of year. I enjoy coming up with a fun neighbor gift idea and then creating them for all of my friends and neighbors. I end up making a bunch of them each year,…
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Wooden Christmas Ornaments Made with xTool
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Wooden Christmas Ornaments Made with xTool **DEAL ALERT!!** The Christmas sale is going on right now! Machines are up to $1728 off and Free Santa Gift (worth up to $100) Accessories are up to 12% off: Buy 2 get 10% off. Code: CHRISTMAS10 Buy ≥3 get 12% off. Code:…
Tips and Tricks on How to Make Money with xTool Laser Cutters
Tips and Tricks on How to Make Money with xTool Laser Cutters I have had an xTool laser cutter for about a year now and I absolutely love having it! I love creating things with my xTool machines and coming up with new ideas and designs. Since having my xTool, Being a creator and blogger,…
How to Transfer Pictures to Wood- Custom Prizes Made with xTool S1
How to Transfer Pictures to Wood- Custom Prizes Made with xTool S1 One of the best things about having a laser cutter is that I get to make all kinds of things with it. I love creating truly unique things that you can’t just go to the store and buy. Every year my brothers, my…
Autumn Kids Craft Idea- Wooden Leaves Made with xTool S1 Laser Cutter
Autumn Kids Craft Idea- Wooden Leaves Made with xTool S1 Laser Cutter This fall there were some pretty big changes in our house. For the first time in 15 years, I started working. It’s been a crazy few months but it’s been really fun to be working again. I am working at my kids’ high…
How to Set up the xTool S1 Enclosed Diode Laser Cutter
How to Set up the xTool S1 Enclosed Diode Laser Cutter I was given the xTool S1 to review. All opinions, ideas and content are 100% my own. About a year ago I was introduced to the company xTool and my eyes were open to a whole new world. I had always wanted to get…
Back to School Sixth Grade Teacher Shirt with SVG Cut File
Back to School Sixth Grade Teacher Shirt with SVG Cut File Back to school is here! It’s my favorite time of the year, but it may not be for the teachers :). This year was I asked to make some sixth grade shirts for the sixth grade teachers. I love how they turned out and…