Laser Cut Wooden Rose- Easy Mother’s Day Gift Idea If you are new to laser cutting and xTool, check out my beginner’s guide here Spring is here!! When I think about spring, I think about all of the beautiful flowers in bloom. Spring time makes me so happy and seeing all of the pretty flowers…
DIY Wood Settlers of Catan Board Made with xTool M1
DIY Wood Settlers of Catan Board Made with xTool M1 If you are new to laser cutting, check out my beginner’s guide to the xTool M1. Settlers of Catan is one of our favorite family games. We play it all the time and the kids really enjoy playing it with us. Since we have more…
Layered Wood Farm Sign- How to Engrave and Cut Wood at the Same Time
Layered Wood Farm Sign- How to Engrave and Cut Wood at the Same Time If you are new to xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginners guide to the xTool M1. A couple months ago my husband asked me to make him something to display at his work. I had had my xTool M1 for about a…
How to Build a DIY Backyard Patio with Pavers
How to Build a DIY Backyard Patio with Pavers For the past couple months, we have been wanting to transform our backyard into a more grown up/teenager space. The kids are growing up quickly and so we wanted more of a hang out spot than play area. We got rid of our playhouse and that…
Engraved Wooden Picture Frame with Boise Temple
Engraved Wooden Picture Frame with Boise Temple Today is my parent’s anniversary. They were married on St. Patrick’s Day 61 years ago today! It is the first anniversary since my dad’s passing, so I wanted to make something special for my mom. I know that it is going to be a hard day for her,…
Engraved Wooden Tie Holder- Father’s Day Gift Idea
Engraved Wooden Tie Holder- Father’s Day Gift Idea If you are new to laser cutters, check out my beginner’s post. One of my favorite things about being crafty is being able to make things that have a lot of meaning for myself and for someone else. With my xTool M1, I am able to create…
Personalized Wooden Easter Basket Tag with SVG File
Personalized Wooden Easter Basket Tag with SVG File Easter baskets are such a fun way to celebrate the holiday. I love making Easter baskets for my kids to come down to on Easter Sunday morning. It’s fun to see their faces when they see their baskets filled with goodies and candies. This year I thought…
How to Install Air Assist on xTool M1- How to Prevent Burn and Scorch Marks
How to Install Air Assist on xTool M1- How to Prevent Burn and Scorch Marks This post is a sponsored post. I was given the xTool M1 10w machine to review. All opinions, content and ideas are 100% my own. If you are new to xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginner’s guide. There…
How to Install a Dimmable Light with Dimmer Light Switch
How to Install a Dimmable Light with Dimmer Light Switch One of my favorite ways to update my house is changing out the lighting. It’s such an easy way to update a room without having to do a lot and spending a lot of money. You can really brighten up a room (literally) with a…
How to Make a Layered Wood Sign with xTool M1
How to Make a Layered Wood Sign with xTool M1 If you are new to xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginners guide to the xTool M1. 2023 in a pretty big year for our family, my oldest son is a senior in high school and is graduating. It just boggles my mind that…
DIY Valentine’s Day Tic Tac Toe Board Game
DIY Valentine’s Day Tic Tac Toe Board Game- How to Add Heat Transfer Vinyl to Wood If you are new to xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginners guide to the xTool M1. Valentine’s Day is coming up soon and it’s time to start thinking about the class parties that happen for it. It…
How to Engrave a Logo onto Leather with the xTool M1
How to Engrave a Logo onto Leather with the xTool M1 If you are new to xTool or laser cutters, then check out my beginners guide. I love personalizing things. I love putting my own personality into things that I wear or have in my home. I love having things that are special and…
How to Engrave Handwriting onto Metal with a xTool
How to Engrave Handwriting onto Metal with a xTool If you are new to the xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginners guide to the xTool. There is something special about unique and personalized jewelry. It is so fun to have something to wear that is sentimental and you can’t just go to the…
Beginners Guide to the xTool M1- How to Use xTool Creative Space
Beginners Guide to the xTool M1- How to Use xTool Creative Space This post is a sponsored post. I was given the xTool M1 machine to review. All opinions, ideas and content are 100% my own. Laser cutters are all the rage right now, they can do so many things. They can cut wood,…
Young Women 2023 Theme- More Jesus Sweatshirt
Young Women 2023 Theme- More Jesus Sweatshirt The Young Women theme of 2023 is more Jesus. The Young Women’s president in my ward contacted me and asked me to make hoodie sweatshirts with the Young Women 2023 theme on them. I love how they turned out and the girls were thrilled about getting them for…
Matching Penguin Christmas Pajamas
Matching Penguin Christmas Pajamas Every year on Christmas Eve, we give our kids pajamas. It is one of my favorite traditions. Some years they are Christmas pajamas and some years they are just regular pajamas. It really just depends on the year. The past couple years, we have been making or buying matching Christmas pajamas. …
Most Likely to Christmas Shirts
Most Likely to Christmas Shirts I love making Christmas pajamas. Every year we give our kids Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve. Some years I make matching pajamas and some years I make different one and some years I just buy them. Here are some of the Christmas pajamas I have made in the past. A…
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Cookies for Santa Plate
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Cookies for Santa Plate Every year I make neighbor gifts for Christmas. I usually make 70+ gifts, so I try to come up with a fun idea that is simple, easy and inexpensive. The longer I live in one spot, I harder it is to come up with ideas. I…
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets We have a storage problem in our house. We have a nice big house, with lots of open space but we do not have very big closets. Our pantry is small and we don’t even have a coat closet. So we have to come up with…
No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet
No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet Three days before Christmas last year I had a crazy idea, I decided that I wanted to rip out the carpet in my son’s bedroom and replace it with laminate flooring. I’m not sure why I decided to do this 3…